CancerBottle wrote:Wolfenbarg wrote:Well... see your avatar. Mike Michaud had the brilliant idea of bringing more than a dozen reviewers into one place, headlined by the Nostalgia Critic. You can also see examples of great shows on the Escapist, whether they're commentary like Zero Punctuation and Extra Credits, or running series like Apocalypse Lane and Doomsday Arcade. Right now, things tend to get lost in an absolute sea of content, but sites like the ones I just mentioned are changing up the game. While they won't become juggernauts like NBC, you'll see major websites competing with similar ideas and delivery platforms within this decade. There is a sea of content, but the key qualifier is "good." You can tell the level of technical prowess of the crew by sound, how a show looks, and how tight the script opens.
I see what you mean, but sustainability is key. TGWTG has to keep introducing new shows as current ones get stale. The internet does negate the need for a distributor to a certain degree.
Preserving intellectual property is trickier though. And I'm not sure whether it's for the better or worse. Had ZP been picked up by a TV network, I wonder how many other reviewers would be taken to the cleaners.
Sustainability is an issue right now, but look how many shows came and went during the early days of television. The key thing we're still waiting on is focused advertising that doesn't interfere with the creation of content, much like a TV network has, though in a different form. When that happens, people can actually afford to make content creation their full time job, they can afford to hire additional writers, and sustainability will be a non-issue.
I don't see how intellectual property is an issue at all. If you're using someone else's content, then yes, but if not, then everything posted is still owned by you for a period of 50 years.