FILMMAKER REACTS TO OVERWATCH THE WASTELANDER CINEMATIC! 

After a lot, a LOT of comments here we ar ewith the Wastelander cinematic episode! What did you guys think of the 4rth wall breaking? TRY for FREE the all new UniConverter All-in-One Video Toolkit: bit.ly/3U6XBTN MERCH: www.guerrilla-filmmaker.com/merch

honestly I don't mind the fourth wall breaks in this cinematic, if anything they add a lot to the Junker Queen as a character. I think a lot of her character is very similar to someone like deadpool, using comedy and fourth wall breaks to cover up a deeper personality formed from a traumatic past. I think the start of the cinematic does a lot to illustrate this with her waking up from a nightmare and playing it off through the fourth wall. Also I think Junker Queen having an easy time in the arena is meant to show how fake the Junker King is and how he hasn't had to face actual hardships the way she has as someone who grew up in the wasteland outside of junkertown. When looking at the cinematic from a purely action based perspective it does all take away from it a bit, but it does a lot to showcase her as a character and provides valuable exposition to understand her motivations and backstory, which is in fact the true intention of the cinematic.

7:05 “Why would she do that?” She pushed Geiger out of the way because she mentioned earlier when they first clashed that she liked the way he fought and she wanted him alive when she takes over.

The fourth wall breaks are the best thing about it. Without them, we lose the entire charm of Junker Queen as a character, because she's wacky and fun and not serious at all. This style of cinematic is genius, and it's in the same vein as Junrat's and Roadhog's silly cinematics. It's supposed to be fun and kooky, not at all like Kiriko's inspirational cinematic. Junker Queen's isn't supposed to be so serious

Haven't finished the breakdown portion of the video, but I wanted to answer the question about thoughts regarding the fourth wall breaking. It did kinda bug me on first watch, but on second watch an idea as to why it was done came to mind. I'm not sure I'm going to explain it well, but when it occurred to me.. I thought if that's what they were going for, it's kinda clever how they did this. (Note: She's definitely younger in this cinematic than what she is in-game since it's definitely a flashback to her past.) She's telling the story of how she became the Junker Queen by winning the reckoning, and the whole fight sequence is being shown rather than told. You know how when you're telling a story, you might add little commentary bits to spruce it all up? I think that's what the 4th wall breaking bits are. For example, when she looks back at the camera to tell the viewer "King Howl has never lost- not in 13 years of rule." It's kind of like she took a pause from telling the story, just to tell you the guy had been undefeated for quite some time before resuming. So I feel like any time she addresses the camera, it's a brief pause in the story to add in little bits of info. I dunno if I'm explaining it well, since I don't make films or anything.. but.. The visual story telling is the meat of the story, with the 4th wall breaking being her interrupting the story to add in little bits.. is how I interpreted it. I never saw this cinematic; dunno how I missed it because I love when they do these. Judging by her personality in-game, this cinematic and how they did it- I feel- tracks well with her as a character.

the thing you said about her never being in danger: this whole scene is a flashback, the playerbase already knows that she is the current Junkerqueen", so her winning wasn't in doubt from the start it's basically her own telling of how she got there

I felt like it was a documentary and the camera was following her around. As she was going through the fight she'd give her thoughts to engage the audience. I agree it was a bit too much, but seeing it as a "documentary" made it more immersive. The fact that she was "fine" taking a beating and appearing OP, I think it's because she's a tank in OW2, which makes sense she can withstand that much damage... All in all, I agree that breaking the forth wall that many times wasn't needed, but the cinematic is 10/10. Thanks for the video!

I thought of this as her telling her story and the fourth wall breaks being her talking to us as listeners. Given her character and attitude it kinda fits as well as maybe embolishing her abilities.

4th wall breaks aren't for everyone but for her wacky character,/personality it fits so well. Plus this is a memory/ her telling a story from her POV of how she became queen and what the wastelands are like for ppl like her. I was all for it. The action isn't the focal point. It's her character and how she affects other ppl compared to the now former Junker King. Makes sense that they don't want the action to be taken too seriously. The action is really just to show off her kit in a fancy way. OW cinematics always manage to do that.

