MIDST | Unrise | Season 1 Episode 1
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- It begins with a bang.
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0:11
"And moons, obviously, don't usually do anything so dramatic".
*Ruidus would like a word*
Moons are being dramatic bitches these days.
Moon from Majora's Mask has joined the chat
What about the blood moon?
Dubido, once Sernpidal's smallest moon, narrows its eyes.
me thinking about the moon from Gurren Lagann
I shall give Landlord all the scritches
I’m feeling generous today, so why don’t I do it for you :)
_I'm gonna eetchooo_
I got confused and then i watched more
Very interesting way of telling a story. Kind of like several friends telling you, personally, about a story they heard, and they keep interrupting eachother but it adds to the beauty of storytelling. So far I'm really intrigued!
My thoughts exactly
It's kind of like they've all heard the same story but from different sources. They each have heard details that perhaps they others haven't. It's quite an interesting and engaging form of storytelling.
Yeah was going to comment about the round table narration. Definitely different.
Yes, but all your friends sound the same. To me, it sounded like a single consciousness telling a singular story through a hive mind or something eerie to that effect.
@@OG_Mereles true!
I was not sure what to expect. Once CritRole made me aware of Midst, I decided not to check out their content to go in blind in this collaboration. I was immensely drawn into the story telling, and the voice actors are fantastic. I'm very intrigued and will absolutely go support Midst to see what other stories they have to tell. Thanks CritRole, and Midst, very fun product.
Not sure this is a collab, I think they bought them.
@@q1joe oh cool. Even better! CritRole has a massive audience I'm sure the folks at Midst are very happy to work with such a standup company.
@@Wylde_Starr Eh..unless CR is stuck in a really bad contract with Wizards of the Coast. Then whatever crap WotC pulls on CR in the future, will then trickle down to Midst. Hopefully CR doesn't get their cheeks clapped by WotC but time will tell.
I am loving this art! The hut's transition from night to day, are you kidding me?!
I'm excited to be in the midst of this show
Badum, tssss
I see what you did there.
How long have you been a father?
Did anyone else notice a Beauregard look-alike in the first scene looking over the railing! Everything down to the bracers of defense!
yes I did!!
And Caleb in the middle of the crowd
@@benjaminrbauer omg yes, the book holsters and the ponytail
I didn’t see Caleb till you said it! Ahhhh!!!! These illustrators are insane!
The lady behind the Beauregard look-alike kind of looks like Dani.
There is nothing this far out in the desert. And now, not even us.
Midst really just took a simple creative exercise and went: "yeah so... this is now art."
I think I'm in love
I'm loving the "this is normal 🙂👍" vibe that's sorta like WtNV. this is gonna be a great series
It definitely gives WtNV vibes.
I told my husband this is like WtNV met Wolf 359!
I don't know how possible it would be given youtube's limited subtitling tools, but I'd love to see a CC option that includes descriptions of the soundscape as well. The effects bring a lot to the experience, even just a few scenic tags (i.e. children laughing, town crier barking indistinctly, heavy wet footfalls, etc) would greatly supplement the already impressive narration.
As I understand CR contracts out for Sub's. So kinda up to what they are willing to ask for and pay for.
@@ashusikildigir7170 I actually saw on the more recent episodes that they have intercuts of environmental descriptions, music titles, and beat changes between the dialogue captions! They can be kind of hard to miss in some places, and might need to loop back to catch em if you're not a fast reader, but it's certainly a substantive upgrade regardless. The crew they contracted did a good job with the limits of the medium.
The real issue is that the mechanics aren't there under the hood yet on YT's end. Once we can have multiple text channels per sequence, that'll make captioning and alt text a lot easier to integrate.
Now that is an interesting concept. Darkness that is not simply from the sun going down but an actual physical substance akin to fog that just passes over the landscape at regular intervals. I love it.
Yes, it's a cool idea! It kinda reminds me of the light slowing down over Discworld because of its strong magic fields, so there can be pockets of day left as the sun sets, because the magic is holding back the light
Like vashta nerada minus the flesh-eating part, "it isn't every shadow but it could be any Shadow"
Nobody told me about these beautiful visuals. I thought this was going to be an audio only WTF!! This is so good
There is also a podcast feed if you're an audio only person....but the visuals are stunning
FRIKIN RIGHT!!!??
That's what Critical Role added; they are doing a "vox machina -ising" of IPs through their Kickstarter-birthed production company, which makes a ton of sense.
