These are, of course, fun, but ultimately not the biggest impact on the game. Blizzard wants to re-focus on Orcs and Humans (even as they add Pandaren) and the conflict between the Alliance (with a focus on humans) and Horde (with a focus on orcs.)
Honestly, I actually think they could afford to give the other races more screentime. Not that they are wanting for it, but I always thought the Forsaken should have been the main Horde force in Northrend.
There's also a huge amount of interesting lore with some of the lesser-seen races, like the Draenei, so I wouldn't mind seeing a bit more of them.
In a way, this cinematic brought back the old tradition of "player characters fighting," that was the main focus of the Vanilla and Burning Crusade cinematics. That said, I think that if you want people to feel like they're seeing their characters, you should spread out the races you see.
We still have not seen a slick, pre-rendered gnome, worgen, or goblin, and we never got more than a super-brief, in-motion shot of a troll.
But, the major theme of Mists is the endless hostilities between Alliance and Horde. One moment I found both very funny and very telling was when the human hands the orc his sharpened stick - once again, when there is a big enough threat, the Alliance and Horde will learn to help each other - if only briefly.
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