I love the fact that junkrat was in it as well

Junker queen is a perfect example of 4th wall breaking alongside deadpool. There was a lot but it was necessary information and telling it in that way allowed the junker queen to be seen as a more joking character, doesn’t make her any less of a threat as she still disassembled the mech with her magnet. Her kind hearted nature still shows through with her sparing the junker with the mask rather than killing him which is almost a normalcy in junkertown and also taking the metal sheet for him as well when she could’ve easily let him get hit. She’s kind in a genuinely well made “respect for the strong” type character. The 4th wall breaking only added to her character and junkertown as a whole as she is the face of it and is an example of the average. Just like how junkrat and roadhog aren’t meant to be taken seriously, junker queen isn’t either but still shows strength and prowess required for a tank character in ow without making her appear as a practical joke

As someone who loves mockumentary shows I thought the fourth wall breaks were fun, and they give Junker Queen and her cinematic their own unique attitude and flair (which they seem to be leaning into a lot more for the newest characters). Imo it's not supposed to be a tense action scene where you're afraid for Junker Queen - it's more like a Deadpool fight where the action serves as sweet visual flavor to the story the character is narrating to the audience, to the point where it almost feels more like a violent style of slapstick comedy. Also can we recognize just how great the soundtrack to this cinematic is? Especially when the fight is just starting and she KO's her first opponent, that guitar is just fantastic.

I feel like the fourth wall break was at least a degree necessary, just on the grounds as its giving us context we wouldn't have if it was told by someone bound by it. Could they have given us announcer characters instead of having her talk? Sure, what the announcers say (I assume) would either be Junker King's hype men or otherwise not give us any context to the characters history beyond the opening shot in the desert. Like for example, Queen placing such emphasis on him "never losing *in thirteen years*" whereas an announcer could just say "He's never lost" or some variation. I say all that just trying to play devils advocate for the 4th wall. 😅I'm not trying to act like I know a lot.

I just found this channel and I must say I love it so far! I know many people already commented about the fourth wall breaking but I must agree with them that this is pretty much part of Junker Queen's character, I personally love that she breaks it. Lore-wise we all knew she won this battle, we knew this long before she was even introduced in the game (characters like Junkrat would already mention the Junker Queen in voice lines and other cinematics). The people of Junkertown also tend to have very laid-back and not too serious cinematics (this is mainly connected to how they live and how many many of them are quite literally crazy because of a disaster that happened some years back). I will agree that she does feel too OP and in no danger through the video, but maybe that is precisely the point, she is the danger. How else do you become the Junker Queen in an unfair fight, right? Now off to watch some more of these!

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I really liked the "soft" fourth wall. It felt much more stylized than usual, and made this short stand out a bit more among the others in the series. To me, it read more as a facet of her confidence and sense of control--which is pretty central to her character. Also, her theme song opening with the lines "This is the legend of the Junker Queen," to me, gives the impression that this is an after-the-fact, origin story--that is being presented in the middle of the action. Something akin to a story about something that happened in the past, but is being presented as if it is being told by a character in the present who is reminiscing about something. Like Forrest Gump, the Wonder Years, MHA, how I met your mother, etc. Only, there's another level of abstraction: the narrator is narrating it as she's experiencing it. And that sort of liquid quality between what is diegetic and not is interesting to me. Jarring. But I think that's the point.

I think its more about how calmly the characters talk during action scenes. They're fighting each other to the death, but talk so softly to each other. Same thing with the kiriko cinematic, when she's talking to the enemies while fighting them, it's so soft and casual. When it shouldn't be. Imo

I think most people were surprised when she didn't kill them in a good way. Yes it's Overwatch but she people still get brutally killed. Junkerqueen everyone sort of expected to be ruthless. Her having a sense of honor and vulnerability while still being extremely strong was a big surprise. And yes this is set in Australia obviously. The omnics turned Australia into a Mad Max land

I think the 4th wall breaks are nice, it gives us a look at the character and an insight into Overwatch Australia's post omnic crisis world. We get to understand what her thoughts are, and see how she enacts them.

