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Dark Revolution Review [script part 1]

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Dark Revolution Review [script part 1]

Dark Revolution Episode 1 was posted on Jan 23, 2017 by Icerift Fyera. It clocks in at over 25 minutes long, and with that said, I’m Knightmare, and let’s get started.

 

We start off with [clip] AHHHHHH NARRATION??? Vix-damnit. Well. Through this exposition dump, we get the world building for this series: two beings balance each other out, the bad-bean gets upsetti spaghetti, and good-bean has to lock bad-bean away. It’s not bad narration, and the visuals that go along with it are nice. I like the world building, but I will say it’s something I’ve seen a million times before. These sibling forces battle and one of them is defeated but that won’t last forever—it’s been done time and again, but I’ll be interested to see Icerift’s take on this. After the narration, we’re greeted with our first human characters, and…wait a second, is this a trailer? We get multiple characters speaking, and like an overview of stuff going on…and it feels like a trailer? Not part of the episode? That’s fine, I guess, but…I suppose I would’ve like some sort of warning? Idk.

The opening plays, and it’s short and concise—which I like—and we open on…someone…running. Okay, my intention isn’t to bash Ice here, but again, I’ve seen this a million times in this community—where we open on someone running away from someone else. And I know not all my other videos have addressed this, but I watch a lot of amateur series in what little spare time I have, and so many of them open this way.

This character runs as fires burn around them and sees some people down below. The ground collapses beneath them, but they are caught by this winged fellow who says [clip]. So…I’m going to guess that what you’re standing on somehow doesn’t count as rubble?

We get a name, Rahzeer, and we get a delightfully forced line [clip]. I’m not critiquing the voice acting here, I’m critiquing the line. I know Ice is trying to tell us these two are somehow related despite looking nothing alike, but I guess I never hear siblings say these sort of things to each other? And this may just be me and my brother who act this way, but unless I see Rahzeer somehow keep this semi-expositional way of talking through the entire series, I’m going to say this line should’ve gotten re-worked.

Rahzeer asks if his brother has seen three different people, and we get flashes of the ones he’s talking about as he says their names. I…think I like this? It’s not something I’ve seen before, but I think it works. Just don’t expect me to remember their names. I’m having a hard enough time remembering Rahzeer’s. His younger brother expresses concern as to if their friends have been killed, and Rahzeer gets suddenly extremely peeved and seems forceful? He grabs his brother and flies into the air and asks if his bro can see anything. But…why did you get so mad at your bro who was just concerned? Your attitude before seemed pretty calm? And then you’re taking your bro into the air, when I could’ve sworn you had eyes? And you could see yourself?

Rahzeer spots something and lands, and then yells at someone named Naboo. When I first watched this, I could’ve sworn he was yelling at his brother from the way this shot was composed, so it was a surprise to me to see the two characters actually spotted two other characters nearby.

Naboo is introduced, and is fighting some dude. He insists he doesn’t need Rahzeer’s help, but Rahzeer gives it regardless.

Rahzeer and Naboo banter about Naboo getting into fights, and Rahzeer tells him to take his brother and leave the city. But…why would the three of you go separately? That seems super dangerous. It’s like asking a wildfire not to catch things on fire. You just know this Naboo character is going to get into some trouble. We’re given the other brother’s name, May-on. These two leave, but come across some large creature with armor and fire. As I suspected Naboo tried to attack and Mayon had to pull him away. They get chased to a dead-end where some mysterious lightning character comes along and seems to protect them. Yaiku is the name Mayon shouts, and dear Vix, I’m getting concerned we’re going to have a massive cast in this series that I can’t keep track of. Yaiku leads them away, and turns back into his human form to help the others get onto a tall rock. He expresses that they should be safe from here on out before getting stabbed. But…where did this guy come from? We get quite a few shots of the area around them, how did no one hear or see this guy? How did we, the audience, not see this guy from the different angles we were shown? Also, I thought they were on a rock, not on dirt? KM is confused.

Naboo and Mayon escape, and Naboo rants about everything we basically heard in the narration. See, this is why I hate narration. The episode itself is doing a good enough job explaining what’s going on at the right times. Guys. Please. Narration is practically useless and mostly lazy. Unless you can somehow do it perfectly, and do it at the right time, and have phenomenal writing, I’m most likely going to get annoyed by its existence.

Naboo turns back to his four-legged form, and…I guess Mayon does, too? I mean, last time we saw him he was human but he’s canine now. That’s…chill. Confusing maybe, but not a big deal. The two rush off and we jump…holy shit, to four years later? Damn, I guess nothing else important happened in those four years? They just got away? Safely? Okay. I’ll take your word on it.

