Please genuinely listen, the stream got me crying Odysseus has absolutely lost it
https://www.youtube.com/live/59DSiTO91Xg?si=JyTi8qrqt5IxoWWr
RAAHH I’m sorry youtube auto privated the stream, BUT the new songs are in this playlist! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_njmTO23F6t5U7He6PtmhcAeZsEb8PTR24&si=iDWbPP5VyjHmD7Nt
Ill try to find the original stream as it had animations and descriptions of the story that were nice
OMG Please and thank you!!! I didn’t get to watch the last half of the Thunder Saga so I missed any potential animations used then which I’m bummed about, not to mention the art and animations in the previous sagas! If you can find it you’d be a life-saver genuinely
You’re in luck!!! I believe most of the animations were posted as shorts on his channel! Ill try to gather as many of the full ones I can, so far here are the ones I’ve found (mind you they are not in order + spoilers)
Summary
Jorge Rivera-Herrans on Instagram: "Thank you so much @upiir_ for this BEAUTIFUL animatic!!! And thank you so much to @mason.olshavsky for being part of this!!! 🥹🙌🏼🖤"
https://youtube.com/shorts/CRhdDH9qQ5w?si=Yz_57DelB7QA80QZ
https://youtube.com/shorts/X_qqVdvIPQw?si=zcCwZbClu-ZuCDI3
Jorge Rivera-Herrans on Instagram: "EPIC: The Thunder Saga⚡️Official Release Date Trailer⚡️Thank you @upiir_ for this GORGEOUS animatic!!! #epicthethundersaga #epicthemusical"
(Edit, file was ofc too big so heres the video I tried to share heres to youtube not doing us dirty again https://youtu.be/nY3vlASnfNE?si=O8_KaNIavaIBxgp )
Dear lord its almost 500 MB will this even work
I’m gonna scream I’m gonna cry the Wisdom Saga is out the cliffhanger is so fucking brutal
So uh, Vengeance just came out a few weeks ago.
Thoughts?
Absolute fire, watching him beat the shit out of poseidon was beautiful
May wanna put that in spoilers for anyone reading this topic.
Right, sorry, forgot to put my views, uuuhhhh. I know, I’ll rate the sagas on a 1-10 scale. That’s simple and easy. The scale is relative to the rest of the musical
Troy
8/10
Solid, sets up the character of Odysseus and the theme of the musical well. Just a Man is one of my favorite songs in the entire musical, and the others all sound great and successfully move the story along.
Cyclops
6/10
Cyclops in the first half just wasn’t musically pleasing. Not compared to the rest of the musical. It succeeded in telling a story, but it felt more like dialogue than song.
Storm
9/10
Starts on a banger, ends on a banger. Everything in the middle is at least pretty good. Storm is just such a bop, and Ruthlessness is an excellent introduction to Poseidon.
Circe
7/10
Just a bit too long—would probably work as 3 songs. Like the characterization of Odysseus here, though I feel like Circe’s a bit underwhelming somehow. Can’t really describe it, just not the biggest fan.
Underworld
8/10
Underworld is very emotionally touching, but feels like it could be better in terms of songwriting. No Longer You is pure perfection. Monster is alright.
Thunder
10/10
I’d let KJ Burkhauser sing me to sleep and have Luke Holt wake me up.
This saga is perfection from beginning to end.
Wisdom
?/10
Haven’t listened to this one more than once or twice. Will get back to this saga later.
Vengeance
???/10
Okay, so—I have mixed feelings on this one. Not Sorry for Loving You feels like Calypso is making a stereotypical apology video, right down to the detail of not actually apologizing. Get in the Water is great, and I like that Odysseus has developed out of his hubris. However, it feels like it leaves Odyssey in an impossible situation for…
Six Hundred Strike. This song is inconsistent with the rest of the musical. Yes, Odysseus repeatedly maiming Poseidon is in-character, but it’s too stark of a contrast with the rest of the musical on how mortals and gods interact. Literally two sagas ago, Odysseus was standing completely powerless before Zeus. Then before that, he was unable to do much of anything as Poseidon destroyed most of his fleet.
I dunno, I just feel like there’s a way of going about this in a way that’s consistent with the rest of the musical.