Man you seem so humble and nice. Professional as well and great filmmaker! I hope you get a great year 2023! Wish you the best 😊🍻

I think partially the comedic and fourth-wall breaks with the junker Queen, but also Junkrat and Roadhog, is to contrast it to the tragedy of their situation so as not to make it too depressing. The Junkrat/Roadhog cinematic "The Plan" is straight up a homage to Looney Tunes (not surprising since it was directed by Terran Gregory, who is a big Looney Tunes fan), but also how Junkrat, Roadhog and Hammond (the super-intelligent hamster piloting a battle mech, who canonically lives in Junker Town and fights in the Junker Town arena) are portrayed in the game. Mad Max vibes with a comedic spin on it. Also Tank Girl influences probably. When you look at what happened to the Australian Outback after the Omnic crisis, it's a really depressing situation. The Australian government was unable to rebuild all of the land, so they didn't even try and just left the Outback to fend for itself. Some people refused to leave and try to make a living in the partially irradiated wastes as best they can. It's a hard and often tragic and short existence. But, because Overwatch's tone is overall hopeful, despite the dark parts, they contrasted this with humor for the characters based in the Australian Outback. Since the Junker Queen is not as crazy as Junkrat, nor as quiet and stoic as Roadhog, and unlike Hammond can talk, they decided to go for making her scrappy, tough - and breaking the fourth wall as her comedic shtick, to go with the overall feel of the Junker Town characters. Or to put it another way, you're not meant to be as immersed with the Junker Town characters as you are with the other Overwatch characters. ;) Of course, your mileage may vary if you like that approach or not.

So happy to see you back man! Can’t wait for you to react to the Warframe Prime Trailers specifically Valkyr, Banshee, and Nekros!!

So glad u still do these

Hi big man, I've discovered you just by the Kiriko cinematic and I'm slowly watching all your reactions and some of your works too (first was the FF's one, truly cool and well made), I think that you're truly talented and resourceful as a film maker and as the kid I am (21) I'm really looking forward to be as good as you, as I wanna be a film maker too, so good work and please keep on going with all the stuff you do, cause I really like it and I want to take all the best I can learn from a professional and a person like you are. About the video: As Deadpool being one of my favourite charachters ever made, I can totally agree with you with the bad use of 4th wall breaking, Deadpool uses it at his best, would've been cool here too if used better and just a couples time, I think at the beginning as introduction and at the end as "Junkers's propaganda"... now that I think more about it I guess also max other 2 mid combat, but well placed, in the "peaceful" moments. Short's rating: 8/10 imo; if the 4th wall breaking was better I would've given a 9/10 :)

I agree the talking to the camera was distracting a bit. I did like it overall though. I do not feel it was as good as Kiriko though, that cinematic was awesome.

I understand if someone doesn’t like the 4th wall breaks but for me it fits the feel and style of both the character and the cinematic. I’d rather Overwatch commit completely to stylized cinematics than just conform to “safe” cinematic tropes and techniques. The Wastelander is meant to be a high octane punk rock fever dream and it executes that perfectly. The ow2 cinematics are easily becoming my favorite.

Her breaking the fourth wall gives me Deadpool vibes which i kinda like

I was waiting for this forever, and I finally have it

finally! i was waiting for that!

Yes!, one of my favourite react channels watching one of my favourite short animations!

I like the 4th wall breaking. I think it adds and makes this cinematic more unique especially since its the only Overwatch cinematic that does 4th wall breaks

I like how precisely you're guessing nation on the characters. Previously you guessed Volskaya being Russian just by the accent, Tracer being from England, and now Australian accent of Junker Queen - that is exactly Australia, Junkertown. There is another small cinematic about 2 other characters form Jtown (you heard one of them screaming "YEEEEAA! JUNKER QUEEN!" when she won). Now as much to talk about, but have some cool tricks you may want to talk about.

