WoW Moviewatch: A Day In the Life
by Michael Gray 
Aug 26th 2009 at 12:00PM
We've featured X-Cross more than once on Moviewatch, and he's often proven to be a fan favorite. With that in mind, we offer him our most heartfelt congratulations on winning the BlizzCon 2009 machinima contest. His entry is titled A Day in the Life.
The movie was inspired by this comic by Keydar. Basically, a kobold goes through his daily routine. He wakes up, gets ready for work, and kisses the wife goodbye. He goes into the Elwynn Forest, and with a primal yawp, delcares that "You no take candle!" I won't spoil what happens from there. I found the scene of the kobold lighting the candle on his head adorable.
This movie was absolutely amazing. X-Cross brought the visual to life in a beautiful, compelling way. The voice acting was perfect. I truly believe this movie will stand the test of time, and will be something new WoW players will be laughing at years from now. Congratulations, X-Cross!
You can see more of X-Cross movies on Moviewatch by clicking here.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Barinthos Aug 26th 2009 12:17PM
That's so true! If you know where to find more kobolds then all the better!
Seriously though, very very well done. And the voices were spot on.
JLocke Aug 26th 2009 12:18PM
lol funny ending
Madjai Aug 26th 2009 12:34PM
Am I the only one who "Meh"'d at this? Good use of the machinima, I guess I just didn't find the story that compelling.
Quinny18 Aug 26th 2009 3:15PM
Me too, I mean, the visuals were great, but it is two minutes leading up to a somewhat funny joke. Meh.
uncaringbear Aug 26th 2009 8:29PM
What were you expecting? War and Peace?
Sturmovic Aug 26th 2009 12:46PM
DarkLegacycomics.com did this first.
Ametrine Aug 26th 2009 12:54PM
DUH... he said that where he got the idea. Learn to read.
Jamie Aug 26th 2009 1:00PM
Excellent, Dark Legacy Comics is my favourite WoW web comic (for those of you wondering why it isn't my favourite web comic check xkcd) more should be made into WoW machinima!
Next please do the "NPC revolt" story!
snowleopard233 Aug 26th 2009 1:01PM
Job well done. But I still enjoyed the comic more. There's something about Keydar's illustrations that just adds the comedic punch to the story.
tresser Aug 26th 2009 2:07PM
The movie was inspired by this comic by Keydar.
"inspired" in much the same way Shmorky "inspired" Todd Goldman.
Terethall Aug 26th 2009 2:13PM
PROTIP: don't have read original comic before. crap pants laughing. wat do???? PROFIT.
(B*tches don't know bout my meme density level. It's over 9000.)
ladygamertn Aug 26th 2009 2:53PM
Is there a post somewhere that list the 2009 Blizzcon machinima winners?! I thought Cranius won?
AmazonLily Aug 26th 2009 6:22PM
He won first place. This guy won the grand prize.
All contest winners are listed here: http://www.blizzard.com/blizzcon/contests
ladygamertn Aug 27th 2009 4:13AM
Thanks!
Bri Aug 26th 2009 3:17PM
The quote is "barbaric yawp".. ;)
jellyphish Aug 26th 2009 4:07PM
'woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head...' then a gnome killed my family.
uncaringbear Aug 26th 2009 8:31PM
^^ WIN
themightysven Aug 26th 2009 5:10PM
yay kobolds!
new horde race plz...
soatari Aug 26th 2009 5:39PM
I was a little annoyed that this won when they showed it at BlizzCon. Practically everything about it wasn't original, right down to the outfit the gnome was wearing.
Whereas the worgen/werewolf entry was just fantastic.
Alchemistmerlin Aug 26th 2009 7:15PM
Eh, it was good, but I don't think it was as good as a lot of the stuff often posted on Moviewatch.
It certainly doesn't seem "Grand Prize" worthy.
Why do posts that feel this isn't "The best thing evar!" keep getting voted down?