This article made me smile to see how far cinematic intros have come from then till now

I can't embed them here, sadly, so you'll just have to click through http://games.on.net/article/7476/WoW_5_days_for_5_years_-_Day_3_A_Cinematic_Celebration

I think most of these intros are on Videosift as well, if you see them, please post below.