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There's a lot to break down with the Rise video, considering lore points. The entire video is referenced to players and teams that have challenged for the Worlds title and each player has been assigned their (mostly) iconic champion, such as Perkz playing Yasuo (first fight you see in the field) The other player, Ambition at the start picks up the weapons of the champions he plays, Kha'zix, Jarvan and Sejuani, he uses Kha'zix weapons against Perkz (these two did face off against each other in the tournament). You were right about the banners being teams that have been at Worlds. These were all teams that have fought and tried to win the title but never made it, hence their banner is destroyed slightly. Ambition then goes up against Uzi in the fiery cave, Uzi plays the champion Vayne, a favourite pick from him as he was considered one of the best Vayne players in the game, also considered the best player in his role, ADC (Attack Damage Carry) Ambition uses his champ Sejuani, another Jungler champion who he plays to take down Uzi. The video is to symbolise the climb (and the RISE) to the top to be champion, and the last fight you see is the player Faker, who people consider the greatest League player of all time and was also considered to be the final boss, in order to win Worlds, it was a requirement you take down Faker to be the best team in the world. Faker plays his champion Ryze, one of his pocket picks at the time and fights Ambition for the Worlds title at the very top. At the top, there's statues holding a team's logo, all of these teams have won the Worlds tournament, so this is the peak to become champion, to put your spot onto the statue for your team, which Ambition does. There's so much to the lore for this video based on the previous Worlds events that I won't put all here., even the statues in the background have symbolism to champions who have won titles for players. EDIT: added more stuff to this.
@@matthew11291 Absolute chads like you are the highlight of all these Worlds cinematics. First thing I do after watching them is check the comments for breakdowns like this. Epic work, man.
She's the most popular character in league of legends and let's just leave it a athat... Yes aside from porn... She's also well known outside from the game.
@@AppleBaron Lets put it this way, Ahri is the one that keeps the company. In fact she and lux maintain that Riot at float, why do you think there are LOTS of skins of ahri basically having 1 or 2 new skins every year?
@@kaiserxblue I know why, I am just saying, that Yasuo is officially the most popular champion in the game in terms of games played. Also, Yasuo, Teemo, Ezreal and many other champions are also have many skins, so Ahri and Lux are not the only ones, that keep Riot at float.
@@AppleBaron this year alone ahri is getting 2 skins, yasuo only the blossom theme one. Like in said its a popularity contest, in fact anybperson that is not intobleague but knows about the game and most of them will probably say "the fox girl"
For KDA, you already know Ahri, the 9-tailed fox. The others are: Akali (the girl with the face mask/scarf). She's a Kunoichi (female ninja) Evelynn (the girl with the round glasses and long "claws"). She's a demon/succubus. Kai'sa (the girl with the shoulder cannons/wings). Human who fell in the void, but survived by sheer force of will and gained powers from it. Also, Ahri is doing laundry because a long time ago, Riot gave her a Pop Star outfit (which you can see in her laundry basket). But now she's in a "new group" so it's likely to show the transition to the new outfit. and small detail I like that not many people picked up on: During Akali's rap part, as she moves her hands around, you see bits of wet paint fly off from her hands, because it's all still fresh paint :P
Ahri is a bit same with miyeon (ahri's voice) Miyeon is supposed to debut in blackpink YG entertainment (other group) but she's debut on "G-idle" cube entertainment
Rise is an e-sport story. All these fights are real fights from one of the world's championship matches, I think. And all heroes are real pro-players, mostly from Korea, ofc. =)
Actually the only thing that was weird was the guy he fought in the field where their weapons wad cutting the grass. No one in the tournament used that champion. Also the protagonist had 3 weapons for 3 chracters, the spear, the one where you throw it around, and the mantis claws. The guy he fought with a crossbow he actually lost to them in a previous match that's why his eye glass was broken, also if you noticed the lighting arrow that destroyed a shuriken during after the field fight it was actually the same guy he best later, also during after the fight with the crossbow guy where he was running along rocks before he reached the top, in the background the clouds were actually in the form and shapes of the skins that they won, you see the first video he watched was after they already won the world championships, also the world champs can each choose any hero/Champion of their choosing to get a skin line of their own commemorating their win. Also the guy with the book actually he lost to them the year before he lost 2-3 in the finals and when he reached the top the statues were actually the previous winners so basically he entered the world champions rooms.
the champion's character design are of what they actually are, but the face is swapped with E-sports players who main these certain champions. For instance the end is ryze, but the character is changed into Faker, one of the most iconic korean LoL players.
@@skyknightu The best Midlaner/Shotcaller/1v1er. Other rolls, who knows, his game knowledge and mechanical ability he could easily become the best at whatever roll he wants.
A certain music producer focused on the musical aspects and this guy focuses on the animation thingie while both are fanboying out... I want them as a duo now as a duo review XD
Ahri Fun Fact: The dirty laundry you see her with is a reference to her Popstar skin. It's meant to symbolise her growing up from being a teen star into her more mature K/DA identity.
I recommend you to see tales of runeterra series. You will discover so many things around the game, caracters and nations and the animation/drawing is soooo sick :) Thanks for your work. I love your analyses so much.
Highly recommend reacting to tales of runterra series it describes league universe as well as many champs and other characters Btw love ur work keep it up
They actually used the professional players themselves as the character models in this music video bro. They are equipped with the weapons of their signature Champions. Like in the first battle, the main character is using Kha'zix' Claws vs the other guy using Yasuo's (aka Yone's Brother) Sword. Just in case you wanted to know more, the other Champions showcased in this video were Sejuani (MC with Flail) vs Vayne (Guy with Crossbows) + Jarvan IV (Spear & Banner) vs Ryze (Book & magic)
for your info, both mv are premièred in world league of legends tournament. but K/DA is also served as promotion video for new skins of these 4 characters.
