Recommend a Web Series

pickarooney

I started looking at a couple of web series the other day when I had forgotten to load my serieseseses onto the tablet. I found a couple of decent recommendations from the Guardian website and a few not so great ones.

Pick of the bunch so far was High Maintenance - a series of short, loosely connected episodes linked by a weed dealer who visits his clients.

Also worth a watch is The Morning After. Six episodes from the POV of a guy and six from the POV of a girl and dealing with the awkward conversations on the morning after a one night stand.

I tried Geek Love but it's a bit tedious and also The Outs which seemed promising but all the characters are obnoxious as **** and not a whole lot happens.

There's also a large project with well-known actresses called WIGS which I must get around to at some stage.

Anything I should look out for? I prefer the 10-minute formats as I often don't have time to watch 20 or 40 minutes in one sitting.

Skerries

H+ was very good
the first series was made up of 42 3 to 4 minute long episodes
It's set mostly after a disaster affects the world causing people with computer implants to die

pickarooney

Yech. Not available in my country. Must find some way around that...

Lovely Bloke

Skerries wrote: »

H+ was very good
the first series was made up of 42 3 to 4 minute long episodes
It's set mostly after a disaster affects the world causing people with computer implants to die

I've watched the first 2 "episodes" of this on Youtube and I'm hooked.

Good stuff.

MOH

Skerries wrote: »

H+ was very good
the first series was made up of 42 3 to 4 minute long episodes
It's set mostly after a disaster affects the world causing people with computer implants to die

I had to give up about 6-8 episodes in, couldn't take any more of Denisof's atrocious Irish accent.

Skerries

he actually doesn't feature to much more as other characters come to the fore

pickarooney

Found a way to watch it and raced through about 10 before I ran out of data on my VPN.

PeterDuggan

Check out "The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks" on YouTube, an excellent stylish well-written three-parter doing Woody Allen better than Woody Allen does Woody Allen.

Like the idea of this thread btw. Keep em coming.

wreade1872

Thought i'd revive this thread with some more recommendations since i'm watching a lot of web shows these days. I'll mostly be talking about scripted shows but not always.

Firstly the GeekandSundry.com stuff, founded by Felicia Day; her autobiography ''Your Never Weird on the Internet, Almost" is also awesome.
The Guild: 6 seasons, 72 episodes (8-12), 3 music videos, 2 major comics.
Not my favorite web-series but very solid. I actually prefer reading the comics than watching it but i've only had a chance to watch it completely once so far.

LARP's: 2 seasons, 20 episodes (5-15 mins)
Comedy drama, based around people who do Live Action Role-playing, which i could NOT be less interested in, so it's a testament to the makers that i like this so much. Nice complete story ark.

TableTop: 3+ seasons, 80+ (35-50mins)
Non-scripted, Will Wheaton invites "celebrities" to play tabletop games. Always watchable, but the fun obviously depends on who's playing and what their playing. Good production design, like all of G&S's stuff.

Craft Lab: 1 season, 11 episodes (5-8mins)
Non-scripted, An sfx guy makes geek objects from random materials. It is soooo! much better than i expected. This is not some bluepeter crap.

Space Janitors: 3 seasons, 24 episodes (10-12mins)
Star Wars-esque parody. I'm not a big fan of the star-wars aesthetic so this loses a little something for me but still decent. Pretty good special effects in later seasons.

Spooked: 1 season, 4 episodes (25mins)
Supernatural investigation comedy. There might only be four episodes but with their half-hour tv show length and good story-lines this is still a nice watch.

Outlands and Your Dungeon My Dragon: 6 and 7 episodes respectively (10-12mins)
Animated. Both are done in an 8-bit animation style. Outlands is an Alien-parody and Your Dungeon is set in a World of Warcraft style game. Both are watchable but i think the comedy of Your Dungeon is superior.

