Just note that we are not planning on uploading the rest of the season for free to TH-cam right now! But you can get every episode of A Starstruck Odyssey (and every Adventuring Party talkback) by signing up for Dropout at the low price of $6 / month! That's, like, the price of a just okay sandwich.
@@MenachemSchmuel I had the same thought. That they (or at least Barry 6) didn't know. Or maybe there was something wrong with the clones and they can explode at any time so it's better to kill them than to let them explode and possibly kill a lot of people around them
Emily feels like she was born to be apart of this world, I would bet hard money she not only researched the comics but became an obsessive fan over them. She has always been one of my favourites at any table, but this season she was on a whole other level! I've never seen someone constantly keeping Brennan on his toes like that, finding things and making choices that no one else would. She straight up become OP by half-way through
I love that every other character that Murph plays is like, a nerdy goblin kid, a literal subway rat, a grotesque frog man, et cetera, and then in this campaign he is the handsomest strongest coolest dude in the galaxy and I love that for him
@@JM-mh1pp you believe there was some incredible power or influence a comic book author had? brennan grew up poor, man, he lucked out with D20. what nepotism
@@JM-mh1pp oh shush, the living author of a work can do what they please with it, and sharing your craft and works with your children is fundamentally human.
@@JM-mh1pp It's a loose collaboration between mother and son. Kinda like when I ask my mom if she can give me a recipe to cook for others; of which nepotism would be my mom only giving the recipe to me so that I succeed where I couldn't without the recipe.
@@OfficialPizza I'm almost certain that Riva was trying to figure out what the nun makes her own time out of, slime, but that just slid right on over that nun's head.
And Riva crying when Skipper berated the party after they tried their damndest to save his damn ship is heartbreaking and made me hate the pre slug Skipper.
I love how Ally’s characters usually becomes OP just from their sheer creative capacity. That was kinda the point with Pete but like Kristen Applebee’s and now this character are just so powerful because of Ally’s mind and how they play them.
Zac’s face telling the business man that he can do something that is not within the realm of possibility is so accurate to working in costumer service.
emily and murh are just gonna be CRAZY this season. a few minutes in and they are already screaming at the top of their lungs, ANDROIDS AND 'ROIDS BABY!!!!! this is gonna be great lol. also, who let them sit next to each other? the shenanigans that are gonna happen this season-
Can we take a second to appreciate the beautiful hairstyles in this episode? I mean, Ally and Murph switching hairstyles, and Siobhan rocking a darker color!
I think the only Siobhan character I didn't like at the start was Ruby from ACOC. But then the major twist happened, and she went from "oh I'm just happy to tag along with my twin sister" to the emotional core of the show. Like _dayumn_ she can act.
1:03:23 I forgot how good of an actor Zac is, I was half convinced he was having a breakdown irl. Just seeing him and Brendann work off each other is amazing
I love that Siobhan chose a (what sounds like to me) South Yorkshire north Lincolnshire accent for her character, rarely get that in any media especially American and I’m just reminded of my Nan whenever she talks in character, thank you for the inclusion you beautiful human
I bought a subscription to Drop Out because of Dimension 20's and Brennan's DMing. I've been listening to this series while i work and MY GOD!! It is some of the best comedy/action adventure i've ever had the pleasure of listening to. The ball is always rolling up hill!! This backstory intro to the characters is an amazing way to introduce the series!
Omg I did the same exact thing! I love Brennan’s storytelling as a DM, combining brilliant comedy with such raw and chaotic moments from the whole cast. I also listen to it while I work and it’s the best thing ever!
I cannot stop laughing about “that made it in? ‘Fuck erotic Anne’ made it into the final? That’s slam dunk slander right there!” You should totally do some animations for this, it’d be so good
Episode 1: "My name is Norman Takamori!" Episode 2: M̴̥̏y̴̓ͅ ̸̱̿N̸͖̅ă̸̹m̴̟͝e̶̹̋ ̴͈͘ǐ̷͖s̷̠̈ ̵̰̌N̸̦̈ò̶̳r̴̻̂m̶̢͆ạ̵͛n̴̔ͅ ̵̣̊T̷̘͐a̸̢̛ḱ̶͕a̶̧̔m̶͚̎ŏ̸͙r̵̫̈́i̸̦̊
My favourite part, character backstory flashbacks: 10:10 - 14:51 Disillusion of a soldier (captain Skipper by Zac Oyama). 21:43 - 25:27 Innocence remains (communications officer Riva by Siobhan Thompson) 28:53 - 36:18 Freedom to falter (gunner Sundry Sidney by Emily Axford) 38:00 - 44:06 One of a kind (gunner Big Barry Syx by Brian Murphy) 48:42 - 59:47 Stuck in a box (engineer Gunnie by Lou Wilson) 1:14:38 - 1:16:24 Platinum prison (executive Margaret Encino by Ally Beardsley) The last one is a bit harder to define because there is a lot of “present backstory” throught her turns
Three Nat Ones in under five minutes. Like it blows my mind each time I watch it. What a beautiful perfect introduction to the world of Starstruck. We see exactly the universe we are in instantaneously and how it isn’t a kind one. What a ride this will be!