GIANTS might be another you'll like. Similar in the fact that it is a music video but it has a great animation style for a League video. Same for the one called As We Fall. The Cataclysm cinematic for World of Warcraft is another goodie you can give a watch. It stars Neltharian, or rather, his now corrupted being called Death Wing. The game Destiny has some fun ones, that might be a whole video for you in of itself because there's a few that all kinda happen one after the other. FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn - End of an Era is an amazing one too. And it's like 5+ minutes long. A super short one that may not be long enough for a video, but a great watch, would be Senua's Saga: Hellblade II's trailer. There's a lot out there, can't wait to see what else you react to. :)
He points out all the cool parts that wowed me, but also points out the subtle stuff that makes me love these videos even more. I don't even know how many times I've watched POP/STAR and never noticed the camera is constantly zooming out!
24:23 actually the final guy named Lee Sang-hyeok known as Faker but they call them "The Unkillable Demon King" as the matter of fact he is really humble and straight forward guy that is why im one of his million fans around the world.
one of the thing i love about this cinematic is 5:03 the attacks you see in the sky are the moves of two champions.. showing you, you're not the only one fighting.. ''Welcome to the climb up, reach for the summit''
About the Laundry thing, I thought it was really weird too, but actually was just to show those clothes beside her. It was a previous Kpop skin in the game, in which she was in a "solo carreer". Guess it was more of an easter egg.
I love how the retreating camera in the K/DA video is basically what the song is about. "You will never reach us. We are so awesome. You can never keep up with us." It's also cool how Evelynn is only in the middle of the screen for more than a split second when she's in the shadow. Really great at showing her personality. And her scarf thing is surrounding the others. During Akali's rap and the ending. Evelynn is there. Evelynn is in control. She is the leader of the group from the shadows.
Nice to get here early ^^ Awesome analysis as always, you should try to do a short film based on League, the lore is really rich and i think you will be able to explore it in a brilliant way (the lore is avaiable in the League of Legends Universe web site, there is a map and many stories about the characters and places)
I like you. You know what UA-camrs who place their professions in the titles of their reaction videos should really do. No half-as*ing it, going all in on what they do and why they have the right to do these videos. This is what you do for a living. Of course you have to flex your knowledge. I appreciate you, man. I know these probably take a long time to make, so thank you for doing these. I hope you don't get tired.
So in the Rise cinematic all of the characters represent mvp players from previous championship (i do believe this was made for 2018 tourney, so the cinematic itself shows people from 2017). Notice how every player uses a pretty specific kind of "weapon", it represents the legend they used in the tournament. Main character has three, as he played three different legends in 3 matches. His first opponent is supposed to represent Yasuo (legend from one of the cinematics you already saw before), next one is Vayne and last one is Ryze. They also each, of course, represent their team. Also in the end you can see emblems on statues, those are supposed to represent previous tournament winners. I really liked how Riot really immortalized a tournament with this cinematic, shame they didn't keep this kind of style for later tournaments.
So, for the RISE: Opening scene as like a cemetery from previous World Championships, surrounded by parts of weapons of League champions with logos of defeated teams. Main character is a player called Ambition, who is trying to win this with his Samsung Galasxy team. He picks up three weapons of three champions he plays: the claws of Kha'Zix, the spear of Jarvan IV and the mace of Sejuani. He then travels through the "championship", if you look into the background you can see huge profiles of various league champions in every region. So the frist "boss" if team called G2 and their most famous (at that time) player Perkz portrayed as Yasuo. Ambition uses ability and weapon of Kha'Zix to go stealth and defeat G2. Then he proceed to play-offs in championship where he fight the second very famous across the world player Uzi (portrayed as his most famous champion Vayne) and team Royal Never Give Up. He uses Sejuani's skills and weapon to defeat him (fun fact, in post-credits scene we see him not finally defeated. That's because in 2018 he and his team were the favourites of the world championship). Then he proceeds to the final arena. There are 6 statues with logos of previous champions - Fnatic, Taipei Assassins, SK Telecom T1 (3 times) and Samsung Galaxy White. There he meets the final boss. Most famous LoL player of all-time, the GOAT, the myth, the man, the legend - Faker. And his team SK Telecom T1. You see team logo on his chest with 3 stars on it - his 3 World Championship wins. Faker portrayed as Ryze, Ambition uses his last weapon - Jarvan's spear to defeat Faker and become 2017 LoL World Champion. Logo of his team appears on the statue in the arena of last battle. And you can see new players and logo og their teams-participants of 2018 Worlds, climbing up to the cup. There are tons of different details and easters eggs across the video, even starting ambient is actually a commentators of 2017 finals.
About giant Evelynn(girl with circle pink glasses) in the end of KDA- Popstars, in one of dev post Riot said that they were inspired by her gameplay style. She is a jungler (her job is to gank lines) and has permanent invisibility after 6 lvl and when she is out of combat, so when you play against her it feels like she can be anywhere. " A giant threat that everyone see." P.S. KDA has more views because they're famous outside of LoL community. In 2018 Pop/Stars had 1st place in World Digital Songs chart.
Oh my god, he actually understood Rise.... that’s the first for me, all of the other people I watched they didn’t say anything about it or didn’t know what it was about. Thank you for knowing what Rise was about!!!!!!
Wow I never noticed that in Pop Stars the camera only moves backwards. This is so interesting and I love the effect it creates. Like even though they are beautiful girls and you'd want to move towards them, it creates a sense of distance and respect - they are so powerful that you always have to make space for them.
The real life story of the main character in RISE, known as Ambition, is a cool story as well. He's always been ranked as one of the best players (a jungler) but he never won the series in Korea until that year. It was basically the curse of his team, so finally winning it and qualifying for the World Cup was the road/climb to the championship and the backbone of the story of RISE. Its a shame his team didn't win the World Cup, it would have been that perfect story if you know what I mean.
