There Will Be Brawl: Episode One
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Wow.
Huh.
...sorry, I needed to wrap my head around the whole film-noir angle there. I wouldn't put this up for any acting awards, but it certainly is new and interesting and I'm eager to see where it goes from here.
(Also, if any character ever utters the line "Forget it, Link. It's Yoshi's Island." then I will be forced to squee.)
Huh.
...sorry, I needed to wrap my head around the whole film-noir angle there. I wouldn't put this up for any acting awards, but it certainly is new and interesting and I'm eager to see where it goes from here.
(Also, if any character ever utters the line "Forget it, Link. It's Yoshi's Island." then I will be forced to squee.)
Overall a neat premise, we'll have to see if the plot develops well or takes the UR 'let's just play it by ear and end up with a convulted mess' approach (hopefully the former, since plot really matters in a show like this). However, am I the only one who noticed the shoddy camera work in this? Especially during Peach's schpeal, the cuts were really awkward. They definitely need to fix that, because it breaks immersion horribly.
That was great, really great, as a gritty series and as comedy lol.
I was basically half chuckling the whole time at the ridiculousness of it, but the Kirby bit had me burst out laughing.
Hope to see more of this.
I was basically half chuckling the whole time at the ridiculousness of it, but the Kirby bit had me burst out laughing.
Hope to see more of this.
This is referential comedy done really well. First, the source material for the references is a excellent choice as Super Smash Bros games are referential also, allowing the draw of possible references to be as big as the entire Nintendo library if so desired or even just the characters (and bonus) that have appeared in that series of games, it allows for amazingly large amounts of niche call backs. Second, it takes the opposite approach of what we know to be true in nearly every Nintendo game, even the enemies aren't "dark n gritty" at the best of times and no one dies (and if you think they do, they are sure to return as a mysterious character or recover even more mysteriously). This reminded me a lot of the other recently debuted Doomsday Arcade, though their referential material seems to be all video game characters bar none and a much more silly in your face comedic stylings. Here, the humor is definitely in the reference and dark twist. On top of that, the costume and special effects department for this should definitely be rewarded for doing such good work in the SSB visual references, certainly better than what Hollywood pulled off with its Super Mario movie.
Also, definitely reminds me of this:
Mario: Game Over
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=JpBGRA6HHtY
Also, definitely reminds me of this:
Mario: Game Over
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=JpBGRA6HHtY
Quality, yes. Enjoyment, not so much. If I knew it was a dark look on Brawl I would have enjoyed it more, but as it is, I was expecting something a bit more funny. Though I did enjoy the lighting and camera work.
One of the best new parodies I've seen. Some parts were pretty subtle, others were old jokes that seemed to be funnier when shot in real-time rather than cartoons. Plus the setting is brilliantly original.
I loved it. Dying to see more.
I loved it. Dying to see more.