Vox Machina: A Nerd's Dream Come True 

Honestly Vox machina is clearly above most adult animations. The gore, the humour and the characters are perfect...

Still believe that Liam O’brian’s birthday present is by far the best ever recorded.

as someone who is a fan of critical role the reason the characters fit the basic standard tropes is because for most of the players these are there first D&D characters made for what was originally a one shot and they flushed them out as they played. it started as a oneshot played for someone birthday everyone had fun it became a campaign they ran at home. then felicia day asked if they would consider do it as a streamed game on geek and sundry and it just kept growing.

Look out for their second campaign animated show, the Mighty Nein. Having watched the campaign I can confidently say, its only uphill from here. The storyline is really good but the characters really make it shine, and honestly a few of the characters are some of my favorite in fiction.

A few elements that need more highlight: The Score. Not just that the Bard's songs are original bangers, but every element of the music is perfect for this form. The Voice Casting. Not just that the main cast are extremely experienced voice actors that are voicing characters they've created themselves and inhabited for years, but also that every choice they made for the supporting cast was a bullseye. Did they ever land some real talent or what? (Plus, two hobbits and counting) The Voice Directing. There was once an anime dub that changed the fate of a small series, and with it, the whole dub v sub culture. The voice director of the Cowboy Bebop english dub was Mary Elizabeth McGlynn. She still is one of the best in the business, and did a stellar job on this one. The balance of humor, action, and emotion in this series is hard to pull off, and she nailed it. It helps that she's had a long running, godmother/director relationship with the cast and creators. She's also a damn fine voice actress herself, and gets to play her own CR PC in season 2 and beyond. Lucky her, she also got to marry Steve Blum, Spike Spiegel himself. Love❤ Mary, and thanks for this one.❤

fun fact: the belt that gave Grog his beard is a belt of dwarvenkind. It dosent always give you a beard and you have to roll everyday to see i you have grown a beard (though once you got one, it stays). Grog was trying for several days to get a beard since goliaths (Grog's race) cant have facial hair. And when he finnaly got it, Vax shaved off half of it in a bet

"half-elf droid" ...

Prime Video…we NEED Season 3, ASAP. But I’m glad they are taking their time. I know Amazon realizes this is one of the better shows on the entire service. (I think it’s right up there with Reacher for an action/adventure show on the platform)

I love how "tragic past" comes up so many times LOL

When I first saw the trailers, I expected something "subversive". Upending fantasy tropes to make a laugh out of them. Watching TLOVM, it fit to the fantasy archetypes a lot more than I expected but the real subversion was... how sincere it was. The characters feel like people, no matter the tropes they conform to. When they joke about their world, it feels like how we'd make fun of our own. It all gets you so invested in what they're doing together and it's certainly made me a fan of the original Critical Role too!

The kinda pseudo plot armor is a really funny result of the adaptation. Like the shaodws kill the guards instantly but takes ages to finish off members of Vox Machina. But that's because in the game, the party have like 60+ (and probaly around d double that in the case of Grog) hit points each but the guard only have 11.

Honestly this is definitely in my top 5 fav shows ever.

Matt is such an impressive writer. While he has certain things written down, most of what happens is fully up to the players.. So he has to write scenes off the top off his head right then and there.. From characters/locations/dialogue, all while finding balance in the game while guiding the players. And you see it both in the campaigns and the show.

I feel like the main reason vox machina is amazing is the fact that it was initially created by people who just wanted to have a roleplay amongst themselves and were passionate about establishing and portraying their characters well. A single lead writer and a team of smaller writers who adhere to the guidelines the lead lays out and work on so many characters at once, can't compare compare to a group of people who each got to make and flesh out their own character as passionately as they want + a great DM who is a god at establishing the greater world and story where the characters will get to show their personalities and growth. And from there on out the players get to do whatever they want with their characters; start a romance or don't, be an idiot for the sake of comedy or don't.. No external pressure of "character A _has_ to fall for character B at some point, so keep that in mind as you write their arcs" Vex is, for example, a character I think a bigger group of professional show writers would fail, and dumb down to the sly seductress of the group who's a decent sharpshooter. But since she was written and roleplayed as by Laura, who was determined to make her only character a good one, that just ended up being one of the many facets of her complex character. (Matter of fact I think the way this show handles fan service is its strongest suit. It's there either for visual storytelling (vex) and/or comedy (scanlan) as opposed to needless eye candy. Which is again mostly credited to those two being created by two people who really wanted them to be good, complex characters)

Honest to god the quality of these videos rival that of much bigger channels. I also love how you present the plot of these shows/movies. Keep it up man I'm sure this channel is gonna blow up in the near future!

Is anyone else kind of surprised at the lack of discussion about this show? If anything you'd expect something like this to be obnoxiously all over the internet. Kind of glad it it is not but glad it's successful.

I loved this series and just wanted to point as a french the voice adaptation is just AMAZING wich is very rare for that kind of animated fictions. That a bonus point

When the barbarian got a beard i was just waiting for him to say ,,BOY"

Percy's name having to be so small is so funny.

I love this show, glad it's finally getting some recognition

The wonderful balance of Dark and Light that Matt created with his campaigns really leaks right through into the show.

They always said that they'd be keeping the tone of the Stream. If you love the show, then checking out the stream is always recommended.

loved this show. thank you for sharing your thoughts on this one. looking forward to season 3. cheers!

