There Will Be Brawl is a web series that creates--and then exposes--the seedy underbelly of well-known Nintendo characters with exceptional dedication and insane unpredictability. It's the entire internet in ten minutes. Minus the furries.
This series isn't supposed to be groundbreaking; it's
supposed to wrap some established, childlike characters around the pillars of
an established, adult genre. But here, it veers a bit into full-on parody.
Again,
I expect the noir cliches, but only when they're played within the skills of
their actors, and they went a bit too far here. I miss a lot because because I
don't know much about Gannon (outside of slashfics), and this Gannon guy does
pretty good with his part, but "we all will burn"? I'm not buying
what his motivations are. Maybe I need to watch more.
The cameos are pretty surprising. And the StarFox crew are
unique and come out despite the obvious difficulties involved with portraying
them.
But again, and I feel I'm going to be saying this a lot if I
ever finish this series; I'm anxious to see what the next episode brings.
Despite a lot of troubles with the execution, the fundamentals here are solid.
If this keeps up, I'm going to have to start describing this series as
"the opposite of Battleship."
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I agree on all counts. I understood most of the direct references Smash Bros itself in this ep, but had to have nearly everything else explained to me. (Spent *so* much time pausing to read the alley graffiti.)
And I still love how Gannon's "gorilla" thugs are actual gorillas.
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