I love so many things about this episode, but damn, the dialogue is top notch! There are few pauses for thought, everyone has a very distinct voice that informs their character, the interactions flow really well, it's just so good! Also, not to spoil episode 2, but the characters are really (and I mean *REALLY*) fluid and the cold, harsh reality of the world's economy gives the whole season a thick layer of tension we haven't really had in D20, except maybe with Kalina.
truly Gunnie’s financial situation causes a real life pit in my stomach. Elaine really created the perfect extreme capitalist hellscape for her son to go buckwild in
Kalina is maybe one of the most terrifying villains I have ever seen, and I can already feel that level of terror welling within me on episode 2 of this season
Sundry Sidney's character introduction will go down in Dropout history as, perhaps, the greatest of all time. Emily is just an absolute peach blast of delight and Brennan definitely had so much fun with that scene.
I can’t help but laugh at Brennan’s revival of the “blank CEO” character from college humor in the Sundry Sydney boardroom scene 😂 i just hecking love everything this man does, can’t wait for the rest of the season 💜
For those of you who are on the fence about this series, I can assure you that episode two is even better. I know it's based off something else but episode two just gives off so many Cowboy Bebop/Firefly vibes. Zac's metamorphosis at the beginning of the next episode is something I would not have ever expected and is so genius because of it. Pretty sure they offer a two week trial so you could wait for the series to wrap up and binge it all in that time frame (not that I would recommend that).
Watching this again on youtube bc why the hell not, this season is only 2 episodes in and it’s so much fun chaos. In case anyones on the fence - highly recommend dropout to watch this live ! And also for all the other wonderful seasons they haven’t uploaded on youtube yet.
For a price of a generous amount of pleasure putty you can purchase dropout for $6/month and feel like your own boss with bosses that feel like their own boss as well.
I'm always going to be there for more Starstruck. It has been a close companion for the last fourty years. Probably the most important piece of media I have devoured. Still regret I was too slow to get to see the play. Thanks for boosting the Zazzle site, my old shirt is long lost to time and finding Starstruck merch has been hard. Thanks for generating more material in my favorite universe.
0:00 start 6:30 Zac character intro 7:08 Siobhan character intro 10:11 Norman flashback 20:10 Brennan made the ship 21:38 Riva flashback 25:35 Murph and Emily character intro 28:55 Sidney flashback 30:00 Return of CEO Brennan 35:45 Everyone in the room is in danger 38:07 Barry Syx flashback 44:20 Lou character intro 44:52 Shark discourse 48:45 Gunnie flashback 1:03:08 Please be quiet during the quarterly 1:07:07 Ally character intro 1:09:19 Margaret is the only competent one on the ship 1:12:45 beginning of monarch discourse 1:14:40 Margaret flashback
I've watched/listened to almost every season of dimension 20 and I have to say Dropout is COMPLETELY worth it I know we're all sick of streaming services but I do really recommend this one. A Starstruck Odyssey is so joyous and funny and hopeful and amazing, the combination of Elaine's world building, Brennan's dming, and the whole cast just firing on all cylinders the ball just keeps rolling up and every episode gets better and better
Remember the filler episode of Bebop where they get attacked by the alien parasite because they never cleaned out the fridge? That's basically the ending right there. I laughed my ass off.
Anyone else love that tiny opening animation change on episode three? Love this new ultra chaotic gang of characters, like everyone’s playing season one Fig
Literally only started watching 4 days ago as a means to learn to DM but have already consumed somewhere in the region of 25 hours of campaigns. Brennan you are a gift to the D&D community
I haven't seen the season yet, but I've seen some clips, and I really like the idea of Lou's character going from "I've never been arrested, but I did get a stern talking to once for swimming where I wasn't supposed to" to wearing sunglasses and screaming "THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS" while happily swindling 4 random people out of all their money xD
For those hesitant to still get dropout. I assure you, THIS is worth it. No spoilers, but if you enjoy a rag tag group who successfully fk over a DM SOOOOO many times while still having a captivating setting and intriguing story- this. This is it. Kudos. I plead eagerly they spin this off as much as Fantasy High was.
Came from watching on Dropout to comment that I love the energy of the Intrepid Heroes in this season! So cool to be in such a crunchy sci-fi universe + touched by Brennan DMing a game in his mom's universe. The talkback/Adventuring Party on Dropout are killer too. Thanks for making this and putting it out into the world--can't wait to watch the new episode released today!
I love ally so much and I love that we got to see the transformations they have gone thru from fantasy high, the unsleeping city, and everything else to lead to this and its amazing
🚀✨👽IT'S FINALLY TIME!!! Folks, once again, I've had the distinct honour of working alongside Rick Perry and Katie McGeorge to create D20's TaleSpire battlemaps for you! WOOT! Now I get to watch it as a fan, and I CANNOT WAIT for you all to feast your brains 🧠 on what's coming. This is gunna be wild. Thank you, beloved nerds, and please enjoy!!!
