WoW Moviewatch: Fruit of Elune
by Natalie Mootz 
Oct 17th 2008 at 12:00PM
Warning: Parts of this film may be offensive to some viewers.
It's sad that we have to end the Moviewatch week with the film Fruit of Elune by Tivas & Gobbler of Myndflame and Dementia Studio. The filmmaker's description is this: "Elune, diety of the night elves, rains love from the heavens creating peace." My take? No. It's neither love nor peace. It's just another commercial parody, this time without much imagination and with the same underwear joke over and over again. If it were merely immature, I would shrug it off, roll my eyes, and forget about it. But on top of not being very funny or original, the filmmakers attempt a joke about domestic violence which I find entirely unhumorous and offensive to boot. I'm astounded and saddened that the judges picked this film as a Runner Up in the Comedy category for the BlizzCon 2008 movie contest. If it hadn't won a prize in the contest, you wouldn't be seeing it here on Moviewatch. Not on my watch, anyway. Not cool, Blizzard, not cool at all.
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Filed under: Machinima, Humor, WoW Moviewatch, BlizzCon
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
Krisby Oct 17th 2008 12:10PM
sometimes a joke is just that. A joke. I don't think you should be sitting so high on your horse with comedy similar IMO to south park style. Don't take your role to seriously and please leave your opinions less biased and let the viewer decide.
codespace Oct 17th 2008 12:13PM
While I agree that the domestic violence bit was completely inappropriate, the rest of the video was pretty entertaining.
Naix Oct 17th 2008 2:33PM
Thats what makes comedy so great. You can say anything to ridiculous and get away with it.
If you have to have comedy explained to you, your not going to get it.
Anewkeitaro Oct 17th 2008 12:16PM
This really reminds me of why I should watch the video BEFORE I read the description.
I was unable to judge weather or not it was good after you made me biased.
TotalBiscuit Oct 17th 2008 5:08PM
You are that easily influenced?
Can you give me 20 bucks?
Brainyack Oct 17th 2008 12:22PM
I'm not sure why the reviewer got her panties in such a wad over this. Trade chat is ten times more offensive than this. I wonder how she gets by playing WoW.
thebitterfig Oct 18th 2008 2:24PM
trade chat doesn't win prizes from blizz.
the "joke" was lame, and the entire video was lame. the blizzcon folks who gave this a prize were lame.
that's the long and the short of it, to give this PoS a prize when there are lots of movies out there which are actually good.
Greedel Oct 17th 2008 12:44PM
The video was funnier than you horrid ELE Shaman talent build...
Monergist Oct 17th 2008 12:32PM
I think the 'domestic violence' joke is referring to the stereotype that spousal abuse is often dealt out by men wearing nothing but a beer stained white shirt and whitey tighties. But I could be wrong.
I was offended by Mootz's offense. I cannot tolerate her intolerance, it's intolerable.
Station Oct 17th 2008 12:40PM
Lighten up, Francis. I thought it was funny.
Gurluas Oct 17th 2008 12:45PM
It was not that bad and it was sort of funny? s:
hold up Oct 17th 2008 12:47PM
Honestly, I watched it before reading the article and completely missed the domestic violence part. I had to go back and watch it again to find what people were talking about. I personally find the movie to cute, but by no means side splitting.
No need to condemn the girl for wanting to point out that the video contains domestic abuse and giving her opinion on it. If her opinion was "The movie was just another run-of-the-mill commercial parody" I'm willing to bet that the trolls wouldnt be jumping at her throat. She was giving her opinion and shes entitled to it.
To the reporter, if you felt so strongly against the video, why don't you just not report on it. No need to compromise your beliefs for a job.
Koreban Oct 17th 2008 12:51PM
Look guys, I write for an internet fantasy MMO fansite blog and I get to press my social agenda through to all my readers. I'm so witty. :3
Grow a spine, realize that not everyone is out to offend your delicate, unique snowflake sensibilities and get over yourself. Yours is not the only lens through which to see the world. People are perfectly capable of seeing satire on any number of subjects and enjoy the humor while recognizing that the underlying subject is illegal, immoral, or unethical. That's the nature of comedy.
We're not here to serve you or your special snowflake agenda. We're here to read about an internet fantasy MMO game. Leave your opinions at the door, or the kitchen counter. (See? I can be internet edgy too!)
Trem Oct 17th 2008 1:04PM
How did you learn of the SSA (Secret Snowflake Agenda)? You must be purged for your knowledge. Men in suits will be showing up at your door soon. Please be cooperative.
Ukandrion Oct 18th 2008 11:47AM
just look at the person who baked the cake of the twin towers, complete with a plane and all.
Me and the Off topic forums found it quite hilarious.
Gnoz Oct 17th 2008 12:52PM
Up until this post I thought you were doing a good job. But if you're going to censor videos, which you've clearly indicated at the end of your post, then I'll go elswhere for wow machinima updates. You're suffering from a major disconnect here, a huge majority of comedy and humor is certainly not PC, and never will be. Like other commentors I feel like you're pushing your own bias on us to distort how we perceive the video while watching it.
RyuHakubi Oct 17th 2008 1:34PM
Just to nic-pic your indignation, but she HAS NOT censored the video. The video is there in all it's underwear-humor glory. She just notes she's not amused by this vid, and finds jokes about domestic violence funny, and if her pointing that out makes you uncomfortable, well, that's your problem, not hers. She's entitled to her opinion, her having this position, quite frankly, DOES give her the right to "push" her "bias" on you, and if you're confusing a dislike of humor based on domestic violance with the so-called P.C. movement, then you've got yer own issues.
So, I guess what I'm saying is, if ya don't like her comentary, don't read it, just watch the dang video.
dewmonger Oct 17th 2008 1:10PM
First of all, she can't be censoring a video if it is fully displayed in its entirety for you to watch. Demanding that someone not express their opinion because it is negative IS CENSORSHIP.
Second, she gets to express whatever opinions she has about whatever she wants to discuss. Its up to her publisher to decide if they want her opinion expressed on this site.
Third, I find that the video is in fact in the South Park style (the narrator even sounds like one of the voice actors). I am not particularly offended by the domestic violence bit. However, the clip is still completely un-funny. If this was a runner up, I shudder to think of what other tripe was presented in the contest as 'humor'.
Finally, I'm impressed by the solid bandwagon mentality people have displayed here. Appealing to the very lowest common denominator does not make something funny. I'd be willing to bet that most of these soap-boxers think that 'Don't Mess With the Zohan' was SAG-caliber comedy.
FF Oct 17th 2008 1:29PM
Censorship typically means that content is deleted or not shown at all. In this case she posted the video and then voiced her opinion about it. That's not censorship, that's editorializing.
Gnoz Oct 17th 2008 1:39PM
@FF
"If it hadn't won a prize in the contest, you wouldn't be seeing it here on Moviewatch. Not on my watch, anyway. Not cool, Blizzard, not cool at all."
That indicates to me that in the future if she finds something offensive she will "censor", "delete", "remove", "editorialize" or whatever word you prefer, I'm not here to play semantics. Is she able and should she be able to do it? Sure, but "on my watch" I don't bother reading posts from people who do that.
If you enjoy posters who do that then by all means read on.