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40K has many great trailers. But also pretty much any trailer Bethesda or Ubisoft make are incredible, too, regardless of the games the represent. Their trailer making studios pretty much never miss. I'd say look at the For Honor trailers, especially the cinematic story trailer, Thin Red Path (the longer version, about 1 1/2 min) and the cinematic reveal trailer from the E3 2015. They're all rather short, so maybe you can make a whole video with all three of them.
I have never played the game, but I have always enjoyed the Awaken 2019 and the Warriors 2020 Cinematics, both as music videos, but also because they tell their own story, although I think some other people suggested them as well, there's also the ANNIE: Origins story, they're all from League of Legends, of course there's also just straight up Arcane from Netflix based on League of Legends.
The red wookie is Ornn, God of the Forge. The few scenes where he is making a sword is significant because Ornn hasn’t forged a weapons in over a thousand years. The making of a weapon is a sign that war is coming. The ice place is Freljord. The lady on the boar (Bristle) is Sejuani. She is leading her small group of warriors (including Olaf, the dude who head butt the ice) against the Ursine (the polar bear dudes). Sejuani is part of a much larger group, but they are scattered into many smaller groups to make survival easier (less mouths to feed logic). The Ursine are followers of a god named Volibear (The bear in the clouds). The Ursine are men who can transform into bears and use lightning because they worship Volibear. They stole a cauldron from Ornn that allows any mortal to go a year without food if they drink from it. (Ornn and Volibear are brothers, but they don’t like eachother). The Ursine stole the cauldron because Volibear believes it makes men weak. (Man needs to be fighting constantly to stay strong logic). The desert area is a region of Shurima. Taliyah (the earthbending lady) and Kai’sa (purple girl) have teamed up recently to fight the Xer’sai (small(er) tunneling monsters from the Void). The Xer’sai are children of the big creature, Rek’sai. In the end, Kai’sa sacrifices herself (not in a dying way but like a freedom way) by leading Rek’sai back to the void while Taliyah seals the tunnel. Taliyah is all about protecting people and Kai’sa is all about fighting void monsters. Kai’sa’s suit is actually a living creature that created a symbiotic relationship with Kai’sa (think venom). Kai’sa was a normal human girl, but she got trapped in the void at a young age and had to fight for survival while miraculously keeping her hair, skin, and makeup beautiful. The spartan is Pantheon but also has the human name Atreus. (I’m a bit iffy on this side of the lore). Pantheon is a man that was possessed/gained the power of the aspect of war, but the aspect of war died and gave Pantheon his humanity back (or something like that). He is climbing Mount Targon which is like a magical mountain that the celestials and aspects (basically gods) reside. Few mortals are able to reach the top of Mount Targon. Those that do are granted great power. (Reason pantheon god the power of the aspect of war.) The men he encounters by the portal are the solari. They are men who worship the sun. Pantheon drives his spear into the ground because he does not have any quarrel with humans. Pantheon hates the celestials and aspects which is why he is ascending the mountain to fight them. He beats the shit out of the men, but he doesn’t kill them because his fight is with the aspects. The gold lady, Leona appears from the portal to fight Pantheon. (The look he gives her is him being glad he’s finally found the opponent he’s been looking for). Leona is the aspect of the sun and leader of the solari. During the fight, Pantheon is blasted by a giant laser, which is theorized to be a falling star from a being named Aurelion Sol. He is a giant space that created the universe and likely the final boss opponent for Pantheon. The final bit of Pantheon’s part of the video, he is using his god powers to jump back to the top of the mountain which is his ultimate in the game where he can jump halfway across the map and come crashing down on his enemies. If there is anything I missed or got wrong I’m sure there will be replies correcting me.
Werent Atreus and Leona good friends, so it wouldnt be just "finding a worthy opponent", but also finding an old friend (unless that was retconned,something that happened a lot with the older league lore). Also Aurelion Sol really got nothing to do with the aspects, because he too hates them. After all they trapped him and used him to increase their own power.
@@Moehre040 Sort of. To add more context to that story. Aurelion sol is a cosmic dragon that creates stars and solar system. The celestials of Targon basically sucked up to him when he visited their world and, as if worshipping him, offered him a crown which he accepted happily. Except the crown was a trap and bound his powers to targon (the mountain and the devine realm) which understandably ticked him off. Pantheon the god of war, was in charge of keeping him under control. Before he died though, he noticed that Sol was starting to break his bonds. He was then killed by Aatrox (not featured), but while the aspect died, the person, atreus, survived, maintaining some of that power. His going up targon here was basically to try and re-leash aurelion sol. However, the Solari (leona and her followers) think he doesn't belong there and because he has been open about disliking the aspects (because they take control of their human hosts), assumed he was coming to attack so they met him with force. A kind of a classic literary misunderstanding. Anyway, they get blasted by aurelion, which shouldn't be possible because of the crown, highlighting how weak their control has become, so it ends with him using his leap to go right to confront aurelion directly. Now, here's the fun part, that isn't obvious in the video. All of those stories are actually related, even though they take place in very different places and cover different things. The video was meant to highlight the upcoming confrontation with the void. The void is basically a realm of nothingness outside of our reality inhabited by the eldritch beings the watchers. They hate existance, and so when they became aware of the neighboring universe, they have decided to destroy it. Ornn crafting the sword (Which is actually the infinity edge, a powerful item in the game that's always been a mainstay but hasn't shown up in lore yet), because he senses the war with the void is going to start soon. Taliyah and Kai-sa are fighting rek'sai, who is one of the few void beasts to actually adapt and thrive in the league world of rune terra (and we learn in the next cinematic that her trip in that pit leads her to bel'veth, one of two 'intelligent' void beings that is actually going rogue and trying to create her own void realm on runeterra and pressgangs kai-sai to help her. Pantheon's confrontation with aurelion is tied to the fact that aurelion is the only being strong enough to actually seal the tears to the void and end the war. The most tenuous is sejuani's story, as its more location based than narrative. They're fighting at the entrance to the howling abyss. It's a massive glacial canyon. Era's passed the freljord was lead by three sisters. One was Sejuani's ancestor, one was Ashe's ancestor (the ice archer seen in other cinematics), and lissandra, the ice witch. Lissandra is still alive, and back then, she made a deal with the watchers to bring them to rune terra in return for power. Realizing she made a mistake once they arrived, she used her powers to trap them in the ice in the howling abyss. So, the idea for sejuani's story is their fighting so close to the howling abyss might weaken their prison. It was all supposed to play up into a big in game event! Except there was some changes within the companies, some people left, the lore team was restructured and ultimate the entire thing got forgotten in the shake up. Not to say something won't come of it later, but yeah, it was a real shame.
I'll add one thing, as its just a fun bit of story telling. The bigger freljordian with the horned helmet is named Olaf. He's your mythical vyking stereotype. His story is that he was given a prophecy by a wise woman that he would die peacefully in his sleep of old age, which to his religion is basically the worst fate. So he travels the world fighting every major threat he can, and will never stop fighting, functionally making him immortal.
All this to say that league's lore is dense and expansive, and they do an amazing job of being able to tell and convey parts of them in these cinematics in a way that rewards the people that read the lore but doesn't punish those that don't. They always manage to tell concise stories that play to the larger narrative but are entirely digestible as is. Which honestly serves the purpose of enticing those that find the characters cool in this to look into the greater lore of them.
This is exactly why I made this channel, to discover new stories and see if they can hook me in even though I don't know the lore. Like watching a feature without seeing the trailer first. I can only go on what I see. Thanks for watching, KZ.
League of Legends is probably THE BIGGEST GOLD MINE of short cinematic masterpieces. You can hardly dive in a most bountiful rabbit hole than this one. SUPER excited for you to cover them. And as always, your breakdowns are like few others. Cheers mate, you're awesome 😁
Overwatch and LoL have the best short story cinematics and im not even playing the games. I would watch the shit out of a series that take place in Overwatch universe.
Thank you so much fella 🙏🏻. I'm looking forward to covering more of these. If they keep up with this quality then I'm in for a treat which is exciting. KZ
@@kaizammit it's very, very different from this, and not at all an easy game to get into Arcane is an animated series set in the same world though, it gives a much better impression
@@kaizammit from what I've seen? Not nearly as epic as it's cinematic videos imply! The Netflix show based on it is really great, though. You might wanna do a video on that (wink wink)
I've played LoL since it's inception and yeah the gameplay is nothing like the game, I wouldn't recommend even getting into it at this point. But the cinematics, music, and Arcane? S Tier.
