WoW Moviewatch: Heroes
by Michael Gray 
Aug 11th 2011 at 12:00PM
Kidsake's back with a new video called Heroes. It's a shout-out to his friends and fellow WoW players, featuring a large series of character vignettes set to Peter Gabriel's cover of Heroes. This surprisingly moody, brooding piece actually reminds me of Kidsake's other videos. He definitely brings a thoughtful, enigmatic feel to his videos.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tim Aug 11th 2011 12:31PM
Shoulda stuck with the Wallflowers version of the song from that shitty Godzilla movie from a few years back. The animation was cool but there wasn't much going on to be honest. Not sure how I really feel about it. Certainly not ecstatic. Sorry, this one didn't float my boat. As an aside, wasn't K. Aarons in the video our very own Kelly by chance?
Kidsake Aug 11th 2011 12:51PM
Yes. I am a huge fan of WoW, Eh and wanted her in this shout out, so I asked her and she very graciously said yes.
And the Wallflowers will never exist in this dojo.
Ciaran Aug 11th 2011 12:38PM
Holy crap. That was amazing.
shotiechan Aug 11th 2011 12:43PM
Oh my gosh, this is a wonderful gem of a video. I'm crying, it's so pretty.
/embarrassed
Jon Aug 11th 2011 12:46PM
Should have used the Wallflowers version. Or even the original by Bowie. Sorry, Peter Gabriel's version sucks.
Kidsake Aug 11th 2011 12:54PM
I tend to like VOICEsVOICEs' cover of Heroes, as for as Wallflowers, see above =p
David Bowie is my Superman
RetPallyJil Aug 11th 2011 12:51PM
:( Stupid machinima people with better computers and software than I :(
... but I admit it was gorgeous! :D
shotiechan Aug 11th 2011 1:02PM
Don't listen to the haters, this version of the song is very pretty.
allison.lins Aug 11th 2011 1:14PM
One of my favorite covers by Peter. He's amazing and he transformed a poppy song about triumph into something dark and heavy, gave it a true sense of that desperate moment before a battle that you must win to survive. I love the video.
Kidsake Aug 11th 2011 1:36PM
Exactly. He and both share an affliction of depression, and when I first heard this song, I immediately changed the machinima (it was originally going to use the Smashing Pumpkins 'The Beginning is the End is the Beginning')
All I wanted is to show that WE can all be heroes, just for a day, in Azeroth and beyond.
WanderingNomad Aug 11th 2011 2:29PM
This one struck me down hard.....absolutely beautiful...the music's a perfect match for the video and caused much feeling inside of me.....thank you :)
Angrycelt Aug 11th 2011 5:02PM
The music absolutely made this video. The visuals were beautiful, and definitely better than the usual "shout out" vids. Kidsake packed a lot of story into those little slo-mo vignettes, and the quiet, slowly building music fit perfectly.
I really dug it. Now to go watch God's Gonna Cut You Down again.
Choline Aug 11th 2011 6:36PM
That was absolutely amazing. I got a little choked up.
Noselacri Aug 11th 2011 6:36PM
I just bought his version of the song because of this machinima.
Thank you.
Dreyja Aug 11th 2011 7:44PM
WOW! This is another masterpeice. I'd put your Johnny Cash video as one of my top five favorite wow-videos! I love your style and hope you churn out many more. :-D
dakkyn Aug 11th 2011 9:36PM
Haunting and beautiful, my friend. Makes me wish I had a clue when it came to putting videos together. This version fits the subject matter much more completely than either David Bowie's or The Wallflowers (though both are still decent renditions.)
splodesondeath Aug 11th 2011 10:15PM
When it started up, I realized I heard this song before, but it was the TV on the Radio cover from the War Child indie CD. Guess I gotta explore the other covers and the Bowie original.
Great animation and really interesting theme - at first I was bothered by all the names, but they made sense very quickly and cast a very interesting light on the video. It kind of reminds you of all the Blizzard shout-outs to community members, and how special it can be to be recognized by a huge for-profit corporation for just being creative, or helpful, or funny.
Kidsake Aug 11th 2011 11:35PM
Thank you.
I hope not to take so long for my next one.
Keep playing, keep watching.
~kidsake
Jere Hunter Aug 12th 2011 11:09AM
Great video Kid :). I recognized the WoW eh reference right away and loved it. Then had to watch 'Gods gonna cut you down' again. Keep up the excellent work
Broken-toes Aug 12th 2011 1:21PM
Bloddy hell, gave me goose bumps- gnomes ruined it though!