I started watching, Made it halfway through, and suddenly remembered: Wait, I'm already subscribed to DropOut.. Imma go watch it over there.. Loving it so far..
Brennan has officially inspired me to become a dm for a couple friends of mine! I love how much creative freedom he allows. I've had some pretty boring dms and it sucks!
I love this spaceship full of enthusiastic bozos so much ❤️ Me yelling excitedly at my TV every episode so far! Dropout has always been so worth it, and somehow, more and more worth it with every season. Amazing work Brennan, Intrepid Heroes, and crew!
Fantasy high has been my favorite Dimention 20 series from the beginning, but I have a feeling this one may top it. I'm so excited to see where this season goes :)
For the last like, six months or something, I hunted down the Starstruck comics, as they were recommended to me by other comic book enthusiasts (I'd just been binging on Moebius) and so I dug into them. Then, literally as this campaign was announced, I read the last issue of one of the more recent series (the 2009 or something, I think), and there was Brennan's face in it! And then I google, and it turns out his mother is the creator of the Starstruck play and comics! And THEN I find out Dimension 20 is doing a Starstruck-themed campaign. Super weird and cool.
I love that their space ship looks like a hot dog. And that ceo didn't know what he was talking about, the multi tool is great, so long as the interface is practical. Is it as good as a single tool? Not for big jobs, but it's very handy for many small jobs. Considering they're trying to combine a pleasure bot, with a bodyguard, gun hands might be a problem though.
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Just note that we are not planning on uploading the rest of the season for free to TH-cam right now! But you can get every episode of A Starstruck Odyssey (and every Adventuring Party talkback) by signing up for Dropout at the low price of $6 / month! That's, like, the price of a just okay sandwich.
"Reality Is Often Disappointing." -purple geologist
As someone on dropout right now, absolutely recommend getting it just for this series. Just such a fun season so far (of only two episodes, but still)
6$ for only an okay sandwich? I've gotten great sandwiches for 3 bucks.
When was the last time you guys uploaded an entire season, and not just the premiere to get us to buy Dropout, lol?
@@A10warthoglol Well they're in new York!
Brennan being the son of an author makes so much sense.
Based on his interview with his mom on Dropout, his childhood basically trained him to be a game master.
And specifically of comic books. She was also a stage actor, which also makes perfect sense.
Makes sense why he is so knowledgeable on the lore
It definitely explains a lot. My wife and I were watching this and both audibly said "Ahhh, that makes sense"
It puts so many pieces into place.
Like, honestly, it makes sooooo many links come together.
Holy fuck "I did what you would do" is such a raw line for your clone that murdered your other clones to say, god damn
Yeah, I think they're going to build off of that down the line too
@@KattReen I sure hope so! That HAS to be explained! Like, were the Barrys actually villains the whole time without even realizing it or something?
@@MenachemSchmuel I had the same thought. That they (or at least Barry 6) didn't know. Or maybe there was something wrong with the clones and they can explode at any time so it's better to kill them than to let them explode and possibly kill a lot of people around them
@@zuzanabartekova4823 Did somebody say sleeper agent?
I think it’s pretty clear that Barry 9 is Barry 6’s evil twin. The inverted numbers feel like the perfect set up for some clone-nemesis drama.
Absolutely obsessed with Brennan’s reprisal of his role as “distressed, screaming CEO”
As well as Murph's reprisal from his Jake and Amir days as the office muscle
@@XmungaM next notch
..Who gets decimated by a grenade
What show/podcast had his first CEO role?
@Comrade Question
the ceo series on, ceo of tumblr of Or Oreo or Mubie or Venmo
1. This season so far, is as if Emily Axford possessed each Intrepid Hero,
2. Brennan really won Mother’s Day, forever, with this season
All their laptops probably have a wallpaper that reads "What Would Emily Axford Do"
Honestly there's been something with the return to the dome that's gotten into every cast, it's gone absolutely feral and I am HERE for it.
Emily feels like she was born to be apart of this world, I would bet hard money she not only researched the comics but became an obsessive fan over them.
She has always been one of my favourites at any table, but this season she was on a whole other level! I've never seen someone constantly keeping Brennan on his toes like that, finding things and making choices that no one else would. She straight up become OP by half-way through
I love how Zac only has two mods:
1. A loveable clueless himbo
2. "I'm surrounded by idiots"
And I live to see him play these opposites!
Well.. I’d say don’t get attached lol
You're luckier than you realize.
He’s either I hate these idiots or I am the idiot
Nobody tell her
We meet his real character in episode 2 now on dropout, $6 that's like the price of an OK sandwitch. Not hunna day anything else but it's awsome
Greatest words ever spoken in succession: "Also the author of... me! Her son, Brennan lee Mulligan! Mom-- thanks for the galaxy!"
It has the Game Changer energy of "Your host for the night... ...ME! I was here all along!"
