Re\Visioned: Tomb Raider

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Re/Visioned: Tomb Raider is a ten part animated short series based on the universe created in the Tomb Raider Games.

It was broadcast on the online video game service GameTap from 10 July 2007 onwards. The series consists of various animation and comic book talent's renditions of Lara Croft, presented in the form of animated short films. The series was originally intended to conclude on August 23, 2007, but the final episode aired on November 13, 2007.^[1] English actress Minnie Driver voiced Lara across the entire series.

The animation style of the episodes vary from one episode to another, but the voice actress for Lara Croft, Minnie Driver, is the same in every episode. The series has received criticism concerning the varying animation styles that are seen as somewhat confusing. Also the storylines of the episodes have been considered being rather thin.^[2]

Re\Visioned: Tomb Raider is the first season of the GameTap TV's original animated series, Re\Visioned, which explores and re-imagines well known video game franchises. ^[3]^[4]

All episodes were re-released in 1080p HD video on YouTube on 17 June 2016 as part of the 20 Years of Tomb Raider celebration^[5], including a complete play-list of all ten episodes.

Episodes

Screenshot from the first Episode

Episode 01 Keys to the Kingdom (Part 1)

Original air date: July 10, 2007

Director: Peter Chung

Writer: Peter Chung

Lara Croft in drawn into a web of religious intrigue and assassins when an archaeologist is murdered just as he claims to have discovered a way to bring the dead back to life using an ancient Ankh. Lara soon finds herself in the middle of a war between various religious extremist factions. This arc was classified NC-17 for violence and religious themes.

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Episode 02 Keys to the Kingdom (Part 2)

Original air date: July 11, 2007

Director: Peter Chung

Writer: Peter Chung

The episode continues the storyline of Keys to the Kingdom (Part 1)

Episode 03 Keys to the Kingdom (Part 3)

Original air date: July 12, 2007

Director: Peter Chung

Writer: Peter Chung

The episode continues the storyline of Keys to the Kingdom (Part 1)

Episode 04 Revenge of the Aztec Mummy

Original air date: July 19, 2007

Director: David Álvarez

Writer: Brian Pulido

Hijinks ensue when Lara Croft stumbles upon the resurrection of Moctuzema, an Aztec mummy.

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Episode 05 Angel Spit (Part 1)

Original air date: July 26, 2007

Director: Cully Hamner

Writer: Warren Ellis

Lara Croft ventures to Antarctica in search of a mysterious substance which has the capability to cure any disease. However, records show that the explorers who discovered this substance went insane one by one. Lara eventually discovers that the substance is acutally the amniotic liquid of a menacing species of insectoid creatures.

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Episode 06 Angel Spit (Part 2)

Original air date: July 26, 2007

Director: Cully Hamner

Writer: Warren Ellis

The episode continues the storyline of Angel Spit (Part 1)

Episode 07 Lara Croft: Legacy

Original air date: August 2, 2007

Director: Ivan Reis

Writer: Brian Pulido

Lara Croft's search of an ancient scepter leads her to a Tibetian monastery where she, accompanied by a teenage girl who aspires to be like Lara, must survive an army of half-man/half-beast creatures.

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