This cinematic is so crazily lore crafted because of Panth in my opinion because hes SUCH A CHAD!! In "The Call" Atreus, Pantheon is Ascending mount Targon. The roughest mountain in all the realm which is burdened by bad weather and other obstacles. He does this as a normal human being. Something that is almost impossible to other mortal men. He fights the guards at the top of the mountain barehanded because they are just normal mortal men like him who are being manipulated by the gods which he has beef with plainly because of this. Fights Leona the Aspect or "God" of the Sun with his spear and stands his ground as a man. And takes a comet face and shield first As a man. And finally falls off the mountain only to rise again as a Man. Only when he looks upon a broken battlefield of men from his faction and the faction of Aspects does he regain the will to fight once more using the powers of a Dead god does he ascend to the heavens to challenge the gods again. Like dayum bro
WARRIORS and AWAKEN are both just as good as this cinematic. Highly recommend checking those out if you haven't! (WARRIORS gives you more of the woman in purple that you liked.) Also, and this one is EXACTLY up your alley because it is an entire story arc that is just amazing; it's called RISE. I recommend you watch it then look through the comments to fully understand the story behind it. It's absolutely fantastic.
Just a little background and lore information for your awesome reaction and breakdown for the call. The "cat" like creature, or better the aries like character is Ornn, a primal God of the land Freljord (Icy region), god of crafting and smithing. Seeing him crafting a weapon is a big thing storywise, cause he had sworn to never again do any weapons. Well they where way to powerfull so he is usual focused on other things, like a cauldron that directly connects to the first big scene. U see Sejuany riding her boar Brislte leading a raidparty of the winterclaw clan. In the background u see the warrior Olaf, big boy with 2 axes, big guy, grunting viking u know? ;D Anyway since the Freljord is a very harsh place the winterclaw is raiding for supplys and for survival. This party, lead by Sejuani is hunting the cauldron of Ornn, which is said to feed you for a entire year if u eat from it. It got stolen from the Ursine in the name of the Volibear, that is Ornns brother and another god of the Freljord. It is said that Freljord was formed by his claws and the landside u see in the shots, well, his claws did that. Many people mistook the Bear Person u see with Volibear, what is wrong those are wild shamans that took the form of the god they worship. The moment where u can actually see Volibears silhouete is in the clouds when the call on to Volibears power of the storm. That it about the first scene. The Second scene is in the desert of Shurima and u observe Kaisa (Dhe slim lady in the fency exo suit shooting purple beams from her hands (Sad and truly scary background story!) and Taliyah, a mage who can bend the earth. They approach a desolated city after looking for, some lost people, i would presume they are dead and got killed by the creature attacking the girls. Thoe are the children of Rek`Sai, that is the giant behemoth coming out of the ground later which Kai Sa decides to lure back under the earth to fight her. Kinda the short explanation but it will do for scene 2. Scene 3 is Pantheon climbing mount Targon. Well actually it is Atrius, a vessel to the god Pantheon (Who got murdered but thats another story) but lost the majority of his godly powers. Why is he climbing hte mountain? As far as i know, unkown, but what i know is he is reaching a portal of the Solari Tribe that would lead him to the top. He is placing his weapon in the ground as sign that he dont wants to hurt anyone there but the SOlari attack him and he, yeah slaps some faces. But then Leona arrives and she is another God and both start fighting each other. Actual Atrius hates the other Gods, or better aspects (Pantheon is the aspect of war, Leona the aspect of the sun and so on.) Anyway in the fight u might if u watch both closely when they are stuck at each other that Atrius sees something coming from behind Leona, she seems to be surpized, watch her reaction when he breaks the eyecontact between the two. Anyway this should be a attack of another chracter, not shown in the cinematic but namely, Aurelion Sol, a creator of Stars, a Dragon and the most godly being in the entire champion section in the game till today. He is a prisoner and bound by the aspects on the top of Targon, but since Pantheon is dead the leash that holds him isnt that tight anymore and this seems like a breakfree. So he blasts Atrius away down onto earth where u see weapons from basicly any possible region of the world, belonging to the warriors who tried to climb the mountain but failed. Pantheon gatheres his powers and jumps straight into the sky but not at the Mauntain as one would thought, more like directly onto the stars, another indicator for Aurelion Sol on my eyes. Shush, wall of text, anyway hope u enjoyed it with a little information about what the hell is going on there. Continue the journey with the rest of the cinematics and dont forget skin trailers, like star guardians and project beside champion teasers, trailers and the other great cinematics Riot made.
Thank you so much for telling me all this information. I love reading it, seeing people so passionate about something, it's epic... like this cinematic! KZ
You should watch the cinematic’s in order so you can see the progression of their videos. It’s amazing how far they’ve come. Plus from this it stemmed the show Arcane which is AMAZING!
@@kaizammitthe oldest ones that come to mind are "A twist of Fate" and "A new dawn", they are quite old by now however sword Lady on the Mountain is also featured in the latter one. Seeing the difference in animation and style is utterly wild. However i don't think it's especially sensible to watch most of the old ones as frankly, they are dated and not representing the skill the guys at riot have by now.
@@kaizammit there are plenty of compilations on youtube that have most of them in chronological order. just type "all league of legends cinematics" and look around a bit mate.
All of the cinematics for League go super hard but the direct sequel to this one is the bel'veth cinematic trailer. Great job breaking it all down from a more directorial standpoint, I missed a ton.
Brilliant break down and explanation my friend. Great video! I've seen this cinematic a few times now (big League player) but i never truly knew why it hit so hard!
You should watch the League of Legends 2 part story called: The Path, An Ionian Myth and Kin of the Stained Blade It is pretty much a very short film. Also in case you don't know, there is an award winning show called Arcane, which is based on some of the game's lore, featuring many of the characters you can play in the game.
I've seen that show! These characters weren't in it were they!? Now I've tried out LoL, I definitely want to come back and watch some more. Thank you for the recommendation! KZ
@@kaizammit I second giving The Path, An Ionian Myth and Kin of the Stained Blade a watch. (These are actually a promo for a character and also leads into a singleplayer game in the same universe called Ruined King: A League of Legends Story). Some others that are a good watch are the ones called Tales of Runeterra. They showcase each major region. The one called Call of Power is also good. Its a general universe video. There is also alternate universe videos with the characters. Like Light and Shadow (Star guardian universe, magical girl theme), and Welcome Aboard Odyssey animated trailer (space theme). And for halloween if you want you can do the one called Fiddlesticks: Terror in Demacia. But its only a minute long.
I'll add those to my list, this list is getting big! Maybe some of them will be just Reaction and Reviews type thing otherwise I'll never get this content to you guys. Would you still enjoy it though? KZ
@@kaizammit Id enjoy reactions and reviews of the shorter clips. There is just really a lot. The ones worthy of a proper breakdown are probably Stained Blade and Call of Power. Since theyre a bit longer and have more things going on.
@@kaizammit None of the characters here were, though I think ornn had an easter egg kind of reference in the pawn shop. The freljord was shown though, as its where jayce and his mother were as a kid before being saved by ryze. One cinematic you can watch if you want a bit of a backstory into arcane (and what heimerdinger was so worried about) is call of power. That being said, if you want to get a real sense of the total world of Runeterra where it all takes place, they did a series of cinematics for Wild rift, which is their mobile version which covers all the different regions (piltover and zaun feature jinx, echo and heimerdinger for example). They are all fairly short, but are little contained stories that really give you a feel for every area. They're called 'tales of runeterra'.
The way you not only gave your opinions on the video but also turned it into teaching material to break down the filmmaking techniques used just earned you a new subscriber haha. Love the video and love that I was able to learn from it too!!
Thank you so much for the kind words and watching my video. Welcome to the club or hang out should I say. I hope you like my other/future videos too. KZ
I just came across your channel. I love that you try to teach storytelling even in a reaction video to a trailer of a game. I'm not belittling this trailer. In fact, Riot's trailers, and any content they put out in general, are usually incredibly well thought out. So, it's a gold mine for storytellers like us 😄
@@kaizammitI'm an aspiring writer and this is my booktube channel. I'm very new, but, just like you, I try to do deep dives into things I analyze as well.
Dude... this is my first time seeing you and by the way to broke everything down. I can definitely tell how experienced you are. You described things i never noticed and you understood the plot without ever knowing the lore of these characters. I'm sold. you earned a sub. very well done and thank you.
Thank you so much for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed my breakdown and if you like this sort of thing, stick around with the channel as there is plenty more to come. Thank you again my friend. KZ
Ever since I've first seen this cinematic and everyone else's reactions to it, I don't think anyone has ever drawn the connection that the weapons of each character was uniquely shown and highlighted. As many others have mentioned, the God is one of the forge, and never creates weapons except in times of great war. The storylines of each character show them looking for something; a cauldron to feed many, a monster causing panic, and a warrior's own personal reflective journey. Each of them are trying to find what they're looking for through the medium of battle, and with their weapons. I've been binging this channel, and I love how you both spend the time to talk about just how outright cool the cinematography is, and spend time to explain why it does, and why the creators chose key moments and devices. I can't wait to see more from you, maybe some more League of Legends in the future. If you haven't seen it yet, Arcane is one of the most beautiful shows ever, with a near perfect audience rating, that Riot Games had released a couple of years ago. Its mine and many other fans' favorite expressions of an animated show ever.
