This line kind of made me upset... most of the credit goes to Steve Ditko for Spiderman... guess he was not in the movies so everybody forgot about him :(
I'm definitely looking forward to "Take off the mask, darling" with smoke billowing out from under Percy's raven mask. Also the door shenanigans will hopefully be included as a B-plot haha
He grew it out for the Undeadwood shoot. They've been in production since at least October. This makes sense, though, since the Kickstarter was in spring of last year.
I can grow a beard longer than his in 2 months, that’s not a long time. I agree they’ve put a lot of time in, but I wouldn’t use the beard as the metric.
@@Landis963 that's way after the briarwood arc. Like episode 80 or 90 something. I know because I'm going through the first campaign right now at episode 102 and I remember that scene very recently. I don't even think vex and Percy were a thing during the briarwood arc.
Her astral form appearing in Whitestone and just decimating a horde of zombies was fantastic. But I agree it would be nice for her to be featured more often in the series.
Imagine sitting at a dining room table with a group of friends to play Dungeons and Dragons together for the first time, having no idea what it would turn into years from now.
They weren't even all friends. Some were close, but some were "work friends" at best, and some had never even met before. It was just supposed to be a one-shot for Liam's birthday. But it was the game that eventually pulled them all together. That's even cooler, since when you get older and you have work and family obligations, it's harder to make close friends like that. The fact that they then got all this attention and it has pulled them even closer together is even more remarkable.
If you put into account that they are not friends but a streamlined production... I doubt taht half of the in game moments are genuine and not scripted, as for 'here use that skill at situation x' and so on...
@@PristineTX that's what they try to tell you. this is a multi million dollar production company right now... if you go wild about that 'detail' they have done everything right. i like this show, but don't be fooled that this is not a) scripted b) and not artificially engineered to the finest level.
Dam that’s a lot of talent in one room. Who else is excited to see who they pick as the voice cast for all of Matt’s NPC? He better stay as Gilmore though.
As if I wasn't already sold, no sales pitch has ever sold me more than "If you like being drunk on Critical Role, then I think you'll like what this series of bartenders have done to it."
"It's like writing a Spiderman script in the room with Stan Lee!" That's some *high* praise, damn. So proud of everyone involved, players, writers, animators, and fans alike. Wow.
That look in Travis' eyes at 7:01. That's awe. That's love. That's a child watching a big fricking pile of presents on Christmas morning. ...That's us. ❤
Just start my tab now......10 years later Barowner(BO): "He still hasn't left?" Bartender(BT): "He hasn't moved from that seat in 10 years. His bill is over 13million." BO: "Dear Gods. Thats enough to make a animated D&D show"
I'm not sure what i'm more excited for. The release of The Legend of Vox Machina, or the idea that hopefully this gets enough traction we will have a The Legend of The Mighty Nein.
Ok the show looks amazing but i want just take a second to compliment this video. Like seriously the production value of the stuff you guys have been putting out is so ridiculously solid. Big props to the editors and everyone who worked on this!
Seeing this made me almost cry tears of joy: this group does so.e amazing things, and the fact that it all comes from just "a group of friends having fun" energy and mentality is always heart warming and brings so much joy. I absolutely can not WAIT to see the Legend of Vox Machina come out!!!
"If you like being drunk on critical role, than I think you'll like what this series of bar tenders have done with it" -Marc Bernardin Man seeing this all just makes me so happy and so damn excited for this,
You entered this video, expecting a extended look into the production of the animated series; But you never expected; You never thought it possible; Matt with a beanie.
7:34 they’re doing a table read in their studio while sitting in their old seats I’m so emo Also I think that’s Mary and if she’s voice directing I’m gonna lose it
No wonder this show works so well, Earth's Mightiest Heroes is one of the all time best things I've ever watched & will never get old. Bring on S4 & the Mighty Nein!
The first claim is incorrect. Record of the Lodoss War was an RPG campaign that was adapted into an animated show. Does not diminish what the animators are doing. Just giving props to one of the grand daddies of TTRPG adaptations.
"If you like being drunk on Critical Role, then I think you'll like what this series of bartenders has done to it" Just let me in the bar man, let's go
I don't think it's gonna be in the animated series, they're doing earlier story arcs. Maybe if they make extra episodes afterwards (which I hope so), but not what they're doing so far...
@@tobistein6639 Actually, Amazon has already ordered two seasons. So we get the Briarwood arch and probably the beginning of the Chroma Conclave, if we're lucky and it goes well we might get the entire first campaign, as long as it brings in views Amazon would make more.. And if they don't.. Bring it on with another kickstarter, we can make it happen.
@@ChevaliersEmeraude I would expect them to put stuff like that - stupid mishaps that are resolved almost instantly - in a separate episode or something that's just a "stupid shit compilation" if anything. "We are gods" as well as the door in Whiterun or Grog's legendary visit to the poophouse (Cravenedge conversation, if you want to look it up) don't really fit in the context of an animated series and take too much time to get to the point. It's fun stuff that happens in a DnD stream, because that's just nerdy fun and goofing around included, but an animated series I would expect to be way more to the point and cut.