Explanation: He's climbing to the top by winning. those characters he's fighting are League of Legends greatest gamers in e-sports, which he needs to defeat before climbing to the top and become the champion.
League of Legends' new World's championship song/music video just came out and I think you might like it! Rise was the World's 2018 song. This 2020 one is called Take Over. Some background before you watch it: It's been a decade since League came out. This music video is going to feature several of previous Worlds' key winners.
K/DA being very surreal is not only an art choice, but surprisingly in line with the characters used for the group: We have one returned from the Void (basically shadow/demon realm), a ninja specializing in ambushing from smoke cover and two seductresses/charmers (one more sinister than the other). They all mess with your perception of reality. Ahri's kiss she blows at the viewer after unfolding her tails is one example of that. She just charmed the viewer and they lose all grip on reality, causing the room to fall apart into a surreal landscape. Same for Evelynn who plays with your perception between her regular look, the smokey dark form or as a giantess in the background; and Akali who is only really active if she's shrouded in darkness (and black light), but timid when in light - to the reveal that the "real" train car has been shredded by ninja tools. Kai'Sa on the other hand seems to be able to navigate all that, due to her experience in the Void.
The music part you where referring to is the last bit of a song where the chorus is the part that repeats and the bridge usually slows it down before the pre chorus brings the energy back for the final chorus
So glad you reviewed these 2 videos. (I had suggestion KDA in one of your first LoL reacts) Also, Thanks for the idea of tattoo Alpha mapping. I hadn't thought of that for doing cool effects on skin.
Chris, I just got done watching your reactions to the StarCraft 2 cinematic openers. Here are a few I think you'd enjoy and would like to see your take on. The Betrayal (Wings of Liberty) Chains (Legacy of the Void) Warriors (Legacy of the Void) Alone (Legacy of the Void, personally the one I want to see the most.) On another note, there's another game out there with some really good cinematics; Total War Warhammer. Here's some of the cinematics from that game I think could make for a good video. Total War: Warhammer Announcement Cinematic Total War: Warhammer 2 Cinematic Announcement Trailer Total War: Warhammer 2 Curse of the Vampire Coast Trailer Total War: Warhammer 2 The Shadow & The Blade Cinematic Trailer (my personal favorite just from the badassery alone)
It very much isn't your normal thing, the art style is more cartoony in a kind of Paper Mario or a retro Mario game style, so there won't be much inspiration for after effects, but I think the wordless storytelling, and choice of shots is on point for "Kaizo Trap" (the one with a couple Japanese words 孔明の罠 is the one you want.)
Funny thing is, I didn't even pay that much attention to the laundry part before you pointed it out. Ahri already had an much older Pop Star skin, and the clothes (especially the hat) are a reference to that, sort of like "old clothes".
The subway scene with Akali rapping in the blacklight? Neat little detail they added in: Akali swipes her hand at the beginning, bonking the "camera" and leaving a little of the fluorescent liquid on the lens. It lasts a few cuts back and forth, but then it disappears, probably because they used a different take. Even though it's totally animated, and no real camera existed, they deliberately animated it as if there were a camera.
in the start of Rise it's champion equipment, and btw, KDA video is kind of add for in-game(pop-themed) skins, they did a similar thing with Pentakill band and I love it both)
Why these 2 videos are so different is simply: The first one is a hype up video for an upcoming tournament that is meant to tell a story of how a player that people didn't believe in took down all the big players last year. It's way more of a cinematic rather than a music video. The second one is a song with a music video made to promote purchasable in game cosmetics (skins). That's why they focus a lot on colors, looks and style. There is no story to this one. It's simply meant to be cool and make you want to have your own kpop looking Ahri ingame. It worked on me that's for sure.
great reaction and nice info. maybe someone already said it but Ahri being in that washroom with the clothes is cause of her Popstar Skin being old and now having her new self in KDA. Correct me if i made a mistake ;)
Loved the video man! I actually liked all the cinematics videos from League of legends, the songs are just so good and the videos so well done! I know some people are probably going to tell you the names of all the girls with Ahri in K/DA, but I'm going to try my best to do more than that, I'm gonna try and give you the voice cast as well as the characters in K/DA. Ahri - Miyeon(from (G)-idle) Akali - Jeyon Soyeon(from (G)-idle) Evelyn - Madison Beer Kai'sa - Jaira Burns Hope this helped out man, and keep up the good work man! Also, Ahri 4 life man! Doesn't matter if she's blonde or brunette.
At the beginning those are all characteristic weapons of the champions from league. He chose the two purple claws (Kha'zix), the blue crystal thingy (sejuani) and the spear/banner (Jarvan). So at the start its like he's selecting his champion pool to play with. On the first battle in the meadow, when thunder strikes right about the end of the fight you see in the background the shadows of the champions they are representing - Kha'zix and Yasuo.
There are a lot of suggestions for cinematics, but here's mine: There are four cinematics that would make sense to watch in succession: 1. Tales of Runeterra: Shadow Isles 2. Senna: Dark Passage 3. The Climb 4: Senna: Shadow's Embrace First one sets the stage, it helps for exposition. The next 3 have a followed narrative, with "The Climb" having more stuff in it.