Thank you so much for hanging out with me! I'm looking forward to making more content for you and that's including more LoL! This one took me back tbh. Sadly I have seen arcane, I watched it a while back now but I can do something for season 2! That's if you guys (viewers) would be interested in it? Again, thank you for watching my videos, KZ.
The point you make on 10:10 is also my favourite part and you are the first reactor that actually mention it! The way you see the exact moment Taliyah (the younger one) realise what Kai'sa (the purple one) is going to do is just SO GOOD.
The insane part is that not only they understand the theory behind eyes showing the most emotions but this is an animation. They can animate a shot of just an eye so well that it portrays these emotions that a real shot of real human eye would show. This is real art.
league (even if you dislike the game) has such an in depth expansive lore with arcane, cinematics, champion trailers and even off canon stories. Its all so deep and interesting
I love your breakdown a lot A LOT. I feel like in your earlier videos you weren't giving this much "technical" breakdown. I love that you do now. I'd prefer if you kept giving these somehow lenghty breakdowns. I LOVE IT! Such great insight.
Thank you so much! It was more down to finding my groove. I actually take some parts out due to not wanting the videos to be too long. I will be doing some videos where I just give my thoughts but if you really enjoy the breakdowns, keep with those. Thank you for hanging out with me! KZ
As someone who plays the game the idea of Leona (the golden lady with the sword and shield) fighting a 1v1 fight against Pantheon (the spartan guy) is hilarious to me. She's a tanky support who locks opponents in place but deals practically no damage, while he's a bruiser/duelist who's specifically designed to jump on enemies and fight them to the death. In the mechanics of the actual game, he would absolutely demolish her, but lore-wise she's his equal in a direct conflict.
this is so fascinating!! i learned so much about storytelling + filmmaking in this short video, wow! you're so great at explaining things :) so glad you enjoyed this cinematic; it's one of my absolute favourites
Thank you so much for watching! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video and you felt like you learnt something. I hope you stick around with the channel and enjoy haning out some more. KZ 🙏🏻
I love watching the breakdown of the cinematic. I don't play League, but I watch gameplays and tournaments... And I only know lores of few champions but the way you explain it, it feels like its spot on.
Great breakdown, cool perspective. My favorite shot of the entire cinematic is when the Ursine (the polar bear) imprints its image on the sky with the lightning flicker. It's just so cool looking.
Thank you so much! I will keep the breakdowns coming but keep an eye out for the Reaction and Review type content. Bit more like hanging out. Thank you for watching, I hope you liked the breakdown. KZ
It was absolutely crazy to me when I first saw this cinematic, how much they literally look like real people. It's insane how you can literally count the pores in their skin and the hairs on their heads/beards. Riot is absolutely nuts for their animations
Thank you for sharing all of this cuz I learned a lot on what to be mindful of when it comes to story telling, lighting, camera angles, and expressions. I’m currently learning animation and I’m jus sooo lost but this video helped a lot
Amazing! Thank you for watching. Every video I cover within my cinematic breakdowns are different so this one for example, I mentioned kinetic video editing where as the one I'm editing right now, it's more story focused because the story hit me hard. So there is definitely something here to learn with my videos. May want to check out my Astartes video, that animation was great and I go into A LOT of detail! Also consider the books in my description, they are great for learning storytelling! It's a must have skill and will take you further in your career. KZ
I can only comment on the story structure I see and what I've learnt from my initial watching. There was plenty in there and even more if you know the lore. Thanks for watching, KZ.
God i am so glad to for once watch some who actually sees the thing, before starting to break it frame by frame. Just enjoy it first, then analyse it. Good shit.
Putting the hot sword in water is the most important moment in smithingcause that's when the sword breaks or stays intact which means it's solid that's when all of em got up which means they're strong and didn't beak in the crucial moment of truth
I wish you understood the meaning behind every visual in the background too. For example the broken statue of Xolaani The Healer in the sandy mountain face. She Ascended to a higher lifeform in order to serve in the fight against those Void creatures. The statue was sundered in the civil war that broke out when she betrayed her people and tried to end all conflict in the world by enslaving everyone with blood magic. Thematicaly, Taliyah used the statue to bury the hole the Void Monster crawled out of.
Yep, I have the same favourite moment in the cinematic as you: Kai'sa's (purple chick) look as she resolves to lead the big monster-demon away from the surface world by jumping into the chasm. Like some of the others have done, I very much recommend that you watch the Awaken and Warriors cinematics for League of Legends as well. They use the same style of having three stories happening at once. Also, Warriors features a couple of characters that you will know from Arcane :)
Oh amazing! I may cover both those cinematics in one video, double greatness! If you like Kai'sa, do you like the character designs in Warframe or Guyver: Biobooster Armour?
@@kaizammit Yeah, covering both vids in one review could be really good, would be a nice double whammy :) The Guyver thing is new to me, but I know Warframe (opening cinematic is brilliant), and yeah the armours in it are great, they really stand out from the typical future-fantasy ones, and the bio-look of them is definitely similar to Kai'sa's armour.
Wicked! You should check out the original 12 Guyvers. They are on UA-cam. It's biobooster not bioboosted, that is a watered down version. My favourite anime of all time. I hope you enjoy that video once I've made it. KZ
This is 1 on 1 for the best LoL cinematic ever, right alongside Awaken... Those two, I can't ever for gods sake choose which one is the best, they're both amazing
@@kaizammit For anyone else who is curious: The ice scene, Olaf and Sejuani are fighting Volibear. Mount Targon, Pantheon and Leona are fighting each other, They don't show him, but I think Aurelion Sol is what causes the falling stars. The desert scene, Kai'Sa and Taliyah are fighting Rek'Sai. Ornn is forging the weapons. So the battles that take place revolve around ICE, FIRE (SOL) and EARTH
New to the channel and loved your reaction and breakdown. I really enjoy watching people react to the League Cinematics. I'm in love with League and especially its lore and the Cinematics help deliver it. If you plan to react to more of them, then "Awaken" (Season 2019 Cinematic) and "Warriors" (Season 2020 Cinematic) are highly recommended. "The Path, An Ionian Myth" (Spirit Blossom 2020 Animated Trailer) + "Kin of the Stained Blade" (Spirit Blossom 2020 Cinematic) are amazing too (they belong together)
Welcome to the channel and thank you for hanging out with me! I'm going to be doing another cinematic breakdown with both of those very soon. Could be a double bubble video or maybe individual, not sure yet. I'll add the other two to my list, thank you. I hope you stick around with the channel. KZ
I learned lol after watching cinematics and i can say this game is really fun to play Peoples a bit toxic but its okay gameplay is giga fun and feels so good
This is still probably one of the best League of Legends cinematics of all time. Sure, maybe could be more realistic graphics for some of the characters now, but the amazing music in combination with everything going on almost brings you to tears from the sheer epicness that we're watching (especially during the quiet part).
hope the game was half as fun as the cinematics makes it look like note: ornn (goat forger guy there) made a fork and lost it, they call it the 7 seas allmighty trident and it is not a joke, is canon
Nice breakdown. The music obviously, but the compositions and shots are absolutely brilliant. When describing a League of Legends cinematics the only fitting word is epic. And the way they make every cinematic with a unique style is so good. Never get bored of these. "Rise", "Burn It All Down" and "Take over" are my personal favourites, but for story telling I would say "The curse of the Sad Mummy" and "As we fall" are probably more interesting. I wouldn't play the game, but the LoL cinematics are just on another level.
Maybe someone said it but dont feel like looking through comments, the characters are in order of appearance is Ornn Sejuani Olaf Volibear Taliyah Kai sah Pantheon Leona Reksai(female) The characters that are mentioned but not shown are Aatrox Either naafiri or xolaani Arelion Sol
You honestly can't go wrong with league videos, be it the cinematics, or Worlds anthems (it's the music videos they release every year before the each LoL world championship). Warriors (both versions), Legends Never Die, Rise, Burn It All Down and Gods will definitely impress you, same goes for Arcane trailers and the Enemy music video by Imagine Dragons
Not only enjoyed it. I suggested you watch it multiple times! League of legends cinematics are incredible. They have multiple per year. Part are from the core universe, part are from the alternative universes. You should check out Kin of the stained blade. It is another good one
Nice one. Watched LoL stuff so many times. LoL have done the anime Arcane which is insane. They have done the animated band K/DA with full videos. Amazing stuff. Just so good! Like your breakdown of showing emotions and how each character is given their own importance and their relevance. Cheers for another great vid. Try K/DA Villain for a fantastic cinematic vid, but read a little of the lore of Evelynn first.
Love the filmmaker breakdown perspective. If you fancy lighting and an amazing short story, strap in, prepare yourself, and watch the Annie: Origins cinematic.
Animations like this and the amazing character/world building lore they have is why i still play LOL, the game is really gotten worse over the years but their lore and cinematics have become toptier and it keeps dragging me back in.
