Post by CountVonNumenor on May 24, 2020 1:47:08 GMT
During this quarantine, I've been looking for a series to watch and enjoy. Then, a few days ago, I got lucky to find Meta Runner. All I can say is that it happened quite randomly. I just found out about this YouTube channel called SMG4 that is doing Gmod Mario videos, part of older trend called Mario Bloopers or something like that. I watched a few videos from the bloopers series, and realised that I liked it. One of my favourite elements out of these videos was one of the characters, Tari. With a rather shy attitude, always trying to solve conflicts through peaceful ways and liking rubber ducks and video, she has become one of my favourite characters since she kinda reminds of the way I am. Then, through some Easter eggs and references, I found out there is an entire series revolved around her, called Meta Runner (made by the same guys who make the Mario Gmod stuff). Since I was curious about it, I decided to give ther series a try.
This is more or less an official presentation of the series, taken from the dedicated wiki (I will try to keep this start reply Spoiler-Fred, in case anyone wants to watch too, but we can get into more details if anyone is interested):
"Meta Runner is an Australian science-fiction adventure/thriller computer animated web series, created by Luke and Kevin Lerdwichagul. The series is in a separate canon to SMG4, a machinima series on Luke's YouTube channel of the same name.
The series follows an amnesiac cyborg girl named Tari in a world where video games, speedrunning & esports are everything as she discovers she has the uncanny ability to warp into video games."
This is where you can watch the series www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqtXS2zBPMiTK67uPOtA1x-PAwedRUMIU
All I can say is that I'm amazed. I liked all of the 10 episodes of season 1. The characters are very interesting, the setting is something I haven't seen before, and I grew to love the soundtrack, especially the intro song, Always Running. Some may found the antagonists rather generic, but I don't really think so, as I found their motivations interesting. Also, this Tari is a bit different from her version in the Mario Bloopers series. Despite still having some of th traits any quirks from the Mario series, the Meta Runner Tari seems to be a bit more realistic, but it's still quite enjoyable as protagonist, and I think I even started to prefer this version of her.
I was stunned to see that two guys making funny Gmod videos could actually get the passion of doing such a serious project. It took them around 2 years for the whole process, but now we'll will hopefully have less to wait since they have serious backing. But better to wait longer for a better product than rush it. This is no longer a Gmod thing, but actual animation, made in the Unreal Engine if I am not wrong, with a lot of stuff to edit, music to compose and voice lines to record, and that's no easy thing, so they get all my respect.
Also, this is the soundtrack I've been talking about earlier
...and the intro song, Always Running (I absolutely love it)
But what do you think? Has anyone else seen this series, or would like to give it a try? I wanted to share this with you because it has turned out into some of the most enjoyable moments of this rather depressing quarantine, and I was looking to talk to someone about this series. But I guess that's just me every time I grow to love something and become passionate about it.
This is more or less an official presentation of the series, taken from the dedicated wiki (I will try to keep this start reply Spoiler-Fred, in case anyone wants to watch too, but we can get into more details if anyone is interested):
"Meta Runner is an Australian science-fiction adventure/thriller computer animated web series, created by Luke and Kevin Lerdwichagul. The series is in a separate canon to SMG4, a machinima series on Luke's YouTube channel of the same name.
The series follows an amnesiac cyborg girl named Tari in a world where video games, speedrunning & esports are everything as she discovers she has the uncanny ability to warp into video games."
This is where you can watch the series www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqtXS2zBPMiTK67uPOtA1x-PAwedRUMIU
All I can say is that I'm amazed. I liked all of the 10 episodes of season 1. The characters are very interesting, the setting is something I haven't seen before, and I grew to love the soundtrack, especially the intro song, Always Running. Some may found the antagonists rather generic, but I don't really think so, as I found their motivations interesting. Also, this Tari is a bit different from her version in the Mario Bloopers series. Despite still having some of th traits any quirks from the Mario series, the Meta Runner Tari seems to be a bit more realistic, but it's still quite enjoyable as protagonist, and I think I even started to prefer this version of her.
I was stunned to see that two guys making funny Gmod videos could actually get the passion of doing such a serious project. It took them around 2 years for the whole process, but now we'll will hopefully have less to wait since they have serious backing. But better to wait longer for a better product than rush it. This is no longer a Gmod thing, but actual animation, made in the Unreal Engine if I am not wrong, with a lot of stuff to edit, music to compose and voice lines to record, and that's no easy thing, so they get all my respect.
Also, this is the soundtrack I've been talking about earlier
...and the intro song, Always Running (I absolutely love it)
But what do you think? Has anyone else seen this series, or would like to give it a try? I wanted to share this with you because it has turned out into some of the most enjoyable moments of this rather depressing quarantine, and I was looking to talk to someone about this series. But I guess that's just me every time I grow to love something and become passionate about it.
