The Legend of Vox Machina: Sam Riegel, Travis Willingham & Brandon Auman on Adapting Critical Role
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- Will we be getting an official album of Scanlan's Scanthums in the future? Critical Role stars Sam Riegel (Scanlan Shorthalt), Travis Willingham (Grog Strongjaw) and showrunner/executive producer Brandon Auman sit down with Dan Casey to discuss their new animated series, The Legend of Vox Machina, Scanlan's big introduction, and the challenges of adapting Critical Role for animation on today's episode of Nerdist Now!
Watch the original adventures of Vox Machina in Critical Role’s Campaign 1: • Critical Role | Campai... - Zábava
I just wish each episode was 5 to 10 minutes longer
Yeah the format doesn't hold up to 3 hrs of each critical role episode. Lol
A pretty good sign though if your reaction is "I want more."
@@richardhealy that's all I want atm
To be fair if it was 5-10 mins longer. I would still want it to be 5-10 mins longer.
@@JohnBrown-wk4io lol that's funny but true haha
Loving the show. The gore the humour. Hope we get to see all the big arcs of first campaign
Well, they already set up Chroma Conclave, and the Briarwoods basically entails Vecna is going to arrive at the end.
Seems like they either dropped or postponed the Kvarn arc.
Could be the stop after the Cromwell conclave. Vecna is a Necromancer and a Name ohne by Wizards of the Coast.
If not, the just call Himmel the wispered one
@@Pauli919 it is okay though, because they have renamed all the properties to be used lol
Grog and Scandalan are the best duo interaction so far on the first 3 episodes.
There are some absolute gems coming up with that particular duo.
I JUST HEARD ABOUT THIS FROM A FRIEND, she told me how funny it was and it reminded me of the stuff I used to watch and I didn't make the connection at first until I went to share the campaign with her thinking "If she likes that she'll LOVE this"
And if course it hits me and a WAS SO excited.
Haha that must've been a crazy realisation
the show turned out amazing!!
Love love LOVE the show. Seeing things play out as they are is everything I could have asked for. The Briarwood being introduced was unexpected but I was unreasonably excited to see them on the screen
can't wait for it to get renewed for at least a few more years and then some love the art and the animation so much
For that super long fold out idea... would the tapestry of Scanlan and Pike on horseback not be PERFECT?! He ordered it himself, it'd be his album, It was even d e s i g n e d to be absurdly wide! Cmon!
I loved it guys! I wish the.whole season was out!
I remember back in the 1990s when I lived with my roommate that owned a comic book/gaming store. He used to get anime for customers, but I was never a fan in the beginning, since it seemed aimed at children (I was in Japan as an adolescent in the late 70s and the anime on TV there was very kid oriented). Anyways, long story short, a friend of mine said there were more adult animes available, so I asked my roommate to get an adult anime for me. You know where this went, unfortunately. After realizing it was "adult" (i.e. hentai), I understood my mistake. Hearing it again coming from you guys just makes me chuckle.
Amazing show. Just finished watching the first 3 episodes.
No no no no NO!. The double LP sleeves need to fold out and double as a DM screen!
I cannot wait for this, especially with the awesome artwork.
I'm on episode 29 and I am binge watching the entire first season, 130+ episodes 😊 Gotta watch em all!😂
@2:28, Scanlan and Grog found an Out House, which Grog used to have a chat with his weapon.
I'll let the innuendo hang there :)
The album came out today on iTunes! (and probably other places)
My favorite thing was sam always singing *"BIGSBYS HAAAAAAND!!!!"*
"Scanlan's hand" actually... I guess Bigsby is copyrighted?
@@elguapo1690 yeeaaa
Hey I have a question: Would you be able to use Figurine of wondrous power Bronze griffon as a mount or fly on it?
Beads of love, baby.
One of the best intros to an Anime ever...
Just enjoyed watching the first three episodes but it feels like a lot's been cut out. I'm wondering whether we'll see Kraghammer at all and I expected there to be a bit more pre-stream story.