That sounds amazing, I still have those games where I return because I love the lore and world. I've still not played LoL yet but I know the more cinematics I consume, the more I'm going to want to play. Thank you for watching and commenting fella! KZ
Thank you so much and I'm glad you enjoyed it! I've got both of them on my list and I'm thinking about doing both together. First I've got Warhammer, Overwatch and then Warframe. After that I think I may dive back in. This is for the Cinematic Breakdowns like this. Other reactions and sharing my thoughts on in-game cutscenes/cinematics are in between those. I hope you enjoy the content that's coming, thank you for hanging out with me! KZ
The Monster as you called it. Is a character in the game. Her name is Rek'sai. Love the Videos. Having been a big fan of League of Legends for over 10 years now this is fun to watch.
@@kaizammit Shes not. Shes about the same size as the other characters ingame. The actual gameplay is essentially entirely disconnected from the lore. Having normal humans with guns fighting an Astral God dragon.
This is what I love about League of Legends cinematics like this. You don't need to _actually_ understand anything going into them. Everything you need to feel the epicness is communicated purely through the music and the visuals. I highly recommend you continue with LoL cinematics, and if you ever feel like tackling a show, I STRONGLY recommend Arcane. Yes, it is a show that takes place within the world of League of Legends, but I _promise_ you that you don't need to know anything about it. And... everything about it is so wonderfully done. I think that you'd be blown away by it, too.
I've actually already seen it, watched it a long time ago! Was a fun experience and I may do a reaction and thoughts on it for season 2, depends if you guys actually want that from me??! Thank you for watching and commenting fella, I will be continuing with the LoL cinematics but every now and then. I like to change up the franchises for other viewers on the channel. KZ
So the spartan guy(pantheon) climbed mount targon in search for greater power and ended up being possesed by the aspect of war which was then killed by aatrox the world ender a darkin which even in their species is the only one considered a literal god killer.after almost dying atreus vowed to never be weak again and realised that he doesnt need the power of an aspect even though he still has some of it "people seek strength that is already theirs" and so climbed targon once again to face aspects and the world ender himself it was round 2 "even if im pierced through you will not kill me i will fight until i can only crawl...even then i will spit in your face" where he eventually defeated the world ender(in his default splash art there is aatroxs head behind him
Hey KAI ZAMMIT, i absolutely love your proffesional reactions!! And now your reacting to my FAV game :o :o League of Legends has many more cinematics, and you can watch them in timeline. Plz react to them all xD tysm!
Wow, thank you! This was my test for the franchise, would I like it....!? I think you can answer that now you've watched it. Your favourite game!? Yikes.... what's the gameplay like without me YouTubing it? Thank you so much again for watching. KZ
Warframe is at the top of my list, I've got an Overwatch one to breakdown first and then It's Warframe. I've heard they are good, I'm very excited to watch. Thank you for watching and I hope you liked the breakdown. KZ
This is great content. In general i love seeing the reactions of people who don't play League watching the cinematics. Great content. My suggestion for a cinematic is "Kin of The Stained Blade", which is my favourite one and it also has a couple of different animation styles. It's also reminiscent of Kimetsu No Yiba (Demon Slayer).
I'm glad to hear you enjoyed my video, thank you for watching! I'll add Kin of The Stained Blade to my list. I've got Warrior and Awaken next as they have been the main ones that viewers have asked for but I hope you enjoy them too. Thanks again for watching, means a lot! KZ
Not knowimg the game is bcs you cant get spoiled of the cinematic if you already know the history of the characters. But still knowing... seeing the lore through a top tier cinematic is gorgeous. iMO Kai' Sa lore is the best out of 3. (The purple girl)
Short story telling: Ice bois: Want to find a new food source for surviving Gladiator boi: Want to show a lesson to demigods as a man Desert ladis: There is a terror named void creatures, they want to stop them.
It actually was telling you the story of 9 characters in that story haha. Believe it or not even the giant lizard monster in the sand is a league of legends character.
If you have a suggestion or a piece of content with an amazing story, please let me know, I would love to see it!
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Would love to see more 40k. The Space Marine armouring ritual would be great. You've already gotten a great introduction through Astartes!
40K has many great trailers. But also pretty much any trailer Bethesda or Ubisoft make are incredible, too, regardless of the games the represent. Their trailer making studios pretty much never miss.
I'd say look at the For Honor trailers, especially the cinematic story trailer, Thin Red Path (the longer version, about 1 1/2 min) and the cinematic reveal trailer from the E3 2015.
They're all rather short, so maybe you can make a whole video with all three of them.
I have never played the game, but I have always enjoyed the Awaken 2019 and the Warriors 2020 Cinematics, both as music videos, but also because they tell their own story, although I think some other people suggested them as well, there's also the ANNIE: Origins story, they're all from League of Legends, of course there's also just straight up Arcane from Netflix based on League of Legends.
I will be covering all of those you mentioned. Just working out what ones should I break down or just react and review. KZ
@Jasudenkun my next 40K reaction and breakdown should be Horus Heresy cinematic. Hope you enjoy it. KZ
The red wookie is Ornn, God of the Forge. The few scenes where he is making a sword is significant because Ornn hasn’t forged a weapons in over a thousand years. The making of a weapon is a sign that war is coming.
The ice place is Freljord. The lady on the boar (Bristle) is Sejuani. She is leading her small group of warriors (including Olaf, the dude who head butt the ice) against the Ursine (the polar bear dudes). Sejuani is part of a much larger group, but they are scattered into many smaller groups to make survival easier (less mouths to feed logic). The Ursine are followers of a god named Volibear (The bear in the clouds). The Ursine are men who can transform into bears and use lightning because they worship Volibear. They stole a cauldron from Ornn that allows any mortal to go a year without food if they drink from it. (Ornn and Volibear are brothers, but they don’t like eachother). The Ursine stole the cauldron because Volibear believes it makes men weak. (Man needs to be fighting constantly to stay strong logic).
The desert area is a region of Shurima. Taliyah (the earthbending lady) and Kai’sa (purple girl) have teamed up recently to fight the Xer’sai (small(er) tunneling monsters from the Void). The Xer’sai are children of the big creature, Rek’sai. In the end, Kai’sa sacrifices herself (not in a dying way but like a freedom way) by leading Rek’sai back to the void while Taliyah seals the tunnel. Taliyah is all about protecting people and Kai’sa is all about fighting void monsters. Kai’sa’s suit is actually a living creature that created a symbiotic relationship with Kai’sa (think venom). Kai’sa was a normal human girl, but she got trapped in the void at a young age and had to fight for survival while miraculously keeping her hair, skin, and makeup beautiful.
The spartan is Pantheon but also has the human name Atreus. (I’m a bit iffy on this side of the lore). Pantheon is a man that was possessed/gained the power of the aspect of war, but the aspect of war died and gave Pantheon his humanity back (or something like that). He is climbing Mount Targon which is like a magical mountain that the celestials and aspects (basically gods) reside. Few mortals are able to reach the top of Mount Targon. Those that do are granted great power. (Reason pantheon god the power of the aspect of war.) The men he encounters by the portal are the solari. They are men who worship the sun. Pantheon drives his spear into the ground because he does not have any quarrel with humans. Pantheon hates the celestials and aspects which is why he is ascending the mountain to fight them. He beats the shit out of the men, but he doesn’t kill them because his fight is with the aspects. The gold lady, Leona appears from the portal to fight Pantheon. (The look he gives her is him being glad he’s finally found the opponent he’s been looking for). Leona is the aspect of the sun and leader of the solari. During the fight, Pantheon is blasted by a giant laser, which is theorized to be a falling star from a being named Aurelion Sol. He is a giant space that created the universe and likely the final boss opponent for Pantheon. The final bit of Pantheon’s part of the video, he is using his god powers to jump back to the top of the mountain which is his ultimate in the game where he can jump halfway across the map and come crashing down on his enemies.
If there is anything I missed or got wrong I’m sure there will be replies correcting me.
Thank you for the lore information! I enjoyed reading that. KZ
Werent Atreus and Leona good friends, so it wouldnt be just "finding a worthy opponent", but also finding an old friend (unless that was retconned,something that happened a lot with the older league lore).
Also Aurelion Sol really got nothing to do with the aspects, because he too hates them. After all they trapped him and used him to increase their own power.
@@Moehre040 Sort of. To add more context to that story. Aurelion sol is a cosmic dragon that creates stars and solar system. The celestials of Targon basically sucked up to him when he visited their world and, as if worshipping him, offered him a crown which he accepted happily. Except the crown was a trap and bound his powers to targon (the mountain and the devine realm) which understandably ticked him off. Pantheon the god of war, was in charge of keeping him under control. Before he died though, he noticed that Sol was starting to break his bonds. He was then killed by Aatrox (not featured), but while the aspect died, the person, atreus, survived, maintaining some of that power. His going up targon here was basically to try and re-leash aurelion sol. However, the Solari (leona and her followers) think he doesn't belong there and because he has been open about disliking the aspects (because they take control of their human hosts), assumed he was coming to attack so they met him with force. A kind of a classic literary misunderstanding. Anyway, they get blasted by aurelion, which shouldn't be possible because of the crown, highlighting how weak their control has become, so it ends with him using his leap to go right to confront aurelion directly.