It is important to note that due to the fact that this is a different format of storytelling that things WILL be different from the original streams. It's a necessity as they will need to cut a lot of stuff out and refine it to be both a unique experience and a familiar one. I wouldn't want it to be one-to-one as the story can be adapted and changed so it can focus on the narrative it's telling. I can't wait to see what's in store and I hope that people don't complain saying, "It didn't happen that way" or "This isn't how I pictured it." At the end of the day, they're building something amazing and it took our help to get them this far. I have no doubt it will be great and I wish the best for the cast and crew!
its obvious that it can't be one-to-one, its impossible to replicate 39480298 hours of streams into a 13 episode show. but I'm a bit afraid because they made it sound like they are changing the story to make it new and surprising, and I don't want that, I just want an adaptation.
That's adaptation for you peeps. Whoever adapts a work will put their own spin on it, and it could be great or it could be horrible, but seeing that the cast of CR were working closely with the studio, I think the VM story is perfectly safe. I'm sure the "that's not what happened" moments will be totally overshadowed by the drama unfolding on screen. Think of it as a live performance after being refined by the same people who played the roles. It's going to be great.
@@B3RyL I'm not talking about the first episodes, I'm talking about the Briarwood arc adaptation. either way, "that's not what happened" moments don't bother me as much, my only concern is changing the story itself, not exactly how they connect point to point. because as any D&D game, there will always be some stupid things that happen that wouldn't translate very well. what bothers me is that they will make Delilah Briarwood actually be Raishan and she is trying to create a mechanical dragon under whitestone... obviously not that, but do you get my point ?
People say that growing up means losing that childlike feeling of wonder. After watching this, I couldn't agree with that statement less. I was nearly in tears watching this video. I'm so full of joy, excitement, wonder, and just straight-up hype. Thank you Critical Role, thank you Titmouse Studios, thank you Amazon, thank you to the incredibly talented crew working on this, and thank you Critters. Without all of you right beside me, this never could've happened.
I think the best thing they did with the series was adapting the abstract parts into visual media with meaning. Percy's flashbacks and Pike's religious visions are not spelled out in the campaign because they can describe, imagine, and allude to- or even just state conclusions from internal character processes. In the series those things become powerful sequences that help tell the story.
@Cole The moldier I believe the first season or at least the pilot will be a different pre stream story, but now with amazon prime they will have many seasons to explore all of the content of the streams
@Cole The moldier The first set of episodes will be a new story, yes, but the second 'season' will be on the Briarwood arc, which is when that moment happened.
I mean, I hope Mary is voicing Zahra. Her first appearance is a few episodes before the Briarwood arc, so I'm hoping she shows up in the animated series too.
@@Ranga3595 well, considering where Zahra was first met in vasselheim after VM delivered the horn of Orcus, she might not be shown. The animated show has no Kraghammer arc, it is an original story whch then flows into the Briarwood arc. Unless they transplant her somewhere into the new story, zahra has no place to be there. So mary might be lending her voice for someone else.
This is a pretty big-budget production. Considering Mary is one of the best voice directors around, and all the cast praises her as one of their favorites, It wouldn't be hard to imagine they might want her on board for the series in that capacity as well as for her acting. As a director/actor, Sam might not want to worry about having to direct himself while voicing Scanlan. And Steve Boom and do anything he wants in a recording booth. That dude would be a Top 5 first round draft lottery pic for any voiceover production.
0:00 i mean... Record of Lodoss War anyone? Still, i would say Vox Machina has the chance of becoming what Lodoss was for D&D in Japan in those years, it has all the lore, characters and story to be a hit and hopefully it brings even more people into the world
Yoooo! That writers room is nuts! Marc Bernardin, Fatman on Meatman? My hype needs structure that can only be given by a release date. Would love to see some of these people as guest players in the campaign.
The only show that went from d&d tabletop was a Japanese anime called record of lodoss war, had it not been for that I'd never have discovered critical role, so I am grateful for that This animated series is probably one of my new favorites
I can't wait to see the final result. That video got me even more hyped than before. And I don't know for you but I think the people in this video would make great guests for a new season of Between the Sheets.
Lmao the drawing board: Vax - girl? Vex- boy? Also, god damn seeing the "only on Amazon Prime" at the end gives me happy tears for how far they've come even though they had this potential after the very first stream.
The note beside Grog and Scanlan is something along the line of ‘all you need!’, Keyleth’s name is struck out so it looks like she didn’t make the cut and the column to the right is just Scanlan over and over... I fear the power may have gone to Sam’s head.
If only someone introduced me to DnD earlier, I would've found out about Vox Machina and Mighty Nein and have this family of great people get me through the worst years of my life. But then again, I found them during the pandemic and it's more than enough to keep me sane. I love you guys so much! Thank you for being amazing nerds
If they do one of these for the Mighty Nein show, they should call it "The Mighty [ _ ] of The Mighty Nein", and fill in the blank with story, characters, etc.
The most exciting thing for me is the fact that this is D&D. I love animated shows so to see dungeons and dragons come to life with an amazing campaign is literally a dream come true. And with how hard the Kickstarter was annihilated I think a lot of others agree. Best of absolutely luck with the release and development!!! Everyone deserves absolute success!
@sanddry I can't agree with you anymore, the majority of D&D-esq content, before critical role, was sparse or poorly done. Never felt more at home and accepted than in the critter community.
