Webseries: Sync

This is the director's cut of a webseries CorridorDigital (the people who did the Superman With a GoPro video) did for another channel and has now put up - in movie format - on their own channel.

The special effects are quite good and it's got a better story than a lot of Hollywood SF films.

The synopsis:

Charlie Cooper is a special agent of the future - the mind of a man running entirely on a computer, able to transfer his consciousness to bio-mechanical bodies at will. But when a computer virus corrupts his system, he must face one of his greatest challenges yet: mortality.

Webseries: Caper

Caper is a webseries up on Geek and Sundry's youtube page.  The series is written by Amy Berg and Mike Sizemore and features 4 superhero roommates who decide to pull a heist against an evil mega corporation to help them pay rent.

The characters are quirky and all of the 'super' scenes are done as animation clips (which is a clever way of avoiding the cost of special effects).  There are also some famous SF actors making cameos.

Here's the first episode to get you started, and their playlist to help you continue.

Webseries: Glitch

I've only seen the first of the 3 episodes they've made of Glitch so far, but it's got a pretty interesting concept.  *Still, I'm not sure how I feel about the roommate's harassing a female gamer in the second scene considering how that's been such a big issue in real life lately...

From their website:

Brian "Glitch" Banner fulfilled a childhood dream of working on video games—but he’s only a tester, and although his friends love their jobs, he has yet to become the developer he really wanted to be. He feels like a failure. Day in and day out, he searches for bugs in games he’d rather be playing for fun, and lately his life has begun to feel like his job. Like so many nerds before him, he wishes his life was a little less ordinary, a little less boring, a little more like a video game...

Unfortunately for him, he gets his wish: his life begins to glitch and video game bugs that only he can see begin to surface everywhere.

Glitch is an episodic comedy about growing up and staying a geek. It is so awesome it will rip your face off. Tell your friends about it! This show basks in the glory of old-school nerdery and makes no bones about being for geeks, by geeks. Don't try to fight it. The only thing that beats this is that picture of the Star Wars cast rocking out...or maybe Mass Effect.

  Here's the NSFW first episode.


*It's taken me a bit, but I finally figured out why I've been a bit reluctant to post this video.  I read an article earlier this week about the Big Bang Theory and how it's about geek culture, but more to mock it than to celebrate it, and that's sort of the feeling I got here.  A female gamer bashes Trekkies and there's the awkward Metal Gear fan the protagonist (and viewer) tries to ditch.  I don't know.  I'll probably watch a few more episodes to see if the feeling persists but the pilot left me feeling uncomfortable.

Webseries: The Collectibles

Because superheros are VERY hot right now (note to self, update my superhero reading list), there's another parody webseries, The Collectibles.  This one has the super team run by a corporation, where management shake-ups are considered the way to revamp a team and your worth is as much due to your action figure sales as it is your superhero ability.

Best of all, the entire first season is done and available for viewing (NSFW).

And to get you started, here's the pilot:

Webseries: Save the Supers

My Damn Channel has a hilarious webseries about super heroes.  The first episode pits the Super Force against a terrible foe - their bank account.  If you've seen The Guild, you'll recognize Sandeep Parikh (Zaboo) as Merman.

This is for adults who know about comics and don't mind seeing them mocked.  And there's some swearing.


Want to see more, check out their website and youtube channel.

Video Game High School

VGHS is a webseries funded by a kickstarter campaign that's just finished season 1.  If you haven't seen it, now's a good time.  Their website has a nice listing of all the episodes on one page, you can also watch them on youtube.

So, what's it about?  In the near future playing video games has the status of sports, and VGHS is the best school around.  Varsity team captain "The Law" gets owned on public television by a nobody, Brian D., while bragging about his skills.  This act gets Brian into the school but makes him the enemy of the best player around and a popular target for the rest of the school.

Despite being a webseries, the show had amazing production values.  They used several sets, great special effects (if you've seen any FreddieW videos you have an idea what the effects look like).  While there are some cringe worthy moments (due to the awkwardness of some of the situations in the show, not acting or dialogue), on the whole it's a great show about being bullied and fighting for what you want.

Here's the series trailer.

Harry Potter And The Ten Years Later

Furious Molecules is putting together a 7 part parody webseries taking up 10 years after the last Harry Potter movie.  The trailer states that it's not for kids, so expect some adult humour.

The show starts Friday, July 20th with a new episode each week.

