I have seen the comments about the use of the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme in this video. When I initially made this video I used it because it was in the Kickstarter Q&A ( 31:46 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CHtkAfkOYgI.html ). So I thought it would be a fun edit to make. I understand that this was an unconventional use. It’s all good
@@alexfigueroa5170 Unfortunately the kickstarter has ended but you could possibly help by watching VM animated on Amazon since it'll get two seasons there.
"alright sir, that will be $3,000,000." "Alright." "oh, actually, it was only 750,000" "I WOULD HAVE PAID 11 MILLION" "...okay" "I aint fuckin around" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dtldgZ7JJvo.html
@@HYDN150 there is a quote by a great man named todd howard that fits this situation quite well "15 times the detail" such an emotional quote it makes me tear up every time
@@_NightSaber_ I'm in canada and confused. I broke my arm and got a concussion in the same year and payed 10 bucks. Why does the cast need 10 million dollars for hospitals?
@@bubblegunsoldier7484 American healthcare is very expensive. "The average cost to traditional health insurers for the first 90 days following a heart attack is $38,501. Medicare spends over $14,000 per patient on hospital bills in the year after a heart attack, plus additional amounts for physicians and outpatient care." - Google. Of course, NightSaber asked for no politics, so I will make no further comments.
@@lastsymphony1300 LOL If y'all just wanna blatantly lie based on the most basic Google searches, which were admitted to being tampered with to promote left wing ideology to the Senate, House, and SCOTUS, then sure. If you want the truth, America is basically average, maybe slightly below average for amount paid for healthcare across the world in developed nations, and America is on the lower end of wait times for surgeries. I've debated this topic many times, and every time I do it I am the victor, but I'd be more than happy to prove it again if needed. We would have lower costs if Obamacare wasn't a thing, too btw. Costs jumped overall when it was introduced, but left wing talking heads have blamed inflation for that instead, which I admit had a role in it but was smaller than the total jump.
I remember they talked about that and said something about a ride called Widowghast’s Nine Sided Tower (or something like that) and you would hear Caleb say “Think up” and then the ride starts moving up.
@@kubli365 I'm pretty sure it was a reference to Matt Mercer singing it in their Q&A about the kickstarter. I think if even used a still from that part of the video in this one.
Did these guys forget that the original limited run for their first T-Shirt sold out before they finished talking about it? Like, did these guys not realize their fans will literally throw their full wallets at these guys?
@@yasminafarih3681 it's also better to aim low and receive high than aim high and receive low. Hell, if they said "we want 3 million dollars" I don't know if they'd have gotten there to been considered too greedy.
Save your money. Blindspot isn't long for this world. Their ratings have only gone down over the years. It's a miracle they weren't cancelled last season, and their numbers this season are even worse.
I'm pretty sure that most of you folks are just fooling around, but to those who seriously believe that "buying" Ashley out of her NBC contract is a real possibility and a permanent solution for her absence, consider this: TV-acting is her career, she pursues it on her free will. It's probably what she wants to continue doing regardless of CR's success and I wouldn't be surprised if she picks up her next acting gig pretty quick. Maybe she'll get one in LA, that's the best you peeps can hope for.
@@schweppes1313 she'll likely pick on in LA if she has the chance, makes things easier for both her friendships and romantic relations, but you are 100% correct; besides, Blindspot wasn't bought for 5 seasons at face, really no TV show is (though some promising ideas get sold on 2 or 3 seasons apiece), so Ashley must have _actively_ chosen to continue on that job after CR blew up at least once or twice... And there's really nothing to it. I think part of what makes CR so great isn't _just_ the quality of the acting, but that everyone there _loves_ acting; helps creating the vibe of so genuine _fun_ they are all having on the set that we love watching. But I won't lie, I was fucking stoked when she came back for an indefinite amount of time =p
one of which was amazon which as an apology to doubting CR basically greenlit a second season with 2 more episodes in each season on top. so hallelujah to that
I like to remind people (although, I think it's almost preaching to the choir here) that Critical Role didn't "sell out" to Amazon with the whole partnership thing. Amazon and Twitch have a very close relationship, enough where they have the Amazon Prime = 1 free Twitch subscription. If anything, by sticking with Amazon, Critical Role is staying close to it's roots
Though I'm actually glad all those studios turned them down. A studio agreeing to make the project would not be nearly as satisfying as them seeing the Critters crush that goal. It would have just been more of a business deal than to see them Broken by how fast the Critters jumped on that.
