Pop!Tech Mashup is a series inspired by audio recordings from the POP!TECH conference. As of this blog post, it’s a short series with only 3 episodes right now. I hope more are to come. I enjoyed all three episodes thoroughly! Each subject matter was vastly different from the other. The animated visuals that went with each of the audio recordings were wonderfully engaging. It reminds me a bit of TED Talks. Only these episodes are much more visually entertaining than simply watching speaker stand on a stage giving their speech.
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You will not find any other show like this one. It’s intelligent and stimulating. It IS a must see!
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“Riese: Kingdom Falling” is a story about a young adult princes, named Riese, whose family has been violently dethroned from their reign. Riese is the only living member of her family. She and her sidekick, a lone wolf, spend every day of their lives staying alive while trying not to be found by the current, and illegal, reign of the throne.
I love this show. The production is clearly equal to that of a television production. In fact, the company that produces this show is working hard to get a large enough web interest to ensure an eventual television broadcast, which they are likely to get. This show is incredibly original from the half machine like man to the world they all live in which feels both medieval and other worldly. In fact, I think of it as a cross between Xena and Lord of the Rings. Riese, herself, is stronger than your average woman, capable of fighting off a whole band of men, with the help of her wolf of course. And I can’t quite figure out the world that this story takes place in but I’ve decided that it’s another planet somewhere in the Universe, like Middle Earth.
There are a total of 10 episodes, each of which is 10 minutes long making the entire production equal to that of a film. If you live in the US, you can watch all 10 episodes all at once. Those of us here in Canada, however, need to wait as they release each episode one week at a time on the Space channel’s website.
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There will be no squashing pumpkins here. Riese: Kingdom Falling gets a fully intact pumpkin. If you have only time to watch one show today, you should give this one a try.
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Haywire is a story about a small town in New York State that finds its citizens acting rather strange after the town is engulfed by a bright, strange light.
The eerie, haunting storyline keeps me intrigued. I certainly jumped at the chance to watch all 5 existing episodes. But I question whether I will jump at coming back to their website to watch the sixth episode, when it broadcasts. First of all, they air one per month. That’s a long wait for any production to expect their audience to endure. Second, the content of each episode is thin which is suspicious to me. My guess is that the plot is short and they are trying to stretch as many episodes as they can. Third, the acting is rather amateurish – which isn’t always a deal breaker when it comes to web series. I’ll forgive bad acting if the story is tight. But this just seems to be one more knock against this one.
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Even with 3 knocks against this show I’m going to give it half a squashed pumpkin and suggest you at least give it a try. Who knows, you could be lucky and read this blog post after all the episodes have finally aired preventing you from having to wait a month for each individual, thin episode to finally air. I’d be curious to hear what you think of this show too.
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World Builder is written and directed by Bruce Branit. The plot gives a man the power to create a virtual world for his wife or sister or girlfriend. We never get to really know his relationship with the woman who he creates this world for. We just know he loves her and that she is critically ill. As a matter of fact, we get to know very little about the characters in this story which makes the storyline flat, long and boring. The visual graphics are great. The colouring and camera work is very good. Do I recommend this film? Not really. But if you are in the industry or are a movie buff you might enjoy it simple for the visuals in the film.
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For that reason, I only half squash this pumpkin. But don’t complain to me that I didn’t warn you about the thin plot and character study.
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