{"id":11052,"date":"2011-10-13T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T22:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=11052"},"modified":"2011-10-15T09:03:57","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T22:03:57","slug":"last-day-of-morav-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/10\/13\/last-day-of-morav-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Day of MORAV Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I meant to plug this earlier but ran out of time. So this is a flash info-dump. <em>MORAV<\/em> &#8212; the giant robot combat franchise being developed by Fon Davis &#8212; is in its last day on Kickstarter, seeking funding to complete the pilot of the TV series <em>MORAV: Missions<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"video-section\">\n<div data-image=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/ksr\/projects\/49126\/photo-full.jpg?1317188821\" data-video=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/ksr\/projects\/49126\/video-56467-h264_high.mp4\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/ksr\/projects\/49126\/photo-full.jpg?1317188821\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The series is described thus by Davis: &#8220;<em>MORAV: Missions<\/em> plunges you in to the middle of World War III with a giant robot crew and an embedded news correspondent as they fight for survival in a terrifying robotic war.\u00a0 MORAV examines the human condition under the most extreme life and death situations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If that sounds like your cup-of-tea (or coffee or motor oil or whatever beverage you prefer), go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/morav\/morav-missions-live-action-series-pilot\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter site<\/a> and pledge them some money. There&#8217;s plenty of information there to show you what you&#8217;re backing. Frankly, it looks superb.<\/p>\n<p>Davis has already achieved an enormous amount, in terms of background development and franchise building, having completed an excellent graphic novel set in a world caught up in a massive near-future war, with action, drama and giant robots as well as developing many of the robotic stars. Take a look at this appeal video to get an idea of the quality he is aiming for.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/morav\/morav-missions-live-action-series-pilot\/widget\/video.html\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"580px\" height=\"500px\"><\/iframe><\/center>When was the last time we had a full-on, live-action, giant robot war epic on television? Um&#8230;. never? Despite such shows as the excellent and sadly underrated series <em>The Sarah Conner Chronicles<\/em>, I don&#8217;t think anything quite like <em>MORAV<\/em> has ever been on offer. Anime, yes. But live action &#8212; and on an epic scale?<\/p>\n<p>Go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/morav\/morav-missions-live-action-series-pilot\" target=\"_blank\">read about it<\/a> &#8212; and put your money where your enthusiasm is. You&#8217;ve got about 8 hours from&#8230; now!<\/p>\n<p>More details about <em>MORAV<\/em>, the franchise, on <a href=\"http:\/\/robotwarespresso.wordpress.com\/2010\/06\/26\/morav-the-history-of-robotic-warfare\/\" target=\"_blank\">Robot War Espresso<\/a>. I&#8217;ve been meaning to do a piece on the excellent graphic novel, which I&#8217;ve read and thoroughly enjoyed. Must get to that. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> <em>MORAV: Missions<\/em> succeeded in obtaining the funds targeted through KickStarter. Congratulations to Fon Davis and crew! Looks like the giant robot wars really begin now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I meant to plug this earlier but ran out of time. So this is a flash info-dump. MORAV &#8212; the giant robot combat franchise being developed by Fon Davis &#8212; is in its last day on Kickstarter, seeking funding to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/10\/13\/last-day-of-morav-appeal\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[91,3,61,93,65],"tags":[802,800,799,801],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11052"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11052"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11060,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11052\/revisions\/11060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}