IQ145 - disappointing web series
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I just watched the first several episodes of IQ145 (www.iq-145.com), an sf series developed exclusively for the web. There's a certain amount of hype about it, and lots of hoo-haa at their website to support community, offer downloads, YouTube clips, etc etc - but really.
This storytelling is worse than mediocre, and I'm not going to spend time watching any more of it.
Hm, we're working in a visual medium. Let's see how much darkly lit, erratic jump-cut faux "atmospheric" glimpses of things and hinting-at-story snippets we can sandwich in behind protagonists' pseudo-philosophical teenage genius angst voiceover exploring Questions of Existence, but never really Telling a STORY. If I wanted that much narrative digression I'd be reading a book not watching something that supposedly is going to tell a story through the action (as well as dialog) depicted. And one presumes there'd be something like a plot hook, plot points, heightening tension - but no. It is incoherent disorganized failed storytelling portrayed with mediocre camera work, all with top production values.
Insane. "Let's all jump on the webisode bandwagon, Battlestar Galactica had such success with it...."
BSG it ain't. Don't waste your web time on it.
I just watched the first several episodes of IQ145 (www.iq-145.com), an sf series developed exclusively for the web. There's a certain amount of hype about it, and lots of hoo-haa at their website to support community, offer downloads, YouTube clips, etc etc - but really.
This storytelling is worse than mediocre, and I'm not going to spend time watching any more of it.
Hm, we're working in a visual medium. Let's see how much darkly lit, erratic jump-cut faux "atmospheric" glimpses of things and hinting-at-story snippets we can sandwich in behind protagonists' pseudo-philosophical teenage genius angst voiceover exploring Questions of Existence, but never really Telling a STORY. If I wanted that much narrative digression I'd be reading a book not watching something that supposedly is going to tell a story through the action (as well as dialog) depicted. And one presumes there'd be something like a plot hook, plot points, heightening tension - but no. It is incoherent disorganized failed storytelling portrayed with mediocre camera work, all with top production values.
Insane. "Let's all jump on the webisode bandwagon, Battlestar Galactica had such success with it...."
BSG it ain't. Don't waste your web time on it.