@@Logan_Baron Agreed. Also, studios putting money into the project means they can dictate stuff about what goes and what doesn't on screen. Say a bisexual (openly so) main character? Guts and lots of butt stabbing? By being self reliant they are also the only ones (mostly) deciding what happens to their product.
Critical role- we need money beca- Fans- here’s 11 million dollars Critical role- WHAT, but we didn’t even say what it was fo- Fans- shhhhh we love you, that’s all that matters
I'm a bit worried about when Media companies see the amount of money CR has gained through this campaign. Worried now that they'll try to get their hands on the D&D market and community and wring it dry similar to the Sci-fi and gaming market.
They might produce a lot of trash, but there will be a few pieces of gold between them. It also encourages more people to play DnD. I don't see a problem.
Even if they put out crap it won't make Critical Role bad or any other good stuff, bad. There's lots of crappy sci fi, but that didn't stop the good sci fi.
I'm not so much worried about the stuff that will be produced (Everything will have it's highs and lows when it comes to quality and passion), but more so worried about how corporation may try to monetize every aspect of D&D. D&D is one of those experiences where you don't need expensive equipment to make the most out of it, the "entry cost" is entirely up to you. This is just me being skeptic, but corporations will always find ways to monetize something with lots of traffic.
It's already been monetized. You don't need expensive equipment to play, but said expensive equipment has been there for ages. You have the choice not to buy that stuff.
5 Years From Now... CR: Hey so- Critters: here’s 20 million dollars CR: Actually we just- Critters: shhhh CR: ... We just wanted to ask for your favorite moments for a compilation but I guess we could make a Limited Netflix series of the M9
@@Shinbu1128 With the money they raised in this kickstarter, and given that smaller indoor themeparks cost $10 mil on the lower end, they actually could've built a themepark with the money we raised already. In other words, we've done it once, we can do it again!
Note they made 11 million but then AMAZON DECIDED ”WANT ANOTHER SEASON? PARTNER WITH US AND WE’LL PRODUCE A SECOND SEASON PLUS A UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS LIKELY VERY BIG BECAUSE WE ARE AMAZON”
This is the same energy as to when very early in the 1st campaign, they released their first shirts, and they were sold out before they finished telling people about it.
My favourite thing to come of all of this is that we'll finally find out what an animated VM is like. My second favourite is all the stretch goal memes. My third is that we got to break even-keeled, steadfast Matthew Mercer.
Ashley: Hey critters we'd love three quarters of a million dollars in 45 days. Critters: Eleven million, you say? Matt: Uh Critters: 11.3, first million in an hour. Final offer. No need to shake on it. Matt: *error Critters: Get rekt, Mercer, we love you.
Vox Machina forgot one key thing. MATT MERCER FORGOT ONE KEY THING. THE REASON THAT DND PLAYERS ARE CONSTANTLY STRUGGLING WITH DEBT... Expensive Physical Materials. Source books at $30 a book, Adventures that cost $25 a piece, Figure sets or massive scale figures that cost anywhere from 10-100 dollars or more, THE UNGODLY AMOUNT OF INK JET CHARTRAGES AND 8.5/11 PAPER TO PRODUCE NOTES AND CHARACTER SHEETS. All of a sudden Vox Machina wants to do the animated special, and it was as if Tens of Thousands of Dm's and Players agreed, "This is a task of greater ergence and importance."
@@CrisSelene No one forced anybody, yes; but it's more the case of the natural order of DND has people already diverting a (sometimes large) budget specifically for the game itself, that when the campaign came around the money got diverted to the campaign instead of average DND shinanigans.
Hold on hold on, 25-30$ books and adventures? Where?!?! My local comic shop sells those materials for 50$ each! Also, they sell DnD miniatures in packets of two for 5$.
There are free pdfs of all the books online, as well as many sights that do online character sheets, and heck google has a built-in dice roller. So you can really play the game entirely free if you wish.
@@sirispendragon5524 and only a few of those PDFs are legal, most of them are bootleg, and often poorly scanned or even missing crucial content. I was dealing with a version of Xanathar's that had no index, table of content, and entire sections missing (such as the racial feats and artwork) for two years before I found out anything was missing. But yes, the Players Handbook, Monster Manual, and Swords of the Coast books are officially released as free PDFs.
I mean, in 2 days they are at about $5 million and with 40 days to go, and are within $800k of breaking Veronica Mars record for most crowdfunded TV/Film project
When the sword graphic on the kickstarter page isnt long enough to pierce through all stretch goals and the last goal is at "?$" since they dont know when it will stop.
