WoW Moviewatch: Honor Killz by A6
I'll admit that I got to preview some of this new video, courtesy of Gigi. Long story short, the Hall of Fame of Belf Rap have come together to form a machinima rap supergroup called A6. (That's for Azerothian 6, you see.) Backed up by the awesome machinimator Red Eye Lobine, A6 has now released their first video -- Honor Killz.
The video itself is amazing. Red Eye has really put together a gorgeous video here. His attention to detail, his sense of setting and framing, and his detailed character work have created an incredible music video. I've never seen the blood elf models look so dynamic and interesting. His animation of the video's skit-within-a-movie was astounding, with a great sense of space and flow. (He also wisely executed an editorial bikini during the shower scene.)
The music itself was pretty good. I'm not a rap guru, so I can't evaluate it in terms of skill. However, I find the conglomerate of six people working the lyrics and tune to be very interesting. The way the song "talks" to itself made it something more than just a parody song.
As I mentioned, there was a skit within the video. I think the skit has a lot of personality, and was pretty amusing. It was definitely a good call to add some narrative content in the video, which helps provide its audience a sense of A6's relationship. They're not just a one time team-up, but people who know one another in some capacity.
Ultimately, "Honor Killz" is a worthy opening for the group. Let's see what they do next.
Check out Honor Killz by A6 for yourself on Myndflame.
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Reader Comments (Page 3 of 3)
Aesop Apr 21st 2009 2:58PM
Had to drop my 2 cents as a combined hiphop-head and wow-player:P
- True, this is alot like all the other belf-rap videos, but the visuals are the best i've seen yet, and the rappers actually flow quite decently in this one:).. and, Abandonation can actually rhyme:)
aBONiE Apr 21st 2009 5:45PM
You've got to be kidding me.
They say it's a parody, so where are all the jokes? I mean, I loved Nyhm's videos, because they actually made me laugh, but this one...
All I hear is some lyrics stylized in the old-fashioned 'omgz we pwn ur ass' way. The visuals are stunning though.
Kanuris Apr 21st 2009 6:18PM
All the trash talking and Gnome punting puts me off.
It's like people who use gay as an insult. Because there totally macho and strong and not gay! Were not gay! Your gay! GRRRR!!!
Kagatoshi Apr 21st 2009 8:12PM
Your Gay.
Zarfay Apr 21st 2009 7:19PM
I wish people would shut up about "belf rap"
This is great work and it I would rather watch blood elves than humans or gnomes rapping.
uncaringbear Apr 21st 2009 7:13PM
Technically well-done video. It's easy to hate on the awful rapping and narcissist themes, but there are lots of quality bits in this machinima. Imagine if these guys did a video that didn't involve rapping and self-l33t-ness obsession.
Shadowfax Apr 23rd 2009 3:58AM
So basically...this is a merger of Gigi's only theme to each of her videos(killing people in Battlegrounds) and the concept that Nhym started of re-writing famous rap songs to fit WoW. WTB original content. The video editing is excellent, too bad it's wasted on another rehashed WoW rap song.