Comments on: Coastal Dreams is a Nightmare

By: Toi Ford

Toi Ford — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:10:03 +0000

I don’t understand where the criticism is coming from. I like this show as do others as is evidenced by the comments. I find it entertaining and easy to watch — no annoying jiggly amateurish camera shots. The only thing I would advise them to change is that awful voice over in the beginning. They almost lost me. I am glad I gave it a chance. I plan to continue watching it. Keep them coming NBC.

By: quiksilver

quiksilver — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:29:36 +0000

I love this show !!

By: Brenda

Brenda — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:39:57 +0000

The only thing I don’t like about the show is that the episodes are only 2 minutes long.They should be an hour long show.I’m very disapointed.

By: zed

zed — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:09:35 +0000

interesting thread. yes, there is a hip/bogus attitude that seems to permeate some discussions about what makes good internet television. the wonder and beauty of internet television is that there can be a wide range of styles and niche content, right? room for everyone, even the big guys and sappy soaps. the folks over at tilzy provide more balanced critique and cover a much wider range of content, maybe newteevee should broaden its horizons a notch?

By: marta

marta — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:45:15 +0000

hmm? has a point. I don’t know anything about tv production. All I know is that I enjoyed what I saw and I will watch again. There’s a good story and Coastal Dreams is right up my alley. Way to go NBC.com.

By: hmmm?

hmmm? — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:39:06 +0000

Clearly, there is becoming a “Bay Area” Production style for internet television that essentially glamorizes poor production quality in favor of less than competent writing, direction and production — and, Mr. Albrecht is an evangelizer of such “Bay Area” who-cares-if-it’s-in-focus style.

That doesn’t mean that productions which undertake story structure and even know how to light a Set are bad — it just means that Mr. Albrecht prefers the garage band approach. Garage bands are cool, but, the masses don’t get up and dance to it. Let’s see how Middle America (and other parts of the Universe outside of SF) react.

Oh, I have nothing to do with COASTAL DREAMS. It looks light and silly, but, infinitely more watchable than the bogusness and pretentiousness of the “faves” of newteevee. I highly recommend one cross-country bus ticket for Mr. Albrecht, 7-days on the road can bring perspective and an appreciation for why hope and dream stories work.

By: Chris Albrecht

Chris Albrecht — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:32:32 +0000

Marta,

I realize that I might not be their target demo, but it seemed like the show couldn’t make up its mind whether it wanted to be a soap opera or Saved by the Bell.

And Ricardo,

If the company launching it was a small startup or indie production company, I would cut them some slack. But NBC has been in the production business for years and has deep pockets, I think its fair for me to have higher expectations of them.

By: DCSmitty

DCSmitty — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:59:39 +0000

Coastal Dreams should (quite literally) be washed over by a tsunami… then it just might become interesting. Then pick up some sponsors like Quiksilver instead of StayFree and now you’re onto something.

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:30:31 +0000

Dude, give ‘em a break. Like Marta I work in the internet/film biz and making this stuff ain’t easy. You cite Lonely Girl and Prom Queen as great examples. Did you see Prom Queen’s first episode. The girl was lying in the yard with her video camera. Made me want to come back. Not really. At least Coastal set things up. I do agree they should’ve preemed with two eps to give us more of the mystery, and maybe they should have put together a “this season on Coastal Dreams reel” but if you saw the trailer you’ll realize there’s a lot more to come with the mystery than you realize…

By: sote

sote — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:17:34 +0000

Please can you open this website for me

By: Marta

Marta — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:20:22 +0000

I disagree. Clearly you don’t watch daytime TV. I’m the demo they’re going after and I was hooked. The web site was pleasing to the eye and informative. Yeah, it’s fluff and that’s the point. I work for an internet company and during my lunch break, this is just the kind of entertainment I’m looking for. Lonely girl was a mess and Prom Queen was okay, but give it a few eps and I bet there’s going to be more of a mystery than the stalker ex. For reference log onto YouTube and check out the trailer.