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WoW Moviewatch: A Void in My Heart
I'm a sucker for song. I have the musical talent of a dead raccoon who's been baking on the road in the summer heat. But I do love listening to music and the beautiful poetry of verse. And while I do tend to prefer fresh folks or original crescendo music, I can still appreciate parody lyrics that are sung with skill. I think that's why A Void in My Heart by Jennisfar and its accompanying machinima by JoshuaIRL. I really enjoy Jennisfar's singing and lyrics. Joshua's work with the video creates great counterpoints and enhancements to her lyrics, and the pair really just come together well. At the risk of starting a fight, I think Jennisfar and JoshuaIRL's choice for characters and locations are a nice breath of fresh air in the musical machinima scene. Interested in the wide world of machinima? We have new movies every weekday here on WoW Moviewatch! Have suggestions for machinima we ought to feature? Toss us an email at machinima@wow.com.
WoW Moviewatch: If You Gank Me Again
If You Gank Me Again is a cover of Timbaland's If We Ever Meet Again. Since the original featured Katy Perry, I'm actually a little familiar with the original song. (I like Katy Perry; sue me.) This parody is performed by Nation and Jennisfar, with the machinima created by JoshuaIRL. The video for If You Gank Me Again is pretty spot-on for the material and keeps pace with the music fairly well. The voices feel a little muddled to me, but I think that's just the style. (Timbaland's voice was autotuned in If We Ever Meet Again, so in that sense, the cover singers were staying true to the original.) I like seeing Nation and Jennisfar collaborate, though, and I'm pretty sure that some of the video's rough spots are probably just from a new group collaborating for the first time. Interested in the wide world of machinima? We have new movies every weekday here on WoW Moviewatch! Have suggestions for machinima we ought to feature? Toss us an email at machinima@wow.com.