Now, here's the fun part, that isn't obvious in the video. All of those stories are actually related, even though they take place in very different places and cover different things. The video was meant to highlight the upcoming confrontation with the void. The void is basically a realm of nothingness outside of our reality inhabited by the eldritch beings the watchers. They hate existance, and so when they became aware of the neighboring universe, they have decided to destroy it. Ornn crafting the sword (Which is actually the infinity edge, a powerful item in the game that's always been a mainstay but hasn't shown up in lore yet), because he senses the war with the void is going to start soon. Taliyah and Kai-sa are fighting rek'sai, who is one of the few void beasts to actually adapt and thrive in the league world of rune terra (and we learn in the next cinematic that her trip in that pit leads her to bel'veth, one of two 'intelligent' void beings that is actually going rogue and trying to create her own void realm on runeterra and pressgangs kai-sai to help her. Pantheon's confrontation with aurelion is tied to the fact that aurelion is the only being strong enough to actually seal the tears to the void and end the war.
The most tenuous is sejuani's story, as its more location based than narrative. They're fighting at the entrance to the howling abyss. It's a massive glacial canyon. Era's passed the freljord was lead by three sisters. One was Sejuani's ancestor, one was Ashe's ancestor (the ice archer seen in other cinematics), and lissandra, the ice witch. Lissandra is still alive, and back then, she made a deal with the watchers to bring them to rune terra in return for power. Realizing she made a mistake once they arrived, she used her powers to trap them in the ice in the howling abyss. So, the idea for sejuani's story is their fighting so close to the howling abyss might weaken their prison.
It was all supposed to play up into a big in game event! Except there was some changes within the companies, some people left, the lore team was restructured and ultimate the entire thing got forgotten in the shake up. Not to say something won't come of it later, but yeah, it was a real shame.
I'll add one thing, as its just a fun bit of story telling. The bigger freljordian with the horned helmet is named Olaf. He's your mythical vyking stereotype. His story is that he was given a prophecy by a wise woman that he would die peacefully in his sleep of old age, which to his religion is basically the worst fate. So he travels the world fighting every major threat he can, and will never stop fighting, functionally making him immortal.
All this to say that league's lore is dense and expansive, and they do an amazing job of being able to tell and convey parts of them in these cinematics in a way that rewards the people that read the lore but doesn't punish those that don't. They always manage to tell concise stories that play to the larger narrative but are entirely digestible as is. Which honestly serves the purpose of enticing those that find the characters cool in this to look into the greater lore of them.
I love how this guy doesn't know any of the champions but still gets the main points, such a well done cinematic.
This is exactly why I made this channel, to discover new stories and see if they can hook me in even though I don't know the lore. Like watching a feature without seeing the trailer first. I can only go on what I see. Thanks for watching, KZ.
Well done indeed
This cinematic always gives me goosebumps, glad you enjoyed it!
I'll be honest, I didn't know what to expect but it completely blew me away. Real tears bro! Haha. KZ
League of Legends is probably THE BIGGEST GOLD MINE of short cinematic masterpieces. You can hardly dive in a most bountiful rabbit hole than this one. SUPER excited for you to cover them. And as always, your breakdowns are like few others. Cheers mate, you're awesome 😁
Overwatch and LoL have the best short story cinematics and im not even playing the games. I would watch the shit out of a series that take place in Overwatch universe.
Thank you so much fella 🙏🏻. I'm looking forward to covering more of these. If they keep up with this quality then I'm in for a treat which is exciting. KZ
@@oLaudixnahhh blizzard ruined overwatch
@@johnstrife7 The game was always meh but short cinematics were amazing especialy Zero Hour
I think I've got warrior next for LoL... I'll check my list. KZ
Honestly not a big fan of this game, but the cinematic trailers are truly Epic! Warriors from 2020 was really good too!
I've never played it but this cinematic was something else. Makes me wonder what the gameplay is actually like!?? KZ
@@kaizammit it's very, very different from this, and not at all an easy game to get into
Arcane is an animated series set in the same world though, it gives a much better impression
@@kaizammit from what I've seen? Not nearly as epic as it's cinematic videos imply! The Netflix show based on it is really great, though. You might wanna do a video on that (wink wink)
I've played LoL since it's inception and yeah the gameplay is nothing like the game, I wouldn't recommend even getting into it at this point. But the cinematics, music, and Arcane? S Tier.
This setting needs a cinematic universe. Or at least Arcane needs to keep gaining momentum.
the details and textures are absolutely insane on this one
Certainly shocked me! KZ
Yeah, but doesn't compare to the gorgeous 2023 cinematic made with the biggest budget ever 😍
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This cinematic is so crazily lore crafted because of Panth in my opinion because hes SUCH A CHAD!! In "The Call" Atreus, Pantheon is Ascending mount Targon. The roughest mountain in all the realm which is burdened by bad weather and other obstacles. He does this as a normal human being. Something that is almost impossible to other mortal men. He fights the guards at the top of the mountain barehanded because they are just normal mortal men like him who are being manipulated by the gods which he has beef with plainly because of this. Fights Leona the Aspect or "God" of the Sun with his spear and stands his ground as a man. And takes a comet face and shield first As a man. And finally falls off the mountain only to rise again as a Man. Only when he looks upon a broken battlefield of men from his faction and the faction of Aspects does he regain the will to fight once more using the powers of a Dead god does he ascend to the heavens to challenge the gods again. Like dayum bro
I've never heard Ornn being described as a cat-demon. That's so amazing XD
I had a cat who looked just like him minus the horns. To me, he's a cat-demon. Haha, KZ.
WARRIORS and AWAKEN are both just as good as this cinematic. Highly recommend checking those out if you haven't! (WARRIORS gives you more of the woman in purple that you liked.)
Also, and this one is EXACTLY up your alley because it is an entire story arc that is just amazing; it's called RISE. I recommend you watch it then look through the comments to fully understand the story behind it. It's absolutely fantastic.
Your ability to explain, summarise and teach is really good! you have a talent and i really enjoyed the video!
Thank you so much man! KZ
Just a little background and lore information for your awesome reaction and breakdown for the call.
The "cat" like creature, or better the aries like character is Ornn, a primal God of the land Freljord (Icy region), god of crafting and smithing. Seeing him crafting a weapon is a big thing storywise, cause he had sworn to never again do any weapons. Well they where way to powerfull so he is usual focused on other things, like a cauldron that directly connects to the first big scene. U see Sejuany riding her boar Brislte leading a raidparty of the winterclaw clan. In the background u see the warrior Olaf, big boy with 2 axes, big guy, grunting viking u know? ;D Anyway since the Freljord is a very harsh place the winterclaw is raiding for supplys and for survival. This party, lead by Sejuani is hunting the cauldron of Ornn, which is said to feed you for a entire year if u eat from it. It got stolen from the Ursine in the name of the Volibear, that is Ornns brother and another god of the Freljord. It is said that Freljord was formed by his claws and the landside u see in the shots, well, his claws did that. Many people mistook the Bear Person u see with Volibear, what is wrong those are wild shamans that took the form of the god they worship. The moment where u can actually see Volibears silhouete is in the clouds when the call on to Volibears power of the storm. That it about the first scene.
The Second scene is in the desert of Shurima and u observe Kaisa (Dhe slim lady in the fency exo suit shooting purple beams from her hands (Sad and truly scary background story!) and Taliyah, a mage who can bend the earth. They approach a desolated city after looking for, some lost people, i would presume they are dead and got killed by the creature attacking the girls. Thoe are the children of Rek`Sai, that is the giant behemoth coming out of the ground later which Kai Sa decides to lure back under the earth to fight her. Kinda the short explanation but it will do for scene 2.
Scene 3 is Pantheon climbing mount Targon. Well actually it is Atrius, a vessel to the god Pantheon (Who got murdered but thats another story) but lost the majority of his godly powers. Why is he climbing hte mountain? As far as i know, unkown, but what i know is he is reaching a portal of the Solari Tribe that would lead him to the top. He is placing his weapon in the ground as sign that he dont wants to hurt anyone there but the SOlari attack him and he, yeah slaps some faces. But then Leona arrives and she is another God and both start fighting each other. Actual Atrius hates the other Gods, or better aspects (Pantheon is the aspect of war, Leona the aspect of the sun and so on.) Anyway in the fight u might if u watch both closely when they are stuck at each other that Atrius sees something coming from behind Leona, she seems to be surpized, watch her reaction when he breaks the eyecontact between the two. Anyway this should be a attack of another chracter, not shown in the cinematic but namely, Aurelion Sol, a creator of Stars, a Dragon and the most godly being in the entire champion section in the game till today. He is a prisoner and bound by the aspects on the top of Targon, but since Pantheon is dead the leash that holds him isnt that tight anymore and this seems like a breakfree. So he blasts Atrius away down onto earth where u see weapons from basicly any possible region of the world, belonging to the warriors who tried to climb the mountain but failed. Pantheon gatheres his powers and jumps straight into the sky but not at the Mauntain as one would thought, more like directly onto the stars, another indicator for Aurelion Sol on my eyes.