“Mom- thanks for the galaxy!” Legit made me tear up
Thanks for the galaxy sounds so sweet Im tearing up a little
Followed closely by “ANDROIDS AND STEROIDS”
Gunner's "you rent your ability to live" reality is just TOO realistic
It’s weird cause everyone sort of rents their ability to live. Food, housing, healthcare all cost money.
@@DeathnoteBB That's capitalism baby! And like Brennan said, Starstruck is a warning!
I still get horrified when I hear the part of his backstory that has a smash-cut of him watching his own guts fly out into space.
Isn’t he rich?
@@rmp1188 He fled his home. His parents may be rich, but they are probably searching for him. That or they cut him off, but that's highly unlikely.
I love that every other character that Murph plays is like, a nerdy goblin kid, a literal subway rat, a grotesque frog man, et cetera, and then in this campaign he is the handsomest strongest coolest dude in the galaxy and I love that for him
To me Murph's only consistent character trait is that he always plays someone who "doesn't quite get it"
Long hair Murph is truly his final form
Who gave this man such power
It was his first form when he got hired!
He was in his final form all along
BARRY!!
murph's final form will be when he gets a terry silver pony tair
The human connection of Brennan running a game in the universe created by his mother Elaine is fascinating and encouraging.
More like nepotism incarnate but...you know, you do you.
@@JM-mh1pp who shat in your cereal?
@@JM-mh1pp you believe there was some incredible power or influence a comic book author had? brennan grew up poor, man, he lucked out with D20. what nepotism
@@JM-mh1pp oh shush, the living author of a work can do what they please with it, and sharing your craft and works with your children is fundamentally human.
@@JM-mh1pp It's a loose collaboration between mother and son. Kinda like when I ask my mom if she can give me a recipe to cook for others; of which nepotism would be my mom only giving the recipe to me so that I succeed where I couldn't without the recipe.
Riva getting suckered into a pyramid scheme is really funny
"What do you make them out of?" is such an amazing line that did NOT get the reaction it deserved from the cast!
@@OfficialPizza I'm almost certain that Riva was trying to figure out what the nun makes her own time out of, slime, but that just slid right on over that nun's head.
And Riva crying when Skipper berated the party after they tried their damndest to save his damn ship is heartbreaking and made me hate the pre slug Skipper.
@@deathbykonami5487 isn't that the point?
@@ladykoiwolfe Riva uses they/them pronouns
“I’d cry if it wasn’t expensive” is fucking cold. Loving this new season
Superbe.Lolz.e,
riva being in a constant state of 👁v👁 in character is hysterical, especially when siobhan goes from casual watching to just. EYES
Siobhan's joke about "what do you make your own hours from?" Is so funny to me. It caught me so off guard and is the best response
I love how Ally’s characters usually becomes OP just from their sheer creative capacity. That was kinda the point with Pete but like Kristen Applebee’s and now this character are just so powerful because of Ally’s mind and how they play them.
Doesn't help that Ally usually is also the luckiest one when it comes to dice rolls (just remembering kristen's nat20 makes me laugh)
it's actually just that ally is the most powerful player of all time
@@Jolie991 Ally cannot be contained
Liam absolutely kicked ass as well
i absolutely adore this happenstance ABSOLUTELY
Barry is the best version of the classic meat head character I have seen in a long time. His backstory had me in tears.
Zac’s face telling the business man that he can do something that is not within the realm of possibility is so accurate to working in costumer service.
I love how Lou's character in Fantasy High was such a daddy's boy, and now he's playing a character with 2 dads
Twice the Papá
As soon as Brennan mentioned one of his dads being famous and influential I was already expecting a "papa"
Yes, two, only two
The Seacaster head of family was worth two dads by himself
Lou is collecting dads
emily and murh are just gonna be CRAZY this season. a few minutes in and they are already screaming at the top of their lungs, ANDROIDS AND 'ROIDS BABY!!!!! this is gonna be great lol. also, who let them sit next to each other? the shenanigans that are gonna happen this season-
Also can't wait to see what the gunner channel gets up to
As we all know, screaming means youre funny and interesting right?
@@Nicholasryan17 Why do you feel the need to strawman someone's harmless appreciation for a person at a DnD table?
I LOVE THEM SOOOOOO MUCH THEY'RE SO CHAOTIC AAAA
@@Nicholasryan17 it doesnt but they are funny :)
Can we take a second to appreciate the beautiful hairstyles in this episode? I mean, Ally and Murph switching hairstyles, and Siobhan rocking a darker color!
JUST SO GOOD
And honestly I've never seen Lou with bad hair. That man just doesn't do bad hair. He looks amazing as usual!
Yes Ally looks like a Russian mobster that let himself go, so stunning so brave.
I literally come back to this season from time to time just to _experience_ Siobhan and Murph's hair
"We were swimming where we shouldn't have been." Beautiful.
Imagine getting honorably discharged from the air force and leaving with "I'M GONNA MAKE MY OWN AIR FORCE" 😂
With blackjack and strippers
He's just that one guy that built a MiG 23 out of like four different wrecked MiG 23s and said "fuck it ace combat is real now"
"This database can interface but can also devastate" is probably one of the best lines ever written in history
Riva has my entire heart. I love them. Why does Siobhan create such precious characters?
