WoW Moviewatch: The Achiever - The Duelist
by Michael Gray 
Mar 4th 2009 at 12:00PM
We saw Origano's first machinima offering back in February, when he debuted with The Achiever - Rapid Defense. The video was interesting, but plagued with some soundtrack issues. However, it looks like he took that criticism to heart and is now back with the second installment, The Achiever - The Duelist.
The premise is the same. The main character (self-titled as Origano) is competing in a gameshow called the Achiever. This time, however, the Tauren protagonist has to win a duel. He starts out demanding equal opponents, and proceeds to have trouble with the arrangement. I don't want to give the story away, but it's a pretty nice progression of events. I think Origano is really showing promise with his story arrangements, though it could probably move at a little faster pace.
Origano's got some really good gags in here. The whole turtle lineup is pretty funny, and I love the shout out to those annoying toy trains. I think Origano's really starting to get his legs under him, and we should watch him closely to see how he grows as an artist.
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Machinima, WoW Moviewatch
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Agonius Mar 4th 2009 12:25PM
1st? Sweet Nightwish song there at the closing credit
Mr42 Mar 4th 2009 2:41PM
would you mind posting the name of the song? liked that
Agonius Mar 4th 2009 7:23PM
You know, I really can't remember for the life of me. Unfortunately, I'm away from my MP3s for the time being, so I can't look it up. Its either on Oceanborn or the Wishmaster album. Both, by the way, are absolutely fantastic. I highly recommend.
Beware their newer material, its a lot weaker.
Erogroth Mar 4th 2009 12:23PM
Well at least the added subtitles this time but I still can't sit through it. The voice acting is just bad. I understand they are foreign and all but it feels more like they are just reading a script rather then acting. The voices don't seem to fit the characters with the exception of the tauren. Still love the concept but I am sorry, the voice acting is just bad.
Vendrill Mar 4th 2009 12:37PM
Yeah, but the bad voice-acting makes it hillarious!
lownwolf Mar 4th 2009 12:39PM
The voices seemed like some of them were output by some computer program. Not trying to insult anyone, but they sounded mechanical. The movie was too long and too drawn out. It's a good attempt but I would tell Origano to try to make the videos shorter, work on the voice acting, and try to make the camera movements more fluid. There was really only one big camera movement at the end but it needed some work.
Karilyn Mar 4th 2009 2:50PM
I'm positive that they are using a Text-to-Speech program. It's kinda sad.
If the film maker is unwilling to record his own voice, it would be nice if he could ask a friend to do the script. Shouldn't be too hard to get a friend to do it, it can be a lot of fun to play around together and do voice acting for a film.
Naix Mar 4th 2009 4:38PM
Plot = Bad
Voice = Bad
Over all = Just plain stinks
Narlic Mar 4th 2009 6:01PM
This was actually pretty funny! I especially liked the beggar eulogy at the very end.
Thlop Mar 4th 2009 6:29PM
The voice acting is very poor. It's either a text-to-speech program, which it sounds most likely because of the prenunciations of certain words, or a foreign actor who can't speak properly.
Also, some words and sentences in the subtitles were poorly worded. The creator needs to run the script through someone who speaks perfect english before recording.
That is the only thing that's bringing these clips down i think. I hope, with better voicing the jokes will get better and become clearer, ending up with a great comedy series.