Shush, wall of text, anyway hope u enjoyed it with a little information about what the hell is going on there. Continue the journey with the rest of the cinematics and dont forget skin trailers, like star guardians and project beside champion teasers, trailers and the other great cinematics Riot made.
Thank you so much for telling me all this information. I love reading it, seeing people so passionate about something, it's epic... like this cinematic! KZ
This helped a lot. Rewatching it makes more sense now and adds to its epicness. Thanks for the write up
You should watch the cinematic’s in order so you can see the progression of their videos. It’s amazing how far they’ve come. Plus from this it stemmed the show Arcane which is AMAZING!
I have no idea what the order is. KZ
@@kaizammitthe oldest ones that come to mind are "A twist of Fate" and "A new dawn", they are quite old by now however sword Lady on the Mountain is also featured in the latter one. Seeing the difference in animation and style is utterly wild. However i don't think it's especially sensible to watch most of the old ones as frankly, they are dated and not representing the skill the guys at riot have by now.
@@kaizammit there are plenty of compilations on youtube that have most of them in chronological order. just type "all league of legends cinematics" and look around a bit mate.
All of the cinematics for League go super hard but the direct sequel to this one is the bel'veth cinematic trailer. Great job breaking it all down from a more directorial standpoint, I missed a ton.
Thank you for watching and being here man, means a lot! KZ
I'm sorry but I have to make you remember about the 2023 cinematic so yeah not all of the cinematics 😭
Brilliant break down and explanation my friend. Great video! I've seen this cinematic a few times now (big League player) but i never truly knew why it hit so hard!
Glad to hear you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for hanging out with me fella! KZ
You should watch the League of Legends 2 part story called:
The Path, An Ionian Myth
and
Kin of the Stained Blade
It is pretty much a very short film.
Also in case you don't know, there is an award winning show called Arcane, which is based on some of the game's lore, featuring many of the characters you can play in the game.
I've seen that show! These characters weren't in it were they!? Now I've tried out LoL, I definitely want to come back and watch some more. Thank you for the recommendation! KZ
@@kaizammit I second giving The Path, An Ionian Myth and Kin of the Stained Blade a watch. (These are actually a promo for a character and also leads into a singleplayer game in the same universe called Ruined King: A League of Legends Story).
Some others that are a good watch are the ones called Tales of Runeterra. They showcase each major region.
The one called Call of Power is also good. Its a general universe video.
There is also alternate universe videos with the characters. Like Light and Shadow (Star guardian universe, magical girl theme), and Welcome Aboard Odyssey animated trailer (space theme).
And for halloween if you want you can do the one called Fiddlesticks: Terror in Demacia. But its only a minute long.
I'll add those to my list, this list is getting big! Maybe some of them will be just Reaction and Reviews type thing otherwise I'll never get this content to you guys. Would you still enjoy it though? KZ
@@kaizammit Id enjoy reactions and reviews of the shorter clips. There is just really a lot.
The ones worthy of a proper breakdown are probably Stained Blade and Call of Power. Since theyre a bit longer and have more things going on.
@@kaizammit None of the characters here were, though I think ornn had an easter egg kind of reference in the pawn shop. The freljord was shown though, as its where jayce and his mother were as a kid before being saved by ryze. One cinematic you can watch if you want a bit of a backstory into arcane (and what heimerdinger was so worried about) is call of power.
That being said, if you want to get a real sense of the total world of Runeterra where it all takes place, they did a series of cinematics for Wild rift, which is their mobile version which covers all the different regions (piltover and zaun feature jinx, echo and heimerdinger for example). They are all fairly short, but are little contained stories that really give you a feel for every area. They're called 'tales of runeterra'.
The way you not only gave your opinions on the video but also turned it into teaching material to break down the filmmaking techniques used just earned you a new subscriber haha. Love the video and love that I was able to learn from it too!!
Thank you so much for the kind words and watching my video. Welcome to the club or hang out should I say. I hope you like my other/future videos too. KZ
I just came across your channel. I love that you try to teach storytelling even in a reaction video to a trailer of a game. I'm not belittling this trailer. In fact, Riot's trailers, and any content they put out in general, are usually incredibly well thought out. So, it's a gold mine for storytellers like us 😄
Are you a fellow filmmaker, author or game developer? Thanks for hanging out with me, means a lot.
@@kaizammitI'm an aspiring writer and this is my booktube channel. I'm very new, but, just like you, I try to do deep dives into things I analyze as well.
Amazing! Good luck with the channel because this UA-cam thing is crazy. Haha. KZ
Dude... this is my first time seeing you and by the way to broke everything down. I can definitely tell how experienced you are. You described things i never noticed and you understood the plot without ever knowing the lore of these characters. I'm sold. you earned a sub. very well done and thank you.
Thank you so much for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed my breakdown and if you like this sort of thing, stick around with the channel as there is plenty more to come. Thank you again my friend. KZ
Ever since I've first seen this cinematic and everyone else's reactions to it, I don't think anyone has ever drawn the connection that the weapons of each character was uniquely shown and highlighted. As many others have mentioned, the God is one of the forge, and never creates weapons except in times of great war. The storylines of each character show them looking for something; a cauldron to feed many, a monster causing panic, and a warrior's own personal reflective journey. Each of them are trying to find what they're looking for through the medium of battle, and with their weapons.
I've been binging this channel, and I love how you both spend the time to talk about just how outright cool the cinematography is, and spend time to explain why it does, and why the creators chose key moments and devices.
I can't wait to see more from you, maybe some more League of Legends in the future. If you haven't seen it yet, Arcane is one of the most beautiful shows ever, with a near perfect audience rating, that Riot Games had released a couple of years ago. Its mine and many other fans' favorite expressions of an animated show ever.
Thank you so much for hanging out with me! I'm looking forward to making more content for you and that's including more LoL! This one took me back tbh.
Sadly I have seen arcane, I watched it a while back now but I can do something for season 2! That's if you guys (viewers) would be interested in it? Again, thank you for watching my videos, KZ.
"music is a character in the story." I really like that. Riot really does exemplify this concept
I'm looking forward to covering more of their cinematics. I've got one on my upcoming release schedule. I hope you like it.
Kai'sa looked FINE AF in this cinematic! So amazing!
The point you make on 10:10 is also my favourite part and you are the first reactor that actually mention it! The way you see the exact moment Taliyah (the younger one) realise what Kai'sa (the purple one) is going to do is just SO GOOD.
The insane part is that not only they understand the theory behind eyes showing the most emotions but this is an animation. They can animate a shot of just an eye so well that it portrays these emotions that a real shot of real human eye would show. This is real art.
seen this like 20 times already, still makes me super emotional (the music too!!!!!)
See my eyes watering! Tears of joy fella. KZ
league (even if you dislike the game) has such an in depth expansive lore with arcane, cinematics, champion trailers and even off canon stories. Its all so deep and interesting
Sounds like you're a fan? KZ
That was a fantastic breakdown! You should definitely do another LoL cinematic, Warriors, perhaps
Now I've seen this, I think I'll have too. I enjoyed it more than I should I think haha. Thank you so much for watching, means a lot! KZ
I love your breakdown a lot A LOT. I feel like in your earlier videos you weren't giving this much "technical" breakdown. I love that you do now. I'd prefer if you kept giving these somehow lenghty breakdowns. I LOVE IT! Such great insight.
Thank you so much! It was more down to finding my groove. I actually take some parts out due to not wanting the videos to be too long.
I will be doing some videos where I just give my thoughts but if you really enjoy the breakdowns, keep with those. Thank you for hanging out with me! KZ
As someone who plays the game the idea of Leona (the golden lady with the sword and shield) fighting a 1v1 fight against Pantheon (the spartan guy) is hilarious to me. She's a tanky support who locks opponents in place but deals practically no damage, while he's a bruiser/duelist who's specifically designed to jump on enemies and fight them to the death.
In the mechanics of the actual game, he would absolutely demolish her, but lore-wise she's his equal in a direct conflict.
I call that cinematic lore. Very different from game lore. KZ
this is so fascinating!! i learned so much about storytelling + filmmaking in this short video, wow! you're so great at explaining things :) so glad you enjoyed this cinematic; it's one of my absolute favourites
Thank you so much for watching! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video and you felt like you learnt something. I hope you stick around with the channel and enjoy haning out some more. KZ 🙏🏻
you should do more league of legends cinematics for sure! amazing video
I will be covering more LoL so stay tuned with the channel. Thank you so much for watching! KZ
out of all the league of legends cinematics, this is by far the best one, it only takes 2 seconds into the video and i will get goosebumps.
I personally prefer Awaken, but The Call is right up there with it. I have a bit of an anti-Kaisa bias though.
I love watching the breakdown of the cinematic. I don't play League, but I watch gameplays and tournaments... And I only know lores of few champions but the way you explain it, it feels like its spot on.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I will be covering some more League very soon. Got some popular ones apparently.
