The Beauty of Web Entertainment
They say that TV is dead. Webisodes are in. Should we be happy? I think so.
The internet has given immense power to individuals who don’t have a lot of resources. Many of these people have talent. And thus the web serves as a great medium to share their creativity with the world.
This is pretty cool for the rest of us. Through the internet, we have fresh, original and innovative entertainment right at our fingertips.
You have to keep in mind that television networks and big entertainment companies will invest money into projects that will reap profits. Many times, they will consider what has done well in the past. And this is why there are shows, movies etc. that are similar to what has already been done.
Examples
- The success of Twilight has yielded a new vampire show, The Vampire Diaries
- The Golden Compass was dubbed “the new Lord of the Rings”
- The glory of 80s nostalgia like GI Joe, Transformers, Menudo, Land of the Lost etc. has experienced recent reincarnations of these pop culture icons.
Sometimes these comparative projects are cool. And sometimes they seem really contrived. But on the level of numbers, logic and projections, they make sense for producers.
I was really surprised that IKEA sponsored the Easy to Assemble series. It’s quite original and unlike anything that has been done before. But as I had mentioned in my other post, IKEA is successful because they do so much that is outside the box.
After watching Easy to Assemble and its spinoff, Sparhussen I discovered some hot spots for discovering other cool web shows.
- Tubefilter
- Funnyordie.com
- Mydamnchannel
- Koldcast
- Offbeatenough.com
- Zug.com
- Eguiders
- Tilzy
- Webcastr
- Mishmashmag.com
- Blissfulidiots
- Webseriesmagazine.com
- Failblog.org
- Strike.tv
- Crackle.com
- Newteevee
So little time, but so much to see! Hooray for new frontiers! With that said, here is a funny clip of Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
