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Hey,

That’s Tink! Yes, it’s not the best resemblance, but I wanted her character to be an elf, different from the rest of the crew :)

Felicia

G4 is overrated

Kudos, Wolfe

A tv show doesn’t suit this series

I think youtube is perfect for it

Kudos, Wolfe

It would be easy to adapt this series to television, but to be honest it would be easy to adapt a Geico commercial to television. The real question is why would you want to ruin a good thing like this?

The problem would be that the end result would look a bit like every other sitcom out there, and it’d quickly steer away from the group of unsocial misfits being social, and turn into a soap opera, cuz nowadays that’s what network TV does to practically every intriguing idea. They use the original idea as the hook to reel you in and before you know it character A is pregnant and it might be character B or Cs, and character D has some deep dark secret that character B knows about and wants to tell character C but character A says not to and blah blah blah blah blah.

Of course if this were regular television, we know that eventually Cortex and Zaboo will have sex but it won’t be until either season five or when the producers think the show might get cancelled whichever comes first, and then after they do have sex the series will drag on for another three years but everyone will wish it stopped back in season four when it was still funny.

Part of what makes WtG work is the fresh dynamics between characters. I can’t easily compare this collection of characters with any other TV series. They’re not so much stereotypes as they are archetypal examples - people who are like people we’ve all met online.. or ‘are’ admittedly.

In fact I’m mildly disappointed that we’re only four episodes in and they’re already going to meet. Frankly I would have preferred the story start back a few months to show more of the status quo, before Zaboo went for his Hail Mary pass. I mean, why? That’s an extreme move to make. What led to this decision?

However, this particular YouTube medium, with the short attention span, requires that the status quo be disrupted more quickly, which is why Zaboo’s already in her house. If this had been a television series, that probably wouldn’t have happened until around Sweeps.

It’s better the way it is. Although if a network executive ever arrives at their doorstep with a heavy checkbook, they should absolutely sell out, provided there’s no recasting. Don’t let network execs recast this. They’d replace (insert your favorite on the show) with (insert random current celebrity name) in a heartbeat, and I’d have to punch me some Suits.

I think ‘funding’ them rather than taking over and making a 30 min thing out of it. I think WTG would loose the funny if it was spread over such a time frame - as much as I’d love to watch more. Less is more? I’m hanging out for ep 4, thrilled to bits that there’s going to be up to ep 6 at the moment.

The donations seem to be giving them enough on a regular basis to make more. Perhaps branching off to t-shirts, mouse pads and such (from cafe press? J!nx? etc) would help with more funds.

Felicia as the writer seems to have either had first had experience with the life sucking warcrack or has seen other people have it happen to them (or on the off chance, be a really damn good writer - which she is, but stillllll).

Anyway, an add on the right of the main web site some well placed products would be a lot better than e-friends… aha

I myself only watch Star Trek Voyager on Spike TV and Adult Swim on Cartoon Network. Other than that, my TV is used for DVD’s. Which is all located next to Master(What I named my computer hehe). But yeah, I hope the power stays with the producers and such as is. I’d hate to see a network rape something that we already love and start using idiotic demographics. With how us gamers get abused on shows, like the stereotypical nerds who play D&D. More than nerds roleplay and game after all.

What is this "television" you speak of?

Everyone makes a valid point here. I know I’m not the first to say this, but we ought to keep this and this TYPE of thing FAR away from TV executives and contracts and the like, especially since the writers’ strike is going on. We need to find an alternative.. I mean, we HAVE, but we need to PERMANENTLY stick it to these networks and companies and corporations that pasteurize this type of thing to grab the biggest market possible, and ok, that’s understandable in a business sense.. but in an artistic sense (yes, i said it) it would be suicide. This is very exciting and scary time as far as art and music and information go.. the old guard is crumbling.. but not without a fight. So let’s support this, and future projects like it, in a different way. I’m totally getting a t-shirt, for instance, next paycheck! And this is how it should be done.. we who love this stuff should help them to keep their vision true, no compromises.. and trust me, as soon as this got into the hands of ANYone else, compromises will have to be made. As far as ‘The Guild’ goes, I have faith that the people in charge already know this.. I hope they do, anyways.. I think I’d cry if this thing got co-opted.

Love Always,

Mark