tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754228927937283278.post7604660331906810618..comments2024-03-27T21:54:31.247-07:00Comments on Web Series Today: Re: RedEarth88.commodelmotionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12005411582406219607noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754228927937283278.post-43999378828406455492008-02-20T07:38:00.000-08:002008-02-20T07:38:00.000-08:00really, the language they use about the redearth88...really, the language they use about the redearth88 series -- "dramedy," "real life drama," "situational comedy" -- are all smokescreens to make it seem more cutting edge.<BR/><BR/>it is really just emulating the early lg15 style of first person vlogging, with plotline interjections from a mysterious secondary source. <BR/><BR/>just as lg15's humble beginnings featured bree's naive and innocent posts, with cassie and others adding to the mix, so now is redearth's limited modus operandi. this time with rachel and the recycled tachyon.<BR/><BR/>such language, however, does little to cover the fact that not much new has been added to the limited storytelling capabilities of this new medium.<BR/><BR/>unless there is a very strong imaginitive twist added to this series, it is bound to end up parodying itself, as lg15 and kate modern do, by having young people carrying omnipresent hand-helds into the most unlikely, and sometimes ridiculous scenarios, with no one questioning how, or even why, a camera is constantly running.<BR/><BR/>pity, for rachel is an interesting and, for now, well crafted character. i'd like to see such creativity go into expanding the medium in new ways.small printhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06167805010630786107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754228927937283278.post-22494471153592951302008-02-19T22:48:00.000-08:002008-02-19T22:48:00.000-08:00ApotheosisAZ wrote:"The omnipresent IRC identity "...ApotheosisAZ wrote:<BR/><BR/>"The omnipresent IRC identity "midd" seems to have outlived it's usefulness; redearth is not an ARG.<BR/><BR/>Glenn has an alternate identity on the IRC as "glennfm," among other registered accounts. If he no longer needs a curtain, then he also no longer needs a pseudonym. Of course, that is merely my humble observation."<BR/><BR/>http://forum.anchorcove.net/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=814&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&sid=508ad90a17d59bbbb1560d0afc1949d0#p4557<BR/><BR/>So MIDD is Glenn's bot? Is that one of those not-so-closely guarded secrets I somehow missed?QtheChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16218758159201317186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754228927937283278.post-33613362272843752922008-02-19T21:21:00.000-08:002008-02-19T21:21:00.000-08:00Well it seems my rants got a reaction :)Well it seems my rants got a reaction :)robtomorrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10499078282055981872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754228927937283278.post-68255070036392211042008-02-19T20:22:00.000-08:002008-02-19T20:22:00.000-08:00Heh. Jeromy's comment made me giggle. It made Gl...Heh. Jeromy's comment made me giggle. It made Glenn's seem serious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754228927937283278.post-9041798373778082202008-02-19T19:04:00.000-08:002008-02-19T19:04:00.000-08:00Jeromy also commented in that thread, then poofed ...Jeromy also commented in that thread, then poofed back behind the curtain. He's a quick pooferAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com