8:40 for those who dont know... that guy cheering for her is Junkrat (also a playable character in Overwatch)

Love your videos man

One thing I love about this short is that they really demonstrate how she’s a tank character. In Honor and Glory, they show Reinhardt being a tank through his shield and protecting people with his armor. But since Queen doesn’t have armor or a shield, she just keeps taking hits and keeps on fighting. They also sort of show off her team buff ability (Commanding Shout) by inspiring the other fighters to fight back against Howl.

What is actually funny is that an other hero of overwatch is hiding in the crowd (his name is junkrat) at the start he is booing the future junker queen, getting us bucket of popcorn stole during the magnet things and finally he give her the name of junker queen and laughing like a mad and he got a verry short movie who have a cow boy bepop like opening and is actually pretty funny

I like the 4th wall breaking, if gives you the idea of their personality and not just their fighting style, gives them more life

Love your videos my dude, awesome content,

yessssssssssss i was thinking that you haven't watched this one last night! lessgoooo!

I think the continuousbreaking of 4th wall was meant to make us feel like we are in the action with her. I don't mind it, it didn't ruin either my immersion or any good feeling about the cinematic

I love how all your questions get awnsered in one cinematic through you watching it lol The fourth wall is great! Not every fight has to be just based on action. This story is about revenge, tragedy, strength and despair. Forumulas made for an avenger. Maybe you should watch it more than once as I have. You notice more when you watch it more than once. I remember when World of Warcraft's Lich King cinematic came out, I hated it. Over time, I re watched it and understood the Lore, the beauty and the music. Now I love it.

Hmm with everyone talking about the fourth wall break I want to talk about why you said there was only action and no substance when I think they did show it with how she interacted with the king two lackeys. In the beginning when she twisted the axe instead of chopping his head off and when she was talking to meri about how she’d never shoot her friends in the back right before mason shoots her Then at the end she saves the guy and gets hit and that could of killed her. These little bits in the fight show that she is just after mason to get justice on what happened to her, she does not want to kill them because she has no problem with them they didn’t do anything wrong to her. Also at the end you said it with how she gave mason water instead of just nothing like he did to her. That’s my thoughts on that.

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I really recommend watching all origin stories not even for a video but you learn alot about the characters because of it

Junkrats reaction is adorable XD

Like others said, the 4th wall thing helps in explaining the whole story in such a short time, it also brings some humour in all that, but most and foremost, it fits the character. The song is punk, she's clearly in the punk rock kind of sphere and it's about not having any rules that'll bound you. Ofc she'll break it and not respect that "silly rule" of cinematography in the same spirit than Deadpool disrespecting/making fun of everything. It's surprising, yes, but it doesn't take anything away for me and ofc she'll win and not be in any trouble: it's an Overwatch cinematic about a character in game, they always "end well/in favour of the chara". It's not like breaking the 4th wall is taking the drama that wouldn't be there anyway. It was a nice change and like for every short, it's fitting :).

The fourth Wall Breaking is just her telling a story of how she became junker queen, for in Overwatch Lore Shes been the queen already a long time, Junkrat and Roadhog have been trying ti get back into her good graces since Junk blew some things up. He is in the Audience and I'm pretty sure he didn't know Roadhog yet. So this a long past event.

I think the whole point of the 4th wall breaking was to point out that she just does not care. She has her own way of doing things and she'll do them the way she sees fit.

I always thought of the 4rth wall breaks was a part of her psyche, being out in the wasteland for 13 years watching her loved ones die in front of her, and fighting everyday that's probably how she kept some what sane.

TBH the 4th wall breaks are what make the aniamtion even better too me

though you may not be a fan of the fourth wall breaks, I'll take those any day over the tonal inconsistency that was the Kiriko short

Hey Chris, i´ve got something to recomend to ya: It´s an animation called Hellsreach a warhammer 40k story by Richard Boylan(that´s his channels name) and consists of 13 parts. It´s an wonderful animation, completely fanmade, and it tells an amazing story, even tho it´s quite long. If it´s too long, that channel made another, wonderful production, actually with actors and in real life and so on, which is just about five minutes long. I would love it if you would to one or even both of those masterpieces, since the quality is unbelievable, and he gets way to less appreceation for what he does.