2:03, On the subject of magic and power scaling, the show does enough with its D&D influences to make them mostly accessible for audiences, notably having each character’s magic look distinct or specialize in different effects. For example, Scanlan’s constant use of projected illusions, his use of music and general passionate expression to fuel his power and the purple smoke of his magic making it almost resemble stage magic give his abilities specificity and are in line with his character being a performer. 4:27, And on Pike’s side, they tie her magic with the strength of her faith (religious faith and personal confidence being a major aspect of her character), not only in her patron deity, the source of her power, but in herself and when her faith is tested, her power wanes. 5:39, Interestingly, the show also somewhat adapts the limited magic and spell slot mechanics when showing Pike become exhausted when significantly using her power, but tied it in with her character arc of needing to renew her faith in herself for her waning power to strengthen again.

I never knew this was based on a DnD campaign, let alone the fact the same people voice acting the characters are the ones they played as in their game

My favourite moment has to be the awakening of the Deathwalker’s Ward. Also I loved the tragic past joke from honest trailers.

It's rare to witness the beginning of a youtube channel. Keep it coming dude this is some good stuffs.

i Love that you woke up and started making bangers

Why every character have a tragic backstory

I feel like I gotta point out that Percy isn't just "smart dude with a gun" but is actually "smart dude who INVENTED guns (via revenge demon fueled epiphany)" and the consequences of introducing firearm technology to the world is something that continues to weigh on him for the rest of his life. It's a little detail, but it puts his arc in perspective and, with the Mighty Nein, you can see how his invention of firearms ripples out and affects the world going forward.

It was great to see the d&d show come even more to life with animation ❤

Vox machina is soo good.

Me, seeing the big guy: wait, Kratos? Tf are you doing here 😂

alright, off to watch vox machina now lol (and great vid btw!)

This channel looks very promising I already subscribed and I'm look forward to more great videos.. 👀

Ahh yes. Keyleth, the droid. Druid? I've never even kissed a girl

Watched an episode of this like a year ago, didnt really get into it. Maybe ill try again

lol, Keyleth as a "droid"? Nah, that's Fresh Cut Grass 😄

Best show I’ve seen since invincible

I love me some keyleth, she cracks me up.

Critical roll one of the best dnd channels

Wait till you find out they're adapting the second campaign of critical roll, the mighty nein.

While this show is an adaptation of the stream not a retelling, it is amazing how close they got to what actually happened during the stream. Example, How grog landed the killing blow to Kevdak was taken almost exactly how it happened in the stream. This show is so personally loved by most Critters because in a lot of way the show wasn't written, it was lived. Anxiously waiting the release of Season 3 and Season 1 of The Mighty Nein. :)

This show is what got me into Critical Role, and after seeing both the show and campaign 1, I'll say that each did some things better and worse than the other. I'm so excited for season 3 of Vox Machina and season 1 of The Mighty Nein! 5:06 Also, is that a snowdrop? *Proceeds to go cry in a corner* If you know, you know.

Half Elf "Droid" fuck i wish she was a droid lol

Film Junkie: "…with a tragic past." Marisha Ray, player of / voice actor for Keyleth: "[C]ontent happy people don't feel the need to go out and HUNT DRAGONS."

Half elf droid? X D

5:50 pairing with Nujabes is a smart choice with this series

it's based on a D7D campaign by Critical Role and it's bloody amazing :)

“Elevator Pitch go!” “DnD if it was more realistic with actual consequences!” “…I’m listening.”

Technically I feel like Percy is a warlock and his gun is symbolizing his Eldridge blasting ability. But in more technical way, so he's not some squitty, loser

Half elf siblings!

Where is season 3?

Droid?

Great video! But with over 400 hours in the og show, you picked the shot at 3:13 with two guests and not one including Ashley/Pike??

I'm sorry, but did you call Keyleth a "droid?"

hey can you do a review with the Cyberpunk Edge Runners or ARCANE thnx!

Based on this and your take on Invincible, I assume we will get a Castlevania video soon?

Where can I watch it ?

The furst season is kinda over hyped ngl. It reall takes off in the second season though.

Are the names being mispronounced on purpose for comedic effect?

The fact that this animated seriers came off of the back of some really talented players of DND and their community, and shows how well it has been recieved by fans of Critical role or non fans. Just proves good content comes from Passion and love for it not Bussiness greed or big budgets or woke producers. I highly recommend anyone who enjoys the animated Seriers to check out the Real life DND game it was made from on Critical role channel. huge love, and great review of the show ^^

All characters are likable? Speak for yourself.

honestly when I first heard about vox machina I thought it was gonna be an over sexualised, gore porn, cringe show and decided not to bother with it at all, not that I'm prude or anything but when you are born and raised and Australia you've heard it all and frankly sex jokes become boring. I can already tell I'm not gonna like scanland the gnome bard and grog needing to have medicine shoved in his behind is a bland cheap joke but the others seem interesting at least and your video has me convinced that this could be a decent show to watch

I fully disagree with the "violence for the plot" because the dragon attack was like. 80% unnecessary. One or two brutalities, then we get the picture that the dragon is bad.

But has there been any word for season 3? It's a few months late. inb4: wRiTeRs StRiKe. (They were exempt) also Lance Reddick recorded all of his lines. They literally have no excuse for no news.

I prefer critical role

It's cool for the Critical Roll people, but I just can't get past the juvenile humor and overall writing

Didn’t one of the main cast get done for kiddy fiddling or something ?

why the spoiler man???? with no warning

My only problem with this show is Adult animations think "Cursing or gore" means adult. I hope they tone down the dialogue next season.

this show was boring and poorly written

there is lot of cringe, woke cringe but its not all bad, its on the same page as the last D&D movie

That looks like the pinnacle of cringe.

Nerds have some trash taste