Fun fact, K/DA has actually released they’re second song lately, which is a Lyrics Video, but I still really recommend it. And let me explain to you the K/DA girls. 1. Ahri, the charming nine tailed fox K/DA skin is actually a SEQUEL skin to her Popstar skin, which is a pretty old, well, pop star skin of hers. She’s the only K/DA skin that is a “sequel” of sorts. You can actually see in the laundry crate next to her her Popstar outfit. Its symbolism for her changing her style, becoming older and more high fashion and sort of “washing away” her past. 2. Evelynn, the sexy and shadowy demon/succubus. In original lore shes a shapeshifter who lures men and possibly even women to torture for her own pleasure. It’s possible she’s also this demonic lady in K/DA, due to her K/DA bio on the League of Legends Universe page saying that those who date her mysteriously disappear, whoever she always denies to have anything to do with them. She’s Ahris best friend in K/DA universe and both of them created the band. She’s also a popular Diva. 3. Akali, the epic ninja, is the rapper of K/DA. Raised in a ninja temple, Akali would rather rap on the streets instead. Her street raps gained her a lot of popularity on the internet that eventually reached Ahri and Evelynn, leading them to wanting her to join. Like in original lore, she was raised in a ninja temple, only to abandon it and its ways. 4. Kai’Sa the beautiful dancer. Sadly she doesn’t have much lore to her K/DA personality, except that shes a worldwide traveler due to her fathers job. The reason she’s a dancer is cause in Kpop culture, the dancer is as important as anyone else in the group. They make the groups dances that often times become super viral if they’re a popular group, and Kai’Sa definitely delivered a very popular dance. The relation I can make to her in original lore to the K/DA is that she traveled a lot due to her father, the difference is, in original lore her father did it for survival if I remember correctly.
A little more to mention. 4:03 Ambition picked 3 weapons of heroes in LOL he used in previous worlds championship. 5:01 There's cucoloris of Khazix and Yasou (heroes they pick) behind Ambition and Perkz. 5:44 When they fight behind magma, the cucoloris of Uzi (as Vayne) evaded 3 times, that's why at last of the video he survived. 8:24 Those dresses in the basket are Ahri's different skins. And please check some destiny 2 trailers. Although the lore could be a little bit hard to follow :P
This might've been explained already, but my reason why Ahri is in the laundry room is because she used to have a different skin called "Popstar Ahri", it's kind of a symbol of her "washing" off her previous image, to become more of a "mature" artist with this new group. You can see her previous outfit in the laundry basket. Hence why I have that reasoning behind my theory.
Which one did you guys prefer Rise or K/DA?
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K/DA
I think I love 'em both
Rise for sure. K/DA is good but Rise will be my first pick.
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Rise but K/DA is cool too.
Akali: Art
Kai'sa:Speed
Evelynn:Lambos
Ahri: teehee washer go vrooom
this made me laugh more than it should have
she doing laundry ya kno
Lmao
What's interesting tho is she's washing her old costume on popstar ahri skin.
@@fightme4136 I think it's supposed to be symbolic. Like she was solo, but that time is behind her.
There's a lot to break down with the Rise video, considering lore points. The entire video is referenced to players and teams that have challenged for the Worlds title and each player has been assigned their (mostly) iconic champion, such as Perkz playing Yasuo (first fight you see in the field) The other player, Ambition at the start picks up the weapons of the champions he plays, Kha'zix, Jarvan and Sejuani, he uses Kha'zix weapons against Perkz (these two did face off against each other in the tournament).
You were right about the banners being teams that have been at Worlds. These were all teams that have fought and tried to win the title but never made it, hence their banner is destroyed slightly.
Ambition then goes up against Uzi in the fiery cave, Uzi plays the champion Vayne, a favourite pick from him as he was considered one of the best Vayne players in the game, also considered the best player in his role, ADC (Attack Damage Carry) Ambition uses his champ Sejuani, another Jungler champion who he plays to take down Uzi.
The video is to symbolise the climb (and the RISE) to the top to be champion, and the last fight you see is the player Faker, who people consider the greatest League player of all time and was also considered to be the final boss, in order to win Worlds, it was a requirement you take down Faker to be the best team in the world. Faker plays his champion Ryze, one of his pocket picks at the time and fights Ambition for the Worlds title at the very top. At the top, there's statues holding a team's logo, all of these teams have won the Worlds tournament, so this is the peak to become champion, to put your spot onto the statue for your team, which Ambition does.
There's so much to the lore for this video based on the previous Worlds events that I won't put all here., even the statues in the background have symbolism to champions who have won titles for players.
EDIT: added more stuff to this.
A+ on your essay
I’ll add a gold star to that a+
@@swamming I could of fleshed it out fully, but didn't want to go through absolutely everything.
@@matthew11291 Absolute chads like you are the highlight of all these Worlds cinematics. First thing I do after watching them is check the comments for breakdowns like this. Epic work, man.
Hope he reads this Is really an emotional video
"I know you, that's Ahri"
Yeah we all know Ahri for one reason or another...
She's the most popular character in league of legends and let's just leave it a athat... Yes aside from porn... She's also well known outside from the game.
@@kaiserxblue Isn't Yasuo the most popular?
@@AppleBaron Lets put it this way, Ahri is the one that keeps the company.
In fact she and lux maintain that Riot at float, why do you think there are LOTS of skins of ahri basically having 1 or 2 new skins every year?
@@kaiserxblue I know why, I am just saying, that Yasuo is officially the most popular champion in the game in terms of games played. Also, Yasuo, Teemo, Ezreal and many other champions are also have many skins, so Ahri and Lux are not the only ones, that keep Riot at float.
@@AppleBaron this year alone ahri is getting 2 skins, yasuo only the blossom theme one. Like in said its a popularity contest, in fact anybperson that is not intobleague but knows about the game and most of them will probably say "the fox girl"
For KDA, you already know Ahri, the 9-tailed fox.
The others are:
Akali (the girl with the face mask/scarf). She's a Kunoichi (female ninja)
Evelynn (the girl with the round glasses and long "claws"). She's a demon/succubus.
Kai'sa (the girl with the shoulder cannons/wings). Human who fell in the void, but survived by sheer force of will and gained powers from it.
Also, Ahri is doing laundry because a long time ago, Riot gave her a Pop Star outfit (which you can see in her laundry basket). But now she's in a "new group" so it's likely to show the transition to the new outfit.
and small detail I like that not many people picked up on: During Akali's rap part, as she moves her hands around, you see bits of wet paint fly off from her hands, because it's all still fresh paint :P
On the laundry comment it's also just a really big thing in K-Pop for whatever reason.
