Episode 1: Launch [Discussion]

[chuckles]

ReadyMade's Jen Trolio shows Jessica how to make comic book stationary from scratch! Sarah gets organized online and Dr. Kiki teaches you how to make fire with sound waves. Neha Tiwari investigates what turned nerd into the cool kid at WonderCon and Heather Frank teaches you the virtues of the sport of archery.

Watch the show (http://revision3.com/popsiren/launch/)

[AutoDas]

Love the all girl panel and appreciate the quality animation sequences.

[nextgenxbox]

http://digg.com/television/Revision3_launches_new_show_popSiren_w_Sarah_Lane

[Mr. Underachiever]

I'm still downloading this ep, but it sounds pretty cool.

Neha, Heather, and Jessica? This sounds like some the stuff that would've been in Tekzilla before everyone started bitching about it. Though, with that in mind, maybe they'll show what happened to Neha's PC.

But, hey, an all-female cast! That's enought to hold my attention for at least... two or three episodes.

[NuWeb]

Great Show
.. Dont like the feminine design, for the show's mini-website, but the cast is Hot so I Will be watching next week. :)
.... Content Looking Good so far, Loved the music pipe thing. Glad they showed me how to Do it myself.

[crater]

So is it gonna be weekly? it's not on the schedule page yet.

[nextgenxbox]

So is it gonna be weekly? it's not on the schedule page yet.

Yes. Every Thursday we will get a new episode.

[lars5]

sarah lane!

why not bring back all the ladies from the screen savers? then pat can have a co-host.

a lifehack show sounds like a great idea... and dancing fire is a great start.

... i cringe at the cutting up of comic books though.

[Ryudo]

This show was great!
and seeing all those perty and smart women is great!
This is truly original and I never saw anything like this and look forward to see how it grows.:D

[Cybersuchus]

In total agreement with everyone so far. It's awesome to see Sarah back in front of the camera again. It's also great to see Jessica back to doing something more substantial than Digg Reel. Dr. Kiki's segment was awesome. It's great to see some real science being explained on these shows. My only complaint was Dr. Kiki's sibilant S. It made it painful to hear her talk. That, though, can be worked through.

I'm loving the DIY segments, and the near random approach that segment segues take. The potpourri style of the show has me yearning to see what's next.

I'm looking forward to future episodes.

Hot female nerd cast FTW!

[bayareaking510]

Got kind of excited when they were announcing the Heather segment b/c I thought it was going to be Alex's Heather..:(

[USAOwnz]

If they do more of the science stuff, I'm good. I am liking it so far, pretty interesting and somewhat random (which is awesome).

[xplorer]

I was pleasantly surprised by the show...

This is one of the best setups for a show, lets just hope the content stays on par and doesn't get dumbed down....

[mebe]

hahaha had me laughing!
"'wow I hit the target!'....'maybe you shouldn't be so close this time'"

[jay]

Excellent work, everyone. We really needed an open format show like this. It looks hard to make though... Once a week? Amazing.

Was that hair gel on the desk?

[Kronos6948]

Just a quick note...I'm in the middle of watching it now. There's some sound issues on the flash version at least...

During the science portion (rubens tube portion), the sound is actually slightly ahead of the picture, and the EQ needs to be rolled off @ 5000Hz and above...the high end just during that portion so far is way above level...

Good show so far though!

I prefer to see Sarah and Jessica in this type of setting. It seems more natural for them...

And Jessica, if you're reading this...KEEP CHEWING GUM!! Congrats on not smoking.

[Secret Steve Crumbles]

I think this show is going to be really good. I enjoyed it a lot. I do think that a lot of the shows tend to run over other shows feet, but I think in the long run this show will be a good replacement for me canning my tekzilla and digg reel RSS feeds.

[rowlodge]

like rev 3 is expanding out to other avenues, venues, some of it seemed like HGTV, to tell you the truth i had no idea this show was coming. since i know these gals i'll watch for awhile and see what happens.

some things, that i noticed right away, the set, it looked like a classroom with small desks, okay is this a science program?, no a garden show?, no, history show?, no, ummm okay.

[bignosejr]

Congrats on getting started with this series. I really enjoyed Heather's interview segment. Ever since "Heather's Corner Unit" snippet from R3G-E13 she seemed to present an interesting on-screen vibe. I look forward to next week, keep up the good work!

[MrPopular]

Congrats 2 a really freakin' awesome Show.

Rev3 is kicking ass in 08'

[Murphy1d]

See, I said that Jessica was wasting her talents on Digg Reel. Now, I hope this will remain Jessica's main gig and the reel becomes her side project.

Also, I'm waiting for Jessica and Sarah to get over the semi-scripted banter and start talking like they normally would. The success of Dignation and Tekzilla is we truly believe they are discussing and not just "setting up the next segment."

Less Katie Couric, more Ron Burgundy. But great job overall.

[Bani-Banan]

Awesome show!

I love the CG, the intro music was great as well.

However, tell the music producer to lower the volume of the hi-hat. Bad EQing :(


Looking forward to the next episode!

[therealjk]

I really enjoyed this show, especially the format. I was expecting more of the segment based ideas to eventually pop up on Tekzilla, but to have a show that is a little bit lighter on the tech side I think, allows other shows to do more intense topics. I'm also looking forward to where they will take this because it shows potential to do things other shows in the past could not.