Kraghammer was never going to happen, both because nothing really happens there and because of a certain someone.
@@belindaluna2067 , a certain someone might have been edited out. I wouldn't say nothing happens but I would agree that it's a separate storyline without much character development unlike the Briarwood and dragon arcs which mesh together quite well. I'd have quite liked to see Clarota, however. Perhaps they could rework the timeline if they get more episodes.
@@malcolmrowe9003 the Kraghammer stuff doesn't work for a TV show, it was self contained cause it was basically a pilot arc for Critical Role and having it in the animated show would only be filler its def the right choice to skip it.
Epic shizz, tnx
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Super excited to watch more I just feel like the episodes go by pretty fast and with this this Briarwood arc coming up I’m really hoping for more meaningful and fun character interactions between all the characters you know?
Really? "Are there toilets"? There MUST be toilets, because there are... bidets XD
Possibly a bog of holding that gets emptied one a month
The legend of Vox Machina made me want to go and play DnD again after years.
I absolutely loved the first three episodes. I hope there's a second season, and it gets a bigger budget so they can have longer episodes.
lucky for you, when amazon bought the show in the first place they bought 2, 12 episode, seasons (at the end of the Kickstarter the plan was 1, 10 episode, season) so here's hoping for a third!
I read somewhere that episode 4 is expected around feb 3rd or 4th :)
Just finished all 3 episodes and love it! I hate the weekly release, but don’t care for this. So good!
While I am enjoying the show, my biggest complaint is the pacing. Every line and joke feels like they were set to get to the end of each episode within a certain time limit, and it takes away from the emotional impact of some scenes and it doesn’t leave a lot of time to laugh over the better jokes.
30 minute episodes trying to contain ALL the glory of CR campaign 1. I think it is paced VERY well considering how much is being crammed into each episode. This show HAS to be tight and fast and action packed. No time to uncork the wine and let it breathe here.
Unfortunately, in animation, you dont have the luxury of lingering on every single moment. If they did the length of the show would be infinitely longer, and literally every second costs money. This is with the result of them getting 10x plus of their initial goals for funding.
Imagine how it would have to be if this who thing lasted 75 min?
This is a very valid observation. I felt that too on the first two episodes. However, I think the show hit its stride on the third. If someone who has no idea what Critical Role is saw it they would definitely notice the rushed introductions on the first two. Too much dialogue for exposition is a necessary evil to provide context on two 20-minute episodes. But judging by the third episode, it looks like the next ones would be better.
@@peter_parkour
"This is a very valid observation. I felt that too on the first two episodes. However, I think the show hit its stride on the third"
This is absolutely my observation. I started watching CR with Campaign 2 and only watched clips of Campaign 1. Seeing people's response to episode 1 and 2 made me feel like their is likely going to be some disconnect between the people that are fans of Vox Machina already and people that's first experience is the show.
Episodes 1 and 2, to me, were very "meh". Not bad, but not particularly good either. Episode 3, however, was great and definitely makes me want more.
I hope that the strength of episode 3 is representative of the rest of the season, as that would mean it is likely going to be a great success.
To be fair, they have a lot of main characters and a lot of content to steam through. I think they do okay though. I like the idea that they focus on one or two group members per arc. It might make things more digestible.
Everybody was great in the new series. Sam really stole the damned show, though.
From reverse math to Fibonacci...?
Skamthuns all 2022
the soundtrack is already out lol
and neal could def pass for mercer's brother
I'm SO happy they decided to keep it adult. Adult spaces on the internet have been diminishing a lot lately, everything has to be PG for some goddamn reason... I'm absolutely in love with the show, some lines even revived the memory of watching the campaign, the very early days of it with the blue Geek & Sundry background... A wonderful ride in the first 3 eps, can't wait for the rest!! (Also bless them for not releasing it all at once Netflix-style. I love having something to look forward to every week.)
exec - a cartoon for adults? whos gonna buy the toys?
Honestly I like the show but Scanlan, unfortunately doesn’t work for me. The crass humor doesn’t land well enough to make up for the shock value it’s going for. It’s a bummer because me favorite character was Scanlan from the show and it just feels like a bit overboard.
