Comments on: Quarterlife – Season 1, Episode 1 – “Pilot”

By: blaire

blaire — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:53:00 +0000

It gets way better, I promise… But if you’re one of those people who thinks they are smarter than everyone else– “oh, I’d never say or feel things like these characters, blah, blah, blah”– then go watch oprah’s big give, or something, losers…..

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By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:50:09 +0000

http://www.contentinople.com/author.asp?section_id=431&doc_id=147249

and it’s already been kicked to the curb by NBC….

By: Media Maven

Media Maven — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:06:44 +0000

Hey Chuck– thanks for your comments! Always happy to have another Rosin reader!

As for Lindsey’s project, I know all about it and can’t wait to see it. Readers, you heard it here first. We’ll keep a close eye on this one!

By: sandym0

sandym0 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:40:18 +0000

didn’t see the show as not based in US, however, managed to across some information -

According to Nielsen Ratings for Tuesday night, Quarterlife managed only 3.86 million viewers for its 10pm debut on NBC, compared to the fan resurrected but short second season of Jericho with 6.9 million viewers and Primetime: What Would You Do Now? with 7.6 million viewers.

By: Chuck Rosin

Chuck Rosin — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:10:16 +0000

Hey, Jonah — Great critique. And a great blog! Very impressive. Glad Avery send me your post. He did because he knows that Lindsey and I are actively developing content for the net that really has a chance to pop — and the reason for that is — unlike the Z&H misfire — the creative force behind the project is 23. Your friend Lindsey, Class of ’07′, directed ten actors performing three three-minute vignettes. She wrote most of them too. It’s a family affair. Stay tuned for details.

By: Bianca Reagan

Bianca Reagan — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:32:56 +0000

It’s not just you, Lindsey.

By: Media Maven

Media Maven — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:44:58 +0000

Great comments Lindsey and Berri! Linds– didn’t know it was a failed tv pilot first. Wouldn’t that be their first clue that its a bad show…you know, because they didn’t like it in the first place?!

And yes Berri, I would definitely lay the smack down on these annoying a-holes if I knew anyone like them.

Thanks!

By: celeberrimous

celeberrimous — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:39:43 +0000

Couldn’t agree more with this review–if I knew anyone in my typical “twentysomething” life who acted like these idiots I would slap the crap out of them.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:31:07 +0000

I’m glad that you also hated the pilot as much as I did… but really what pisses me off about it (besides everything you already mentioned above) is that everyone is making such a big about the fact that it was “made for the internet”.

Yes, technically it might be the first web series to ever be sold and then broadcast on primetime television, but this project didn’t start as an internet series. It started as a failed pilot for… (drumroll) NBC. Basically Zwick/Herskovitz tried to initially make this as a network pilot… but they were turned down. And so then decided to launch it on the web on their own dime. Yes, this required some retooling and reshooting, but they basically took their content for the television and squished it into a webseries format. So, if we want to be specific about the whole thing, this is really the first web series to be sold and broadcast on primetime television that actually wanted to be on primetime television in the first place! My point is that quarterlife is getting a lot of hype for being an “internet series” when really it just wanted to be on television the whole time. And truthfully… I can’t really blame anyone for wanting their content to end up on television, but in this digital age, I think we’re on the precipuce of allowing the internet to be an endgame for new media – not just a stepping stone for getting back to television.
Haha… but maybe that’s just me.