Level Up

Look it is what it is, a no brainer monster bash but that said there's some real fun here if you don't take it seriously, now where did I leave my +6 Ring of Destruction? OK it looks like I gotta waffle on a bit longer, it reminds me of a long time ago when I was a teenager and I would play Dungeons & Dragons and how I wished some of it was real. There was a TV movie out at the time that showed some kid getting too involved in D&D and suffered real psychological effects,can't remember what it was called tho but this is a lot lighter and I really enjoyed it and I'm an old cynical so and so! There were some interesting characters in it to be honest, the Game designer is a neurotic freak, effects were acceptable and acting was decent enough for a light hearted romp.

This show is not as bad as some people think. The idea of characters from a computer game appearing in reality is not a new idea but they have created a decent story on how it happened (sort of). This show has a guild who play together who turn out to be a nerd,bad boy and jock showing that many different types of people play these games which makes a change from it only being the nerdy kids. People have said that the weapons look stupid but they are supposed to look like the ones from the game so i do not know what they expected. This first episode (pilot film) sets up the story well has some lines that game players will recognise and has enough action to keep young kids spellbound. All in all i enjoyed the show and hope it does continue as there is such a wealth of online material they could use (i wonder how long it would be before Chuck Norris is mentioned lol).

I'm almost midway from watching the first episode and I thought I would look it up on IMDb, mainly because one of the actors looked familiar. For some reason I could swear the actor Jesse Usher was on a a show from Disney that he was the main character.

If you watch the first episode keep in mind, it's campy and silly and it doesn't take it's self serious. It's a kids show and it's "fantasy" and the weapons look goofy as all heck because it's supposed to be the kids that built them. I was a little old to be watching Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in the past, but I did see an episode and this kind of reminds me of that. So far this is something I would let the kids watch. There is just mild video game violence, no blood, just kids hitting trolls and such with goofy looking weapons. I will probably watch this another time with the kids. It is much better than some of the other kids shows I have seen.

What can I say that has not been said in the previous reviews? Not withstanding that this "Thing", and I must stress Thing, I so bad that I wanted to gouge my eyes out of the sockets. I've been playing online games for years, and this show is plain insulting and so bad that I recommend burning the film so it does not contaminate anything good Cartoon Network might have in the future. Mainly the acting was not just sub par, but downright miserably bad. As for the cg, I don't even want to go into that. I can probably do a better job with a pen and some dirty pages strewn together. If you have any self respect, and or have at least a modicum of taste, stay away from this horror

I played WoW few years ago so I was kinda nostalgic to see series about MMORPG-s. I expected it to be "unrealistic", but hey, some things cannot be transfered to TV screen...

But this is just awful, I really cannot imagine that someone actually allowed this to be shot, put money in it. It has some silly/funny/kinda entertaining moments, but mostly I couldn't believe how bad it is...

Of course they had to put in moralistic lesson about sticking with friends, which I guess is a must in this kind of series.

Props look ridiculous but I guess they were going for that look.

In the end I kinda think I am targeted audience, people who play/played games, but I cannot imagine watching this now or when I was younger.

But I bet there wont be 2nd episode... If there will.. I will watch 2nd episode just for being wrong :p