Brandon Johnson The closest thing to a great D&D show I know of is Demonac’s “Tales from my D&D campaign” (TDDC) that covers a 3.5 with animation and such. It’s amazing but the only one I’ve seen.
guess what they wanted to say is, that never really tried to create it from an actually played campaign, there a dime a dozen animated series, based on rpg games, but those are rather based on the setting and rules but not derived from an actual gameplay ;)
@@NonRegnumDei1934 Record of Lodoss War anime was based on the novels, though. The novels were adaptations of the game's transcripts but the anime/manga/other media weren't based on those transcripts, they were based on the novels. So if someone had created a book series of the VM game itself before turning it into an animated series, then we'd have a comparison. Or if it were the comics being animated.
I'm really happy to see Marc Bernardin in this mix, I first heard about that dude through Kevin Smith, and they have their own YT/Podcast show they run together - Marc is a pretty freakn talented writer in his own right and legit funny.
That's confusing me, because it clearly says Vax (Liam's) -girl? And Vex (Laura's) - boy? So unless they're planning one of those jokes where people get confused, that's actually wrong haha
Very cool, one caveat about the opening is that this is definitely not the first time a tabletop campaign has been adapted into an animated series though. Check out Record of Lodoss War for a classic example. Super high fantasy serious campaign turned into a series of light novels which was then turned into an anime. A more recent example is Goblin Slayer which is basically if Tucker's Kobolds were its own campaign, except they're goblins instead of kobolds. This one's so rooted in archetypal D&D that its characters are referred to by their class names rather than having actual ones.
God I love this show... I love these people... thank you Matt, Marisha, Travis, Liam, Laura, Sam, Talisan, Ashley and all the amazing people who have put so so so much into this, and also for inspiring thousands (including myself) of new D&D players... I guess that's how you wanted to do this!!!! X
Oh man! That shot of the concept board at 7:00 looks like a possible mock up of Bad News (looks like they're considering a breach loading design) looks fantastic. Can't wait!
![Lp. Сердце Вселенной #60 РОЖДЕНИЕ ЛОЛОЛОШКИ [Финал] • Майнкрафт](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/YoR0pAV9FVQ/mqdefault.jpg)
“It’s like writing a Spider-Man script in the room with Stan Lee.” God damn I could not agree more.
It's probably even a little further the this. It's like being in the writers room with Stan Lee AND Peter Parker.
That hit me so hard.
IM NOT CRYING! YOU'RE CRYING!
Did they just call Matt as good as Stan Lee!
Yeah actually I agree, Critical Role is AWESOME!
This line kind of made me upset... most of the credit goes to Steve Ditko for Spiderman... guess he was not in the movies so everybody forgot about him :(
So true!
They have to have the Percy line. "Life needs things to live." No can make that up. That shit is gold.
Another bartering scene with Grog would be awesome too
Personally, I’m looking forward to hearing “Your soul is forfeit” screamed.
@@TheJunkle9781 "SYLAS!"
I'm definitely looking forward to "Take off the mask, darling" with smoke billowing out from under Percy's raven mask. Also the door shenanigans will hopefully be included as a B-plot haha
"BUDDY."
The varying length of Matt's beard really confirms how much time they have put into this.
He grew it out for the Undeadwood shoot. They've been in production since at least October. This makes sense, though, since the Kickstarter was in spring of last year.
Don't trust the beard... It's a mimic.
@@yotuel9064 not everything is a mimic, everything CAN be a mimic
Also Matt with a Beanie is always a win
I can grow a beard longer than his in 2 months, that’s not a long time.
I agree they’ve put a lot of time in, but I wouldn’t use the beard as the metric.
I cant wait to see the "I thought he'd NEVER leave" bath scene adapted
Triceratops.
That part is a little bit further down tho, isn't it? I mean, I don't think we'll get it on this season.
@@penguin12902 That's during the Briarwood arc, so Season 2.
As long as we get the Great Battle of the Church Door I'll be happy.
@@Landis963 that's way after the briarwood arc. Like episode 80 or 90 something. I know because I'm going through the first campaign right now at episode 102 and I remember that scene very recently. I don't even think vex and Percy were a thing during the briarwood arc.
5:24
"Scanlan jumps forward and rips off a CROTCH".
Yup, excited to see where this is going lol
"rips off a crotch lightening spell". Still though, I'ts gunna be amazing to see.
@@vatatheoanonymous3705 went back and caught the line.
My comment still stands, and I agree with you lol.
I really hope one of the changes is that Pike just gets to be there all the time because blindspot isn't there. That would make the BEST change
Wait there is no blindspot in this world?!
I would not be at all surprised if that is one of the changes they implement.
Her astral form appearing in Whitestone and just decimating a horde of zombies was fantastic. But I agree it would be nice for her to be featured more often in the series.
@@LuckyDragon289 I'm torn cause that is SUCH a good moment though lol
I hope Tiberius Stormwind can make an appearance, he was actually my fav character but I think due to behind the scenes drama it may not happen :'(
Imagine sitting at a dining room table with a group of friends to play Dungeons and Dragons together for the first time, having no idea what it would turn into years from now.
I found the All Work No Play podcast last year, and listening to the episodes from before their first game was wiiiiiiild!
They weren't even all friends. Some were close, but some were "work friends" at best, and some had never even met before. It was just supposed to be a one-shot for Liam's birthday. But it was the game that eventually pulled them all together. That's even cooler, since when you get older and you have work and family obligations, it's harder to make close friends like that. The fact that they then got all this attention and it has pulled them even closer together is even more remarkable.