It's honestly funny how they asked nicely for a humble $750,000, thinking maybe by the end of the 45 day period they would get enough to hit a stretch goal or two, and the Critter community tore through all their end goals like a derailed freight train.
I'm so upset I only found Critical Role at Campaign 2 ep 137, otherwise I would have given as much money as I could have possible given them. They're the only people on RU-vid that I actually believe when they say "we love you". I feel warm and like they actually mean it. I love them all so much too.
I discovered it 6 months ago. I'm super mad i didn't knew about it sooner cause the firet campaign was EXACTLY at a point in my life where i would have NEEDED it so bad, anyway, I'm mad at myself for not getting more interested in DnD in general sooner
@@wverms oh my fucking god I am laughing my ass off, poor Matt he must be so broken at this point we might break that 7.5 stretch goal lads, and we still have like 40-ish days to go how far can we take this shit, can we break 10? that would be amazing
As much, as i love this, and that we've it 6.7 Million... it is sadly slowing down. We will almost certanly crack the 7.5, but I wonder if we will crack the one after that...
Every kickstarter slows down, and this one took longer to slow down than most. There's also usually a huge uptick in the last 48 hours or so, so I think we're in a good place.
Thinking back to all the companies that rejected them as I watch all ten episodes on Amazon Prime, happy to be a part of a community that will literally buy anything related to Critical Role. :D
this all went down before i started watching critical role. i remember my mate being like oh yeah they wanna make a tv show im gonna drop like 20 quid on the kickstarter and i was like thats weird a tv show for a dnd podcast but lowkey cool tho dnd is cool im here for that and then like half an hour later seeing critical role trending #1 on twitter because they absolutely demolished the stretch goals
My wish for Critical Role Land: An escape from Gelidon ride. Actors walking around like disneyland, but way more ren faire plus various dnd races costuming. Bean bag toss, bow and arrow range, axe throwing, garb shops, magic shops, fish market, braving grounds shows, circus shows, a town crier, medieval variant burlesque shows, a Darktow special effects show, a tour of the Xhorhaus. Scanlan's mansion (plus a chicken or salad restaurant), Caleb's tower (a tour ride plus regular restaurant that serves pancakes and dried bugs), pubs featuring Trostenwald ale and Lionett wine. Percy's clock.
Only being barely several months into the critical role fandom when this happened was glorious haha! 😄 It was great to find out how much other fans love the CR cast and realise - to my delight- that they were not wrong to. (as I'm sure many can understand a lot of previous fandoms I had been in had been disappointing in that respect). They deserve all the love & more ❤️
I don't know about Y'all~, but I'd TOTALLY be up for a Critical Role Land, set up as a Ren Fair like park or like that of Evermore Park in a way, with 3-5 main areas set up between the 2 campaigns with little rides/buildings set of those locations for crafts and other enjoyments~. I'm sure if a kickstarter for that started, we'd be flocking to make that place a reality
I just wanted to say, imagine how salty any animated production company would be for realizing that they missed out on a HUGE money opportunity here. There are players voluntarily pledging $11 million - though through varied rewards. Imagine that kicker.
I love that picture of Matt holding up a picture of Critical Role land. Because before this he was like 'lol, this is such a neat joke' Kickstarter happens and Critters be like: " Try us." He is scared of the power he wields in this photo
I'm really glad they went with the Kickstarter route. Any network that picked it up wasn't going to have the full idea of what was going on and who knows what limitations they would have put on them. Now the cast and their pick of crew will have all the power to make the show that only they are qualified to make.
This makes me so incredibly happy to watch. I’m just sad I was living under a rock and didn’t know about this. I would have been one of those people to have donate...
Can someone help me? Looking for a compalation video of the cast's first reactions Sam was in an airport Travis kep saying "what" Marisha had a breakdown Laura ana Liem said proper thank yous.
And the most incredible thing here is that CR brought us so fucking great series in return. Like, these were money not "well" spent, but "incredibly well" spent
I just find it funny that they were expecting to reach their goal, y'know some time DURING the wait. but were extra surprised to see that all goals were met and more before the day was up.... did these guys forget that the twitch peeps bought and sent them pizza and food during a number of their beginning live-streams? If fans are crazy enough to do THAT! you underestimated their capacity to shell out money.
I had no idea what this was when I clicked on it. I thought the whole thing was going to be a scam or something. Then I saw it was a community that raised money for something they loved and had fun doing it. It made me happy.
Critical Role: Hey world, Could we please have money to make something amazing? It’s $750K World: Here’s more than DOUBLE of what you asked for! Critical Role: Bruh... it hasn’t even been 4 hours. WHAT?!