I get that 4th wall breaks can be off-putting, but with this particular cinematic they work. It also feels like it adds to her character in a way. Plus if you listen to what she's telling us it's actually a nice way to introduce the story of the character without breaking the rhythm. I personally liked the 4th wall breaks

Totally didnt mind the fourth wall breaking, thought it made her character unique compared to other characters, and i found it quite entertaining

Aha I knew this day would come!

You should react next to sigmas overwatch origin story, it’s not so much an animated short like this but it’s really good with lots of depth

you should react to some of the 2D animations like the Doomfist or Sigma trailer.

I absolutely agree with you about the fourth wall breaking, it really takes you out of the action. I felt this cinematic as just "Cool looking badassery". Not bad in anyway, but not my favorite either.

This is her retelling of the story and probably some campfire story so I was able to have fun with it.

I agree that the 4th wall talking broke inmersion but in this case it was used because this story was already spoiled in the junkrat cinematic, he talked about the queen and how they would betray her so this story we already know what would happen in the end, so this video was the equivalente to the main character explaining the how that event happened

I feel like the reason the 4th wall breaks dont really work is because it breaks the show dont tell rule, deadpool uses 4th wall breaks for jokes, but when used to explain whats going on it feels worse

The comment when she doesn't kill him of "It's overwatch after all". There have been multiple deaths in Overwatch cinematics before ^^. Most just off screen and a few on screen.

The fourth wall breaks were chosen as the directive choice because she's been a background character in the game since the "junkertown" map was released in 2017. We already know she's the Queen, so I feel to have filmed in a more "realistic" way wouldn't have had as much impact for fans of the game and the characters in it.

Lore of Australia is after the omnic attack on a reactor it melted down and killed tons and those who survive have mutations and part of hers may be knowing about the forth wall that's what I think at least

Hm, I asked myself why it didn't bother me the constant breaking of the 4th wall, and I think I figured it out. So.. when I watched the cinematic for the first time, and she just woke up and spoke to us, I was like: "Oh they're trying something different cool cool, this is more of a story told by her, okay okay, I like it." Also now I'm sooo tempted to pick up my 35mm and try to make some cinematic shorts lol

The breaking of 4th wall was overdid for me too

Chris, you gotta react to the Valorant Shattered cinematic, it's so good!!

Since you got into it i would like to see you reacting to "Honor and Glory". Another overwatch cinematic!

Only time breaking the fourth wall annoyed me was in She-Hulk. I didnt mind it here, it was how they chose to break up the animation which otherwise woulda just been one straight fight scene. Maybe it was near the limit of what I would have found acceptable, but honestly She Hulk is the only thing I've seen that used it too much.

you say that the 4th wall breaks made you not worry about if she would win or not, but overwatch players, even from early overwatch 1 stuff we knew of a character called 'junker QUEEN' and she would have been shown and seen before this cinematic, we all knew she was going to win from the start, it's about HOW she won and what happened to her family to give us info about the character, at no point did any of us fear she would lose XD the 4th wall breaks are more her telling us her story as we see it happen :3 and yes this is future Australia XD and was heavily influenced by borderlands XD

Honestly, the same happened to me. Breaking the fourth wall is nice but I think they overdid it in this one and I didn't really like this short. Still, it was pretty badass.

Some dialogs are a bit out of place, sadly i feel like overwatch's dialog in all of their cinematics in some places is a bit cringy and feels cartoonish. You have a good point.

I loved the reaction! Junker Queen is one of my favourite characters. Btw...! You still have to react to Valorant's Shattered animation. 🤗

The first time I watched this, I thought it was dumb. After watching it a few more times it has become one of my favorites.

i lovee your intro.. do you have somekind of template for that?

bruh she aint breaking the 4th wall, there IS no 4th wall in this cinematic, i love it

You should watch the Doomfist animation

The fourth wall breaking doesn't bother me in the slightest. Junkertown is a madhouse full of crazy people, and they always incorporate borderline cartoony humour for anything related to it. I think it's fairly easy to distinguish the fourth wall breaks and mentally separate them as the character's thoughts. Or as though it's a retelling of the story and the visuals are just accompanying that retelling. The style of a character focused work like this needs to match the character and their background, and an aussie psycho with weapons and armor made of scrap metal, road signs and sports equipment feels difficult to play straight and serious. I think this was a masterful cinematic.