You can see Beau in the upper right in the first image.
i absolutely adore this unique narration style! i’ve never seen anything like it, and i love that the narrators pop in to give more details on each other’s stories and scenes. the art and colors are gorgeous too, they represent the scenes so well!
I really like it too, it almost feels like they’re all reading the same script and it’s being cut together, but not quite
Yeah! It really makes it feel like they are telling you a story from their heads and not from a script. Like one is going, oh so this thing happened and another adds in oh yeah and keep in mind it looks like this, with another going also make sure you remember how this goes too with the first just going on with the what they had to say PLUS now with the other things said too. Made it feel more natural!
I like stories with strange worlds that don't follow logic as we understand it. Stories like House of Leaves and The Death Gate Cycle. A world where day and night move as separate "entities" rather than a Sun based orbital cycle definitely falls into that category. Very Interesting.
One of the reasons I read the Game of thrones books was in the prologue sample it was hinted that the seasons are years long instead of what we are used to. I was instantly hooked.
Anyone else come back to listen since the story has now come full circle?
At first I was thrown off by the fact that three people follow up on each other so quickly as they tell the story, but it actually grew on me and by the end of the episode I enjoy how these three different voices come together. It is hectic but brings so much colour to story telling in general. The background music is both soothing and intriguing not to mention that the visuals in this episode are beautiful with so much detail and colour, moving items that keep catching my eye during the story telling. I am very pleasantly surprised by this concept and I will definitely watch/listen the next episode!
right? to me it feels like three friends who'd just come back from some wacky adventure filling you in on their shenanigans over a campfire
I couldn't really get into it. It felt more like they were interrupting each other than a single voice from three narrators. The cadence was off. They didn't really continue their paragraphs as though it was the same message. I'll give another episode a shot but I'm not really sold so far.
I love the world building. How did I never think of a sky that produces light without a sun? It makes me anxiously excited for more.
6:29 Photolocation is just having a light and being able to see lol
Back after episode 18! So spoilers!! But
SO THATS WHAT WAS HAPPENING?? This is genius
I really wanted to enjoy this, I found it a bit inaccessible because the narrators have such a stylised way of speaking that when they switch between each other every other sentence, my brain is still parsing out the previous narrator's words and can't flip over to the new narrator fast enough. I found out they have transcripts on the website, so if anyone else was feeling the same way I hope that helps!
We've come full circle
Can't say I'm feeling this. It feels like 3 people talking over each other in a haphazard way. Only made it halfway through. Maybe I'll try again later.
Using words that you have to look up didn't help either.
@@whooiefehrenwho3428There aren't any particularly difficult words in this episode
WATCH MORE OF THIS - IT'S WORTH IT
And here we are, after 18 episodes full circle :D
Having finished the first 3 episodes, I would more than recommend this series! It’s quite mesmerizing and undeniably unique. Support this series!
I'm so happy to see Midst getting access to a wider audience!! This work has always been so clearly a labor of love, and Third Person are so wonderfully creative! I'm excited to re-follow you guys and your story!
It almost gave me "Welcome to Nightvale" vibes. I'll be tuning in.
This is exactly what I was telling my partner. Like Welcome to Nightvale but more focused.
I love it.
This. So many WTNV vibes
Well this certainly isn't "VR for your brain," I'll tell you that much.
I'm an aphant, I can't see shit.
I’ve been following Midst for a year and so so excited to see the well deserved success you’ve seen! Y’all deserve all the accolades. Keep up the amazing work!
Loving this first episode, tried listening the audio version first but I’m glad I decided to do youtube first. The visualization of the setting really helped create an atmosphere for me. Looking forward to the next episode
Like the best bits of Welcome to Night Vale crossed with some Sci-fi + Fantasy. Loving this so far!!
I come from July 26 to say: We finally made it!
I have no idea whats going on and everything feels like a fever dream but I LOVE IT
I already have so many question and am so pulled into this world. The way they jumped from a speed beat narrative of the town, where you had to hold on or else loose it all, to the intrinsic narrative of the desert, going over and over and over into the same element making even a piece glass on a shelf the most interesting thing in the world.
Oh man.
I love it already
After the announcement of the acquisition of Midst I decided to not do any research so I could go into this completely blind, and hoo wee am I glad I did, I thoroughly enjoyed this! Nice bitesized episodes, gorgeous voice acting, narration is sublime and I'm already invested in this world, Lark and Landlord! Can't wait for next week's episode!
this is soo cool. the narrators' voices are so engaging and the music keeps the listener on their toes.
