I had to watch this short several times because I was assigned to transfer it from VHS to DVD for purposes of preservation, so I thought "screw it, I'll write a review since I know about this short way more than I should".
The animation is a bit choppy at times, but it's alright (keep in mind that this is on VHS and I've not seen it on DVD). The sounds is pretty good, honestly.
So anyways, Magic Trolls and the Troll Warriors is disappointingly not about Internet trolls with magical powers or Internet trolls with warrior helmets, but it is about old-time trolls. It's about a troll princess that sings and makes other trolls happy, which is apparently illegal in troll law (and Internet troll law, for that matter). One of the lesser trolls (who is basically He-Man) wants to rescue the princess and her father who have been imprisoned allegedly for being happy, but He-Man gets 360-no-scoped and tied up. Some bird brings magical eggs to the princess that hatch into tinier trolls and one of them can paint doors to anywhere. Instead of using this awesome power to make a door to the princess's father, they all have an adventure to overthrow the dictatorship of Kim Jong Troll. They do so by making everyone evil laugh, which kills them somehow. And He-Troll gets rescued by the princess, which is pretty cool and very feminist.
The story is pretty original and a good fit for kids, it's never too early to teach them about corrupt dictatorships and how to overthrow them with smiles and laughs (and tickles). I give this short an 8/10. Is real gud.
The animation is a bit choppy at times, but it's alright (keep in mind that this is on VHS and I've not seen it on DVD). The sounds is pretty good, honestly.
So anyways, Magic Trolls and the Troll Warriors is disappointingly not about Internet trolls with magical powers or Internet trolls with warrior helmets, but it is about old-time trolls. It's about a troll princess that sings and makes other trolls happy, which is apparently illegal in troll law (and Internet troll law, for that matter). One of the lesser trolls (who is basically He-Man) wants to rescue the princess and her father who have been imprisoned allegedly for being happy, but He-Man gets 360-no-scoped and tied up. Some bird brings magical eggs to the princess that hatch into tinier trolls and one of them can paint doors to anywhere. Instead of using this awesome power to make a door to the princess's father, they all have an adventure to overthrow the dictatorship of Kim Jong Troll. They do so by making everyone evil laugh, which kills them somehow. And He-Troll gets rescued by the princess, which is pretty cool and very feminist.
The story is pretty original and a good fit for kids, it's never too early to teach them about corrupt dictatorships and how to overthrow them with smiles and laughs (and tickles). I give this short an 8/10. Is real gud.