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“Remember in Back to the Future 2 when Jennifer tried to track down Biff to murder him? Or Raiders of the Lost Ark when Marion tried to sever a guy's spinal cord with a broken bottle? No? Well, then you should listen to The Film Reroll and get up to speed. Taking the ingenious idea of taking the settings and characters of famous films and then playing them as roleplaying games, The Film Reroll shows how easily things can go off the rails when story conventions are left to chance.
The players range from deranged to demented. Joz's perky demeanor and unquenchable bloodlust is a shot of pure madness. Pitr's ongoing conflict with the kafkaesque Disney Rules and his comrade's sociopathy is engrossing. Jon's struggle to resist his programming and go full killbot so he can pass the Turing test and become a real boy is a subplot in each adventure. Andy's hijacking of passing NPCs and descent into existential morasses as supporting characters is breathtaking. And though they've only had a couple of roles so far, Scott and Carolyn have both been delightful.
And rangling all these cats is Paulo, the unflappable DM. Sure every senior citizen is Jimmy Stewart, he still hasn't come up with a sign-off, and he's from the festering wasteland of Kansas, but the guy made an entire Jumanji game, designed THE LABYRINTH, and puts up with his alleged friends to produce dynamite entertainment.
The show's still figuring itself out. Some films lend themselves better to the format than others. Though enjoyable, the 4 part Wizard of Oz saga shows how, without a clear objective for the characters, once you diverge from the film's plot a resolution becomes much harder to find. Of the film's rerolled so far, Frozen has provided the best balance between a reasonably clear goal to give the cast a focus, and a setting that provides room to go off in a completely different direction from the film while keeping it's spirit (for the most part, crit fail to not take your vagina out and all that...). But it's remarkable how quickly things have come together, with not a dud in the bunch.
Hyperbole aside, The Film Reroll is a fun and clever show with a witty and talented (Joz singing Over The Rainbow was breathtaking) cast colouring outside the lines of classic movies. Whether you've seen the films or not, these guys and gals are brilliant entertainers in their own right, the film's are just the set-dressing, the players make it great.”Read full review »
Samizmatt via Apple Podcasts ·
Ireland ·
02/11/17
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