Sure, they’re not ground-breaking in the vein of Arcane, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse or The Mitchells Vs the Machines. What of the show’s aesthetic then? For a company whose previous credits include Star Trek: Lower Decks and Marvel Studios’ Loki, Titmouse has done a good job with The Legend of Vox Machina’s animated and static visuals. Employing an abbreviated version of the Kraghammer or Vasselheim arcs would have sufficed. The Legend of Vox Machina’s first two episodes don’t serve as the group’s origin story, so it’s a curious move to craft a new jumping-in point. Given that there are two story arcs – comprising 23 episodes in total – in the original campaign, some established Critical Role fans may question why one of these prior arcs wasn’t utilized instead. On the whole, it’s a pleasing starter to the main course, aka the Briarwood arc, but this plot divergence may not be to every fan’s liking. This episodic two-parter not only provides brand new material for established fans to enjoy, but also helps to introduce non-Critical Role fans to the series’ vast fantasy world, intriguing characters, and D&D-style components. As with any adaptation, some creative liberties have been taken with the Vox Machina web series.įor one, an entirely new narrative, which precedes the Briarwood arc, has been created for Amazon’s adaptation. Speaking of Sylas Briarwood, the show’s plot adapts the Briarwood arc of Critical Role’s Vox Machina campaign to the letter. We won’t spoil those cameos but, if you’re a fan of Game of Thrones, Doctor Who, and Lord of the Rings, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by who’s involved.
Much like the original web series, there’s a veritable who’s who of household names voicing the show’s supporting cast, too. Ashley Johnson (Pike), Travis Willingham (Grog), Laura Bailey (Vex), Liam O’Brien (Vax), Taliesen Jaffe (Percy), Marisha Ray (Keyleth), and Sam Reigel (Scanlan) delight once more in their roles, while Critical Role’s Dungeon Master (DM) Matthew Mercer is menacing and chilling as the villainous Sylas Briarwood.
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There’s enough new content and call-backs to the original campaign to satisfy fans' needsĪmusing moments aren’t the only elements carried over from Critical Role’s series, with the founders and core cast of the web series returning for its animated adaptation. If nothing else, it’s a self-deprecatingly welcome nod to D&D’s iconic tabletop format. The premiere’s opening sequence has Tal’Dorei’s king, advisers and generals standing around a D&D-style war table, complete with figurines, as they debate how they should tackle their nation’s ongoing threat. Amazon’s adaptation retains much of the web series’ humor, with the sibling-like squabbling between the group’s eclectic mix of characters, deadpan hilarity and slapstick moments being carried over to great effect.Īmazon’s desire to preserve the series’ humor is so strong, in fact, that it even gets a little meta at times. If that brief plot summary has fans fearing that The Legend of Vox Machina overlooks the comedy that the original campaign is known for, they need not worry.
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