If you put into account that they are not friends but a streamlined production...
I doubt taht half of the in game moments are genuine and not scripted, as for 'here use that skill at situation x' and so on...
@@PristineTX that's what they try to tell you.
this is a multi million dollar production company right now...
if you go wild about that 'detail' they have done everything right.
i like this show, but don't be fooled that this is not a) scripted b) and not artificially engineered to the finest level.
@@Xingmey Ya ok sure just destroy the mood why dont you.
Dam that’s a lot of talent in one room. Who else is excited to see who they pick as the voice cast for all of Matt’s NPC? He better stay as Gilmore though.
I think everyone wants him to stay as Gilmore, ICONIC
I wonder who will voice Allura. And how many NPCs the rest of the cast might voice.
I can't wait to see who they get, but gonna be honest, I wouldn't mind if he voiced all the characters. lol
Ashly Burch as Kima PLEASE
Ramon Tikaram would be a fun gilmore but yeah only Matt can play him
As if I wasn't already sold, no sales pitch has ever sold me more than "If you like being drunk on Critical Role, then I think you'll like what this series of bartenders have done to it."
I couldn't agree more. I came here to specifically say this & you beat me to the punch by three days.
Cheers!
Did they put nutmeg in this?
I think it's such a wonderful analogy :D
Speaking as a bartender myself.. I really get where he's coming from xD
"It's like writing a Spiderman script in the room with Stan Lee!"
That's some *high* praise, damn. So proud of everyone involved, players, writers, animators, and fans alike. Wow.
"Vox Machina are a bunch of... I can't say heroes," I think the word Matt is looking for is "chucklefucks."
Child killers? Torturers? Serial Killers? Bullies? Extortionists? Mafia thugs? The list goes on...
That's the word I didn't know I was looking for. lol
Chucklefucks describes nearly all D&D parties
how about "shits"?
@@ash-tv3bu noooo.. not THE shits? ;)
That look in Travis' eyes at 7:01.
That's awe.
That's love.
That's a child watching a big fricking pile of presents on Christmas morning.
...That's us. ❤
The poor man must get in trouble with how often he gives that look tho hahaha, the most emotive lad in the world I swear
Yuppp, this is the comment that had me tear up. I was good through the whole video, goddamnit lol
There's so much pure innocent wonder in his face.
Also ale.
It's not just him, too. With every shot of that writer's room, everyone involved is having _so much fun_.
“It’s like writing a Spider-Man script in a room with Stan Lee” *cries* but seriously what a cool comparison, I’m so excited
And then, Stan Lee would take all the credit 🤣
It's like writing a Spider-Man script in a room with Stan Lee and Spider-Man.
“Vox Machina are... I can’t really say heroes.”
Protagonists?
Troubleshooters?
Vox Machina are ...
never coming back ;-;
Adventurers!
Anti heroes maybe
Chuckle fucks
Can we get a vid about the making of this vid, and call it "The Story of The Legend of the Story of the Legend of Vox Machina"?
*Scanlan hears your prayers, and he is pleased.*
I'm waiting for the behind the scenes look at the making of the story of the legend of the story of the legend of vox machina.
a broadway musical about the documentary of the behind the scenes for the animated series concerning the live action campaign
@@Ekimnnamuab I'm sure Sam will be on the case...
"If you like being drunk on Critical Role then I think you'll like what this series of bartenders has done to it"
awesome line
This guy gets it.
@@benvoliothefirst Marc knows what's up, He's also best friends with Kevin Smith.
I'm ready to get Critical Wasted.
He's a writer for a reason.
All the proof I need that he's a great writer xD
5:59 THAT'S THE ZIGGURAT OF THE BRIARWOOD ARC. AHHHHHHHH THEY ARE ALREADY WORKING ON IT.
FUUUUCK I CAN'T WAIT
ITS GONNA BE SO COOL
OH SHIT YOURE RIGHT OH MY GOD I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A WEIRD LOOKING STORY PYRAMID
I love that people can recognise story parts/characters and all that from just a couple of lines :D Amazing!
*VIBRATES AT MAX FREQUENCY!*
I’m not sure if they’re going to go beyond Briarwood but either way there’s so many good scenes/imagery
I mean we are getting a few more episodes then originally Kickstarter cause of Amazon lol
"If you like being drunk on Critical Role..."
Me: sidles up to the bar and slaps down money
"If you like being drunk on Critical Role..."
Nott- "Say no more"
@@tomaszskowronski1406 *knocks flask away* Yasha- "Nott"
Just start my tab now......10 years later
Barowner(BO): "He still hasn't left?"
Bartender(BT): "He hasn't moved from that seat in 10 years. His bill is over 13million."
BO: "Dear Gods. Thats enough to make a animated D&D show"
@@Beccue -years later- skeleton sitting in chair "dont give up skeleton" sign hanging from his neck
Some say I'm a Critical Rolic
I'm not sure what i'm more excited for. The release of The Legend of Vox Machina, or the idea that hopefully this gets enough traction we will have a The Legend of The Mighty Nein.
more accurate title would probably be the The Chaos of The Mighty Nein
If they cant get funding we will fund it again
@@PlagueRunner As Travis has said we will once again say, "**** your stretch goals!"
I hope so since the mighty 9 is my favorite
I bet this week's announcement was great news for you, then!
