Brennan Lee Mulligan Breaks Down Critical Role: Downfall, Inspirations & Dream Final Calamity Story

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  • Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
  • Brennan Lee Mulligan talks inspirations for Critical Role: Downfall, how its story is the antithesis to Calamity, and his dream final Calamity arc.
    Critical Role: Downfall debuts on July 11 on Critical Role's Twitch and UA-cam channels as well as Beacon. Read our full interview and article here: screenrant.com/critical-role-...
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  • @conrage2002
    @conrage2002 21 день тому +219

    Caitlyn is an awesome interviewer. This is exactly the type of person I want doing these interviews: plugged in, notices the details, asks big picture questions as well.

    • @OctopusOwl
      @OctopusOwl 21 день тому +16

      She’s a perfect mix of fan and professional interviewer.

    • @TheWindwall
      @TheWindwall 21 день тому +5

      Agreed. Give BLM some room, let him ramp himself up, and then ask questions that keep the excitement up.

    • @xdecroix
      @xdecroix 20 днів тому

      I have the exact opposite opinion. That lack of charisma and professionalism, with that excess of fangirling, is really bothering.

  • @nickhaddad7084
    @nickhaddad7084 21 день тому +124

    'A Players Guide to Calamity - or- How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving the Release of the Betrayer Gods'
    *chef kiss*

    • @miimo_channel
      @miimo_channel 20 днів тому +3

      the 20 page lore doc that Sam mentioned 😂

  • @kimhill3614
    @kimhill3614 20 днів тому +25

    I'll say it. Vasselheim. If Avalir and Aeor fall, we need to hear of the city that endured, and the heroes who secured its future.

    • @MorganBondelid
      @MorganBondelid 10 днів тому +1

      YES! 💯💯💯🏆💯💯 yes please, Critical Role please make this one too!

  • @CycleKat
    @CycleKat 21 день тому +53

    I would DIE for a Divergence arc with Brennan

  • @Reldonator
    @Reldonator 21 день тому +124

    EXU Calamity changed my life. I'm so excited to see what Brennan does with Aeor, also a little scared.

    • @caitlinb2841
      @caitlinb2841 20 днів тому +4

      My comfort watch! I've never watched anything 5 times through before

  • @ChristopherSniezek
    @ChristopherSniezek 16 днів тому +16

    EXU: Calamity is the single best live play RPG story ever made. I show it to people as an example of how good this form of performance/entertainment can be.

  • @rhuulu110
    @rhuulu110 21 день тому +45

    His exchange with Lious when he was playing asmodeus was the most hype segment in all of critical role to me.

  • @codydwyerify
    @codydwyerify 21 день тому +31

    I need to understand how/why Vasselheim survived the Calamity, and I think the city is a perfect backdrop for... Dawn of Divergence?
    Or maybe it's just Calamity, Downfall, Dawn as a trilogy

  • @emmakane6848
    @emmakane6848 21 день тому +30

    Ever since I learned about the creation of the Divine Gate I have been so fascinated by how such a thing would come to exist in the first place. Good to know that I’m in good company with people who would want to see a story about The Divergence.

  • @ShadowPatriot12
    @ShadowPatriot12 21 день тому +18

    Holy shit, what he says about Aeor when the M9 find it in C2 and its inhabitants not being a product of the age of arcanum, but rather people living there would have grown up in the Calamity 🤯

  • @bewaretheteddy436
    @bewaretheteddy436 21 день тому +23

    Always love Caitlyn's interviews. Great questions, always engaged and attentive to your guest. It's a blessed day when a Caitlyn interview hits my feed 🙌

  • @InkyPetrel
    @InkyPetrel 21 день тому +16

    Brennan is always such a hecking delight to watch. Great interview! I am SO excited for Downfall.
    I have no idea how they're going to approach all of this, it could go SO many ways, and that's amazing! We know Aeor falls, it's in the title, it's the getting there that's fun* :D
    *fun = I expect to be left a bawling mess again, and to leave a piece of my heart in Aeor permanently, joining the other fragments that have at this point been scattered from one end of Exandria to the other. I can't wait!
    Can I also just say again how much I appreciate when interviewers LET THE GUEST TALK, like, it's so nice when they wait for the whole answer to a question, instead of pushing ahead before the guest can finish the thought. Caitlyn is really good at this sort of interview! When the people you're interviewing are storytellers by nature, letting them talk is such a gift for the viewers :) I always look forward to watching these.

