Comments on: Dr. Horrible: The Best or Worst Thing to Happen to Web Video?

By: Let’s Talk About The Streamys: For Your Consideration Campaigning « Mrmattenlow.com

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:55:35 +0000

[...] this year is a new ball game, isn’t it? As Chris Albrecht reminded us there hasn’t been a behemoth released this year. There may be a few front-runners, but [...]

By: Thomas Koch

Thomas Koch — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:38:27 +0000

After just watching the mini-series now, I wonder if it’s even a web series at all. While, it’s totally awesome, I don’t think it a web series. I think it’s a pilot. Here is my blog about it:
http://www.bayareafilmmakers.com/is-dr-horrible-a-web-series/

By: Sorry, Whedonistas, No Dollhouse Web Content for You!

Sorry, Whedonistas, No Dollhouse Web Content for You! — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:11:24 +0000

[...] Whedonistas, No Dollhouse Web Content for You! Nerdgod Joss Whedon proved last year with the still-talked-about Dr. Horrible, that he knows how to tell a story for the web. Sadly for Whedonauts looking for more [...]

By: Rant: Rumors of the Death of Web Series Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

Rant: Rumors of the Death of Web Series Have Been Greatly Exaggerated — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:32:56 +0000

[...] the Web Series. It’s a thoughtful look at the current state of web content, one that echoes some recent thoughts from our own Chris Albrecht, but it’s driven by the following sentiment: “It seems to me that we’ve finally [...]

By: Katie Fehrenbacher

Katie Fehrenbacher — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:15:43 +0000

NPH!

By: Eisner: (High-end) Content is King

Eisner: (High-end) Content is King — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:31:07 +0000

[...] words dovetail nicely with a discussion we had in our comments over the weekend about Dr. Horrible’s success. That was a case where ownership of high-end content stood out from all else out there, and created [...]

By: Eric Susch

Eric Susch — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:42:40 +0000

Online video is and will be a lot of things. Dr. Horrible wasn't popular because Joss had a built in fan base. That's only why people discovered it so quickly. It became popular because it was very well done and different.

Personally I've been extremely disappointed in almost everything that I've seen coming out of the "Writer's Strike boom." The VC funded "professional" stuff has actually been the worst - uninteresting, meandering, unfunny dreck. The overall quality of internet programming needs to come up quite a bit before people will gravitate to it on a mass scale.

Still there are bright spots other than Dr. Horrible. The Guild in my mind is probably the best example of a scripted series success, not just because the writing is good but because it services a definable niche. For now I think this is the way to go not just because there is a built in market but more importantly because it's what the internet is good at. TV and other mass media just aren't set up to serve the niche. The internet is. Leo Laporte and (IMHO) our own show at LetsKnit2gether.com are also serving their niche successfully.

By: Baxter

Baxter — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:05:45 +0000

U R Stoopid

By: Brent Friedman

Brent Friedman — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:32:54 +0000

I agree Ned. The bust economy is the white elephant in the room here. When Electric Farm released our first webseries, AFTERWORLD, the revenue prospects for digital media were considerably more diverse. Several years later we have have survived only because we were flexible and able to find new ways to monetize, along with scaling our costs accordingly. Like my partner says when asked about our business model: "Which one -- yesterday's or today's?"

By: Brent Friedman

Brent Friedman — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:27:18 +0000

I'll see your question, Mark, and raise you one: if Dr. Horrible was THAT successful, why the hell is Joss even bothering with television? For none of the grief and what must be at least comparable compensation, the man could start his own online channel and rule the internet. Until JJ Abrams gets his channel...