A Tragedy of Errors

[hyemew]

Sometimes I think back to last summer, of Daniel and Bree sitting on the floor talking about cavemen, of hikes in the woods..

And then I look at the digitized Bree-face that stares back at us blankly and coldly from the mid-video screen capture of the latest video The Human Ransom..

and I cry.

[milowent]

well at least she hasn't shown her alien side yet.

[Smashing]

nice, Milo.
To sum up my feelings at this point, this whole thing was/is an interesting, fun experiment in a lot of different ways. Some of the experiments succeeded, some failed.

In my opinion they are as follows:

• The "fake-vlog" style: success.
• The hoax: success
• Media attention: huge success
• Realism: success at first, then failure.
• Fan art and response videos: success.
• Interactivity with the characters: failure, but I never asked for it anyway.
• Interactivity with the Creators: success, but I never asked for it anyway.
• Foreshadowing and suspense: success.
• Resolution: failure.
• Acting: success. (The acting ability of those who play Gemma and Jonas is questioned by some, but I like it just fine.)
• Writing/Directing: success at first, then mixed results.
• Editing: success
• Releasing a drama in two minute segments: failure. I think this is the biggest problem with the whole endeavor. It's like releasing Harry Potter two pages at a time. It works with the vlog style, not so much with a drama. Some people are okay with it, but damn it takes patience, and I think this is where they lost a lot of their audience.
• Giving each character their own channel: I liked the realism, but ultimately it was a failure.
• Creating "optional" characters and storylines: failure, when it turned out they weren't optional except in the sense that everything about LG is "optional."
• Message board communities: big success.

[slainte]

Hymew maybe this "signature of one of the riff-raff over at the forum might help (a girl)

"I don't cry anymore, I just beat people up, it's more fun that way. Until someone gets hurt... Then it's just hilarious!"