  • @emmakane6848
    @emmakane6848 21 день тому +26

    Watching the third episode of Never Stop Blowing Up before this and seeing the players protesting against Gymnast Martial Artists who are all the same age (except for one of them) is so crazy. Why am I more scared by the way that Brennan said that he keeps things on the rails for the players benefit, than I am by the certainty of Aeor being destroyed after this mini arc concludes?

    • @TheOneNotTheOnly
      @TheOneNotTheOnly 21 день тому +3

      Such a crazy episode. Brennan is off the rails in this season! He’s fully committed to not caring about world building being real or anything normal. So much fun.

  • @GreenPixie1013
    @GreenPixie1013 14 днів тому +2

    I love Brennan's pitch for Divergence, and understand his desire to leave things as a trilogy, but... just adding on that seeing the Gods and Titans sealing away Predathos would be insane.

  • @rednova66gaming95
    @rednova66gaming95 21 день тому +7

    Now we just need to get some more critical role cast members to guest on Dimension 20. Matt and Marisha have already done it, now I wanna see Laura interact with Ally or Liam with Siobhan or whatever other combos we can think of.

  • @mikedawe692
    @mikedawe692 13 днів тому +2

    When oration skill, meets intelligence and downright storytelling ability. What a superlative DM.

  • @StardustScribe
    @StardustScribe 21 день тому +14

    Spectacular interview as always. Truly so much of my July is going to be listening to Brennan tell stories. It's amazing.

  • @terryandjoe
    @terryandjoe 21 день тому +15

    This was great! Im ao excited for Downfall. Calamity is up there, if not being the best, DnD I've watched or played myself. Not just CR or D20 but DnD. I loved it that much.

    • @chriskuhn6130
      @chriskuhn6130 21 день тому +5

      Totally agreed, it's what got me into watching (basically) all of D20 and a good deal of CR.

    • @mikedawe692
      @mikedawe692 13 днів тому +1

      Agreed. Those guys took humble table top gaming to a completely new level. They gave everyone a lesson of what the scope of storytelling and theatre could get to within this particular canvas. Exandria was gripping, shocking and hilarious from the introductions to the final catastrophe, impossible to pick out one outstanding moment or even moments, there was so much talent and commitment to the telling of the story from everyone at the table.

    • @chriskuhn6130
      @chriskuhn6130 13 днів тому

      @mikedawe692 My lord, the sphinx is pitching alts for his roar.
      So good.

  • @jeffbounds7025
    @jeffbounds7025 20 днів тому +3

    Would love to see a season of Matt and Brennan trading off being DM's. Each of them feeding off the other in the story direction. They could share a Player Character when they are not DMing. Filling this character with extraordinary color and improvisationalism. Making the storyline fresh and chaotic and allowing these two geniuses to have fun!!!

  • @Nathan_Talisien
    @Nathan_Talisien 21 день тому +25

    I offer my sympathies to Brennan... full sessions three days in a row is brutal for anyone, lol.

  • @timetimestime
    @timetimestime 21 день тому +10

    i like brennan’s new hair 👍

  • @carlotacosta9193
    @carlotacosta9193 21 день тому +7

    Great interview as always!

  • @brianspeaksnerd
    @brianspeaksnerd 21 день тому +11

    My Pitch: EXU Divergence, three part series, players are the gods themselves. First episode focuses on the prime deities, second focuses on the betrayer gods, third episode is a PVP showdown between the players playing the betrayers and the players playing as the primes. You're welcome

  • @evrys3221
    @evrys3221 21 день тому +2

    I'm so excited for this series

  • @badgertime9561
    @badgertime9561 21 день тому +12

    Potential correction, Brennan DM'd for Matt in Escape from Bloodkeep on Dimension 20. If they are only referring to Critical Role, then I withdraw my correction.