Yooooooooo this is so good! I regret taking this long to give it a shot, but at least now I can listen to all the episodes in one go.
This is actually a wonderful surprise-I clicked on this on accident (fat finger) and didn’t know that CR had this show coming out so soon already. And man oh man was this an amazing 15minutes. The voice actors are so good I could listen to this even without the beautiful artwork. Just creating my own images in my head
The best part is that, as an old fan of it, that's exactly what I've been doing for years now, but it's *so* impressive how good the Midst team is at what they do
I love Monowheels, that's really cool that they're using it here!
Also (on a slightly less weird note) this was much better then I was expecting, I enjoyed both the story and the narration , I look forward to more.
As someone who's been a fan of Midst for a long time now, all of you new listeners are really in for a treat! Really excited to see this getting attention!
Where was it before? I had never heard of it!!! And I'm loving it!
@@takeoparill it used to be on Spotify, apple, and a few other places as well. 2 seasons of it.
I really enjoyed this, the pace and sound design are excellent and extremely compelling when combined with the “friends filling you in” style of story telling. Can’t wait for the next episode!
WHAT FRESH HEAVEN IS THIS!?
I love how intimate the dialogue of this is while not going off into explanations or tangents! The world exists, everyone there knows what they're doing (for the most part, Lark seems to be at least confident) and the horrors of the landscape remind me of The Magnus Archives or Welcome to Nightvale. The whole thing has an aura of tense air but also the narration is a calm declaration of what is happening as they are not the people in the story but merely sharing the events as they happen. Also the little bits of humor really made me chuckle ("It's cow-like. It shares features with cows, namely eyes.")
Definitely going to become my next major binge this weekend!
I'm totally using that monster in my d&d game.
Are we so far down the road of new media people have forgotten about radio? This is basically a radio serial just like people used to listen to.
I love this! It reminds me how I tell stories in my own head. It's like ADHD was given a microphone and told to tell a story!
@13:00 what a jam. that riff just keeps cruisin
horrific eldritche creature from some strange desert: >:)
lark: *pets to death*
Ok so this is amazing. I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about this since I have a VERY hard time listening to people tell stories in audio form, to much adhd in my head lol, however the visuals help me keep looking just enough to help me listen but! Also don't just full on distract me from listening either! And ooooh the details explained was so great! I could REALLY see that freaky not a horse elephant plant eyeball suckin creature so well lol! I was SUPER hooked from the start. Just yeah the moon is gonna just go boom and no one is expecting it...and why should they? Anyway here's a guy covered in blood pulling a dead body out a place and OH...there goes the moon...just on time LOL REALLY amusing and I CAN NOT wait for the next part!
Back after episode 18 and good god this is amazing
The set up, the pay off?? Chef’s kiss
Feels like the narrators are rushed in their storytelling. Once one finishes, the next one starts. It gives a sense of me listening to this at double speed
Big Welcome to Nightvale energy & I'm digging it.
Honestly when I heard in the ad "it's like VR for your brain" I cringed and lowered my expectations, but this is neat! Cant wait to see where it goes from here
4 episodes in and I still come back to this one just to relisten to the intro. Love the way the storytelling and music just throws you into the scene but immediately draws you in to be invested
Theater of the mind is a wonderful thing, as words spread in the air to then be absorbed into our ears we as individuals take what is given and create what we hear in our head. Everyone hears the same thing but in your mind it's different, if you can draw or if everyone drew what they heard it would all come out different even though we all heard the same thing.....I'm enjoying this so much...I really needed this.
I feel like the transition between the voices is way to sharp, like they tried to leave but a nanosecond of breathing room, and to me its quite jarring. I sort of feel like im being thrown around while listening between the different narrators, since the tempo of the dialogue is quite quick already. There should be a micro pause after punctuation when switching between the narrators, just like they do it when reading a longer segment.
To be clear, the tempo of the narration is great, the read of individual narrators is great, its the edit between the narrators is what i have an issue with.
I had a hard time following what was going on, because of that.
But non the less an interesting project!
Coming back to episode 1 after seeing the finale is sure something.
Oh man, a radio-show! God, how long it’s been. I hope this show is a success and they make more of them.
Thank you for this!
This is great so far, the only thing is the quick splits between narrative. It is to fast for someone like me. The transitions could use a break between somehow... I don't know how this is not my skillset. It is great but the narration is way too fast for me. I am not sure if that's just me though.
Critical Role mixed with Welcome to Nighvale? Sign me up!!!