I think it's also a small joke about how she has so many outfits
Ahri is a bit same with miyeon (ahri's voice)
Miyeon is supposed to debut in blackpink YG entertainment (other group) but she's debut on "G-idle" cube entertainment
Kaisa drew the dragon on k/da akali's rap part
Isn't the Laundry thing more a joke on how the skin being washed is called "Pop Star" while the name of the song is Also Pop Star?
Rise is an e-sport story. All these fights are real fights from one of the world's championship matches, I think. And all heroes are real pro-players, mostly from Korea, ofc. =)
Actually the only thing that was weird was the guy he fought in the field where their weapons wad cutting the grass. No one in the tournament used that champion. Also the protagonist had 3 weapons for 3 chracters, the spear, the one where you throw it around, and the mantis claws. The guy he fought with a crossbow he actually lost to them in a previous match that's why his eye glass was broken, also if you noticed the lighting arrow that destroyed a shuriken during after the field fight it was actually the same guy he best later, also during after the fight with the crossbow guy where he was running along rocks before he reached the top, in the background the clouds were actually in the form and shapes of the skins that they won, you see the first video he watched was after they already won the world championships, also the world champs can each choose any hero/Champion of their choosing to get a skin line of their own commemorating their win. Also the guy with the book actually he lost to them the year before he lost 2-3 in the finals and when he reached the top the statues were actually the previous winners so basically he entered the world champions rooms.
@@zeuslevizapanta197 You can read all the details here:
lol.gamepedia.com/RISE/Explanation_of_Details
@@zeuslevizapanta197 Pretty sure that is meant to be perkz who he fights in the field at the start Yasuo is one of perkz favourite champions
@@zeuslevizapanta197 I think Perkz played Yasuo against Ambitions Kha Zix in the Group Stage
Bruh , Uzi is from China , Perkz is from EU ,it's just Faker and Ambition that are from Korea i think
the champion's character design are of what they actually are, but the face is swapped with E-sports players who main these certain champions. For instance the end is ryze, but the character is changed into Faker, one of the most iconic korean LoL players.
Also known as the best LoL player
@@s7g444 not the best, but one of the best. (there is just no such word as "the best" in LoL)
@@skyknightu Faker in his prime is the best. Nobody could touch him back then because the meta was completely mechanic based(which Faker excels at).
@@skyknightu The best Midlaner/Shotcaller/1v1er. Other rolls, who knows, his game knowledge and mechanical ability he could easily become the best at whatever roll he wants.
@@Alice_Typhon well the Unkillable Demon King would'nt be the king if there's no the guy named "The Jungle Itself" Bengi
9:30
*Camera zooms out between Ahri's thighs*
"OOOOHHH, That was thicc"
EXACTLY ! Never gets old and i've been watching it since 2018 :D
He said sick, but ok
The Elder Scrolls Online and Assassin'S Creed have exelent cinematics you should watch
OMG, YES!!!
Asssasin creed good cinematics are kinda old. Valhalla is nice though. Elder scroll ones are thicc, yes.
A certain music producer focused on the musical aspects and this guy focuses on the animation thingie while both are fanboying out...
I want them as a duo now as a duo review XD
You talking about Joey Nato? 🤣
@@ilunariia1815 Yep
It would be epic to see them collab like that I think
Who produced this beat? NATO
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Ahri Fun Fact:
The dirty laundry you see her with is a reference to her Popstar skin. It's meant to symbolise her growing up from being a teen star into her more mature K/DA identity.
If you get a chance, you should react to the Legends of Runeterra trailer called "Breathe"! The song, the composition, the artwork is all incredible!
I beg for this so much
If you liked the artistic style of Rise; you will LOVE the “Breathe” music video for Riot’s other game - “Legends of Runeterra”
Is that the diana and leona one?
Sergio Sora it’s the Darius and Zed music video
I recommend you to see tales of runeterra series. You will discover so many things around the game, caracters and nations and the animation/drawing is soooo sick :) Thanks for your work. I love your analyses so much.
Yeaaaah !!!
Highly recommend reacting to tales of runterra series it describes league universe as well as many champs and other characters
Btw love ur work keep it up
I think what you're trying to say is highly not hardly, cause hardly would mean you don't actually recommend it
Yeah mb i though i wrote highly 😅
@@karimgharbi9619 the bilgewater one
Hey does Nathan look a lot like Chris to anyone else? Maybe they’re twins.
I think you're onto something
Like Dwayne and his brother the Rock?
Nah they are totally different peoples ur high
Omg it is not just me?!?!
whats really cool about Rise is that the "players" wield the weapons of their iconic champions ingame. Loved your analysis, top content as always
They actually used the professional players themselves as the character models in this music video bro. They are equipped with the weapons of their signature Champions. Like in the first battle, the main character is using Kha'zix' Claws vs the other guy using Yasuo's (aka Yone's Brother) Sword.
Just in case you wanted to know more, the other Champions showcased in this video were Sejuani (MC with Flail) vs Vayne (Guy with Crossbows) + Jarvan IV (Spear & Banner) vs Ryze (Book & magic)
Other AWESOME cinematic you're missing are "The Climb" and "Senna: Shadows embrace"... these two are connected. "The Light Within" is a good one too.
"Ahri, best girl" YES
Kaisa
REK'SAI
Bel'Veth
But i agree with Rek'sai too.
for your info, both mv are premièred in world league of legends tournament. but K/DA is also served as promotion video for new skins of these 4 characters.
Low-key binge watching and looking for this then a notification popped up an I 😍
"Oh C'mon youtube, you had one job!"
