Review: Critical Role’s “The Legend of Vox Machina” Episodes 1-3 | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

Review: Critical Role’s “The Legend of Vox Machina” Episodes 1-3

Episode Introduction

Josh was busy this weekend, so Brandon and Gabe hijacked the podcast to do a review of the new “Critical Role” animated series, “The Legend of Vox Machina.” Gabe is a casual fan of “Critical Role” who fell out of regular listening because of the episode length. Brandon actually has never seen or listened to an episode of “Critical Role,” so he’s going into this series knowing nothing but with an open heart and open mind. Join them as they discuss the ups and downs of the first three episodes, the first two of which were essentially a two-part pilot, followed by a third episode that sets up the Briarwood arc. Spoilers within. Timecodes after the jump.

These first three episodes of this 12-episode series dropped (to the public) on Friday, Jan. 28. Three additional episodes will be released every Friday with the season concluding on Feb. 18.

Spoiler you won’t mind hearing: We enjoyed it.

P.S.: Minimal editing on this one given the tight turnaround, folks. Forgive all the “ums,” “uhs,” and “likes.”

Topics

• Intro chatter.
• Animation quality, both CGI and traditional  (5:30)
• Differences between the show and the original (9:45)
• Thoughts on the pilot episode(s) (14:00)
• Discussing characters, tropes, and voice actors (19:26)
• Episode 3 discussion (31:30)
• Release schedule (38:30)
• Episode run times (39:49)
• Final thoughts (47:33)

Additional Resources

• “The Legend of Vox Machina” on Prime Video
• “Critical Role” on Twitch
• “Critical Role” podcast

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