This series has the greatest opening of any web series ever! A mountain
fortress is being assaulted by hordes of orcs and goblins. Blood and
gore are everywhere. A dragon takes flight from a nearby peak. As the
camera soars over the vast melee, it zooms in to show us a sassy female
archer. She stabs an orc in the eye with a pair of arrows before
spinning around and planting those two arrows in a pair of approaching
orcs. Yeah, she's high level to be doing this. Then she turns to find
someone is arriving via teleport. Friend or foe? She aims an arrow.
It's Jack! The archer offers sassy banter in the midst of battle. What
follows is awesome.
Tired of his life in the wizards' realm, Jack decided to migrate to... Melbourne, Australia. With occasional flashbacks to his life in the wizards' realm, the series details Jack's efforts to adjust to life in Melbourne. Of course, this is made quite difficult since his arch-nemesis, Skulldrich, has moved in next door in an effort to get him to return to the wizards' realm. The constant, over-the-top villainy of Skulldrich is awesome.
The effects are amazingly good. From the CGI to the makeup, it was all very professional. The show even managed to get Guy Pearce to star in the first episode. There are constant corny references to recent movies in the fantasy genre. There is a scene with a deciding hat, Jack says he is glad he can get mail without being inundated by owls, there is a guy with a flaming skull in a leather jacket. No, not Ghost Rider. He is Ghost Writer. Nice. We have a Conan-like guy, a mummy who keeps talking about staring with Brendan Frasier in... Monkey Bone. Jack himself is basically a young Gandalf, complete with pipe and floppy wizard's hat. The show's conclusion is very strange and puts further episodes in doubt. Even so, highly recommended for all the antics that preceded it.
Tired of his life in the wizards' realm, Jack decided to migrate to... Melbourne, Australia. With occasional flashbacks to his life in the wizards' realm, the series details Jack's efforts to adjust to life in Melbourne. Of course, this is made quite difficult since his arch-nemesis, Skulldrich, has moved in next door in an effort to get him to return to the wizards' realm. The constant, over-the-top villainy of Skulldrich is awesome.
The effects are amazingly good. From the CGI to the makeup, it was all very professional. The show even managed to get Guy Pearce to star in the first episode. There are constant corny references to recent movies in the fantasy genre. There is a scene with a deciding hat, Jack says he is glad he can get mail without being inundated by owls, there is a guy with a flaming skull in a leather jacket. No, not Ghost Rider. He is Ghost Writer. Nice. We have a Conan-like guy, a mummy who keeps talking about staring with Brendan Frasier in... Monkey Bone. Jack himself is basically a young Gandalf, complete with pipe and floppy wizard's hat. The show's conclusion is very strange and puts further episodes in doubt. Even so, highly recommended for all the antics that preceded it.
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