Comments on: Why There Won’t Be Another lonelygirl

By: lonelygirl15’s Second Incarnation: The Resistance « NewTeeVee

lonelygirl15’s Second Incarnation: The Resistance « NewTeeVee — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:00:31 +0000

[...] Second Incarnation: The Resistance There may never be another lonelygirl15, especially given its origin as a hoax and as one of the first experiments in what [...]

By: Yes, Virginia, There Are Good Web Series « NewTeeVee

Yes, Virginia, There Are Good Web Series « NewTeeVee — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:08:33 +0000

[...] already written about why there won’t be another lonelygirl, but maybe Heffernan should just relax and enjoy the web show (I’d recommend the genius [...]

By: Lonely Without LonelyGirl15 « TJ Marsh’s Weblog

Lonely Without LonelyGirl15 « TJ Marsh’s Weblog — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:47:33 +0000

[...] is a send-off piece over on NTV about the end of LonelyGirl15, a true pioneer of the webseries and one of the few honest success [...]

By: lonelygirl15 in 300 Words - NewTeeVee Station

lonelygirl15 in 300 Words - NewTeeVee Station — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:58:58 +0000

[...] lacked the commitment to really engage with the series’ complex storytelling. But in honor of the show’s end last Friday, I thought it’d be interesting to try and write a quick synopsis of the entire saga. Two days [...]

By: Beth Ann

Beth Ann — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:15:02 +0000

I agree with the first commenter that LG15, as a story, featured a lot of crappy writing after the “hoax” was revealed. And what made it all seem so good in the beginning was the perception that it was created by a 26-year-old in her room: once you know it’s written by people who consider themselves screenwriters, the whole thing pales – a lot. As far as innovation goes, the guys that made it took their cue from the “Blair Witch” playbook. There was nothing particularly original about any of this: only the timing of it made it a success story. Now that the LG15 ‘creators’ have turned into EQAL, they have shown their true colors by revealing that they are more interested in becoming social networking entrepreneurs than in telling stories or creating compelling videos.

By: Lonely Without LonelyGirl15 « MyMediaMusings

Lonely Without LonelyGirl15 « MyMediaMusings — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:33:19 +0000

[...] is a send-off piece over on NTV about the end of LonelyGirl15, a true pioneer of the webseries and one of the few honest success [...]

By: Rich Swier

Rich Swier — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:02:14 +0000

Chris (sorry for leaving a personal note on comments), but couldn’t find your email. Is this the same Chris Albrecht that went to Lutheran High in Hawaii? If so, email me.
best
rich

By: hasselquist.net » Blog Archive » Why There Will Be Another LG15

hasselquist.net » Blog Archive » Why There Will Be Another LG15 — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:07:16 +0000

[...] favorite editorialists on the world of video (and frequent foil to my opinion pieces on video) has a nice wrap-up piece today on the end of the LonelyGirl15 series. In it, he suggests that the landscape has completely changed [...]

By: milowent

milowent — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:18:04 +0000

you can only hoax the entire world with a endearing sweet young videoblogger once. for shame.

By: Why There Will Be Another LG15 | TooCube

Why There Will Be Another LG15 | TooCube — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 07:53:09 +0000

By: Why There Will Be Another LG15 »TechAddress

Why There Will Be Another LG15 »TechAddress — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:30:07 +0000

By: Why There Will Be Another LG15

Why There Will Be Another LG15 — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:30:03 +0000

By: David

David — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:50:30 +0000

I think there are possibilities and opportunities for online tv that have not yet been used up, but yes, this is no 2006; television is growing up. http://laacting.blogspot.com/2008/08/web-video-changes.html

By: Steve Garfield

Steve Garfield — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:39:48 +0000

I'd say Lonleygirl15 was a member of the Sophomore class of videobloging. Prior to that the class of 2004/2005 were people making authentic videos of their lives. Telling real stories. Many of those early innovators have gone on to create shows. Some still also make and share personal stories.

The web is a changed place. Now it's much easier to record and post a video. Although I love the quality of the videos on Hulu, both the production and content, I'm still happy to watch authentic videos too.

By: Chris Albrecht

Chris Albrecht — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:46:41 +0000

Hey Kent,

I was speaking more in generalities, but have updated the post to reflect your comment.

By: Bobby Jennings

Bobby Jennings — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:16:06 +0000

“LonelyGirl15″ is a lightning-in-the-bottle event. It’s just as lucky as it is “groundbreaking”. It’s creators saw an opportunity, spun the falsehood of it being real into publicity and largely created its audience on a distribution network called youtube because there really wasn’t much engaging content up against it at the the time. Same for AskANinja. They’ve got a great, smart bit, but they also timed it well. If they started it today, no way it gets the same traction. (Anyone really think Smosh can hold a candle to Human Giant?)

I 100% agree that the novelty of over-hyped user-generated video is coming to an end. Online audiences will never be duped and the press will never be as great again if a “real girl’s vlog” is unmasked as a contrived show. But likewise, the splash event of a celeb online won’t be the same — Will Ferrell won’t get 50 million people to watch a simple sketch again. Part of that hype was the largest comedic actor in the world doing an online sketch – that was the news. And oh, he’s partnering with Silicon Valley to make a Comedy-YouTube? Wow! That was the novelty – it won’t happen again, even for Will.

And so at the end of the day, people want to watch something good. Hollywood is good at that. The biggest misconception about web video is that it operates by unknown rules — it’s just good storytelling on variable lengths of content, most of it short-form and all of it on the user’s schedule. And yes, there will still be links to guys getting kicked in the balls, or maybe getting punched by me – Punchy. Ah-doo-ba-de-doo folks. I’m writing a screenplay too. ;)