Mayon wakes up, apparently from having the same nightmare he’s had for several nights in a row, and we get an endearing scene between him and Naboo. I really like this scene, and the brotherly concern feels pretty heartfelt. It switches into a more hostile tone part way through, which, again, is pretty accurate to sibling interactions. The two go back to bed, and in the morning we’re introduced to more characters! Shit son, how many names am I going to need to write down? We’re treated to some people still being pissed about not finding the body of the Nameless god’s reincarnation, whether or not a child was really the reincarnation, and one dude storms out in anger. As this guy talks about his…audio…lines…suddenly get distant and not so good? Definitely something that happened during production and probably not anyone’s fault, but it’s definitely distracting.

The two of them sorta talk about becoming a man, I guess, with some sort of preparations being in place to make this so, and then they say…something about Maleksthel…? Mal-eek-thell? And Cheetu dragons? Okay. Okay, I’m all for being left in the dark about things, but I’m being overloaded with characters and world information, that I’m getting a little lost. What’s being referred to here, and why is it important? Why is any of this interaction important? Would it be better if we didn’t see all this, and instead just stuck with our main characters? I don’t know, because I’m confused.

Speaking of, we get back to our mains, and we see one of our fellows here, Naboo, doing some magic? Mayon wakes up, and starts to apologize for being super closed off the previous night, and Naboo is now totally chill with it? What happened to being concerned over your brother? Where’d all that brotherly love go? Did one night’s rest really calm you down and convince you that your brother is now fine, and you don’t need to know why that nightmare is plaguing him? I. Do not. Understand.

Mayon mentions that they’re running out of food, and they haven’t found anything “worth hunting down.” Okay, but isn’t any sort of prey a few proteins better than starving? You’d think you’d eat anything if you were that hungry. How’d they get food in the first place, anyway? They’re in a desert it seems, so unless they frequently go into town, as Naboo is about to suggest, then??? How did they get food, where are they carrying it, why are they concerned about going into town if they’ve visited it several times? I have so many questions. I really, really, do not understand.

Naboo mentions that if any of the citydwellers find out they’re survivors from O-zehn-bell, they’re done for. But it’s been like, four years, right? So why would anyone be really thinking about that? And that’s not me bashing on trajedies of entire cities being slaughtered, but the general populace has a really short memory. We are easily distracted and easily forget about terrible events. It’s unlikely anyone in town would even care if they found out, because people move on.

Then Naboo mentions they should just hunt for something around here…what the fuck? Okay, you just mentioned you might need to go into town, and you and your brother already concluded food around here is sparse and not worth hunting, so why are you saying this? This is such repetitive dialogue? I don’t? Get it?

This chick mentions something about Drawd and, again, what the fuck is a Drawd? Also, why do some of them have ears when they turn into humans, and others don’t? *deep inhale* Whatever, I guess! [clip at 12.14 about “fulfillment will watch over us] *stifled screaming* what the fuck is a fulfillment, is that a god? I don’t knowwwwwwwwwwww

As the conversation continues, Naboo reveals that this city they’re going into was the city that attacked theirs and killed everyone inside. Which clears up some questions about why they’re hesitant—sorta?—to enter this town. But that doesn’t answer why they’re near this town in the first place. Are they travelling somewhere? Or just staying on the move? Why? Can’t they find some place with actual resources and stay there, and keep a low profile? If they’re travelling somewhere, did they really come through this area unprepared, and want to risk entering a town where someone might recognize them and kill them? That’s another thing—how are these guys recognizable? It seems like others are able to turn into animals, so are all of them survivors of O-zehn-bell? And they’re somehow in the clear because they don’t have red eyes? Then why not just have someone with non-red eyes do all the city-going? I know some of these questions might be answered in later episodes, but to be honest, I’m having a hard time following the logic here.

Then Mayon mentions how this city couldn’t have come to help Ozhenbell, because it’s on the other side of the country. So is this a bad city or not? Were they allies who didn’t come to their aid? How the fuck are they allies with that great of distance between them? Did they attack Ozhenbell or not? With that, the group heads into town, and that’s where I’m going to leave this part of the review off at. Sorry for not making one giant episode, but boy, I’ve got a lot to say, apparently! Tune in for part 2 later, and let me know what you think of Dark Revolution so far! Make sure to give Icerift some love, as, despite all my nitpicking, I did really enjoy watching this episode. Make sure to follow me on one of my many social media sites, I’m Knightmare, thank you all for watching, make sure to hit like, subscribe, and I’ll see you guys next time!

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