The Guild is a much simpler webisode that began with a budget of $50.00! THAT'S IT! Each episode is about two or three minutes which is totally convenient given how sporadic I tend to get on the internet with Facebook et al. Felicia Day (who also stars in Dr. Horrible) is the principal of the show and is highly entertaining. Basically the show is about a group of people who have developed a sort of ambient intimacy - an intimacy establish online without ever truly witnessing each other in the flesh. Anyways, the plot line involves one member of the group actually meeting up with another in person and all the creepy/hilarious things that happen afterwords. It's a show about internet nerds/geeks who spend their lives playing computer games. Felicia Day sort of makes a mockery out of these types of people not because of their interests but rather because they invest their entire lives in it thus (in my opinion) taking away from aspects of life (socializing FO REALLL) everyone should experience.
Here is the link to that webisode if you're interested:http://www.youtube.com/user/watchtheguild
Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog stars one of my favorite people: Neil Patrick Harris. I love him. He is absolutely hilarious in this series of webisodes which ran on a much higher budget than The Guild. The production values are better, the settings are more expansive, the technology more innovative, etc. Anyways, the story is basically about Dr. Horrible (Harris) and his desire to take over the world. He is a rather clumsy fellow which makes for impeccable entertainment. There are also elements of classic American story lines like: the guy can't get the girl, the bully that picks on the underdog, adolescence, etc. This episodes are much longer so do save time for that. Definitely worth a look though as I thoroughly enjoyed it. Here's the link: http://www.drhorrible.com/
AND ALL THIS SHIT IS FREEEEEEE!!!
The Guild and Dr Horrible is awesome because its free, but the novelty of that has disintegrated when ABC.Com and other stations started streaming episodes for free. It's still awesome to get them for no monetary charge, but the advertisers are paying for it and we, the audience, are telling those large powerhouse companies that we can be bought (by paying for our episodes). Just a thought!
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I didn't realize that The Guild started with $50, but that makes it way better. I can definitely appreciate that. The best part of these webisodes for me are that they are short, it makes them easy and quick to watch, but still be entertained.
ReplyDeleteYay free entertainment! Power to the people who refuse to pay for cable. I think that because its on a free medium, Dr. Horrible and the Guild can afford to be as quirky as possible because there are no advertisers to appease. We need more free media so that people can be as creative as possible.
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