WoW Moviewatch: Northrend Wonderland
by Michael Gray 
Dec 24th 2008 at 12:00PM
Some of the (many) great things about the holidays are the wonderful movies created by machinimists. Some are serious, some are heart-tugging, some are just plain hilarious. Northrend Wonderland by Firebolt Productions falls into that last category. It's such a strong holiday comedy piece (for WoW players) that I'm sure I'm going to be playing it repeatedly tomorrow.
The premise is simple. It's Winter's Veil in Northrend, and Arthas has the blues. One of his loyal minions offers the Lich King a stroll through the torture chamber to help perk up. Song and comedy ensue.
The production values are good. I enjoyed the scenes, models, and camera work. But the soundtrack is really where Northrend Wonderland takes the cake. The music is awesome and hilarious. I guess the only criticism would be that the Darth-sounding voices of Arthas and minions can be tough to understand without subtitles, but that's why the subtitles are there.
Click here to see it for yourself!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Siorra Dec 24th 2008 12:11PM
Awesomely done. It takes true class to capture the Undead voices to that high a quality. Plus that actually sounds like Arthas! Good stuff.
Jason Dec 24th 2008 12:23PM
Very well done, especially the voices.
Malkeior Dec 24th 2008 12:25PM
The song was great but the "Everything is so...pink...and...happy...#$%@!" got me rolling.
Snowy Dec 24th 2008 12:45PM
Great work. The lyrics were awesome, the voices stellar and a great job on Arthas. Voice, Movements, everything. It was great.
Abbadon Dec 24th 2008 12:50PM
That certainly put me in a better mood, too. Thanks.
Syio Dec 24th 2008 1:00PM
That was truly amazing... Just got back flip tired after a Christmas party (over on this side of the world, it's the 25th already) and this re-energized me!
QFT for the "Everything is so... pink... and happy... Arrrgghhhhh F@#$!!!!"
Ametrine Dec 24th 2008 1:02PM
That bit was the perfect endcap to it all.
jurandr Dec 24th 2008 2:36PM
This is probably the best I've seen of moviewatch all year! I think I'm going to go watch it again...
"Everything is so... pink... and happy... Arrrgghhhhh******!"
McRaider Dec 24th 2008 3:35PM
Just saying that the best part was the one with "arhhh.. F$%&!" I'd believe everyone knew what I meant by now :P
Skarlette Dec 24th 2008 6:21PM
LOVED it. Very well done!