Please do more of these. I really love your reactions, and the breakdowns are fascinating to listen to!
Thank you! Will do! More LoL coming, from the top of my memory I'm doing Warrior and Awaken next. I hope they're good. Thank you for watching. KZ
Great breakdown, cool perspective.
My favorite shot of the entire cinematic is when the Ursine (the polar bear) imprints its image on the sky with the lightning flicker. It's just so cool looking.
One of my favourite parts too! KZ
Incredible cinematic!🔥
I really like your videos, please don't stop :)
Thank you so much! I will keep the breakdowns coming but keep an eye out for the Reaction and Review type content. Bit more like hanging out. Thank you for watching, I hope you liked the breakdown. KZ
It was absolutely crazy to me when I first saw this cinematic, how much they literally look like real people. It's insane how you can literally count the pores in their skin and the hairs on their heads/beards. Riot is absolutely nuts for their animations
Some parts look so realistic it's ridiculous. KZ
Thank you for sharing all of this cuz I learned a lot on what to be mindful of when it comes to story telling, lighting, camera angles, and expressions. I’m currently learning animation and I’m jus sooo lost but this video helped a lot
Amazing! Thank you for watching. Every video I cover within my cinematic breakdowns are different so this one for example, I mentioned kinetic video editing where as the one I'm editing right now, it's more story focused because the story hit me hard. So there is definitely something here to learn with my videos. May want to check out my Astartes video, that animation was great and I go into A LOT of detail! Also consider the books in my description, they are great for learning storytelling! It's a must have skill and will take you further in your career. KZ
Btw there is 3 character you missed
1 - the huge monster is Rek'Sai
2- the lady with the shield is Leona
3 - the dude with the helmet and axes is Olaf
I can only comment on the story structure I see and what I've learnt from my initial watching. There was plenty in there and even more if you know the lore. Thanks for watching, KZ.
Amazing reaction, more league plsss !!
You've got it! Thank you for watching, KZ.
God i am so glad to for once watch some who actually sees the thing, before starting to break it frame by frame. Just enjoy it first, then analyse it. Good shit.
That's how I role! I want to watch it how it's meant to be seen and heard! Thanks for watching fella, means a lot! KZ
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That character design
Yes that is My queen Kai'sa 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Loving the passion fella! It's also because she's got Kai in her name, going gold from the start haha ;) KZ
Putting the hot sword in water is the most important moment in smithingcause that's when the sword breaks or stays intact which means it's solid that's when all of em got up which means they're strong and didn't beak in the crucial moment of truth
I love your explanation of the story structure and reasons for showing things!
Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment, it means a lot. KZ ✌️
The big desert creature is playable charachter on game and as for small lore it's invasive species from void that has nested on the desert.
I wish you understood the meaning behind every visual in the background too. For example the broken statue of Xolaani The Healer in the sandy mountain face. She Ascended to a higher lifeform in order to serve in the fight against those Void creatures. The statue was sundered in the civil war that broke out when she betrayed her people and tried to end all conflict in the world by enslaving everyone with blood magic. Thematicaly, Taliyah used the statue to bury the hole the Void Monster crawled out of.
Thank you for the cool lore information, amazing! KZ
Yep, I have the same favourite moment in the cinematic as you: Kai'sa's (purple chick) look as she resolves to lead the big monster-demon away from the surface world by jumping into the chasm.
Like some of the others have done, I very much recommend that you watch the Awaken and Warriors cinematics for League of Legends as well. They use the same style of having three stories happening at once. Also, Warriors features a couple of characters that you will know from Arcane :)
Oh amazing! I may cover both those cinematics in one video, double greatness! If you like Kai'sa, do you like the character designs in Warframe or Guyver: Biobooster Armour?
@@kaizammit Yeah, covering both vids in one review could be really good, would be a nice double whammy :)
The Guyver thing is new to me, but I know Warframe (opening cinematic is brilliant), and yeah the armours in it are great, they really stand out from the typical future-fantasy ones, and the bio-look of them is definitely similar to Kai'sa's armour.
Wicked! You should check out the original 12 Guyvers. They are on UA-cam. It's biobooster not bioboosted, that is a watered down version. My favourite anime of all time.
I hope you enjoy that video once I've made it. KZ
amazing video! loved the explanations, very interesting 👍
Glad you liked it! Plenty more to come, I've only been doing this for 6 months so bring on the amazing stories. KZ
This is 1 on 1 for the best LoL cinematic ever, right alongside Awaken... Those two, I can't ever for gods sake choose which one is the best, they're both amazing
I'm excited to see the other one now! Thanks for hyping it up for me fella! KZ
:O my favourite one, the music,detail, lightning in this is amazing. Nice one 🔥
This video is sooooo good. This is exactly what reaction videos should be like! ❤
Thank you so much fella! I hope you enjoy my future videos too. KZ
The desert monster is Rek Sai. She is a character from the void. She was fighting Kai Sa. Who is also from the void.
Thank you for letting me know, awesome! KZ
@@kaizammit For anyone else who is curious: The ice scene, Olaf and Sejuani are fighting Volibear. Mount Targon, Pantheon and Leona are fighting each other, They don't show him, but I think Aurelion Sol is what causes the falling stars. The desert scene, Kai'Sa and Taliyah are fighting Rek'Sai. Ornn is forging the weapons.
So the battles that take place revolve around ICE, FIRE (SOL) and EARTH
There is a DIRECT sequel of this cinematic called All That Will Ever Be. It follows the girl in purple named Kai'Sa you liked
That's it then, I've got to see that one soon! Thank you for telling me, KZ.
It's more epic when you know the context.
The characters, some of their backstory and their ingame role and abilities.
Highly recommend looking into League’s lore. The quality of the game and the lore can’t even be compared
I think the more cinematics I watch of League, the more I'm going to want too. KZ
New to the channel and loved your reaction and breakdown.
I really enjoy watching people react to the League Cinematics.
I'm in love with League and especially its lore and the Cinematics help deliver it.
If you plan to react to more of them, then "Awaken" (Season 2019 Cinematic) and "Warriors" (Season 2020 Cinematic) are highly recommended.
"The Path, An Ionian Myth" (Spirit Blossom 2020 Animated Trailer) + "Kin of the Stained Blade" (Spirit Blossom 2020 Cinematic) are amazing too (they belong together)
Welcome to the channel and thank you for hanging out with me! I'm going to be doing another cinematic breakdown with both of those very soon. Could be a double bubble video or maybe individual, not sure yet. I'll add the other two to my list, thank you. I hope you stick around with the channel. KZ
I learned lol after watching cinematics and i can say this game is really fun to play
Peoples a bit toxic but its okay gameplay is giga fun and feels so good
I'll have to try it out some time! Thank you for watching, KZ
Subbed! I really hope you continue to go through the League cinematics, they are all amazing and portray all sorts of music and art styles.
I will be covering more of the cinematics, this one blew me away so absolutely I've got to see more! Thank you for the sub, means a lot! KZ
This is still probably one of the best League of Legends cinematics of all time. Sure, maybe could be more realistic graphics for some of the characters now, but the amazing music in combination with everything going on almost brings you to tears from the sheer epicness that we're watching (especially during the quiet part).
Mate... see my watering eyes in this video?! Brought on purely by the epicness haha. I feel you, KZ.
i dont know if you have reacted to the star wars the old republic cinematics before but i highly reccomend them since they are absolutely amazing
I have got one so far on the channel but I do plan on covering them all! Spoiler, I very much enjoyed the first one! KZ
@@kaizammit nice im looking forward to it!
hope the game was half as fun as the cinematics makes it look like
note: ornn (goat forger guy there) made a fork and lost it, they call it the 7 seas allmighty trident and it is not a joke, is canon
Nice breakdown. The music obviously, but the compositions and shots are absolutely brilliant.
When describing a League of Legends cinematics the only fitting word is epic. And the way they make every cinematic with a unique style is so good. Never get bored of these. "Rise", "Burn It All Down" and "Take over" are my personal favourites, but for story telling I would say "The curse of the Sad Mummy" and "As we fall" are probably more interesting.
I wouldn't play the game, but the LoL cinematics are just on another level.
I look forward to watching those and thank you for the recommendations. KZ
Even if you dont understand whats going on the cinematics are awesome.
I still don't really know what's going on but I had a blast! Bring on the next one. KZ
@@kaizammit to be fair, to understand a lot of these you need to read the comics and bios of each champ.
Everyone: epic intense battle
Ornn: chill forging
I know he's not a cat but that's what a cat would do! KZ
Maybe someone said it but dont feel like looking through comments, the characters are in order of appearance is
Ornn
Sejuani
Olaf
Volibear
Taliyah
Kai sah
Pantheon
Leona
Reksai(female)
The characters that are mentioned but not shown are
Aatrox
Either naafiri or xolaani
Arelion Sol
Someone did but thank you for helping me know who the characters are. I hope you enjoyed the breakdown, KZ.
