Micro-series, anyone?

Personally, I was hoping to let this whole latest Internet fad pass me by. I was hoping to be completely oblivious to the LG15 phenomonen. I resent the fact that her acronym has even entered my vocabulary. I will say this, whether it's a hoax (which is not that clever), a true vlog, or some dramatics by some young actors, it's still dull as dishwater to watch. Where's the suspense? There's nothing to keep me watching it week after week. If it is actually a marketing ploy, then it is sneaky, subtle, and deeply targeted to its niche audience. So hats off, because the targeting aspect is clever, and there is certainly a buzz. So maybe she's like Sandi Thom - (i.e. a product put forward by a marketing firm, under the guise of genuine artist or person - aka a fake). But, regardless, it's boring! Come on!

I think I got turned off the whole Internet buzz thing after All Your Base Belong to Us. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us)

An update (and it shows that I've been reading up about this): they are calling this a "new art form". That depresses me, although this article is quite good even if you resent the whole LG15 soap opera as much as me.

http://nymag.com/arts/tv/features/19376/index.html

Siobhan, are you objecting to the medium, the format, or just what these creators have done with it?

I'm intrigued by the possibilities of a dramatic series that's delivered in five- or ten-minute episodes. (Many of the old radio dramas were VERY short.) And although presenting it in the form of a diary makes it hard to keep the boredom factor away ("Yay - another episode of someone talking into a Webcam!") I think it could be done well.

Not HERE, granted. I too am unmoved by LG15's trials and triumphs. I probably won't go back unless something totally crazy happens, like her dad sacrificing Daniel and/or turning him into an zombie minion.

"All Your Base" continues to entertain me to this day. I'm somewhat simpleminded.

My understanding is that the US TV networks are looking to replicate the low rent but compulsively addictive qualities of South American TV Soaps. Ugly Betty springs to mind as the US domestic pioneer of this TV novella format (http://beautifulatrocities.com/archives/2006/05/i_ugly_betty.html). So, add that trend to LG15, and remember too that no-one ever lost money under-estimating the depths of public taste (hmm, run that by me again, tune in every night to watch a bunch of people doing nothing very much in a house, nahh...). The five minute format is perfect. I agree with Wade, its coming.

Speaking of short, mini-episodic series, Battlestar Galactica is doing a 10-series set on the web. It's set between the end of season 2 and beginning of season 3.

I've heard that other networks are doing this too, but this is the only one I know of specifically (I'm not a BSG fan but I live with one ;)

http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/webisode01/

Warning: I'm told there are spoilers for season 2.