Caper: 1 season, 9 episodes (8-14mins)
Super-hero show. Such a pity it didn't get any more seasons but this is great. You'll certainly recognize some of the guest stars. Would of been nice if they used some more super powers as they switch to animation for those parts which works really well.

Learning Town: 1 season, 10 episodes (7-9mins)
Show about guys who take over a Muppet program. There's at least one song per episode... i hate singing and yet this is still pretty enjoyable.


Moving on to the rest of the Net
Classic Alice: 75+ episodes (3-6mins)
Romance, comedy, drama, about a woman who wants to be a writer. I haven't finished this yet as there is a lot to get through but its very watchable.

Red Shirt Diaries 2 seasons, 30 episodes (2-4mins)
Star-trek the original series parody. Pretty fun short episodes, but then i am a sucker for that early startrek aesthetic.

Shelf Life: 4 seasons, 42 episodes (2-4mins)
Like an adult version of Toy Story. Short punchy episodes, very crude humour, very very funny. I've only finished two seasons so far i'm savoring it. Also there's a couple of free comics on their website.

Red vs Blue: 13+ seasons, 250+ episodes (3-10mins)
Animation set in the Halo game universe. I've never played Halo but that didn't stop me enjoying the first season of this which is all i've gotten to so far, so i have alllllll those other episodes to look forward too... good times .

More to come shortly....
I'm currently watching, Carmilla, Pioneer One, Her Story, MAlice, and Voyage Trekkers.

wreade1872

Webshow recommendations continued.

Future Girl: 3 episodes (8-10mins), 4 minisodes (1-3mins)
Roommate sitcom, featuring a girl from the future, a viking and an idiot. I really hope they do more of this. There may only be three full episodes but each one feels quite dense which makes up for it.

Wish It Inc.: 12 episodes (10-14mins)
Sitcom about a company that grants wishes. The magical kind, not the depressing kind . You have a genie, a fairy, a clown (for birthday wishes) etc. Really well made, can be a little twee at times but over the course of the run every character has a chance to shine.

Dragon Age Redemption: 6 episodes (9-13mins)
Fantasy story written and starring Felicia Day, set in the Dragon Age game universe. I've never played the game but this does a good job of explaining the world it's in. Very first scene is really bad imo, but it gets better quick. Good stunts and makeup. Also Felicia makes a very cute Elf.

Coffee Shop Squatters: 2 seasons, 12 episodes (3-4mins)
Comedy about two guys who hang out at a coffee shop all day to work on their screen play. Its decent, i've only watched the first season so far. Raj's girlfreind from Big Bang Theory, the redhead (also she's in Bones) is in the first season, but not in the second as far as i know.

Dael Kingsmill's Mythology vlog: 65+ episodes (8-16mins)
Formerly of Geek&Sundry, Dael sits us down and tells us a myth, usually Greek and sometimes with funny drawing accompaniment. Its a lot better than it sounds. Luckily mythology is completely insane and Dael makes an excellent seanchaí.

MyMusic: 2 seasons, 58 episodes (8-15mins)
Sitcom about a music company. Each character having the name and being representative of a style of music. Metal, Indie, Idol etc. By no means a favorite of mine but quite watchable. Its humor is often based on annoying characters which can be... annoying .

Continuum: 2 seasons, 18 episodes (4-8mins)
A woman wakes aboard a spaceship with no memory of who she is. Sci-fi, thriller? This is really good. Very nice sets and special effects for a webshow. But i've only watched the first season so far, my love could turn to hate if i'm left hanging at the end of season two.

Death Battle: 60+ episodes (7-20mins)
Animated. Ever wanted to see who would win in a fight, Green Arrow or Hawkeye, Luke Skywalker or Harry Potter, Mario or Sonic?, then look no further. The best thing about this is that they actually try to figure things out by doing research and math. It's not a matter of picking their favorite. The sophistication of the animation increases throughout the run and they do a good job explaining who each character is for those you might not know.

wreade1872

I've just realised there is a better place for this discussion so will continue it in the OnlineTV section in future.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=99666616#post99666616