It’s the new damn millennium and traditional broadcasters are finally waking up to the possibilities of streaming their content online for free. About time.
This is the finale of the first ten part Italian Spiderman movie. You can catch the whole ten part series at their YouTube channel.
I was completely duped when I saw the trailer. Turns out that Italian Spiderman is a modern day parody filmed to look like those wonderful exploitation films of the 60s and 70s. As low budget as it is, I would have paid good damn money to see this in the theater had I known Spider-Man 3 would be so awful. Can’t wait for part 2 of Italian Spiderman. Nothing beats a giant luchadore vs a pudgy Spiderman!
In the same vein of alternative takes on superherodom, Angry Zen Minion Tyler Anderson pointed me to The Defenders of Stan. Imagine a world where everyone has super powers. Now imagine that you’re the only one who doesn’t and your brother happens to be the greatest super hero in town. That’s what life is like for Stan.
The production value on the show is pretty decent. And the actors are quite good. Lots of fun! I can’t wait for more.
A little over a year ago, Angry Zen Minion Sammy D sent me episode one of The Legend of Neil. Through a freak masturbation/asphyxiation accident, Neil gets transported into the world of The Legend of Zelda where he must deal with the ridiculousness of game mechanics as if they were real life rules.
Finally, after a year, episode 2 has dropped with more to come. Episode 3 launches tomorrow, episode 4 launches on 8/14, episode 5 launches on 8/21, and episode 6 launches on 8/28. It’s pretty funny and decently produced. Can’t wait for more. There’s no embedding from the site so you’ll just have to head on over and witness the funny.
Just before they flitted off to Connecticon, Nelly from Morlock Enterprises sent news that there will be more Dr. Horrible!
There’s the DVD, of course, which will feature “Commentary the Musical,” essentially a commentary track that will be written and performed as a musical. You can also submit video auditions for the Evil League of Evil, the ten best will be featured on the DVD. There’s talk of maybe taking Horrible to the stage. Imagine, NPH on Broadway. Joss is also very interested in doing more web projects. Horrible sequels are obvious but there could also be some Firefly webisodes. The possibilities are endless.
And if you missed it the first time, Hulu has it up again in full. Not sure how long it will last so watch now or grab it on iTunes.
The Buffy episode “Once More, with Feeling” gave fandom its first look at Joss Whedon’s inner Stephen Sondheim. Since then, we’ve been waiting for him to unleash his fully armed and operational choreographed song and dance chi! When the writers went on strike, the time was ripe. Whedon set to work in the dark Mutant Enemy basement devising an ultimate plan. This week, the plan was unveiled!
Witness Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible, a failed super villain trying to prove his evil genius to the league and work up the nerve to talk to the love of his life. Pine after Felicia Day as Penny, the object of Dr. Horrible’s affections who eagerly hopes to save the poor and hungry of the world. Guffaw at Nate Fillion as Captain Hammer, nemesis of Dr. Horrible whose might is surpassed only by his smarmy smirk. It’s got action, romance, and singing!
Acts I and II are up for free right now at the site. The final act airs on Saturday. They’ll stay up for free until Sunday night. Then, they will vanish. Not really. You’ll be able to purchase all three acts for download when they’re all ready. And I imagine there will be a big honking DVD sometime after that.
This is pretty freaking awesome. A few people tried to link me earlier in the week, but it was so popular, the site was wanged. It now seems to be working so head on over there and catch the first two acts. Seriously, this is absolutely awesome! I hope Joss makes a habit of this because I want more. Thanks to the readers who sent me the link (William Schwartz, Charm City Shinobi, and Jeff Haut).
UPDATE: You can download from iTunes now! Hooray! $3.99 gets you a season pass which means you get all current and future episodes. So you’ll get Acts I and II with III downloaded when it becomes available. I predict much money for Joss and crew. Thanks Greg.
At the end of “Guess What’s Coming to Dinner,” Audrey and I both looked at each other with jaws dropped with a loud “HOLY FRAKING FRAK!” echoing through our apartment. Gaeta has some pipes! The boy can sing.
And now we find out what Tigh was really doing when he was “interrogating” Six. So if one of the final five gets a regular Cylon preggers, is the baby like an Über Cylon or something? And is Adama just going to sit in the Rapter? How much food did he have in that little bag he brought with him? The Dragon Warrior might be able to survive on dew and universe juice, but Adama needs people foods!
