So, I was dragged to go see the movie GOAT by my nephew, and it was a resounding… Sports movie. It literally had most the tropes to expect, but the concept was entertaining enough.
So, it made me wonder, if Azeroth had a Sports League where they play whatever sort of sport in specialized arenas with dangers as the teams try to score, how would you, the goober, make a sports movie based on Azeroth.
What is the main character, their antagonist, and if you are so bold, the team name
The underdog goblin Foot-Bomb team that has loses their coach, having their old one be replaced by a pandaren who has to learn how to teach these crazy kids the meaning of teamwork before the championship, while the underminers have to learn that the real championship was the friends we blew up along the way.
Also at the 11th hour, they sub in a worgen into the team who turns out to be absurdly good at the game despite not being able to communicate to his teammates whatsoever.
So, fun fact, for a while, typically when the mood hits, I’ve been experimenting with writing racing stories in the Warcraft setting, as well as making speculative disciplines that might appear in the setting. This, combined with me playing Screamer, leads me to want to make a film about street racing hot rods in Undermine (which I’ve also written about, but this is different, trust). I’m mostly just gonna ape Screamer, but with less melodrama, and mix in a bit of Days of Thunder (or perhaps a lot of Days of Thunder, we’ll see).
So, first thing’s first, five teams, two drivers per team. A tournament of twenty races throughout and around the city, big money and clout for the winners. We follow at least three of the teams in turn, focusing on at least one driver per team. Two are rookies from different backgrounds, fierce rivals. Another is a returning veteran, struggling to return to form due to a traumatic accident in the past. We introduce the situation with vignettes for each, introducing them each to the tournament. The rookies are brought into the fold by two other vets who themselves were rivals in their time. The traumatized vet is racing to settle a debt with a cartel.
Our three protags/antags each start out struggling, each having their own reasons for doing so, including the rookies fighting each other, but they each gradually show exponentially greater potential to win. The trauma vet soon ends up becoming a second mentor to the rookies, befriending each of them. Their growing relationship helps him to reckon with his past, allowing him to more swiftly return to form as the rookies continue to improve under his influence. Everything is going great for the three of them, until a massive crash becomes a massive setback for each of them. The two rookies face their own trauma while the vet is reminded once more of his past trauma. Once more they’re back to struggling, each individually trying and failing to work through their fear by forcing themselves to perform. Eventually they bond over their experience, deciding to no longer worry about winning, and instead focus on the things that drew them to racing in the first place. They challenge each other time and time again. Incidentally they return to winning form until they reach the final race in a three-way tie. This is the closest race of the film, high tension with a lot of close calls and risky passes. In the end, they each fill the podium, with one of the rookies and their team winning overall in a photo finish with the other one.
For added potential for conflict, one of the rookies is a Gnome.
It’d definitely be a B.L.A.S.T.C.A.R. racing movie that played out like a mix of Days of Thunder, Talladega Nights, and Wacky Races