WoW Moviewatch: Rude Awakening
by Michael Gray 
Apr 5th 2011 at 12:00PM
The writing and framing of this video are both executed incredibly well. The dialogue conveys a sense of strength, power, and a muddled past without stumbling into troubling "Mary Sue" territory. The shots do a great job of indicating the character's mystery without just being two minutes of Livejournal-esque angst.
Azulinde really did an outstanding job here. I really want the team to continue the series and clue us in to the rest of the story.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
FiredCylinder Apr 5th 2011 12:46PM
Well, at least it's not more belf rap.
razion Apr 5th 2011 2:00PM
You say "more" as if we've been having a lot of it recently...
Accipeter Apr 5th 2011 12:48PM
Very nice! I thought the icebreaking effects were very cool. Great writing. I'd watch more of this story.
Edymnion Apr 5th 2011 1:35PM
Agreed, this is awesome. I seriously hope there is a lot more of this coming.
Chivvy Apr 5th 2011 1:46PM
Makes me feel proud to have once been a member of Gihara's guild...sadly we're not around any more, though. Great video!
- Grimlocke, Dwarf Death Knight, former member of Reaper XII
Dave N. Apr 5th 2011 2:01PM
Only problem I had is the recording of the vocals wasn't very clear. Add that accent in to it and I couldn't understand the majority of what the character said. Subtitles would have been welcome.
tinkerbell99 Apr 5th 2011 3:33PM
the voice acting lacks emotion and could have used much better clean up. The visuals upstaged it by far... with graphics this beautiful and such skilled animation, why not bring the voice acting on par? This draenei character was left hollow and the female portraying her sounded like she wasn't connected at all. i was bored the whole time. like someone said earlier... it crucially needs subtitles because not everyone can understand english spoken with accents. the animation is nice and the presentation/script are wonderful, but the voice acting needs a LOT of work...
Skar Apr 5th 2011 5:17PM
Looks like she got the /wrists emote to work.
RetPallyJil Apr 5th 2011 5:52PM
Super job! A+ Would watch again!
PriestessRawrbug Apr 5th 2011 7:44PM
the visuals were really nice but i already knew he was a talented visual artist.
i agree with the previous poster that the vocals need some clean up and more emotion. otherwise it's really nice, and if it continues, i'm sure it will get better.