I think the only Siobhan character I didn't like at the start was Ruby from ACOC. But then the major twist happened, and she went from "oh I'm just happy to tag along with my twin sister" to the emotional core of the show. Like _dayumn_ she can act.
Siobhan reminds me a lot of my Grandma. There, I said it.
1:03:23 I forgot how good of an actor Zac is, I was half convinced he was having a breakdown irl. Just seeing him and Brendann work off each other is amazing
Same, props to him and Brendann for bringing so much good imrpov to their characters🤌🤌
*Brennan :)
Really excited to see Zach play a character with a completely different personality from what we’ve seen before and I’m really enjoying it.
Lmao you've got to get dropout
Just you wait till episode 2
Please get on dropout now... I need to read your response after watching ep 2
@@collegeguy12gm "My name is.. Norman... Takamori..."
@@L3raje "Carry me... Pick me up... put me on the ship"
The fact that Brennan's mom is a comic book writer explains soooo much about Brennan and his story telling ability
“no thankee you insuranceeee”
immediate cut to
“your intestines are floating in space”
I want a compilation of every time Brennan has described a pyramid scheme in D20
I love that Siobhan chose a (what sounds like to me) South Yorkshire north Lincolnshire accent for her character, rarely get that in any media especially American and I’m just reminded of my Nan whenever she talks in character, thank you for the inclusion you beautiful human
I love how Zac looks exactly the same as he did three years ago, man is an immovable tower
Meanwhile, Murph has completely transmogrified.
@@elbruces Murph is getting younger
@@androgenius_alisa Murph is actually shifting into Matt Mercer. Soon, they’ll be completely indistinguishable
@@notjohnbruno1522Matt Murpher
I bought a subscription to Drop Out because of Dimension 20's and Brennan's DMing. I've been listening to this series while i work and MY GOD!! It is some of the best comedy/action adventure i've ever had the pleasure of listening to. The ball is always rolling up hill!! This backstory intro to the characters is an amazing way to introduce the series!
Omg I did the same exact thing! I love Brennan’s storytelling as a DM, combining brilliant comedy with such raw and chaotic moments from the whole cast. I also listen to it while I work and it’s the best thing ever!
Same here. Brennan's ability to weave a hilarious story out of basically thin air is 100% of the reason I subscribed.
I cannot stop laughing about “that made it in? ‘Fuck erotic Anne’ made it into the final? That’s slam dunk slander right there!”
You should totally do some animations for this, it’d be so good
"Mom, thanks for the galaxy" sounds very badass
Zac is just on some next level shit this season
It gets better with his character
@@corbincobb943 oh i know ;) my comment is as much for the algorithm and to encourage people check out dropout as it is for just this episode
Episode 1: "My name is Norman Takamori!"
Episode 2:
M̴̥̏y̴̓ͅ ̸̱̿N̸͖̅ă̸̹m̴̟͝e̶̹̋ ̴͈͘ǐ̷͖s̷̠̈ ̵̰̌N̸̦̈ò̶̳r̴̻̂m̶̢͆ạ̵͛n̴̔ͅ ̵̣̊T̷̘͐a̸̢̛ḱ̶͕a̶̧̔m̶͚̎ŏ̸͙r̵̫̈́i̸̦̊
His face acting at @1:03:22 blew my mind
dude dropouts marketing team dont need to work anymore, yall fellow subscribers are working HARD 😭😭
My favourite part, character backstory flashbacks:
10:10 - 14:51 Disillusion of a soldier (captain Skipper by Zac Oyama).
21:43 - 25:27 Innocence remains (communications officer Riva by Siobhan Thompson)
28:53 - 36:18 Freedom to falter (gunner Sundry Sidney by Emily Axford)
38:00 - 44:06 One of a kind (gunner Big Barry Syx by Brian Murphy)
48:42 - 59:47 Stuck in a box (engineer Gunnie by Lou Wilson)
1:14:38 - 1:16:24 Platinum prison (executive Margaret Encino by Ally Beardsley)
The last one is a bit harder to define because there is a lot of “present backstory” throught her turns
Love these section titles
So very good.
Only 2 episodes out and this show has already given me so much inspiration for my space themed dnd campaign, truly wonderful
Same here
Two episodes? Is the second already on dropout?
@@amandapollak yes with the third reading tomorrow
Fourth in two ish days
SAME this literally has inspired me to make a sci-fi/cyberpunk themed campaign
is nobody going to mention the first 3 rolls being nat 1s, thats legendary, what does it mean
It means the ball can only roll up the hill at this point
@@Mr.Bubbles42 Roll that ball.... UP THE HILL
Nothing
@@margar9021 Poor Riz
It means the ball is rolling..... Uuuuuppp the hill
Three Nat Ones in under five minutes. Like it blows my mind each time I watch it. What a beautiful perfect introduction to the world of Starstruck. We see exactly the universe we are in instantaneously and how it isn’t a kind one. What a ride this will be!