It's very interesting to listen to the intro after listening the finale. I love it
So this was way better than I thought it would be based on their pitch. I love me a good 15 minute short story.
This has incredible Night Vale energy. A beautiful collaboration and exquisite execution. Consider me hooked.
Oh god I just came back here after episode 18 came out and this is amazing!
Loving the vibe of the show - a great creepiness and anticipation. The 3 narrators makes it even more interesting.
"There is nothing this far out in the desert"
Listening back after listening to episode 18... it all makes so much sense now...
Dayum!!!! Just listened to episode 1. Such a unique way of story telling. The different narrators switching in and out gives a great sense of tension and pace. Their interacting with each other was very witty and engaging.
Already like the 2 characters 😂
R+
Scanlan: Vax! I found Larkin
Vax’ildan: Where were you?!? We needed your help to kill Raishan!
Lark: …what
Oh my god that intro is so much more satisfying after you get all the context
Thank you for highlighting this great story. I listened to it last year and loved every episode. ❤
I loved every single second of this, it was _so_ immersive! I already can't wait for the next episode! This kind of storytelling is just incredibly interesting!
I love seeing things like this! Radio/Audio Dramas are been something I'm trying to work on and want to get into really badly! It's amazing to see such a well executed tale in this style. If a little intimidating because I worry for my own quality
All this talk of blinding meat had me reading the end logo as "Meatpigeon"
Loved it,but I don’t know if it’s just my listening devices but the constant background music is way to overpowered ….maybe just turn it down a notch or two on the mixer
wow incredible voice acting I love the firefly vibe
Oh this is f*cking awesome!! I haven't listened to many audio experiences but damn this was immersive
Will be listening avidly for sure I love this so much
Anyone else come back here after episode 18 just to listen to the intro with new context?
instantly loved the art but as a succulent lover it then got me more. narrators are amazing, fun story tellers and i will be checking out more each week
So happy to see this awesome podcast find a home here and that so many new people are being introduced to it! I've been following Midst since it first launched and it quickly became my favourite. It was tied with Magnus Archives for a while but the second season just blew me away. Can't wait to re-listen here on UA-cam, the visuals on this are amazing!
I’ve known landlord for 15 minutes but if something happens to him I will die on the spot. Love this so far
The idea of this is so interesting, and I wanted to like this SO MUCH. I'm not sure if it's the bg sounds/music being a bit loud, or the narration style, but it was incredibly hard for me to follow. I'll definitely keep trying, the cadence of the storytelling is really fascinating.
Really enjoyed the visuals as well as the Good Captions. I am sadly out of the habit of engaging with audio-only stuff, so having something to do with my eyeballs makes me much more likely to keep up with this.
i love it, but the back ground music and effects is a little distracting, competing with the narration... so that's a point of improvment
Unset and unrise, im sold. Gonna love this series.
That was one of the most fascinating things I have ever heard. I will really be looking forward for the next episode. Also landlord is the goddest of boys and desrved to be loved.
Oh it is so fun now that we are nearing this first episode. I .absolutely love this format!!!
loved it! the narration is so dynamic- i love the art that supports the story and the sound effects as well. it reminds me of radio theatre. one small request is to make sure the voices are slightly more forward in the mix so folks who have a harder time processing sound have enough distance between the narrators' voice, the music and ambient sound effects 😊
Radio drama is cool (but as non-native english speaker, a little hard to follow).
Just started and have listened to many audio shows like this, idk about this narrative style, but I'll give it more time.
Yes! I'm getting "we're alive" vibes mixed with a little "the thrilling adventure hour" in there. And I'm HERE. FOR. IT.
- Do you like Borderlands, MYST, Morrowind, or WildStar?
- Yes.
This is already SO incredible. Wow. Really excited to follow along with the journey!!
This is amazing!! Love it, I know I'm going to re-listen every once in a while the series
I would like to take the time to comment on Al Gore's Rhythm.
This seems so fun!
To be honest, at first I thought the method was a "Finish This Sentence" style. One narrator perhaps sends a part of the story as a message to another narrator, that narrator sends a continuation message to the next, and so on. Thus, the narrators trying not to make the story too wacky while just making it wacky enough to try and throw off the next narrator just to see what they come up with.
That doesn't seem to be the case, but even so that same feeling is contrived and it's SO fun. Oh also, THE MUSIC IS AMAZING
This was fun story telling but my favorite was the easy to access run time, much shorter than 1hr programming my beloved ❤
Another freaky moon!!!!!!!
Don't mind me, just working on my Blinding stat block for D&D....