I had never watched any of the campaigns and the story seemed rushed but my biggest issue was the overwhelming unlikability of most of the protagonists.
It's partially by design as they open up to each other and become a found family as part of their collective character arc, in addition to their own individual arcs. This season (the Whitestone arc) mainly focuses on Percy's arc.
If you're willing to stick with it they are so worth the effort :) they're not perfect, and ep3 is probably the most challenging part that I found in live show, but the chars live and learn with the consequences of their actions on the world around them. They only ever grow on me the more time I spend with these chars.
Well, looking at the recommendations it looks like I am sticking with it!
@@MiseryRex Horray! :D
Am very much liking the show. The episodes feel very rushed, with characters moving places far faster, and doing things that, as a Critical Role fan, you’ll know how this works, but otherwise doesn’t make any sense. But, the pacing issue is understandable. It’s a LOT of content to get through. I just hope it slows down after episode 3.
My only real question that I’m disappointed about not seeing is why leave out Tiberius? Sure, he had to leave the show early on, but he still existed. Would have liked to see him animated as well.
The show is... well this is going to get hated on but... If you have no understanding of DnD or Critical Roll you will most likely feel lost when you watch the first three episodes. If you are an average watcher of CR and know the first game a little you will notice that there wasn't a lot of character introduction and what there was, was vague at best in the show. If your a hard core or long term fan of CR you are going to nerd rage at anyone who points these things out, but understand I didn't dislike the show. Just know that your extensive understanding of all that is CR is not held by everyone. If you look at the show from a newcomer's perspective there was literally no build up to killing a dragon, A DRAGON! They make it seem like this Big Bad monster and then... Oh ya stab em in the neck and he dies... also Grog somehow cut through those scales he couldn't dent a minute ago because he yelled "I would like to rage!" like it's some catch phrase, but to anyone seeing the show and not knowing what that means it's weird because they didn't really give it a meaning in the show it feels more like a "Hulk Smash" rip off even though it has such a deeper meaning. This could have been a 10 second flashback fix where they show random fights where Grog was pushed to his limit and raged out then overcame his foe. The show just felt like it was trying to push 20+ quest lines in the face of the viewer at once. I really like CR and I have become more of an active watcher. I will continue to tune in to the show as I did enjoy it, but I just think they need to do a little more setup, for example episode one "OMG IT's a DRAGON!! WE ARE GOING TO DIE! But we have to kill it because it killed this one kid." Episode 2 "17mins to find a dragon. 5 mins to kill it. Ok now what?" Episode three "OMG there are two vampire people that beat the crud out of us. We need to do something but we are going to jail."... at this rate Episode 4 "Broke out of prison. Killed the vampire peeps. killed every monster in the world. Became Gods. What's next?"
I'm a big fan of CR and I agree with you on the character intros and moments where you'd have to have some knowledge of the source material to truly connect with what's happening. Obviously I know who these characters are and what they're about so the moments like Grog's rage hit hard for me, but to a newcomer it must be confusing lol. Not only that, but if you've seen the campaign in any capacity you'll know that these characters have quite a bit of depth. For anyone seeing them for the first time? I would have to wonder if that hidden depth is coming through, or if they all seem kind of flat. I don't think there was enough time invested in the beginning into making these characters meaningful and accessible to those who have no idea what D&D/Critical Role is.
All that said, these are only the first three episodes (and they are wonderful overall), so they could still surprise us!
Way too much random profanity imo.
@josue colina can you stop spamming
In fairness they swear somewhat frequently in their actual game / stream (or at least more so in the Vox Machina campaign. Less so it seems in campaign 2 and 3)
@@Hathur It felt natural when they did it in the campaign because it wasn't scripted. In the series it was written and feels way too forced. It doesn't ruin it but it sticks out like a sore thumb when it happens.
@@kyeo77 report and move on, don't waste your time on the spam bots
It seemed like a normal amount of swearing for me but then I swear alot anyway