I love how Brennan has developed a more cinematic narrating style, really makes it feel like a movie or cutscene
I love so many things about this episode, but damn, the dialogue is top notch! There are few pauses for thought, everyone has a very distinct voice that informs their character, the interactions flow really well, it's just so good!
Also, not to spoil episode 2, but the characters are really (and I mean *REALLY*) fluid and the cold, harsh reality of the world's economy gives the whole season a thick layer of tension we haven't really had in D20, except maybe with Kalina.
truly Gunnie’s financial situation causes a real life pit in my stomach. Elaine really created the perfect extreme capitalist hellscape for her son to go buckwild in
Kalina is maybe one of the most terrifying villains I have ever seen, and I can already feel that level of terror welling within me on episode 2 of this season
AAAAAAAAAAA AAAA AAA AAAA AAAAA IM EXCITED TO WATCH THE REST
Glad to see the non-Dropout folks get a taste of this absolutely insane campaign.
Brennan briefly reprising his role as angry CEO makes me so happy. And the fact his mom is a sci fi author explains so much.
Sundry Sidney's character introduction will go down in Dropout history as, perhaps, the greatest of all time. Emily is just an absolute peach blast of delight and Brennan definitely had so much fun with that scene.
I can’t help but laugh at Brennan’s revival of the “blank CEO” character from college humor in the Sundry Sydney boardroom scene 😂 i just hecking love everything this man does, can’t wait for the rest of the season 💜
“You rent your ability to live” most accurate statement for anyone living with a disability ever
I love how one of Brennan's "CEO's of..." somehow made it into a Dimension 20. Fantastic.
For those of you who are on the fence about this series, I can assure you that episode two is even better. I know it's based off something else but episode two just gives off so many Cowboy Bebop/Firefly vibes. Zac's metamorphosis at the beginning of the next episode is something I would not have ever expected and is so genius because of it. Pretty sure they offer a two week trial so you could wait for the series to wrap up and binge it all in that time frame (not that I would recommend that).
I'm imagining Brennan growing up reading his mom's comics and it's the cutest thing ever and also explains so much about Brennan
That gunny backstory, the music, the questioning of life goals... That was just beautiful
Watching this again on youtube bc why the hell not, this season is only 2 episodes in and it’s so much fun chaos. In case anyones on the fence - highly recommend dropout to watch this live ! And also for all the other wonderful seasons they haven’t uploaded on youtube yet.
barry 6 vs
barry 9.
i love this simple but effective joke.
Nice
Oh god...
For a price of a generous amount of pleasure putty you can purchase dropout for $6/month and feel like your own boss with bosses that feel like their own boss as well.
Preliminary timestamps
0:01 animated intro
0:39 welcome, 1:09 covid safeties, 1:26 new setting, 1:47 noted author, 2:08 astrology & weaknesses, 2:33 Starstruck universe
2:52 Anarch era, 3:42 initiative; 3 nat ones, 5:08 on the bridge, 5:27 Norman the skipper Takamori stats & intro, 5:46 armada of ‘roid removers, 16:05 18 shield points, 6:26 Takamori’s appearance, 6:57 Riva stats & intro, 7:56 incoming message, 8:28 Capt.Jan Dela Vega,
9:53 Needles
10:12 flashback in Amercadia, 10:47 Norm’s thoughts, 11:18 for outstanding service, 12:21 A couple years later, 14:02 the Red Hot,
14:48 Evasive maneuvers, 15:10 talespire, herospire & sw5e shoutout, 15:50 250 ft, 16:30 scan check, 17:00 dash & ‘Roid reactions, 17:49 maneuver checks, 20:12 Brennan’s fault, 20:56 avoiding a asteroid
21:33 Aguatunisia, 21:53 Cool water & Rising bubbles, 22:53 Sister Mildred & Pleasure putty, 23:48 quantum state of bossness, 24:57 her own boss,
25:30 dual gunning stations, 25:44 Big Barry Syx stats & intro, 26:07 Sundry Sidney stats & intro, 25:51 3,200 ft 27:15 androids & steroids! 27:51 ricochet, 28:21 absolute desolation,
28:53 corporate boardroom, 29:22 Sundry Sidney commercial, 29:55 Boardroom, 30:27 Sidney’s natural state, 30:44 Direct slander, 31:38 next slide, 32:19 Dr Edwina, Swiss army is trash, 33:23 tell me why, 34:01 aspirational, 34:39 your coffee guy, 35:02 melt it down for parts, 35:29 insight check, 35:51 interface & devastate, 36:32 Its your shot!
