WoW Moviewatch: The Tuskarr and the Engineer
by Michael Gray 
May 26th 2011 at 12:00PM
The animation in this video is pretty smooth, but I think most of the focus should be on the poetry. It's easy to miss how well the rhyme and meter is put together if you don't focus on the dialogue, and losing out on that part of the experience would really be a shame.
The flow of The Tuskarr and the Engineer has the feel a professional cartoon. WoW Outcast has done a great job framing his action so that it moves quickly and possesses progressive action. This is a very well-done piece; my hat's off to the creator.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Kuro May 26th 2011 12:24PM
Oh Lewis Carroll...
"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."
But it's a cute wow filk of it.
VSUReaper May 26th 2011 12:56PM
Was great - I was skeptical when I first clicked on it, but now I cant stop chuckling.
Now if you excuse me, that made me hungry and craving some Murloco's
Michelle May 26th 2011 1:48PM
Yay! The Walrus and the Carpenter! I really enjoyed this one - the framing story of the three characters in the beginning was especially amusing...Xt reminded me quite a lot of Gir (from Invader Zim fame) in this interpretation. Good job!
Dreyja May 26th 2011 6:59PM
I totally thought of GIR too. /high-five
WowOutcastNetwork May 26th 2011 2:15PM
Thank you all very much for the nice comments!!!
Dreyja May 26th 2011 7:20PM
You did a great job. I've not seen any of your work before but I'm officially subscribing. :D Thanks for this little gem.
Michelle May 27th 2011 1:43AM
Same here - you've definitely converted another new subscriber.
Jawn May 26th 2011 2:15PM
"This is a very well-done piece; my hat's off to the creator."
Indeed! This one just makes me smile (actually laugh, too), great work!
Ominous May 26th 2011 3:37PM
I laughed out-loud, at the gruff worgen's:
"Well... sucks to be you, then."
Vrykerion May 26th 2011 3:46PM
That poem, "The Tuskarr and the Engineer," that's an indictment of organized religion. The tuskarr, with his size and his good nature, he obviously represents either the Titans, or, or with his animal tusks, the Druids and their Moon Goddess. That takes care of your Elven and Dwarven religions. Now the Engineer, which is an obvious reference to Medan, who was the Guardian on the first council of Tirisfal to have an engineer, he represents the Human and Orc religions.
Now in the poem, what do they do? What do they do? They, they dupe all these Murlocs into following them and then proceed to smash and slaughter the helpless creatures en masse.
I don't know what that says to you, but to me it says that following these faiths based on mythological figures ensures the destruction of one's inner being. Organized religion destroys who we are by inhibiting our actions, by inhibiting our decisions out of, out of fear of some, some intangible parent figure who, who shakes a finger at us from thousands of years ago and says, and says, "Do it... do it and I'll #$%&in' spank you."
WowOutcastNetwork May 26th 2011 4:12PM
if im the only one who got that reference, Ill be very upset....lol
Amaxe May 26th 2011 6:39PM
By the same token, given the technological nature of the engineer, it could also be an indictment of the soul crushing nature of science and technology, where their proponents reduce living beings to merely material objects.
;-P
splodesondeath May 26th 2011 4:57PM
Hehe, this was my favourite part of the Disney adaptation of Alice and Wonderland. I see that's not where it started from these comments though.
You drew some amazing parallels between the real thing and WoW though. Fantastic work.
Chivvy May 26th 2011 6:30PM
The opening few lines are a shout-out to Potter Puppet Pals. In the original, Harry and Ron decide that they will go bother Snape.
WowOutcastNetwork May 26th 2011 9:38PM
actually i never saw potter puppet pals...so i wouldn't know. Now that im actually doing comedy on my own, i try not to watch other peoples work as much as i should. Its so i myself know that i came up with something funny, rather then worrying about ripping someone off :)
Amaxe May 26th 2011 6:38PM
The problem I had was the worgen reading the poem was not always clear in what was said. Maybe it's just a problem with my hearing, but I'd recommend some better enunciation when using a gruff sounding voice.
Stephanie May 27th 2011 3:02AM
It isn't just you. I found what I could understand enjoyable but I spent a lot of time going "what did he say?"
Still though considering I wasn't even goingto watch it in the first place, I am pleasantly surprised at the quality and quite happy I did decide to click.
razion May 26th 2011 6:47PM
If this video was aiming to confuse the crap out of me, it did a very good job.
Dreyja May 26th 2011 7:19PM
Brilliant and funny. It took me a little while to recognize what it was in reference to but SO well DONE!
The use of these particular models to tell this story was pretty darn funny. Kudos! I'm now subscribing to their channel.
Quark1020 May 27th 2011 1:54PM
You got me at "Silence! You insignificant, overgrown, meat potato!"