WoW Moviewatch: Quest: Impossible
by Michael Gray 
Sep 24th 2009 at 12:00PM
Quest: Impossible by Machini-Mations is a quick but effective piece. It's based on the Mission: Impossible music, of course, and uses the tropes and associations of that series to help inform its own characters' actions. I'm not sure if I'd call it parody or homage, but it's certainly somewhere along those veins. A tiny team of very effective Horde lay siege to the Alliance, with deadly and explosive results.
I think the strongest bit of the video is the punchline at the end, which I'll avoid recapping so as not to ruin the joke. While the overall film is fairly solid, I'm not sure if the action supports all five and a half minutes of the film. It seems to drag on a little bit. Then again, that's hardly a lot of time to ask, considering the immense amount of care and effort that clearly went into piecing together its action sequences.
Ultimately, it's a great video, and I look forward to seeing what Machini-Mation does next.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Lemons Sep 24th 2009 12:12PM
All of Keyra's dreams have just come true.
Keyra Sep 24th 2009 1:16PM
:-P
kunukia Sep 24th 2009 12:33PM
It didn't seem to drag to me...but then, I LIKE fishing as it is.
Ianmis Sep 24th 2009 1:02PM
I seem to be unable to view it. Any idea why? What is it that I'm missing to be able to play this?
Tokkar Sep 24th 2009 5:49PM
The WeGame embed code seems to be a bit wonky at times.
I have it up on Vimeo as well: http://www.vimeo.com/6410551
Betherian Sep 24th 2009 1:04PM
Crap, absolutely crap.
My great, great, great, great, great grandmother who was alive during the eighteenth century could have done better than that.
Go ahead, rate me down I could not care less, because I know that any comment that opposes the point of the post must be rated down regardless of its validity, so I make this comment knowing that full well.
joerendous Sep 24th 2009 1:08PM
and does saying all that make you feel better?
Mr. Crow Sep 24th 2009 1:10PM
You mad?
eric_barbaric Sep 24th 2009 1:51PM
If you're distant relative who had no concept of electricity, moving pictures, programming, or computers could have done a better job, then you must surely be able to make something FAR superior. Now put up or shut up.
Frank Sep 24th 2009 3:11PM
actually, i'm not rating you down because you oppose the point of the post — i'm rating you down because you posted your opinion in the most d-baggy way possible. : P
x08redsee08x Sep 24th 2009 1:05PM
At first I was like ok....then it made me laugh at the end.
Mr. Crow Sep 24th 2009 1:09PM
That's an awesome piece of work.
While I agree that some parts seem to drag, the important part is that everything's important. This isn't the opening of a series (though that would be awesome) as has sometimes been linked on Moviewatch, but instead a complete story that takes place within the span of the song. That's a strong credit for this piece in and of itself. Aside from that, the level of the production never really drops below a certain point -- it all looks finely crafted and as rooted in the World of the game as much as possible.
Tokkar Sep 24th 2009 1:33PM
Thank you, WoW Insider, for featuring this! I am the creator of Quest: Impossible. Although a chore at times (and a learning experience software-wise), it was also a labor of love.
I have actually received several comments from people wanting me to make this a full series. This piece took 3 months to put together (and I can still see a couple of glitches that managed to make it through post...c'est la vie) but a lot of that was also learning some of the software, creating some of the sets (the underground headquarters was created entirely in Paint Shop Pro) and designing special effects, so now that the framework is out of the way, a series might not be out of the question...we'll have to see how things go, and I'll be certain to keep you posted!
Again, thank you! This was fun!
Erikamel Sep 24th 2009 2:14PM
Absolutely great stuff! Even though I play Alliance, I thought it was fun the whole way through; especially the intro for each team member!
Mr. Crow Sep 24th 2009 5:11PM
This may be a little after-the-fact, but to find a place in the game that would work for the underground headquarters, another place would be the underground exit from DM East that drops from the ceiling into a room underneath the Dire Maul Arena.
The underground HQ, while wonderfully placed under Crossroads, is the only part of the film that really seems out of place because of the custom creation. The implementation is sound, but it felt a little jarring.
Great work, and I look forward to more!
Tokkar Sep 24th 2009 5:48PM
Hmm...I never even considered that area - I'll have to check it out. Thanks, Mr. Crow!
Lucidique Sep 27th 2009 2:18PM
Also, if you wanna absolutely high-tech, for a Warcraft setting anyway, there's a very cool place in Storm Peaks - entrance coordinates are 32.64, called Uldis. Some kind of enormous machine, inside the mountain, where the Temple of Storms is placed on at the top.
Gankalicious Sep 24th 2009 1:41PM
Though a bit long, I think the effort was well worth it.
epicboyz Sep 24th 2009 3:38PM
thats what u get from attacking the crossroads
livvie Sep 24th 2009 4:54PM
awesome. i loved it. teach those bastards to raid xroads every damned day!