36:40 Precision shot, 37:31 almost got one, 38:01 emerge from goo, 38:55 locker room, 39:31 Dr Barry Bohunk, 40:10 why the Barry Battalion 41:16 A team smash cuts, 42:03 Fantanima land, 42:46 amusement park, 43:05 it starts, 44:07 like a Pokémon,
44:16 Gunnie stats & intro, 44:54 shark? 45:26 handy Annie, 45:59 reactor chamber, 46:25 talking with the skipper, 46:52 boost engines or jump, 47:35 navcoms, 47:55 scribbling, 48:44 university auditorium, 49:19 Prof Dora, 50:29 getting out of here? 51:56 real mathematics, 52:32 Prof Erwin & Prof Jeffry Miggles, 53:31 sabbatical, 54:01 Capt. Dan Scrap, 54:47 a good telling to, 55:42 Spacer guild insurance, 56:55 intestines are floating.. 57:45 out of pocket cost, 58:16 full traction, 59:16 have to let you go, 59:47 cost per breath, 1:00:11 repayment organization,
1:00:34 boost engine check, 1:01:03 repayment message & Astronav checks,
1:02:10 ‘roid removers crit, 1:02:42 Raymond Zam, 1:03:44 swim in circles, 1:03:57 ‘roid squadron movement, 1:04:07 4 miss, 1:05:05 lady pike needs a better signal, 1:05:39 Red Hot str save, 1:06:14 jammed coms attempt,
1:07:07 Margaret stats, 1:08:21 renting space, 1:08:53, 1:09:15 hack communications, 1:09:50 Margaret on coms, 1:10:50 600 ft EMP, 1:12:06 Luciene Rex, 1:12:46 Rubien V, 1:14:08 leaking on reddit,
1:14:39 flashback, 1:15:03 the promise, 1:16:24 conference call, 1:16:59 congratulations in order, 1:17:39 Natalio Bajar,
1:19:49 shield & hull points,
1:20:54 Quickened push/pull, 1:22:12 disengage, 1:22:58 boost engines, 1:24:18 Astronav check, 1:25:18 hull repair, 1:26:04 crit distracting dice, 1:27:26 precision shot, 1:28:38 50 year old reflection, 1:29:40 gunning it, box of doom, 1:31:07 hacked communications,
1:33:32 ‘Roid removers & the Lady Pike, 1:35:01 Incoming missiles, box of doom, 1:37:15 doesn’t work like that,
1:37:39 dump the crates? 1:38:16 hologram,
1:39:37 15 crates, 1:40:56 1 crate,
1:41:46 out of combat, 1:42:05 Raymond Zam, 1:42:50 Takamori let’s the crew have it, 1:44:07 the final crate
Holy shit how did you timestamp every sentence this is so helpful thx!
Give this person a goddam dropout sub for free
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This definitely deserves more appreciation!
I love how much this group obviously cares about eachother.
I'm always going to be there for more Starstruck. It has been a close companion for the last fourty years. Probably the most important piece of media I have devoured. Still regret I was too slow to get to see the play. Thanks for boosting the Zazzle site, my old shirt is long lost to time and finding Starstruck merch has been hard. Thanks for generating more material in my favorite universe.
Seeing Ally post transition brings joy to my heart. So happy to see them being their true self
I hope Captain Dan Scrap makes another appearance. One of the most hilarious NPC's I've ever seen. He definitely has a 20 charisma.
Holy hell, most of these characters have 20 intelligence
As a D&D player, I've never witnessed this before
The fact the Elaine Lee is Brennan's mom makes so much sense! It explains so much about him
0:00 start
6:30 Zac character intro
7:08 Siobhan character intro
10:11 Norman flashback
20:10 Brennan made the ship
21:38 Riva flashback
25:35 Murph and Emily character intro
28:55 Sidney flashback
30:00 Return of CEO Brennan
35:45 Everyone in the room is in danger
38:07 Barry Syx flashback
44:20 Lou character intro
44:52 Shark discourse
48:45 Gunnie flashback
1:03:08 Please be quiet during the quarterly
1:07:07 Ally character intro
1:09:19 Margaret is the only competent one on the ship
1:12:45 beginning of monarch discourse
1:14:40 Margaret flashback
I still can't believe how GREAT episode 1 of this arc is and then episode 2 HAD ME CRY TEARS OF LAUGHTER AND WAS EVEN BETTER 😂😂
I've watched/listened to almost every season of dimension 20 and I have to say Dropout is COMPLETELY worth it I know we're all sick of streaming services but I do really recommend this one. A Starstruck Odyssey is so joyous and funny and hopeful and amazing, the combination of Elaine's world building, Brennan's dming, and the whole cast just firing on all cylinders the ball just keeps rolling up and every episode gets better and better
The opening has powerful Cowboy Bebop energy in the best way possible
Yeah, with a dash of Firefly and Guardians of the Galaxy as well.
Remember the filler episode of Bebop where they get attacked by the alien parasite because they never cleaned out the fridge? That's basically the ending right there. I laughed my ass off.
I literally paused to look at the character designs for like five minutes they’re so good I can’t wait to see them in action
Brennan's natural ability to pull you into every scenario he imagines is legendary.
Brennan is like any other dm nerd really, but where they have an 8 charisma, he's sitting at an easy 25
lol
And that's without adding his bonuses.
Also Int 18 for all the weird encyclopedia knowledge
8 charisma if we're lucky; he's 25 on his worst day.
