WoW Moviewatch: Irdeen's The Power of the Horde
by Michael Gray 
Jan 5th 2009 at 12:00PM
At this rate, it looks like Irdeen may turn into one of machinima's regulars. Today's Moviewatch features not only him, but also another regular in the WoW community: L70ETC. Irdeen has created a music video for one of their most popular songs, "The Power of the Horde."
For obvious reasons, Irdeen used the in-game models for the Blizzard rock band. The video features the metal group stomping out their tunes at the gate to Outland, with several mileu shots for chorus and chords. Irdeen also helpfully includes subtitles for those who might have trouble making out the lyrics. (I like metal as much, if not more, than the next guy, but even I have to admit you could be stumbled trying to make out what L70ETC is singing.)
At this point, I'd encourage Irdeen to keep developing original material. I think this video shows that he's mastered a lot of tactics and tools to creating machinima, and Go Turbo Go displayed his ability to do some music himself. I'm eager to see him take his skills to another level.
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Machinima, WoW Moviewatch
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Stane Jan 5th 2009 12:16PM
Hmmm intresting?
LostOne Jan 5th 2009 12:29PM
Nice.
Sakinah Jan 5th 2009 12:41PM
Lok'tar! ..........I mean, nice. :)
Motoki Jan 5th 2009 12:54PM
Nice video, but in my opinion, there is nothing more tired or overdone than L70ETC.
Kurtosis Jan 5th 2009 3:50PM
lol, was just going to post the same thing. Over 2 pages of nothing but L70 and machinima. The wowinsider staff must have a malfunctioning RNG story generator going while they're off recovering from New Years.
Keyra Jan 5th 2009 1:46PM
Well, unless/until Blizzard creates another band creature set, we're kinda stuck with them for music videos, and by way of association, we're kinda stuck with hard rock/heavy metal, at least insofar as having musicians in the videos.
/shrug
godest Jan 5th 2009 1:11PM
lol copy paste from wc3 -.-
Justin Jan 5th 2009 1:53PM
Why is it that almost every one of these video have 2+minute credit sequence on such short videos. This video was good, as are most posted here, but these ridiculous credits annoy me. Luckily I can just stop the video. Look we know in the beginning who made it because every editor has their own custom animation off the top. I guess everybody just has to see their name on the video. I'm all for giving credit but what ever happened to a black screen with names flying by with some catchy music maybe 30 sec max... just my opinion... sorry to rant...
Ashuntrah Jan 5th 2009 2:24PM
Filmed in NauseaVision!
... seriously, dude, steady the camera. Dynamic action is cool and all, but that's a bit much.
Keyra Jan 5th 2009 4:22PM
The only thing that came to mind when I read that was "The Blair Witch Project"...AAAUUUGGGHHH...buy a tripod!!!
Okay, enough of that. You get the picture.
Can't watch it here at work, but I'll check it out when I get home after I've taken some Dramamine.
Keyra Jan 5th 2009 10:15PM
Ick...camera shake through the whole frickin' thing? I had to stop it about 30 seconds in.
LoLdrood Jan 5th 2009 3:18PM
"but even I have to admit you could be stumbled trying to make out what L70ETC is singing."
To wit, he got some of them wrong.
2:18 I'"m pretty sure that's supposed to be 'black blood', not 'black god', as orcs have, nur, black blood.
4:16 It's Alter of STORMS, not stones.
Nice video and all, but yeah, L70ETC is well past being done.
EvilOtto Jan 5th 2009 3:47PM
Looked good, but I've got to agree with Ashuntrah: Steady. The. Camera. A little bit of dynamic camera shake is OK, but I ended up turning off the video after only about 20 seconds, because it was giving me a headache.
Ariandis Jan 5th 2009 3:58PM
Yawn.
L70ETC has been done to death. They were cool the first time you saw them in game, but they're a cliché by now.
Also agree with the Nausea Vision comment. All the burry jumping around did nothing but annoy. I turned it off after the first minute or so as well.
JDM Jan 5th 2009 9:21PM
I thought they were L80ETC now? Also, not a fan of the metal genre, and don't know why they (Bliz) wouldn't have made several different bands for each genre, perhaps one for each race.
Keyra Jan 5th 2009 10:17PM
Hee hee hee...
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/community/comics/images/ss221.jpg
McRaider Jan 5th 2009 10:20PM
lol they used starpower at the end of the solo :P
and
The troll is a shaman! He cant blink as he did at 1:05 :O
Olicon Jan 5th 2009 11:40PM
You know... it's about time we get a song "The Power of the Alliance" ! Make it..I don't know.. crazy trance, Ska, or smooth Jazz just to be very different from the Horde version.
C'mon, some brilliant machinimaist--I'm waiting here!
Oztington Jan 6th 2009 4:39PM
To no man will a yield is wrong, its ''to no man will i kneel''
2:18 I'"m pretty sure that's supposed to be 'black blood', not 'black god', as orcs have, nur, black blood.
4:16 It's Alter of STORMS, not stones.