This guy's voice texture is super cool.

Since you liked the Warframe Trailers, I can only recommend you the Warframe Prime Trailers. They are about different "Characters" and show their skillsets in a cinematic way ^^

I'd love a reaction to reunion

I understand your perspective on the fourth wall thing, but as far as the feeling that she wasn’t in danger, you’re right. I think they were trying to portray that exact feeling. That blow to her on the magnet is the only one that has any sort of emphasis in sound or visuals. She really is in danger at that moment, so while she’s in danger she both doesn’t look at the camera and only speaks to herself.

I'm not a big fan of the 4th wall breaking. It might be that they tried to tell us in a unique way that Junker Queen likes to speak to her self and imagine that there's someone she's talking to. Some people do that. But whatever is the case, it was a little strange and it felt a bit disorienting sometimes. Anyway, great breakdown once again. Keep it up Crhis, I'm looking forward to seeing you react to new future Overwatch cinematics.

I see ur point but thats her mentality she is confident and knows she will win

hold on, Chris, have you not seen "Junkertown: The Plan" ??

the 144p video in the corner looks great in 2022

You are still my favourite react channel 100% as you not only are talented and wholesome as hell but you are professional and genuine as well and it makes all your videos absolutely wonderful to watch

Honestly, I don't mind the fourth wall breaks, but the problem for me with the cinematic is the fact she's like... whispering the whole time? I feel like THAT'S the part that doesn't fit in. If her tone matched her more within the action, while still breaking the fourth wall, I think it could've been a lot better. Like Deadpool, for example, sure he'll whisper to the crowd sometimes, but if he's in the middle of fighting, he's not all that quiet.

Now please react to Junkertown: The Plan

If she didn't break the 4th wall to explain what's going on everyone would have no clue what is happening and would just see it as a free for all deathmatch cinematic and nothing else.

I was talking about fourth wall breaks with my friend the other day, right after we finished She Hulk. I’m a fan of fourth wall breaks but I had an issue with junker queen’s and She Hulk fourth wall breaks. I feel like they over used them, or the breaks lasted too long. Deadpool did them wonderfully, they were short and had witty humor thrown in, 2 seconds breaks them back to the action. But she hulk and junker queen felt like the fourth wall break dialogue was just narration, like it didn’t really accomplish anything with their fourth wall breaks

See but we kinda needed the 4th wall breaks? I feel like the confusion comes from you not playing the game. We've known.... "About" the Junker Queen for like...4-5 years now? Posters of her and audio ques from around the Junkertown map. But we never knew like her actual name or character beyond that. So when you actually end up seeing her animated, you know she's going to become Queen, if she isn't already. So the breaks serve two real functions, showing the ease that she's having with this fight after almost a decade and a half fighting for her life in the wastes, and to help inform us about the Wastes and Junkertown as a whole. Cause honestly it's the weirdest part about Overwatch as a whole. Which is impressive considering there are spirit dragons and fox's and sentient robots. I like this style of cinematic in general cause.....can't remember if you did the Junkertown cinematic, but it seems like a stylized choice since that one had handmade Junkrat garbage edits and hand drawings. Basically it's now letting you know, if a future cinematic starts off like this..... We are in Australia.

*Bro, watch Combat gods, I don't know whether you like 2d animation or not, but it's kinda masterpiece, look forward for your reaction!*

I feel like you should definitely react to league of legends "The Call"

The 4th wall breaking is good character development and gives the sense she's recounting events afterwards, but kinda does take away from the cinematic as a standalone thing.

Overwatch dragons cinematic next please!

Some more perspective of her, she is 7 foot tall (2.10meters)

It dont need to be impactfull, cus its SO FUN or maybe im just in love with junkerqueen, i think thats was the main point of cinematic

u shoud react to McCree and Ashe cinematic

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