The bear dudes are Ursine(Volibear followers)
Should 100% do the rest of the league of legends cinematics, they are soooo good
I will go back to LoL, I'm jumping from franchise to franchise at the moment. Some older ones I need to visit first.
Highly recommend watching Warriors from League of Legends. It gives me goosebumps no matter how often I watch it.
I've got the on my list, I was going to put it with another one so double bubble for you guys.KZ
You honestly can't go wrong with league videos, be it the cinematics, or Worlds anthems (it's the music videos they release every year before the each LoL world championship).
Warriors (both versions), Legends Never Die, Rise, Burn It All Down and Gods will definitely impress you, same goes for Arcane trailers and the Enemy music video by Imagine Dragons
The Call!!!! Hell yeah!!!
Hope you enjoyed it fella?! KZ
Not only enjoyed it. I suggested you watch it multiple times!
League of legends cinematics are incredible. They have multiple per year. Part are from the core universe, part are from the alternative universes. You should check out Kin of the stained blade. It is another good one
Alright, I think I will.
i love how he nailed the experienced character of kai´sa witouth previous knowledge of her
Thank you very much. KZ
The lore and cinematics in the LoL universe are some of the best in gaming no doubt, I'd recommend some character reveal trailers like Fiddlesticks
Thank you for watching and I'll add it to my ever growing list. 🙏🏻 KZ
That monster is Rek'sai, well Rito have a bit strange character. A cute hamster with a deadly poison explosive mushroom for example.
Nice one. Watched LoL stuff so many times. LoL have done the anime Arcane which is insane. They have done the animated band K/DA with full videos. Amazing stuff. Just so good!
Like your breakdown of showing emotions and how each character is given their own importance and their relevance. Cheers for another great vid. Try K/DA Villain for a fantastic cinematic vid, but read a little of the lore of Evelynn first.
Thank you so much for coming back! KZ
Love the filmmaker breakdown perspective. If you fancy lighting and an amazing short story, strap in, prepare yourself, and watch the Annie: Origins cinematic.
Thank you for watching! I'll add that to my list, thank you for recommending it fella. KZ
Animations like this and the amazing character/world building lore they have is why i still play LOL, the game is really gotten worse over the years but their lore and cinematics have become toptier and it keeps dragging me back in.
That sounds amazing, I still have those games where I return because I love the lore and world. I've still not played LoL yet but I know the more cinematics I consume, the more I'm going to want to play. Thank you for watching and commenting fella! KZ
Love the breakdown of the cinematic. Highly recommend Warriors and Awaken if you liked this cinematic.
Thank you so much and I'm glad you enjoyed it! I've got both of them on my list and I'm thinking about doing both together. First I've got Warhammer, Overwatch and then Warframe. After that I think I may dive back in. This is for the Cinematic Breakdowns like this. Other reactions and sharing my thoughts on in-game cutscenes/cinematics are in between those. I hope you enjoy the content that's coming, thank you for hanging out with me! KZ
Im not a big league player, i played it just occasionaly, but the lore in this universe is fucking amazing.
I recomend more League cinematics, they do awesome job. Try "awaken", "twist of fate" "ruination" and "warriors".
Two of those are already on my list. I'm looking forward to watching them. KZ
Welcome to the incredible rabbit hole that is League of Legends cinematics.
I can see that now I've broken down this one. Thank you for watching and hanging out with me! KZ
The Monster as you called it. Is a character in the game. Her name is Rek'sai.
Love the Videos. Having been a big fan of League of Legends for over 10 years now this is fun to watch.
Thank you so much for watching! Is Rek'sai that big in the game? Tbh, I don't even know how the game plays. KZ
@@kaizammit Shes not. Shes about the same size as the other characters ingame. The actual gameplay is essentially entirely disconnected from the lore. Having normal humans with guns fighting an Astral God dragon.
This is what I love about League of Legends cinematics like this. You don't need to _actually_ understand anything going into them. Everything you need to feel the epicness is communicated purely through the music and the visuals. I highly recommend you continue with LoL cinematics, and if you ever feel like tackling a show, I STRONGLY recommend Arcane. Yes, it is a show that takes place within the world of League of Legends, but I _promise_ you that you don't need to know anything about it. And... everything about it is so wonderfully done. I think that you'd be blown away by it, too.
I've actually already seen it, watched it a long time ago! Was a fun experience and I may do a reaction and thoughts on it for season 2, depends if you guys actually want that from me??! Thank you for watching and commenting fella, I will be continuing with the LoL cinematics but every now and then. I like to change up the franchises for other viewers on the channel. KZ
So the spartan guy(pantheon) climbed mount targon in search for greater power and ended up being possesed by the aspect of war which was then killed by aatrox the world ender a darkin which even in their species is the only one considered a literal god killer.after almost dying atreus vowed to never be weak again and realised that he doesnt need the power of an aspect even though he still has some of it "people seek strength that is already theirs" and so climbed targon once again to face aspects and the world ender himself it was round 2 "even if im pierced through you will not kill me i will fight until i can only crawl...even then i will spit in your face" where he eventually defeated the world ender(in his default splash art there is aatroxs head behind him
Hey KAI ZAMMIT, i absolutely love your proffesional reactions!!
And now your reacting to my FAV game :o :o
League of Legends has many more cinematics, and you can watch them in timeline.
Plz react to them all xD tysm!
Wow, thank you! This was my test for the franchise, would I like it....!? I think you can answer that now you've watched it. Your favourite game!? Yikes.... what's the gameplay like without me YouTubing it? Thank you so much again for watching. KZ
HE DIDNT TALK ABOUT THE EYE
PANTHEONS SUPER REALISTIC EYE AAAAH
In the breakdown I speak about the low lighting and how it makes the darker shots look photorealistic. I did talk about it. KZ
WTF I haven't seen Guyver in 30 years this is so random, but MOST WELCOME! :D
The Spartan looking dude is not a gladiator, believe it or not, he is a chef
A chef! I'm guessing there is a backstory somewhere to this? KZ
LoL had some amazing cinematics. Really get you hyped. Another one that hits hard to me will always be Warframe - We all lift together
Warframe is at the top of my list, I've got an Overwatch one to breakdown first and then It's Warframe. I've heard they are good, I'm very excited to watch. Thank you for watching and I hope you liked the breakdown. KZ
@@kaizammit Id think you would fall in love with Warframe as a Whole. :)
This is great content. In general i love seeing the reactions of people who don't play League watching the cinematics. Great content.
My suggestion for a cinematic is "Kin of The Stained Blade", which is my favourite one and it also has a couple of different animation styles. It's also reminiscent of Kimetsu No Yiba (Demon Slayer).
I'm glad to hear you enjoyed my video, thank you for watching! I'll add Kin of The Stained Blade to my list. I've got Warrior and Awaken next as they have been the main ones that viewers have asked for but I hope you enjoy them too. Thanks again for watching, means a lot! KZ
Another banger reaction, love how professional you keep it. Keep at it!
Edit: also the big red smith character is a "ram" not a cat xd
Thank you so much for watching, means the world to me man, seriously. I'm telling you that's a cat, I know a cat demon when I see one. KZ
Not knowimg the game is bcs you cant get spoiled of the cinematic if you already know the history of the characters. But still knowing... seeing the lore through a top tier cinematic is gorgeous. iMO Kai' Sa lore is the best out of 3. (The purple girl)
I'm looking forward to watching more of these cinematics, it's gonna be fun! Thanks for watching and commenting, means a lot. KZ
Short story telling:
Ice bois: Want to find a new food source for surviving
Gladiator boi: Want to show a lesson to demigods as a man
Desert ladis: There is a terror named void creatures, they want to stop them.
Now that was short! KZ
This is back when league made the absolute best cinematics
I heard they are still good except this year's one or something.....?
Interesting to see Rek'Sai in scale :)
It actually was telling you the story of 9 characters in that story haha. Believe it or not even the giant lizard monster in the sand is a league of legends character.
thay had a world so cool and chose to make a show out of the place where everyone is normal
PLEASE watch the other Leauge trailers, you are the best!
Wow, what a comment! More are coming and soon. KZ
10:05 ur one of the only ones i seen pointing this out. i only caught onto this detail afther like 5 runs.
I'm glad I could help or that you enjoyed the breakdown part of it. Awesome! KZ
Watch Awaken League of legendscinematic next! That one is AMAZING!
Coming up real soon my brother! I might do a double bubble with Warrior as I keep seeing that title too. I hope you like the video fella. KZ
League of Legends has INCREDIBLE cinematics. I would highly recomment both awaken and warriors and would love to see your opinions and reaction!!!
I was thinking of putting those together in a single video, double bubble! Thank you so much for hanging out with me! KZ
Hey, new subscriber from Arg, love your YT chnnel!
Thank you so much for the sub and welcome 🙏🏻. I hope you enjoy hanging out with me as much as I enjoy hanging out with you guys. KZ
@@kaizammit 👏👏👏👏🔥