    • @TheOneNotTheOnly
      @TheOneNotTheOnly 21 день тому +6

      Yeah in that segment he said “at the CritRoll table.” The second time later on they don’t specify.

    • @TheOneNotTheOnly
      @TheOneNotTheOnly 21 день тому

      16:21

    • @badgertime9561
      @badgertime9561 21 день тому

      Thank you so much. It was also slightly cut off by zoom the first time.

    • @badgertime9561
      @badgertime9561 21 день тому

      I don't know how to edit this in a meaningful way and keep the comment. 🤣😂 I may as well delete it.

    • @TheOneNotTheOnly
      @TheOneNotTheOnly 21 день тому

      @@badgertime9561 🤷🏽‍♂️ no problem. You were correct at the second moment when she asked what sort of story should he like to tell with them as players.

  • @kathleentyrrell3577
    @kathleentyrrell3577 21 день тому +20

    Who else can use asymptote in a sentence besides Brennan?

    • @ThomasWinget
      @ThomasWinget 21 день тому +1

      Considering the song Mandelbrot Set, probably at least Jonathan Coulton. And me, but only in context, which hasn't happened since college.

  • @lvfd6117
    @lvfd6117 20 днів тому +1

    So very excited about everything this man has going on and he has so many talented players with him, but if i can say Liam is an actor id be so incredibly excited to get to see brennan DM for i think they could make some amazing drama together

  • @buddybleeyes
    @buddybleeyes 20 днів тому

    Brennan is such an awesome person. I too watched calamity after the live show, I caught up to live around 87, after binging c1, c2, and up to live c3. I absolutely loved calamity, and super excited to see where he goes with this 😄

  • @Stickychron
    @Stickychron 21 день тому +9

    Divergence confirmed. ❤😮

  • @yellowpeeps2
    @yellowpeeps2 21 день тому +3

    i don't know what the story would be but i would love to see matt and liam in draconia pre/during its fall with the chroma conclave. (but the divergence is a brilliant idea too 👀)

  • @xenwraithtealix1075
    @xenwraithtealix1075 20 днів тому +4

    In before Brennan gets called to do a Fall of Molaesmyr story

    • @skyyoung8114
      @skyyoung8114 14 днів тому

      This has been my foremost thought since I heard about Downfall.
      I do like Brennan's idea of exploring the Divergence, but if he and Matt wanted to skip a bit further ahead, the destruction of Molaesmyr would be the next most impactful and significant event in Exandrian history to explore (in my humble opinion).
      Also, was Ludinus both a founder of the city and a catalyst for its demise?

  • @Pearlem
    @Pearlem 21 день тому +1

    I love this dude and everything he makes

  • @Pheonix0324
    @Pheonix0324 19 днів тому +1

    Love Brennan's new look

  • @emmabeckett6451
    @emmabeckett6451 21 день тому

    I also watched Calamity after the live show! Great mind think alike 😉

  • @bensavedbychrist
    @bensavedbychrist 10 днів тому

    😮The two I want are the schism as the betrayers are cast out and some major story line with Vasselheim.

  • @Zevrael
    @Zevrael 21 день тому

    I hope I am understanding this correctly, because now I want it to happen. Will the player characters be acting on behalf of the gods, caught in the juxtaposition between divine fury and parently care? What will it look like to have primes and betrayers working together? That's also a great way to bring another source of tension into the party. I can't wait!

  • @zigletnoodle
    @zigletnoodle 20 днів тому +1

    Play the power vacuum left when the Gods leave, maybe in Vasselheim

  • @josephbouchard6368
    @josephbouchard6368 20 днів тому

    Is Predathos the weapon Aeor created??

  • @cole9799
    @cole9799 21 день тому +14

    Calamity's 4 episodes are all in the top 20 episodes ive seen from CR. I have watched 300+ episodes.

    • @patrickmcisaac3142
      @patrickmcisaac3142 21 день тому +3

      They do an incredible job of making it seem like we've already watched 111 episodes and these are just the last 4 episodes of the full campaign. The world building and buy in from the cast is all just so incredible!

  • @elenap5875
    @elenap5875 21 день тому +1

    from where is first scene with sandwich?

