2 Swirlies

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A long time ago, we brought you the first episode of the web series, Spellfury. At the time, it was brand new and we hadn’t been around so long ourselves. Our
reviewer didn’t like it, so we moved on to ones that we did like. I figured it was time to take a look at the second episode.

I can’t say I disagree with the review of that first episode, although Spellfury is still going and cranking out the episodes - good for them! Even when we, at The Watch List, don’t particular like a web series, we’re always happy when they don’t just fade away.

What I do like about this episode is that they get right into the action - there’s very little talking in this episode. And they do craft a tight, very short half scene that ends in a nice “tune in next week” moment.

What I don’t like is that there is a grand total of two, count ‘em -two, jokes in this episode; both of them of the “wouldn’t RPG games look silly if they were real” variety. This episode is so short that, if we were watching a movie, we wouldn’t even have gotten to the end of the first scene. And this is episode two.

There’s some logic there, to be sure, of leave ‘em wanting more; make ‘em flip to the next episode, but an episodic web series can have episodes that are too short. Just ask Prom Queen. No way you can tell a satisfying story one minute at a time.

But yeah, that blonde elf is cute.

Spellfury Ep.2 “Play Misty for Me.” | A Web Series on The Watch List

2 Swirlies?

“I do sense of strong presence of magic.”

I don’t. Not with this video.

To be fair, it’s actually kind of hard to review this episode because, at its 1:14 length, it plays more like a teaser trailer than an episode. It’s 54 seconds of set-up and another 24 seconds of some creepy bluish demon who looks like he’s wearing one of those weird Asian baby masks from Brazil.

But the elf chick is hot. Her pointy-eared hotness coupled with the video’s brevity keeps it from getting boring. So that warrants at least two swirlies, I guess. But it’s hard to award the episode more than that because it’s not really clear what’s going on in this RPG-inspired show.

But then maybe I’m missing something. If you’re a fan of Spellfury or if hate the show, send us a comment and tell us what you think. You can even regale us with the tale of the last time you had sex with an elf. It’s all good…

Spellfury – Ep. 1