Matt just oozes laid back, chill energy... Especially in the writer's room clips.
4:08 why does that look like Taryon’s internal dialogue lmao
Considering to the right side you just see
SCANLAN
SCANLAN
SCANLAN
SCANLAN
I feel like the purple is in Sam's writing haha
Awww Tary would never cross Keyleth out. He admired Kiki greatly during their adventures.
GROG - Jumbo? The big guy?
@@DaxIsAName yeah I was like, why is keyleth crossed out?
Glad to hear things are coming along. No matter how it looks, I'm sure people will appreciate the effort. You all rock.
Basically. I’m just happy that it’s being made and I was able to support it! 💗
I'm pretty sure with such power team and a such studio it won't look flawless.
i was not prepared for this behind-the-scenes featurette. threw my whole family under a bridge
@Streamway Project Nice pull. Have a nice day.
I appreciate this so much.
Thanks for making my day!
5:23 ish on the Script:
"Scanlan jumps forward and rips off a CROTCH"
slightly more faded out behind it is "Scanlan jumps forward and rips off a CROTCH LIGHTENING spell" which i think I love seeing written down more.
I love that you're able to guess when they filmes this footage just by looking at Taliesin's hair XD
Carbon dating.
@@DAEsaster ehhhhhhhhhh
Color dating more like =D
5:25 that whole segment with the writers talking about Matt amazed me. He’s such a caring and open minded person.
4:10 I can't tell what I love more, "vax - GIRL?" or "SCANLAN SCANLAN SCANLAN SCANLAN"
Who made those notes? Taryon?
7:34 they’re reading the script in their old Campaign 1 seats 😭❤️
Omgggg
It's like they couldn't bring themselves to sit in any other arrangement for VM.
I love the fact that they're doing the "table read" around the gaming table
I really hope that means we get Zhara, Kashaw and Lilith
Everyone: we are breaking new ground, this is an amazing opportunity.
Matt: this is so FREAKIN cool
Listen all I need is Grog talking to Craven Edge in the toliet animated and I can die fucking happy
Season 2 has now granted your wish lmao. RIP
@@nightmoose close enough, but it worked just as good
My heart nearly exploded when I saw Ashly Burch on the creative team!
They were like , "so your good at getting characters dead. How would you write this death scene. "
zepwolfx nooooo! 😂
@@zepwolfx big sad
Keg is aroused
What's up with the gray hair, though? Is working on this THAT stressful?
"A group of friends having fun" is all I want at the core of anything they do together. So much healthy joy springs from that.
ehcmier A group of nerdy ass voice actors get together and play DnD
Right? They said that and I was like, ok, they GET it. I trust them based on that alone.
"If you like being drunk on Critical Role..." I feel called out. But also, yes please, gimme!
Yes. This.
I feel so called out by that, but dear God is it accurate. I want it, gimme more.
yes please can I have some more
I'll have what they're having, 2 please
As long as they include the DOOR scene in the Briarwood arc, I'll be happy.
guess what
@@texturebacon I saw it!
@@JellyBelz i think they even improved upon it. percy falling out the window and being so deadpan about it was just a gem
7:34 Oh hell yeah that's a live reading of the pilot. Hope they publish it after everything is said and done.
"Scanlan jumps forward and rips off a *CROTCH*"
Maybe we'll see how VM got that troll dick they had in their bag for way too long?
It's Crotch lightning. One of the faded lines behind has it as well.
@@jdub211 doesn't make it any less funny
Okay, but like, Matt’s beanie in the writing room is the best thing ever
At 7:34 Marisha is wearing it, too
Apparently I am more Canadian than I thought, because my internal monologue said, “Beanie...? Oooh, a tuque!”
RIGHT??? Dude was killing it
@@kaylastewart1000 The couple that beanies together...
Ok the show looks amazing but i want just take a second to compliment this video. Like seriously the production value of the stuff you guys have been putting out is so ridiculously solid. Big props to the editors and everyone who worked on this!
Seeing this made me almost cry tears of joy: this group does so.e amazing things, and the fact that it all comes from just "a group of friends having fun" energy and mentality is always heart warming and brings so much joy. I absolutely can not WAIT to see the Legend of Vox Machina come out!!!
"If you like being drunk on critical role, than I think you'll like what this series of bar tenders have done with it"
-Marc Bernardin
Man seeing this all just makes me so happy and so damn excited for this,
I really can't wait to see this show. I would buy a full DVD box set of this amazing show
I can not wait to.
who buys dvds, why not blue ray or digital :P just playing
@@PreacherS175 That's absurd. I want a betamax set :P
@@PreacherS175 You gotta get the VHS
I'll go for the Laserdisc
“Scanlan jumps forward and rips off a CROTCH”
WHAT
The troll dick?
It's Scanlan, you can't expect less from our favourite Gnome Bard.
If you pause, one of the faded lines behind says "Scanlan jumps forward and rips off a CROTCH LIGHTING"
Look. Sometimes, THINGS happen.
I mean, that does sound like Scanlan
Me: Man this looks great, I should try and avoid any info about so I can appreciate it fully with a blind watch.
Also Me: M O R E
I love the shot of the whiteboard where the writers were trying to figure out which twin was Vax and which was Vex.
"If you like being drunk on Critical Role.."
Me: *Slaps my card onto the bar table*
"I'll take your entire stock!"