This made me laugh way harder than I likely should've lol
GIANTS might be another you'll like. Similar in the fact that it is a music video but it has a great animation style for a League video. Same for the one called As We Fall.
The Cataclysm cinematic for World of Warcraft is another goodie you can give a watch. It stars Neltharian, or rather, his now corrupted being called Death Wing.
The game Destiny has some fun ones, that might be a whole video for you in of itself because there's a few that all kinda happen one after the other.
FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn - End of an Era is an amazing one too. And it's like 5+ minutes long.
A super short one that may not be long enough for a video, but a great watch, would be Senua's Saga: Hellblade II's trailer. There's a lot out there, can't wait to see what else you react to. :)
This! All of these are excellent, and I can't wait to see you react to them!
@Javohir Turayev I hope too
Get jinxed is another one he’d enjoy
He points out all the cool parts that wowed me, but also points out the subtle stuff that makes me love these videos even more. I don't even know how many times I've watched POP/STAR and never noticed the camera is constantly zooming out!
24:23 actually the final guy named Lee Sang-hyeok known as Faker but they call them "The Unkillable Demon King" as the matter of fact he is really humble and straight forward guy that is why im one of his million fans around the world.
Oh my God!
You have no idea how long I have been waiting for this video 👍👍👍👍
This is one of the best mornings i had, i woke up right to this, amazing.
one of the thing i love about this cinematic is 5:03 the attacks you see in the sky are the moves of two champions..
showing you, you're not the only one fighting..
''Welcome to the climb up, reach for the summit''
You need see more Leagues of Legends and Legends of Runaterra hahaha you're awesome 😄
Your excitement in these videos is contagious. :)
First person that i watch that actually gets what RISE was about.
Dude I love seeing the passion that you have for filmmaking. :D
About the Laundry thing, I thought it was really weird too, but actually was just to show those clothes beside her. It was a previous Kpop skin in the game, in which she was in a "solo carreer". Guess it was more of an easter egg.
Ahri: *exists*
Weebs: "Why get only SOME tail when you could get NINE tails?"
I doscovered you a week ago, and i intend to watch all your content. It's so freaking amazing! And also congrats on 200K, you deserve a lot more! 🙏
I love how the retreating camera in the K/DA video is basically what the song is about. "You will never reach us. We are so awesome. You can never keep up with us."
It's also cool how Evelynn is only in the middle of the screen for more than a split second when she's in the shadow. Really great at showing her personality.
And her scarf thing is surrounding the others. During Akali's rap and the ending. Evelynn is there. Evelynn is in control. She is the leader of the group from the shadows.
For some reason it entertaining to watch someone doing something they are good at... you're amazing keep the energy
Nice to get here early ^^ Awesome analysis as always, you should try to do a short film based on League, the lore is really rich and i think you will be able to explore it in a brilliant way (the lore is avaiable in the League of Legends Universe web site, there is a map and many stories about the characters and places)
I like you. You know what UA-camrs who place their professions in the titles of their reaction videos should really do. No half-as*ing it, going all in on what they do and why they have the right to do these videos.
This is what you do for a living. Of course you have to flex your knowledge.
I appreciate you, man. I know these probably take a long time to make, so thank you for doing these. I hope you don't get tired.
He's like a little kid reacting to this hahahah it's cute
Yo Chris, thanks for the amazing content and gratz on the Raid sponsorship man, you deserve it! Much love! ♥
Dude, check this "Destiny 2: Forsaken - Last Stand of the Gunslinger".
Animation for Destiny 2. I think you'll like it
Love how you talk about story telling in all over the trailers. You've showed me a lot of tricks that i will remember. Спасибо, друг!
So in the Rise cinematic all of the characters represent mvp players from previous championship (i do believe this was made for 2018 tourney, so the cinematic itself shows people from 2017). Notice how every player uses a pretty specific kind of "weapon", it represents the legend they used in the tournament. Main character has three, as he played three different legends in 3 matches. His first opponent is supposed to represent Yasuo (legend from one of the cinematics you already saw before), next one is Vayne and last one is Ryze. They also each, of course, represent their team. Also in the end you can see emblems on statues, those are supposed to represent previous tournament winners. I really liked how Riot really immortalized a tournament with this cinematic, shame they didn't keep this kind of style for later tournaments.
So, for the RISE:
Opening scene as like a cemetery from previous World Championships, surrounded by parts of weapons of League champions with logos of defeated teams. Main character is a player called Ambition, who is trying to win this with his Samsung Galasxy team. He picks up three weapons of three champions he plays: the claws of Kha'Zix, the spear of Jarvan IV and the mace of Sejuani.
He then travels through the "championship", if you look into the background you can see huge profiles of various league champions in every region. So the frist "boss" if team called G2 and their most famous (at that time) player Perkz portrayed as Yasuo. Ambition uses ability and weapon of Kha'Zix to go stealth and defeat G2. Then he proceed to play-offs in championship where he fight the second very famous across the world player Uzi (portrayed as his most famous champion Vayne) and team Royal Never Give Up. He uses Sejuani's skills and weapon to defeat him (fun fact, in post-credits scene we see him not finally defeated. That's because in 2018 he and his team were the favourites of the world championship).
Then he proceeds to the final arena. There are 6 statues with logos of previous champions - Fnatic, Taipei Assassins, SK Telecom T1 (3 times) and Samsung Galaxy White. There he meets the final boss. Most famous LoL player of all-time, the GOAT, the myth, the man, the legend - Faker. And his team SK Telecom T1. You see team logo on his chest with 3 stars on it - his 3 World Championship wins. Faker portrayed as Ryze, Ambition uses his last weapon - Jarvan's spear to defeat Faker and become 2017 LoL World Champion. Logo of his team appears on the statue in the arena of last battle. And you can see new players and logo og their teams-participants of 2018 Worlds, climbing up to the cup.
There are tons of different details and easters eggs across the video, even starting ambient is actually a commentators of 2017 finals.
