Wild & Wacky Web Series Effectively Mixes Whimsy, Wizardry, Wisdom, and Woe
No doubt you've heard of Comedy Central? Back in 2008, Comedy Central launched THE LEGEND OF NEIL online. Quickly, it went viral, and it became an internet sensation with over 10 million views. If you never heard of it and were hoping for the chance to explore it further, there will never be a better opportunity than this DVD release by Flatiron Film Company.
(Warning: the following review will contain spoilers for the purposes of discussing plot and characters. If you're the kind of happy reader who prefers living your life sheltered from all that is good and noble, then feel free to skip down to the last two paragraphs. Otherwise, buckle up and read on.)
Neil (played by Tony Janning) is your typical slacker. He works at the family-run gas station, but, in his free time, he's looked on that original Nintendo staple, "The Legend of Zelda." While engaging in some deviant behavior while ensconced in the game, Neil is unwittingly sucked into the world of...
A Spot-On Game Parody Combined With Ribald Comedy: The Hit Web Series Collected In Its Entirety
"The Legend of Neil" is a delightfully profane and madcap web series courtesy of Comedy Central and some of the creative forces behind "The Guild." Although hysterically cheap looking (that's part of its charm and it acknowledges the fact at every opportunity), the series actually works quite well. While drug use is not a prominent theme, it plays like a quintessential stoner comedy. Our slacker hero Neil auto-erotic asphyxiates himself into the video game "The Legend of Zelda." His adventures in this wondrous new land expertly skewer the game in a spot-on way. It's been years since I've played the original Zelda, but the series brought back such terrific memories of the game's silliness and strengths. Unapologetically profane, Neil and his crew balance sweetness (that's a strange word, maybe it's innocence) and shock value surprisingly well.
The Complete Series DVD Collection has all three seasons of "The Legend of Neil." As these are web episodes, each of the 20...
If you liked the Guild or Unicorn City, you will love this!
The team of Tony Janning (Actor), Felicia Day (Actor), and Sandeep Parikh (Director) are back together again!
The premise is that Tony, playing a slacker & gamer, is magically transported to Herule, the Land of Zelda.
There is a tremendous amount of geeky humor and clear, tongue in cheek ad libing.
It was cool to see Sandeep's creative hand at bringing the characters inhabiting Herule to life.
The series pokes loving fun at the various denizens for all the contrived (and highly neurotic) reasons that that might have been in their positions for Link to attack in the Zelda series.
Tony as Link also lampoons the benefactors of Link for providing help in the way of substandard, crappy wooden and limited use ties when they clearly could do more if they chose to do so.
One caveat, this is adult humor. So, if you are a gaming mom or dad, every scene of every episode might not be appropriate for the youngsters.
Well...
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