I'm just in love with Sidney's accent. Emily, what are you doing to my poor little heart?
Anyone else love that tiny opening animation change on episode three? Love this new ultra chaotic gang of characters, like everyone’s playing season one Fig
These characters are GEMS. This might finally be the series to get me to buy Dropout
Literally only started watching 4 days ago as a means to learn to DM but have already consumed somewhere in the region of 25 hours of campaigns. Brennan you are a gift to the D&D community
I love that Brennan got to use his CEO breaking down voice on dimension 20.
I haven't seen the season yet, but I've seen some clips, and I really like the idea of Lou's character going from "I've never been arrested, but I did get a stern talking to once for swimming where I wasn't supposed to" to wearing sunglasses and screaming "THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS" while happily swindling 4 random people out of all their money xD
For those hesitant to still get dropout. I assure you, THIS is worth it. No spoilers, but if you enjoy a rag tag group who successfully fk over a DM SOOOOO many times while still having a captivating setting and intriguing story- this. This is it. Kudos. I plead eagerly they spin this off as much as Fantasy High was.
They take more BIG swings in this season than all other DnD shows combined 😂 I love it
Operation Slippery Puppet!
Wow. Wow. Wow. Best season of d20. I love this group of intergalactic bozos.
Brennan just couldn't pass up the opportunity to play a disappointed ceo once again...
Love how Ally's voice is breaking when they laugh, congrats mate!
This is such a great way to start a campaign. Right into the action but still with time to explain everyone's backstory and motivation.
These main characters are incredible, and the fact Brennan is able to make the countless he plays feel just as fleshed out is iconic.
Love this crew -- and the fun they're having is mad infectious. I realized 8 mins in that I'd been smiling the whole time.
Brennan is a phenomenal and multi talented GM. Bravo to him, the players, and the production crew.
Came from watching on Dropout to comment that I love the energy of the Intrepid Heroes in this season! So cool to be in such a crunchy sci-fi universe + touched by Brennan DMing a game in his mom's universe. The talkback/Adventuring Party on Dropout are killer too. Thanks for making this and putting it out into the world--can't wait to watch the new episode released today!
Just finished the Deadeye arc of naddpod. Handy Annie warms my heart.
I love ally so much and I love that we got to see the transformations they have gone thru from fantasy high, the unsleeping city, and everything else to lead to this and its amazing
🚀✨👽IT'S FINALLY TIME!!! Folks, once again, I've had the distinct honour of working alongside Rick Perry and Katie McGeorge to create D20's TaleSpire battlemaps for you! WOOT! Now I get to watch it as a fan, and I CANNOT WAIT for you all to feast your brains 🧠 on what's coming. This is gunna be wild. Thank you, beloved nerds, and please enjoy!!!
I started watching, Made it halfway through, and suddenly remembered: Wait, I'm already subscribed to DropOut.. Imma go watch it over there..
Loving it so far..
Brennan has officially inspired me to become a dm for a couple friends of mine! I love how much creative freedom he allows. I've had some pretty boring dms and it sucks!
The pleasure putty MLM had me and Emily BOTH dying, oh nooooo Riva
I love this spaceship full of enthusiastic bozos so much ❤️ Me yelling excitedly at my TV every episode so far! Dropout has always been so worth it, and somehow, more and more worth it with every season. Amazing work Brennan, Intrepid Heroes, and crew!
"No thank you insurance
"Your intestines are floating in space" 💀💀💀💀💀
Fantasy high has been my favorite Dimention 20 series from the beginning, but I have a feeling this one may top it. I'm so excited to see where this season goes :)
For the last like, six months or something, I hunted down the Starstruck comics, as they were recommended to me by other comic book enthusiasts (I'd just been binging on Moebius) and so I dug into them. Then, literally as this campaign was announced, I read the last issue of one of the more recent series (the 2009 or something, I think), and there was Brennan's face in it! And then I google, and it turns out his mother is the creator of the Starstruck play and comics! And THEN I find out Dimension 20 is doing a Starstruck-themed campaign. Super weird and cool.
When I couldn't read Lou's pc name quick enough in the titles, I immediately knew it was gonna be a wild ride.
What an incredible session 0.
The man is a story telling wizard.
Of the greatest magic of all.
I would 1000% watch a game show where celebrities dip themselves in paint and you have to decide which celebrity is under the paint.
THREE NAT 1S
AMAZING HAIR
HOTDOG SPACESHIP
IM SO HYPED RN
I can't believe more people haven't commented on the incredible artwork! Does a lot for the tone-setting.
"I found myself rapidly leaving my state of arousal."
00:29:00 my absolute favorite moment out of Dimension 20 which has me seriously considering getting a Dropout subscription
I love that their space ship looks like a hot dog. And that ceo didn't know what he was talking about, the multi tool is great, so long as the interface is practical. Is it as good as a single tool? Not for big jobs, but it's very handy for many small jobs. Considering they're trying to combine a pleasure bot, with a bodyguard, gun hands might be a problem though.