Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera

Im not going to lie... I was a bit skeptical when I heard about a Metalocalypse Opera but after sitting through the first 5 minutes of the movie all my fears were quickly washed away!

I'm a massive Metalocalypse fan, been one since day one. The over the top black humor and references along with the all the wonderful satire and cliché's make it without a doubt one of the best TV shows of the last 10 years in my opinion and this 46 minute special is absolutely on par with the rest of the shows material. Its big, its dark, its bombastic and it stays true to the shows comedy styling, it's hilarious.

If you are expecting a 46 minute episode then you will be disappointed. It is exactly what it says it is, an Opera. There is singing and music throughout the entire movie so if you are one of those people that just can't stand musicals then maybe this one isn't for you. I am usually like that but I found this an absolute joy to sit through.

I'm not going to go through the story of the film as I think that's something that you should find out for yourself but the story of the movie does pick up where Season 4 left off. If you are a Metalocalypse fan or even just a fan of heavier music or the darker side of comedy I'd say that this is definitely for you. It is undoubtedly one of the hidden gems of 2013, Brendon Small has done it again!

I loved the series and have seen every episode at least 4 or 5 times with a few exceptions. Yet this sticks out as the worst thing they have done. I watched again very recently when all the hype was over and still wasn't impressed. It sounded so good on paper especially with how well Brandon plays guitar but minus adding a bit of back story to characters I felt they could have summed up what happens in like a sentence.

The animation is great as it always was however. There were times I really felt they should have hardcoded the subtitles onto the screen to understand what the heck they were saying without running for the subtitles. I felt the network should have passed on this concept and let them tell this story in their usual fashion as fans don't like change. If not make a 30 minute episode out of this at best. Call me crazy but I truly believe this is why we didn't get any more extra seasons of the show after this.

Unless you're an absolute die hard fan like even the Jomfru brothers who run diefordethklok in the series would tell you to chill. Skip this. It's not worth streaming and I heard there is even an album with some of these forgetful songs out. I never bothered with it because of how awful the songs are.

Brendon Small has delivered yet another symphony of brutal perfection. Together with Jack Black, Malcolm McDowell, and Mark Hamill, he has crafted something so entertaining, weird, and utterly metal, that the word opera barely registers. This is what the spawn of darkness and orchestra would look like as it slithered into your brain, your dreams, your sickest desires. I loved it as much as all of Metalocalypse.

Enjoy!

As mentioned I don't like musical genre for films, but this case is the opposite. I couldn't move my attention from the show for the whole 45 minutes.

After watching the entire serie we reach this crucial point of the story. We started playing and see duration though about a special chapter like joining a few into a single one.

Didn't expected to be a musical, as didn't look at the chapter title before playing it. The first impression was good, as the music introduces well, then is song after song in a nice combination of storytelling and music.

It is so the case that personally I like even more than the movie that closes the serie. I fully recommend it.

I think any show should stick with what got it to a finale in the first place and this just changed it up into a long music video about some thin plot. It was terribly thin and jarring to get cringey shoehorned songs just to have it be an "opera". I think a self contained opera for the sycophants that wasn't part of the overall story would have been better. Then the story content here could have been merged with what was in the latest 2023 finale. Both of the "finale" movies are disappointing to most people other then the hardcore lovers of the music opera style which are really a minority due to the fact that the base show was NOT a constant music video-opera. That's what got a total of 4 seasons on the air, stick with that.

The humor, the absurdism, the colorful characters and more are missing here and in the 2023 movie. Sad way for it all to end.