Also, how fucking clueless is Lee? The moment the search began, we knew it had to end with him. I know he’s a humble guy and all, but seriously, who else could they have chosen? I have to agree with the lawyer guy, somewhere deep inside, Lee knew it had to be him.
Oh, and where was Kara? She’s been built up so much throughout the season and then… she’s back in uniform and following orders. No freaking out. No shouting about going the wrong direction. No nothing. Sure, there needed to be room for Lee and poppa Adama. But it just seemed strange for Kara to be acting so normal, at least in the context of the season thus far.
The last episode of this half of the season is up on Hulu. We’ll have to wait until next year to finish the journey. I’ll post my thoughts on Season 3 thus far once Audrey and I watch “The Hub.”
Long known for the copyright infringement perpetrated by its user base, it seems that Veoh now has actual licenses to stream network television shows. AZM regular Kevin Bahrt sent over the Star Trek Veoh channel which has most of the episodes from season 1 and 2 of the original series.
A quick look at some of the programs they offer reveals that some of them are grabbed from Hulu which I guess isn’t technically wrong, just a bit misleading. For shows that Veoh actually streams, unlike Hulu embed tags are removed. It’s okay to jack other site’s content but not ours? Weird. The other thing that sucks is these shows only stream for the U.S. Suck. I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before these services start grabbing international licenses. I imagine international advertisers would pay top dollar to get on these shows. Until then, the torrent market probably won’t be slowing down any time soon.
YouTube, Crunchyroll, and BOST will stream new titles from Japanese animation studio, Gonzo, the same day they are broadcast in Japan. Though the feeds will be accessible worldwide, in a weird twist of randomness, viewers within Japan will not be able to access these services. Apparently, GDH, Gonzo’s parent company, has deals with Japanese companies to stream these shows in Japan. Shows will be broadcast in Japanese with English subtitles.
I can’t think of a better way to discourage illegal file sharing and downloading. And now, you don’t even have to bother spending your free time to fansub anime. I’m willing to bet that more studios will hop on this bandwagon. It’s going to be a huge success. The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk and Blassreiter premier April 4 and April 5.
South Park got its big break from the internet so it only makes sense that it return to the internet in a big way. South Park Studios allows users to view uncensored versions of every episode of South Park from every season. Of course, there are commercials embedded in the stream just like Hulu. But there’s inevitably going to be some form of advertising in any free streaming television so that’s not too much of a bother.
What does suck is that those outside the U.S. will not, like Hulu, be able to watch anything on South Part Studios. I imagine it’s only a matter of time before Hulu, SPS, and future online television streamers figure out the international licenses. This is too cool not to share with the world!
UPDATE: One of our commenters, Djorbas, has confirmed you can access South Park Studios from Switzerland. Sounds like they have some sort of selective international license. Okay, so we know Canada and Australia are out. Who else can access SPS?
This is a full half hour episode of “What’s Happening,” one of the first sitcoms I actually remember watching and laughing my ass off growing up. I must have caught it in syndication because the show ended in ‘79. I was 2 then, but not really watching the tele. Kinda wished they still ran reruns of this today.
Hulu has the first two seasons of What’s Happening online, streamable with limited commercial interruption. They’ve got a decent slate of other shows, including “Firefly” (thanks to reader Kevin Bahrt for sniffing this out), as well as full feature length movies.
All online. All free.
You will have to register to watch R-rated films like Usual Suspects. They bleep out curse words and I can only assume that they censor nudity. But for the most part, Hulu serves up full television episodes and movies for free.
Hulu is a joint venture between NBC Universal and News Corp serving content from FOX, NBC, MGM, Sony Pictures Television, Warner Brothers, Lionsgate, and more. So no one’s going to be taking these clips down anytime soon. AZM readers outside the U.S. will have to confirm whether or not you can view these clips. And if you hate advertising of all forms, the commercial interruptions are a bit of a pain. But for the most part, this is a pretty cool site. It’ll certainly help me stay awake late at night while plowing through Erfworld pages and the like.
Poke around for yourself and see if you can’t find some crazy nostalgic show that brings you back.
UPDATE: Unfortunately, it’s been confirmed that if you are outside the U.S., Hulu doesn’t like you. So I guess it’s back to other methods of acquisition for the rest of the world.
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