  • @djcowell91
    @djcowell91 21 день тому +4

    Wait, are you trying to tell me Escape from the Blood Keep wasn't in Exandria's past? Ok, I guess I can watch Brennan with Matt and Liam at some point in the future, twist my arm. ;-)

    • @elbruces
      @elbruces 21 день тому

      Yeah, it's got nothing to do with Exandria at all.

    • @djcowell91
      @djcowell91 21 день тому +1

      @@elbruces I guess the old school wink wasn't enough to indicate the joke.

  • @Phoenix02531
    @Phoenix02531 20 днів тому +1

    I feel like Brennan forgot about the dimension 20 season he had with Matt. He's only missing Liam in his DM repertoire.

    • @erikaiverson4122
      @erikaiverson4122 18 днів тому

      I think he must mean on Critical Role. Matt has been on two seasons of Dimension 20.

  • @cbear3476
    @cbear3476 21 день тому

    Didnt Brennan GM for Matt in Escape from the Bloodkeep/

  • @CyFr
    @CyFr 21 день тому +6

    I only wish the music would have become more subtle, or gone completely after the first 30 seconds .. it's so completely obstructive to the actual interview

    • @sarahvnyc
      @sarahvnyc 21 день тому +1

      It really makes my brain hurt for some reason, it's not mixed right.

  • @Megaverser
    @Megaverser 21 день тому

    I like this interview a lot but the endless looping music is very distracting!!

  • @kylee6051
    @kylee6051 16 днів тому +1

    Screen Rant actually has human generated content? I'm so used to their website an AI slop videos.

  • @Euroclydoness
    @Euroclydoness 21 день тому +2

    Are they going to be playing AS the gods? I’ve been assuming it would be champions this whole time. Be crazy if it was the actual gods.

    • @TheOneNotTheOnly
      @TheOneNotTheOnly 21 день тому

      It’s gotta be champions… right!? That would be cool for them to be the gods I guess, but I feel like that’s too crazy and hectic for the players to be able to feel like they are allowed to make choices with out questioning if it’s allowed.

    • @kailowrez5126
      @kailowrez5126 19 днів тому +1

      Yep they are playing as the gods themselves

    • @TheOneNotTheOnly
      @TheOneNotTheOnly 19 днів тому

      @@kailowrez5126 yeah I suppose they are. Wild first ep. I wonder which gods they all are. Especially the four betrayers

    • @kailowrez5126
      @kailowrez5126 19 днів тому +1

      @@TheOneNotTheOnly Asmodues is the priest, Lolth is the halfing, The Turtle guy is the Cloaked Serpent, and barbarian chick is bane.
      It's hard to tell who the player characters are playing as. Lora is the Raven Queen for sure. Trist is corallon. Those are the ones Ik for sure

    • @TheOneNotTheOnly
      @TheOneNotTheOnly 19 днів тому

      @@kailowrez5126 right and the young kid is the Dawn father.

  • @notlaracheyenne
    @notlaracheyenne 16 днів тому

    exu divergence when?

  • @hawkstein4464
    @hawkstein4464 20 днів тому +1

    It's gonna be WILD to see players play gods..
    Technically I don't know that. But we all know that.

  • @user-df2ml4ro9v
    @user-df2ml4ro9v 20 днів тому

    Exodus 20:7,

  • @kase1898
    @kase1898 21 день тому

    *Que Que

  • @Bzuhl
    @Bzuhl 13 днів тому

    Come on! I do 1 larp in my year and they sneak a Brennan season of CR past me?

  • @maxxx32864
    @maxxx32864 21 день тому +1

    Love listening to Brandon Lee Mulligan on these subjects! The Musical soundtrack however it is irritating and distracting from the content!!

  • @hawkstein4464
    @hawkstein4464 20 днів тому

    Aabria and I*... HA! GOTCHA BRENNA. 😎

  • @YxungChe
    @YxungChe 21 день тому +1

    Brennan is slowly turning to sam. The mind games and torture are getting outta hand 😅

  • @TheBucketOfTruth
    @TheBucketOfTruth 21 день тому +4

    This would be so much better without the fucking music in the background. Not necessary guys.