I have officially gone from, “This is going to be cool” to “I am so freaking hyped for this”
You entered this video, expecting a extended look into the production of the animated series;
But you never expected;
You never thought it possible;
Matt with a beanie.
7:34 they’re doing a table read in their studio while sitting in their old seats I’m so emo
Also I think that’s Mary and if she’s voice directing I’m gonna lose it
is that chris perkins bottom right?
@@talktogus Nop. Brandon Auman (Executive Producer)
I saw this and it made soooo happy!
that shit made me cry once i noticed it. and YES that's mary omg
- Sam... "So, starting a new adven..." (pickup) "So, starti..." (pickup) "So, looks like we're starting a new..." (pickup) "So..."
😂😂😂😂😂
No wonder this show works so well, Earth's Mightiest Heroes is one of the all time best things I've ever watched & will never get old. Bring on S4 & the Mighty Nein!
The first claim is incorrect. Record of the Lodoss War was an RPG campaign that was adapted into an animated show.
Does not diminish what the animators are doing. Just giving props to one of the grand daddies of TTRPG adaptations.
"If you like being drunk on Critical Role, then I think you'll like what this series of bartenders has done to it"
Just let me in the bar man, let's go
What's the cover charge?
Bouncer: "friendship."
Yea boi it's happy hour all day long yo!
Make mine a double!
Leeeetsssss goooooooooo
ale!
I can't wait for the line "we're gods!" *sad goldfish noises*
Have you ever had some jello and then dropped it on the floor?? Thats the noise i pictured in that scene.
I don't think it's gonna be in the animated series, they're doing earlier story arcs. Maybe if they make extra episodes afterwards (which I hope so), but not what they're doing so far...
@@ChevaliersEmeraude I think that depends on Amazon, and if the first season gets as much attention and revenue as they're hoping it will.
@@tobistein6639 Actually, Amazon has already ordered two seasons. So we get the Briarwood arch and probably the beginning of the Chroma Conclave, if we're lucky and it goes well we might get the entire first campaign, as long as it brings in views Amazon would make more.. And if they don't.. Bring it on with another kickstarter, we can make it happen.
@@ChevaliersEmeraude I would expect them to put stuff like that - stupid mishaps that are resolved almost instantly - in a separate episode or something that's just a "stupid shit compilation" if anything. "We are gods" as well as the door in Whiterun or Grog's legendary visit to the poophouse (Cravenedge conversation, if you want to look it up) don't really fit in the context of an animated series and take too much time to get to the point. It's fun stuff that happens in a DnD stream, because that's just nerdy fun and goofing around included, but an animated series I would expect to be way more to the point and cut.
It is important to note that due to the fact that this is a different format of storytelling that things WILL be different from the original streams. It's a necessity as they will need to cut a lot of stuff out and refine it to be both a unique experience and a familiar one. I wouldn't want it to be one-to-one as the story can be adapted and changed so it can focus on the narrative it's telling. I can't wait to see what's in store and I hope that people don't complain saying, "It didn't happen that way" or "This isn't how I pictured it." At the end of the day, they're building something amazing and it took our help to get them this far. I have no doubt it will be great and I wish the best for the cast and crew!
its obvious that it can't be one-to-one, its impossible to replicate 39480298 hours of streams into a 13 episode show. but I'm a bit afraid because they made it sound like they are changing the story to make it new and surprising, and I don't want that, I just want an adaptation.
Well the first couple of episodes ARE a totally new story, aren’t they? And then they will move on to the Briarwoods arc?
That's adaptation for you peeps. Whoever adapts a work will put their own spin on it, and it could be great or it could be horrible, but seeing that the cast of CR were working closely with the studio, I think the VM story is perfectly safe. I'm sure the "that's not what happened" moments will be totally overshadowed by the drama unfolding on screen. Think of it as a live performance after being refined by the same people who played the roles. It's going to be great.
@@B3RyL I'm not talking about the first episodes, I'm talking about the Briarwood arc adaptation. either way, "that's not what happened" moments don't bother me as much, my only concern is changing the story itself, not exactly how they connect point to point. because as any D&D game, there will always be some stupid things that happen that wouldn't translate very well. what bothers me is that they will make Delilah Briarwood actually be Raishan and she is trying to create a mechanical dragon under whitestone... obviously not that, but do you get my point ?
So, not canon then. More of a parallel dimension of how it could have gone mostly the same, but slightly different.
"Oh man gimme more of this drink, because i like being drunk."
He knows, he gets it
Ashly Burch is just weapons-grade adorableness.
I know. Like why are all the women involved so gorgeous?! (Answer: I'm hella gay)
@@DAEsaster Felt this on a spiritual level
@@DAEsaster Because it's Los Angeles. The hottest 1% of the entire nation migrates there. (hat tip to "Swingers")
"If you like being drunk on Critical Role, you'll like what this series of bartenders have done to it." CHILLS. These updates MAKE ME SO EMOTIONAL
such a good quote :D
How many of you sheep are gonna say the same exact comment as the original? Come up with your own opinion sheesh.
@@picklewart5382 agreed
I'm liking what they're doing with the critical role theme, too. The ending of this video really built on it
Knowing that Ashly Burch is also working on this makes me even more excited and hyped omgggg
Maybe she won’t kill another player this time 🙃
People say that growing up means losing that childlike feeling of wonder. After watching this, I couldn't agree with that statement less. I was nearly in tears watching this video. I'm so full of joy, excitement, wonder, and just straight-up hype. Thank you Critical Role, thank you Titmouse Studios, thank you Amazon, thank you to the incredibly talented crew working on this, and thank you Critters. Without all of you right beside me, this never could've happened.