Danger 5 Webseries

Danger 5 is a new webseries that starts November 21st.  It's... interesting.  Nazis, dinosaurs, intentionally cheesy special effects...  It's kind of an alternate history adventure story.



From their youtube site: 

OFFICIAL SITE: www.danger5.tv
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/danger5tv
TWITTER: www.twitter.com/danger5tv
DINOSAUR: www.dinosaurworldwide.com

Dinosaur Presents:
DANGER 5

From Dario Russo and David Ashby, of Italian Spiderman, comes...
DANGER 5!!!
Jam packed with SEX, VIOLENCE, NAZIS and COCKTAILS!

Watch this channel for PART 1 of:

DANGER 5:
THE DIAMOND GIRLS

Coming
MONDAY NIGHT
10pm EST
21 NOVEMBER 2011

Victory has a new name!
DANGER 5

Fan Expo Canada part 5: Webseries

Several booths were at the con advertising their webseries and comic strips (I was going to add comics to this post but it got too long, so they'll get their own post later today).  Looking for more entertainment?  Check out some of the following:

Riese: Kingdom Falling

Syfy.com premieres the steampunk digital series Riese: Kingdom Falling, winner of Streamy Awards for Best Cinematography and nominee for Best Sound Design and Art Direction. The series was created by Ryan Copple and Kaleena Kiff and produced by Galen Fletcher and Nicholas Humphries.

Riese: Kingdom Falling takes place in Eleysia, a dying kingdom where distrust and anxiety have clouded people's minds, causing a regression into primitive ways of thinking. Rituals and mythology have resurged, and the darker side of mankind has begun to reveal itself. Riese, a wanderer, travels across the decaying land with her wolf, Fenrir. Marked as a heretic by religious group The Sect and the new Empress, Riese must evade their assassins and discover their true intentions for Eleysia.

Narrated by Amanda Tapping (Sanctuary), the series stars a cavalcade of talent from the world of popular speculative drama including Christine Chatelain (The Bone Collector); Sharon Taylor (Stargate Universe); Ben Cotton (Harper's Island), Allison Mack (Smallville); Ryan Robbins (Caprica); Patrick Gilmore (Stargate Universe); Alessandro Juliani (Battlestar Galactica) and Emilie Ullerup (Sanctuary).

The first season (10 episodes) is up online and they're starting a card battle RPG based on the show. Alas, if you're like me and outside the US, you can't watch this.  :(

A more world friendly webseries is Pretty in Geek, about a group of LARPers. Or will be.  So far, all they have up is a how to video on turning invisible.  Their website states that all 8 episodes will be released this year.

Pretty in Geek is an eight-episode sitcom about a bunch of girls who playing D&D, becoming friends, and all the in-game orc killing you could want. Or at least, the attempted-in-game-orc-killing.

Next up is Heroes of the North, a Canadian superhero team.

Welcome to Heroes of the North, an award winning, unique transmedia experience set in the universe of Canadian superheroes.

The story of the first season is told through 20 live action webisodes, 8 comic books, a diary, video games (coming soon!), characters tech sheets, characters facebook pages, universe related websites, etc.

Each elements contributes a building block to a bigger and better comprehension of the events and actors in the story.

We hope you enjoy your exploration of the Heroes of the North Universe!

Cradle of the Scar Webseries

A while back I blogged about Peter Orullian's webseries that tied in with his debut novel: The Unremembered.  Well, the 6 part series is complete and well worth watching.  Each episode centers around various characters view of the same event, a foundling child being left for the exile in the Scarred Lands to find homes for or raise himself.

From the author's site: 

Here's the thing that just tickles me: If you watch this and then read the book, you'll have a deeper context for a few of the events and moments in the novel. You don't need to see these for the book to work, of course. It's additive story. It's like finding an Easter egg. But I've been enjoying some instances of the movement that's meant to describe this entire approach: transmedia. It's a highfalutin term, but indeed even Hollywood is now hiring producers and directors who can do this kind of thing—working across multiple media to tell related stories in or of the same universe.

The videos can all be found on the media page of the author's website.   Next month I'll be posting an interview with Mr. Orullian, so stay tuned for that.

New College Humor Series: Troopers

College Humor does a number of great original webseries.  Here's a new one and the first episode is hilarious.

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Also, if you have a manuscript ready, don't forget this month Angry Robot Books is accepting unagented submissions.  You can find their submission guidelines here.