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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Urriak Uruk" data-source="post: 8531637" data-attributes="member: 7015558">Well, I've seen the three episodes, here are my thoughts;- Episode 1 is not very good. But I don't think it could EVER be good, at least like this. It has to introduce the world, a big group of characters, conflict, tone... it's trying to do a ton of things all at once, too many, and has no chance. It's a speed bump. The better way to start this series would have been to have a couple episodes where the characters are separate, and telling how they came together. Without that, Keyleth's line of "Why are we together?" rings far too true.- I am torn on the voice acting. The Critical Role main cast are all doing great (though Liam, Laura and Travis' stand out as the best), but the other VA actors are almost... too distinct? These are some heavy hitters here, but when I hear the King speak I hear Cyborg, or the dragon I hear Dr Who, or Kima I hear Officer Diaz... these are all great VAs, but when they play small roles here I imagine them less as characters and more like the VA. Exception to this is Grey Griffin as Delilah Briarwood, who is incredibly distinct but is the childhood female VA villain of my childhood, and therefore can do no wrong.- Matt Mercer... weirdly the worst VA actor on the show? Of course he is extremely talented, but you know when he is speaking instead of a different VA, and the variances between the characters he's voicing is usually not enough to make them distinct. So I hear the coat's guy talking, then Sylas Briarwood, and reminded that they're voiced by the same person? It's a little weird.- Episode 2 has a great fight that illustrates D&D extremely well. Rewatched it on YT, and the top comment broke down every action in D&D terms, and it's clear that's how the scene was devised. It's very faithful, and Travis does an exceptional "I want to RAGE." It's a good episode overall, much better than 1.- Episode 3 is the best of the 3 episodes, as it actually illustrates what the show will be about (The Briarwoods) gives some actual character motivations (Percy's revenge) some moral conflict, an actual fight with stakes... the soundtrack really shines here too.- Biggest strength of the show? IT'S SHORT. You can run through three episodes just as fast as a single episode of the Witcher. That's a strength that a lot of TV has abandoned, condensing story and action and character to episodes of 25 minutes. Clearly the CR cast is using that experience for helping in the writing and pacing, and it pays off for episodes 2 and 3.Overall, it's a fun show. It doesn't reach the heights of truly exception animation in style or writing as Into the Spider-Verse or Arcane, but it still is very good in the context of western animation. It's fun, and it won't change your life but it will be a fun quick watch if you want something to fill time.</blockquote>

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