Around the Campfire is Wowcrendor's entry into the BlizzCon 2011 machinima contest. The movie didn't win, but I still think this is one hell of a funny video. Unfortunately, it's hard to talk about the plot without totally giving away the ending. I'll have to stick to some of the basics in this review.
The voice acting was provided by Jesse Cox, Rawrbug, and Wowcrendor himself. The vocal performances were spot-on, of course, but that's what you would expect from these three. This is an interesting departure from Wowcrendor's normal type of machinima; while this was impressive, I hope the fancier production values don't keep the master of sarcasm from churning out movies in the future.
My hat's off to everyone involved in Around the Campfire. This was a great show. Interested in the wide world of machinima? We have new movies every weekday here on WoW Moviewatch! Have suggestions for machinima we ought to feature? Toss us an email at moviewatch@wowinsider.com.
When I saw it, I thoguht it was kinda dull, but then the punchline hit me (much like Theldurin would hit Deatnwing in the face), and I thoroughly enjoyed it ;-)
Harsh ... but true. I'm a huge proponent of Crendor's work and this just didn't seem up to his usual standards. Funny and well done, but ... I dunno. Missing that Crendor sarcasm.
Yeah, I also saw where the "twist" was going to be by the second time. It's well put together, but a little too obvious and nothing terribly funny along the way. I'm a big fan of wowcrendor's work, but this was the weakest effort by him in my opinion.
I'll still definitely look forward to his next, though.
Oh are you guys gonna start copying Massively and every other asshole AOL site and only link to your own tags in articles? You can't link to the actual website of those people? How about being the one site owned by AOL that isn't completely lame?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Tri Oct 28th 2011 12:08PM
When I saw it, I thoguht it was kinda dull, but then the punchline hit me (much like Theldurin would hit Deatnwing in the face), and I thoroughly enjoyed it ;-)
Tri Oct 28th 2011 12:09PM
Omg spelling.. there's no excuse O.o
Any ETA on that edit button, anyone?
Drakkenfyre Oct 28th 2011 12:12PM
It's a funny video, but the ending was obvious by the second time.
Lyrd Oct 28th 2011 1:06PM
Agreed, VERY predictable. Had it won, I would have been very disappointed in the competition.
Kunikenwad! Oct 28th 2011 1:12PM
@Lyrd
Harsh ... but true. I'm a huge proponent of Crendor's work and this just didn't seem up to his usual standards. Funny and well done, but ... I dunno. Missing that Crendor sarcasm.
Minstrel Oct 28th 2011 1:18PM
Yeah, I also saw where the "twist" was going to be by the second time. It's well put together, but a little too obvious and nothing terribly funny along the way. I'm a big fan of wowcrendor's work, but this was the weakest effort by him in my opinion.
I'll still definitely look forward to his next, though.
Cadychan Oct 28th 2011 12:12PM
I was a bit confused at first, but at the end I lol'd. XD
Moeru Oct 28th 2011 12:40PM
Wowcrendor makes me laugh at the stupidest things. Lol'ed for about 5min after the punchline.
Luotian Oct 28th 2011 12:15PM
That...was kind of hilarious. Poor guy!
yous95 Oct 28th 2011 12:31PM
Absolutely brilliant xD I actually had no idea what was going on until the very end
Susinko Oct 28th 2011 4:26PM
Same here! I thought that his friends were just being jerks! Or had a secret love affair going on.
Lachdanan Oct 28th 2011 1:24PM
Take my quest, take my quest...
(for those who love Sharm :P)
nonentity Oct 28th 2011 1:25PM
Very good to see it linked here, it's a great machinima video with an awesome punchline.
wowcrendor excels once more ^^
Michael Martine Oct 28th 2011 1:28PM
Oh are you guys gonna start copying Massively and every other asshole AOL site and only link to your own tags in articles? You can't link to the actual website of those people? How about being the one site owned by AOL that isn't completely lame?
Joakim Oct 28th 2011 1:28PM
That video reminds me what happens whenever I zone in to Occulus. "He, where'd everybody g... oh. Right."
Tri Oct 28th 2011 6:24PM
Made me giggle.. :O
Matt P Oct 28th 2011 1:29PM
I never thought about questgivers as being caught in a Groundhog Day-esque nightmare. Poor sods.
Blazing Rain Oct 28th 2011 3:18PM
KNEW IT! I figured it out the second time his friends were gone, and he called the lady 'adventurer'. Very clever mister crendor....
RetPallyJil Oct 28th 2011 4:07PM
I think he got robbed. This was clever and well-made.
Mike R. Oct 28th 2011 6:28PM
I was expecting the ! to be blue.