I think the best thing they did with the series was adapting the abstract parts into visual media with meaning. Percy's flashbacks and Pike's religious visions are not spelled out in the campaign because they can describe, imagine, and allude to- or even just state conclusions from internal character processes. In the series those things become powerful sequences that help tell the story.
Was i the only one who read Brandon Auman as "Random Human" ?
Anyways HYPE!
Yes
You where not... I may have also done so.
No... but now that you have said it, I can't unsee it.
obviously a fighter with champion sub class
I want to see the moment when sam turned into a tricerotops. That got me hooked to the stream
That encounter was genius! One of my favorites
I just watched that episode (watching the whole series for the first time) and it was so kick ass! I can't wait to see it come to life!
@Cole The moldier I believe the first season or at least the pilot will be a different pre stream story, but now with amazon prime they will have many seasons to explore all of the content of the streams
I thought that they are going to complete the Briarwood Arc as part of the stretch goals
@Cole The moldier The first set of episodes will be a new story, yes, but the second 'season' will be on the Briarwood arc, which is when that moment happened.
7:35 Steve Bloom and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn at live reading as maybe Delilah and Sylas Briarwood?
I mean, I hope Mary is voicing Zahra. Her first appearance is a few episodes before the Briarwood arc, so I'm hoping she shows up in the animated series too.
Mary most likely will be voicing her character from CR
@@Ranga3595 well, considering where Zahra was first met in vasselheim after VM delivered the horn of Orcus, she might not be shown. The animated show has no Kraghammer arc, it is an original story whch then flows into the Briarwood arc. Unless they transplant her somewhere into the new story, zahra has no place to be there.
So mary might be lending her voice for someone else.
@@KimKimeraKimes true
This is a pretty big-budget production. Considering Mary is one of the best voice directors around, and all the cast praises her as one of their favorites, It wouldn't be hard to imagine they might want her on board for the series in that capacity as well as for her acting. As a director/actor, Sam might not want to worry about having to direct himself while voicing Scanlan. And Steve Boom and do anything he wants in a recording booth. That dude would be a Top 5 first round draft lottery pic for any voiceover production.
"It's like getting your favorite drink at a bar, made by a bartender you don't know."
That...damn, that's good.
0:00 i mean... Record of Lodoss War anyone?
Still, i would say Vox Machina has the chance of becoming what Lodoss was for D&D in Japan in those years, it has all the lore, characters and story to be a hit and hopefully it brings even more people into the world
Yoooo! That writers room is nuts! Marc Bernardin, Fatman on Meatman? My hype needs structure that can only be given by a release date. Would love to see some of these people as guest players in the campaign.
The amount of times Marc Bernardin has just casually written a better movie in his reviews of movies makes me very confident in this series.
@@VexonCross Agreed.
@@VexonCross when he does it off the cuff on Fatman Beyond is really amazing. I'm so glad he's part of this.
@@Abitflippant Yaaaassss!
Dude I was thinking that Marc would be SO cool on CR games.
I'm just hoping we get to see the door scene in all its glory
I think we all are
UnsterblichFujiko sammme
That guitar version of the theme song on the background is AMAZING
I need it now
Came down here to post exactly that. Perfect hype music.
*grabby hands* I need this full song
The only show that went from d&d tabletop was a Japanese anime called record of lodoss war, had it not been for that I'd never have discovered critical role, so I am grateful for that
This animated series is probably one of my new favorites
I can't wait to see the final result. That video got me even more hyped than before. And I don't know for you but I think the people in this video would make great guests for a new season of Between the Sheets.
I can’t wait to fall in love with this story and these characters all over again ❤️
Lmao the drawing board:
Vax - girl?
Vex- boy?
Also, god damn seeing the "only on Amazon Prime" at the end gives me happy tears for how far they've come even though they had this potential after the very first stream.
I've never clicked on a notification so fast
Just about to say that
Rewatching this playlist before watching the episodes. Love ya, Critters!!! Enjoy the premiere!!!
it has been done once before with Record of Lodoss, but so glad it is being done again
1:35 "it's about family and that's what makes it so powerful"
They should make a story about that legend!
"Scanlan jumps forward and rips off a CROTCH-" Crotch what, Matt?! Crotch what!?!?!
Shot?
Lightning?
Rocket?
We need answers!
Chair
crotch lightning, that shot is mostly the same chunk of script repeated and you can see the rest of the line in one of the other layers
It's says he rips of a Crotch Lightening Spell (@5.21)
Crotch lightning for sure. A Scanlan Special delivery.
7:32 Sam is wearing the same shirt from the first episode of C1, again. The man is a mad lad with the shirt bit
doctor: "you have 8 minutes and 31 seconds left to live"
me:
Sad, you’ll miss the actual show.
"VAX------ Girl?
VEX------- Boy?"
Ha! Theyre still learning
Edit 1 was spelling 2 is where did you all come from...? Critters you scare me
And then the circled GROG!! SCANLAN!!