You singing along to kda was also kinda cute.
About giant Evelynn(girl with circle pink glasses) in the end of KDA- Popstars, in one of dev post Riot said that they were inspired by her gameplay style. She is a jungler (her job is to gank lines) and has permanent invisibility after 6 lvl and when she is out of combat, so when you play against her it feels like she can be anywhere. " A giant threat that everyone see."
P.S. KDA has more views because they're famous outside of LoL community. In 2018 Pop/Stars had 1st place in World Digital Songs chart.
Oh my god, he actually understood Rise.... that’s the first for me, all of the other people I watched they didn’t say anything about it or didn’t know what it was about. Thank you for knowing what Rise was about!!!!!!
You will love " Fiddlesticks : Terror in Demacia " :)
It seems that you're a man of culture as well
FINALLY I WAS WAITING FOR THISSSS 🥺
React to Pentakill: Mortal Reminder - League of Leguends and As We Fall | Varus - League of Legends
Wow I never noticed that in Pop Stars the camera only moves backwards. This is so interesting and I love the effect it creates. Like even though they are beautiful girls and you'd want to move towards them, it creates a sense of distance and respect - they are so powerful that you always have to make space for them.
A Total War: Warhammer cinematic could be a fun to break down.
The real life story of the main character in RISE, known as Ambition, is a cool story as well. He's always been ranked as one of the best players (a jungler) but he never won the series in Korea until that year. It was basically the curse of his team, so finally winning it and qualifying for the World Cup was the road/climb to the championship and the backbone of the story of RISE. Its a shame his team didn't win the World Cup, it would have been that perfect story if you know what I mean.
Explanation: He's climbing to the top by winning. those characters he's fighting are League of Legends greatest gamers in e-sports, which he needs to defeat before climbing to the top and become the champion.
League of Legends' new World's championship song/music video just came out and I think you might like it! Rise was the World's 2018 song. This 2020 one is called Take Over.
Some background before you watch it:
It's been a decade since League came out. This music video is going to feature several of previous Worlds' key winners.
You should react to "true damage - giants"
Also by leauge of legend's.
”オオオオ すげ”
- Chris in almost every reaction haha
"we are trust me" haha
You still have to react to: last stand of the gunslinger
yes please~
"Am I strong enough to let things just die?"
K/DA being very surreal is not only an art choice, but surprisingly in line with the characters used for the group:
We have one returned from the Void (basically shadow/demon realm), a ninja specializing in ambushing from smoke cover and two seductresses/charmers (one more sinister than the other). They all mess with your perception of reality.
Ahri's kiss she blows at the viewer after unfolding her tails is one example of that. She just charmed the viewer and they lose all grip on reality, causing the room to fall apart into a surreal landscape. Same for Evelynn who plays with your perception between her regular look, the smokey dark form or as a giantess in the background; and Akali who is only really active if she's shrouded in darkness (and black light), but timid when in light - to the reveal that the "real" train car has been shredded by ninja tools. Kai'Sa on the other hand seems to be able to navigate all that, due to her experience in the Void.
I refuse to believe a man like this exists in real laifu, he's too uhh *insert positive trait* for me @//w//@
Bahaha
The music part you where referring to is the last bit of a song where the chorus is the part that repeats and the bridge usually slows it down before the pre chorus brings the energy back for the final chorus
League of Legends - A New Dawn
You wont be dissapointed
somehow despite that video being so old, it still holds up decently well
@@jasonmiller2379 and its looks sick for its time, even in 2020. I think he will like it
Chris man you're an inspiration, please keep it up, as i look forward to what you have in store for us next.
I Think u should react to the fiddlestick cinematic
Fiddlestick: Terror in Demacia
To this day Rise still gives me chills. Such good story and visual integration.
Lol I love how he apparently has no idea what e-sports are, but honestly he could recruit me into a cult, he´s so hot...
Omg 😂😂 where do I sign? I want to be a member too 😂
The most awaited LoL video (kda). Thanks!!!
I really think you should do this shirtless. Just a thought. 🤷♂️
*_BONK_*
Go to horny jail.
LOL
@@encoded9107 I regret nothing
Lmao i was just thinkin that
So glad you reviewed these 2 videos. (I had suggestion KDA in one of your first LoL reacts) Also, Thanks for the idea of tattoo Alpha mapping. I hadn't thought of that for doing cool effects on skin.
i love your reaction on rise !!
was waiting for this day! finally a rise reaction
DUDE I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR ANOTHER LEAGUE VIDEO
True. One of the reason i love LOL songs is because their lyrics and second, their videos that actually tell the story.
Chris, I just got done watching your reactions to the StarCraft 2 cinematic openers. Here are a few I think you'd enjoy and would like to see your take on.
The Betrayal (Wings of Liberty)
Chains (Legacy of the Void)
Warriors (Legacy of the Void)
Alone (Legacy of the Void, personally the one I want to see the most.)
On another note, there's another game out there with some really good cinematics; Total War Warhammer. Here's some of the cinematics from that game I think could make for a good video.
Total War: Warhammer Announcement Cinematic
Total War: Warhammer 2 Cinematic Announcement Trailer
Total War: Warhammer 2 Curse of the Vampire Coast Trailer
Total War: Warhammer 2 The Shadow & The Blade Cinematic Trailer (my personal favorite just from the badassery alone)
It very much isn't your normal thing, the art style is more cartoony in a kind of Paper Mario or a retro Mario game style, so there won't be much inspiration for after effects, but I think the wordless storytelling, and choice of shots is on point for "Kaizo Trap" (the one with a couple Japanese words 孔明の罠 is the one you want.)
nobody:
chris connor: whaaaat whaoaaoaooaouuuuu
I dont know more cinematics than the ones you already but others will, cant wait to see more thank you brother for a good watch, take care
The one with pink glasses is Evelynn akali is the the one with the mask and hat and kai sa is the one with the two flying things next to her
Perfect video react Chris, keep doing what you're doing because you're doing well.
