Have you been watching Storyland?
Do you know what it is, come to that?
For the uninitiated, Storyland is an RTÉ project where filmmakers produce web-based shows and the public get to vote in the online poll for their favourite. Each round, the show with the least number of votes has to wrap up production while the survivors get to make another episode. It’s a bit like a talent contest in the vein of X-Factor or Over the Rainbow, but there’s isn’t a B-list celeb judge in sight (and for that we heart you, Storyland).
It’s season 2 (or Storyland 2) at the moment and nearly the end of Storyland 2 at that (voting finishes tomorrow) so if you haven’t been watching, get on over to http://www.rte.ie/storyland/ and catch yourself up.
They’re down to the final two at the moment, Zombie Bashers vs We Own The Streets. We like the look of We Own The Streets ourselves, not that we’d try to be online influencers or anything. Have a look and decide for yourself and take a look at the shows that have been knocked out already …there’s good watchin’ in them there hills.
I’m off to see if I can get rid of the invented Storyland jingle that’s lodged itself in my brain (story wonder la-hand to the tune of Boogie Wonderland. Sigh).
Interesting…first time i’ve heard of this!
Zombie Bashers for the win!!!!!!
We Own The Streets is DEADLY! G’wan XL!
I’ve been watching Storyland from the beginning and I’m so disappointed in the standard.
Everyone please stop this mock-umentary rubbish, its either an excuse to shoot poor quality footage or to have ‘awkward-silence, pause, look to camera looking bewildered’ moments. That’s not wit… its shit.
Zombie Bashers was my favorite, I genuinely loved the first 3 episodes, its the only reason I stayed watching, I laughed out loud a lot and really thought it showed signs of being a GREAT television show but it has turned into drivel. The main character Cathal is hilarious, but this does not make up for the terrible quality of the production, the fx in the first couple of eps were very good, what happened? I though this guy had a write up in Film Ireland last month about special fx’s, did some kid write in, win a competition and get to do the effects for the last two episodes? Bashers also did not need to be mock-umentary and the story has suffered greatly from it. Why is the camera crew there when they are essentially killing, (the wasted) Eddie Durkin from Hardy Bucks, surely that might incriminate the bad guys.
We Own The Streets has been appalling from the get-go following a parkour runner who isn’t very good at parkour, i.e. a normal bloke, who isn’t particularly funny either. Great satires of sporting/professional characters all featured people who are/were good in their field eg Blades of Glory, or Zoolander. XL is not very good at free running, he is not in training for anything in particular nor is he in a fall from grace scenario. I have no idea why the camera crew are following this guy? It would be like if a camera crew followed me going to the gym… once maybe twice a week if I’m not completely lazy. Oh but wait he fancies a girl… and he plays the sax… oh and there’s that guy from Kila!
(shrugs, looks to camera looking bewildered.)
I’ve been watching Storyland from the beginning (of series one) and I’m so disappointed in the standard in this years final. Hardy Bucks, and even Rental Boys were far superior.
Everyone please stop this mock-umentary rubbish (Hardy Bucks included), its either an excuse to shoot poor quality footage or to have ‘awkward-silence, pause, look to camera looking bewildered’ moments. That’s not wit… its sh**.
Zombie Bashers was my favorite, I genuinely loved the first 3 episodes, I laughed out loud a lot and really thought it showed signs of being a GREAT television show but it has turned into drivel. The main character Cathal is hilarious, but this does not make up for the terrible quality of the production, the fx in the first couple of eps were very good, what happened? I though this guy had a write up in Film Ireland last month about special fx’s, did some kid write in, win a competition and get to do the effects for the last two episodes? Bashers also did not need to be mock-umentary and the story has suffered greatly from it. Why is the camera crew there when they are essentially killing, (the wasted) Eddie Durkin from hardy bucks, surely that might incriminate the bad guys.
We Own The Streets has been appalling from the get-go following a parkour runner who isn’t very good at it, i.e. a normal bloke, who isn’t particularly funny either. Great satires of sporting/professional characters all featured people who are/were good in their field eg Blades of Glory, or Zoolander. XL is not very good at free running, he is not in training for anything in particular nor is he in a fall from grace scenario. I have no idea why the camera crew are following this guy? It would be like if a camera crew followed me going to the gym… once maybe twice a week if I’m not completely lazy. Oh but wait he fancies a girl…. and he plays the sax… oh and there’s that guy from Kila!
(shrugs, looks to camera looking bewildered).