The note beside Grog and Scanlan is something along the line of ‘all you need!’, Keyleth’s name is struck out so it looks like she didn’t make the cut and the column to the right is just Scanlan over and over... I fear the power may have gone to Sam’s head.
To be fair, in French 'la' is female and 'le' is male.
vAX=mAle
vEx=fEmale
That’s how I remembered it, male’s first vowel is an A and female’s first vowel is an E
This was a joke from one of Sam and Travis's Kickstarter update videos. Sam wrote that on the board, lol.
I'm so happy to know Ashly Burch is on the team as well! I can't wait to see what amazing things they do with the show
Francesca cazorla I bet she is really busy with writing, but she’d make a great Lady Kima
@@Jos7h Yes! She'd be amazing at it! I'm so looking forward to the voice actor list announcement
I get a minor PTSD-flashback whenever I see her face! #Longmayhereign
(Still love her thou)
4:10 "Characters: Scanlan, Scanlan, Scanlan, Scanlan, Sca--"
corvoidae and next to that, it says:
Vax - girl?
Vex - boy?
lol
@@TeikaChikata glad they truly captured only the most important themes of the show
Really sad that in this beautiful shot, there is no sloppily written"Grg"
If only someone introduced me to DnD earlier, I would've found out about Vox Machina and Mighty Nein and have this family of great people get me through the worst years of my life. But then again, I found them during the pandemic and it's more than enough to keep me sane. I love you guys so much! Thank you for being amazing nerds
If they do one of these for the Mighty Nein show, they should call it "The Mighty [ _ ] of The Mighty Nein", and fill in the blank with story, characters, etc.
The most exciting thing for me is the fact that this is D&D. I love animated shows so to see dungeons and dragons come to life with an amazing campaign is literally a dream come true. And with how hard the Kickstarter was annihilated I think a lot of others agree.
Best of absolutely luck with the release and development!!! Everyone deserves absolute success!
I can't wait for this series to be a gateway drug to get even more of my friends and family hooked on it xD
And its d&d canon :)
@sanddry I can't agree with you anymore, the majority of D&D-esq content, before critical role, was sparse or poorly done. Never felt more at home and accepted than in the critter community.
Brandon Johnson The closest thing to a great D&D show I know of is Demonac’s “Tales from my D&D campaign” (TDDC) that covers a 3.5 with animation and such. It’s amazing but the only one I’ve seen.
Me: "DATE, DATE, DATE"
*coming soon*
"NOOO"
They are getting actual behind the scENES I'M SO PROUD OF THEM
"No one has tried to create an animated series based on a roleplaying game before"
Record of Lodoss War: Am I a joke to you?
guess what they wanted to say is, that never really tried to create it from an actually played campaign, there a dime a dozen animated series, based on rpg games, but those are rather based on the setting and rules but not derived from an actual gameplay ;)
@@grave2501 Record of Lodoss War was adapted from the author's actual game he was running with friends.
@@NonRegnumDei1934 Record of Lodoss War anime was based on the novels, though. The novels were adaptations of the game's transcripts but the anime/manga/other media weren't based on those transcripts, they were based on the novels. So if someone had created a book series of the VM game itself before turning it into an animated series, then we'd have a comparison. Or if it were the comics being animated.
You would need even more more mythril
@@rejoicify Are you a bugbear? Because that's a pretty long reach you've got there.
"if you like being drunk on critical role"
It's not a matter of liking it, it is an addiction
I'm really happy to see Marc Bernardin in this mix, I first heard about that dude through Kevin Smith, and they have their own YT/Podcast show they run together - Marc is a pretty freakn talented writer in his own right and legit funny.
4:10 - LITERALLY EVERYONE AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIVES
"I'm Vax/I'm Vex" scene confirmed?
That's confusing me, because it clearly says Vax (Liam's) -girl? And Vex (Laura's) - boy?
So unless they're planning one of those jokes where people get confused, that's actually wrong haha
@@Aldurnamiyanrandvora It also has Keyleth crossed out and Grog + Scanlan circled. It's for the video lol
In just some months from now...
"The adventure begins..."
WHEN!?!? PLEASE, I NEED TO KNOW!!!
Man, I can't wait!
The Kickstarter updates mention a May 1st release date, but that may just be for the backers.
Very cool, one caveat about the opening is that this is definitely not the first time a tabletop campaign has been adapted into an animated series though. Check out Record of Lodoss War for a classic example. Super high fantasy serious campaign turned into a series of light novels which was then turned into an anime. A more recent example is Goblin Slayer which is basically if Tucker's Kobolds were its own campaign, except they're goblins instead of kobolds. This one's so rooted in archetypal D&D that its characters are referred to by their class names rather than having actual ones.
I’m going to cry, Critical Role has and is helping me through so much and it’s so great to see them succeeding
God I love this show... I love these people... thank you Matt, Marisha, Travis, Liam, Laura, Sam, Talisan, Ashley and all the amazing people who have put so so so much into this, and also for inspiring thousands (including myself) of new D&D players... I guess that's how you wanted to do this!!!! X
7:34 you did the script reading at the Critical Role table? that's amazing, I love the music throughout this, where can I buy it?
Pretty sure anywhere you would usually buy music the song is called Your turn to roll
It's their theme song
Sooo excited for this!! :)
Oh man! That shot of the concept board at 7:00 looks like a possible mock up of Bad News (looks like they're considering a breach loading design) looks fantastic. Can't wait!