WoW Moviewatch: Redshift: Pursuit
by Michael Gray 
Nov 10th 2008 at 12:00PM
Redshift: Pursuit, by Slashdance, is a direct sequal to the piece "Redshift: Ty'zamar and Aislynn," and pretty much cements Redshift as an episodic series. A "diviner" has a foreseen the death of a Night Elf, and the conflict ensues from there. We brought you the trailer for this piece back in October, and are happy to be able to see the final product.
I was impressed with "Redshift: Pursuit", mostly for story and narrative purposes. I felt like the causal action from scene to scene was fairly meaningful, though the opening sequence was a little slow for my tastes. (It's probably just my personal preferences, but I like openings to get banging to action right away.)
Of course, the shout out to the Amani trolls really brings the story "home" to Azeroth, for me. Inclusiveness with the game's lore helps us identify characters and motivations, and provides a more solid base for the action to take place. I will definitely be interested to see what Redshift brings us next.
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Machinima, Lore, WoW Moviewatch
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Albert B Nov 10th 2008 12:32PM
I can haz
Honoke Nov 10th 2008 1:12PM
Just pure awesome. I had seen the Redshift interlude before, but didn't know it was the same guy. Just watched all of em in sequence, and I am very impressed. Great story, great voice acting, great use of in game visuals and character models. Looking forward to the next Redshift.
Favorite part was the skull coming out of the lake. Very nice touch. :)
Chiper Nov 10th 2008 1:30PM
Hadn't seen the redshift series before, very impressive. Good story, good VA, and very cool camera work. I wish priest bubbles really did knock arrows away like that.
tgruss Nov 10th 2008 1:30PM
absolutely the BEST machinima i have seen since Red vs Blue.
BRAVO!!!!!!! can't wait till the next one!
Guilherme Nov 10th 2008 1:39PM
Damn!!!
Very good... good job man!
nineiron Nov 10th 2008 2:02PM
Well done! I want more! Shame Sci fi channel doesnt pay these artists to make a series.
ZuWho Nov 10th 2008 3:51PM
Yet again /dance creates a masterful piece of Machinima, the characters are lovable, not just because of how witty they are, but because how well they go with Lore, The Night elves have had wars with bouth their High elve cousins, and more notibly the Trolls, and that is what makes Redshift so perfect for me, it presents of great story, and the back story of lore so well, even the fight scenes and spells are inkeeping with a lovely blend of lore and ingame machanics.
Not only that but it's almost real, I watch this series and think of Role playing, and realy makes me wish I created my main on a RP realm.
Also I'm happy with how the land of Azeroth was presented, the dream like city of Darnassus, the Boat travaling past the center sea storms, and just the sweeping landscape shots alone!
A masterpiece of Machinima.
miria Nov 10th 2008 5:09PM
Oh i saw it days ago, i really like the series, but mostly the one in wich appears the story of Ty'Zamar. The interlude remembered me of minority report xD lol
Btw, the part in wich the dagger flies is so cool i looked at it like 4 times in a row lol
Johnzim Nov 10th 2008 5:58PM
Very impressive stuff.
Probably the best WoW machinima I've seen. Delivers what Return II promised.
uncaringbear Nov 10th 2008 7:09PM
I wish more WoW machinima was of this calibre. The first /dance machinima I saw was the winning entry for the Ataris music video contest - be sure to look that up if you haven't seen it.
Sihnon Nov 14th 2008 2:19PM
Truly incredible machinima! Keep up the great work!
Emumama Nov 28th 2008 4:38PM
It's unimaginable to me that the industry hasn't yet snatched up this promising young producer, Sam Pierce. His musical scores alone rival the finest I've heard from Hollywood, and his scripts are imaginative, humorous, and polished.
A lot of folks in the industry are going to rue the day they let Pierce slip through their fingers and get hired by somebody else.
Producers and agents, are you listening?