Ep. 75 - Emesis Blue

About this episode

The episode discusses the independent fan film Emesis Blue, inspired by Team Fortress 2, and evaluates its artistic merits and production value.

Where did this respawn from? It came out of the blue! This 2023 independent fan film Emises Blue takes the very popular game Team Fortress 2 and asks the age old question - what if this fun cartoony shooter was a gnarly, stylish, atmospheric, paranoid, noir nightmare? Thanks to the blood, sweat, and tears of Chad Payne we now have that answer! Can it justify it's 100 minute runtime? Can it put to shame films with 10x it's budget? Should you seek it out on YouTube? Find out the answer to this ...

People in this episode

Host: A Bald Opinion

Topics covered

• independent film
• fan film
• Team Fortress 2
• noir
• atmospheric
• film critique

Keywords

• Emesis Blue
• Team Fortress 2
• independent film
• film critique
• noir
• atmospheric
• Chad Payne

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Emesis Blue, Team Fortress 2

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