Super short drinking game - sip whenever Chris says the word "sick".
Funny thing is, I didn't even pay that much attention to the laundry part before you pointed it out. Ahri already had an much older Pop Star skin, and the clothes (especially the hat) are a reference to that, sort of like "old clothes".
The subway scene with Akali rapping in the blacklight? Neat little detail they added in: Akali swipes her hand at the beginning, bonking the "camera" and leaving a little of the fluorescent liquid on the lens. It lasts a few cuts back and forth, but then it disappears, probably because they used a different take.
Even though it's totally animated, and no real camera existed, they deliberately animated it as if there were a camera.
in the start of Rise it's champion equipment, and btw, KDA video is kind of add for in-game(pop-themed) skins, they did a similar thing with Pentakill band and I love it both)
Why these 2 videos are so different is simply:
The first one is a hype up video for an upcoming tournament that is meant to tell a story of how a player that people didn't believe in took down all the big players last year. It's way more of a cinematic rather than a music video.
The second one is a song with a music video made to promote purchasable in game cosmetics (skins). That's why they focus a lot on colors, looks and style. There is no story to this one. It's simply meant to be cool and make you want to have your own kpop looking Ahri ingame. It worked on me that's for sure.
It is so cool you understood the rise video right away, it is a lot deeper then that but you got the general idea right away kudos
Light and Shadow Star Guardians Cinematic next!
great reaction and nice info.
maybe someone already said it but Ahri being in that washroom with the clothes is cause of her Popstar Skin being old and now having her new self in KDA.
Correct me if i made a mistake ;)
I like how when Connor Snaps ad plays...love the content,btw...
Loved the video man! I actually liked all the cinematics videos from League of legends, the songs are just so good and the videos so well done! I know some people are probably going to tell you the names of all the girls with Ahri in K/DA, but I'm going to try my best to do more than that, I'm gonna try and give you the voice cast as well as the characters in K/DA.
Ahri - Miyeon(from (G)-idle)
Akali - Jeyon Soyeon(from (G)-idle)
Evelyn - Madison Beer
Kai'sa - Jaira Burns
Hope this helped out man, and keep up the good work man!
Also, Ahri 4 life man! Doesn't matter if she's blonde or brunette.
At the beginning those are all characteristic weapons of the champions from league. He chose the two purple claws (Kha'zix), the blue crystal thingy (sejuani) and the spear/banner (Jarvan). So at the start its like he's selecting his champion pool to play with.
On the first battle in the meadow, when thunder strikes right about the end of the fight you see in the background the shadows of the champions they are representing - Kha'zix and Yasuo.
I cant believe youve done this (snapped me into an ad directly after kda lmao)
10:54
right when you snapped i got an ad
There are a lot of suggestions for cinematics, but here's mine:
There are four cinematics that would make sense to watch in succession:
1. Tales of Runeterra: Shadow Isles
2. Senna: Dark Passage
3. The Climb
4: Senna: Shadow's Embrace
First one sets the stage, it helps for exposition. The next 3 have a followed narrative, with "The Climb" having more stuff in it.
Fun fact, K/DA has actually released they’re second song lately, which is a Lyrics Video, but I still really recommend it.
And let me explain to you the K/DA girls.
1. Ahri, the charming nine tailed fox K/DA skin is actually a SEQUEL skin to her Popstar skin, which is a pretty old, well, pop star skin of hers. She’s the only K/DA skin that is a “sequel” of sorts. You can actually see in the laundry crate next to her her Popstar outfit. Its symbolism for her changing her style, becoming older and more high fashion and sort of “washing away” her past.
2. Evelynn, the sexy and shadowy demon/succubus. In original lore shes a shapeshifter who lures men and possibly even women to torture for her own pleasure. It’s possible she’s also this demonic lady in K/DA, due to her K/DA bio on the League of Legends Universe page saying that those who date her mysteriously disappear, whoever she always denies to have anything to do with them. She’s Ahris best friend in K/DA universe and both of them created the band. She’s also a popular Diva.
3. Akali, the epic ninja, is the rapper of K/DA. Raised in a ninja temple, Akali would rather rap on the streets instead. Her street raps gained her a lot of popularity on the internet that eventually reached Ahri and Evelynn, leading them to wanting her to join. Like in original lore, she was raised in a ninja temple, only to abandon it and its ways.
4. Kai’Sa the beautiful dancer. Sadly she doesn’t have much lore to her K/DA personality, except that shes a worldwide traveler due to her fathers job. The reason she’s a dancer is cause in Kpop culture, the dancer is as important as anyone else in the group. They make the groups dances that often times become super viral if they’re a popular group, and Kai’Sa definitely delivered a very popular dance. The relation I can make to her in original lore to the K/DA is that she traveled a lot due to her father, the difference is, in original lore her father did it for survival if I remember correctly.
A little more to mention.
4:03 Ambition picked 3 weapons of heroes in LOL he used in previous worlds championship.
5:01 There's cucoloris of Khazix and Yasou (heroes they pick) behind Ambition and Perkz.
5:44 When they fight behind magma, the cucoloris of Uzi (as Vayne) evaded 3 times, that's why at last of the video he survived.
8:24 Those dresses in the basket are Ahri's different skins.
And please check some destiny 2 trailers. Although the lore could be a little bit hard to follow :P
This might've been explained already, but my reason why Ahri is in the laundry room is because she used to have a different skin called "Popstar Ahri", it's kind of a symbol of her "washing" off her previous image, to become more of a "mature" artist with this new group. You can see her previous outfit in the laundry basket. Hence why I have that reasoning behind my theory.
Chris was all excited watching the Rise video and im just staring at his shirt ✨😳