Keep up the good work

[TNVWBOY]

... i cringe at the cutting up of comic books though.

Why? The big two has print so many issues in the last two decades that scarcity will never be an issue and thus with the exception of a few popularity spikes the value of those comics will be nil.

So in short I'm all for cutting up comics, as long as they aren't mine. ;)

[travislopes]

Wow. I did not expect something this damn amazing. I was also surprised by how well the graphics and set were done. Very nice!
My question: will we be getting another episode on Thursday or is this it until next week?

Edit: Nevermind. Found my answer:
WOW. I know you’re going to love this show! Give it a watch (http://www.revision3.com/popsiren), and let me know what you think. The first episode debuts today, Monday March 10th. Even better, you’ll get a new episode on Thursday – and another new one every Thursday from now on.

[darthpilatus]

Less Katie Couric, more Ron Burgundy.

... epic

[tokenuser]

Awesome show - everyone just clicked, and the flow was spot on.

Can I request a DIY project?

I WANT A RUBENS TUBE :D

I just have this idea for natural gas, a fire pit, and an iPod coupled to a Rubens tube that would be very cool :)

[popltree2]

Love it! This is EXACTLY what Rev3 needed. I really liked all of the segments.

[esalonia]

GREAT show! Thanks rev3. Keep up the good work.

[nextgenxbox]

I watched it last night and I must say BRAVO! Yet another hit for Revision3. The set was great, the lighting was great, the motion graphics was awesome, Sarah and Jessica TOGETHER?? need I say more?

I will definitely be watching the show every week. I learned about a bunch of cool sites I has never heard of before.

The overall quality of the show was like anything, if not better, than what you would see on TV... you could toss this show on any channel right now and nobody would know it was made for an Internet TV network!

[renehasp]

I totally enjoyed the first show. Couple of observations.

1. Too many little graphics...
2. It sometimes felt like Sarah was just reading and not looking in the camera. It might of been shot to close to her face or something.,
3. I love the mix of tech and humor.
4. It was a little toooo girly for my taste.. having a male or two would give it a little bit of balance... And make me feel like I'm not watching "Barbie's tech world". If my wife ever catches me watching this she will divorce me for being a girl!!!!

I defiantly give it a 8 out of 10. And I am a big Lane fan. So I'm very happy that she will be back in our life!!!!


-Rene

[nextgenxbox]

If my wife ever catches me watching this she will divorce me for being a girl!!!!



No, she'll divorce you because you're watching a show with a bunch of hot women. :)

[p_frank]

Great show, I like the design, hosts, content, awesome. One critique: Theme song ain't that hot :) There's definitely a sameyness to the current Rev3 themes.

[[mad]berry]

Hey guys...huh I mean girls lol....

Can't wait to see this one grow into an rev3 success story.

Don't forget to buy and download the new Nine Inch Nails album Ghosts...When ever we can support an effort to make music available online by the band or artist we should ......

Or atleast check out the free download of the first 6 tracks.....

So go to the website Nine Inch Nails Ghosts. (http://ghosts.nin.com/main/home)

[mad]Berry

[renehasp]

No, she'll divorce you because you're watching a show with a bunch of hot women. :)

Your right!! They are way hot.. Can we at least get a couple of NASCARS zipping by once in a while... Pleazeeee :)

[kickliquid]

Did anyone else find Dr. Kiki mildly attractive? There is something about a brainy girl who enjoys science with a positive attitude that definitely sends my dopamine, norepinephrine and phenylethylamine racing ;). Also being easy on the eyes was a plus.

[nextgenxbox]

Did anyone else find Dr. Kiki mildly attractive? There is something about a brainy girl who enjoys science with a positive attitude that definitely sends my dopamine, norepinephrine and phenylethylamine racing ;). Also being easy on the eyes was a plus.

Any female that can make fire dance is automatically hot.

[jlouderb]

I'm REALLY glad you guys like this. The team has been working really hard on this for MONTHS.

to answer a few questions, yeah, we know Dr. Sanford was sibilant on that segment. The segment actually came from the FIRST pilot (we went through a bunch until we got the formula right), and it was so good we saved it for the first episode. We recorded that back when the studio was really new, and our audio issues were really enormous. the next one will be better, and apparently includes magnets.

As for the next popsiren, you'll see it on Thursday. This thursday. 3 days from now.

On the "can you really do this every week" side, this episode pushed 40 minutes. Expect future episodes to run 20-30 minutes. So yeah, a little less and we can definitely do it.

How did this show come about? It was interesting, when we teamed Patrick up with Jessica on Tekzilla (with Heather producing), it seemed like a natural. But a few shows in, creative tension surfaced -- as it always does. I was racking my brain trying to figure out WTF, when I had a long conversation with Jessica at a MySpace party during Web 2.0.

I came out of that realizing that Tekzilla was really two shows trying to be one.

Thus Roger, Tekzilla, Patrick and the search for the perfect co-host.

And Heather, Jessica -- and ultimately Sarah, Neha and Dr. Sanford evolved into popSiren.

That brings me back to science. I've been a HUGE fan of the good Dr. since I first saw Food Science. And when she came in to meet the team, producer Heather and Kirsten just clicked. It seemed obvious -- and I'm so glad you guys liked it as much as I did.

Enjoy, and keep the comments coming. We'll all be working overtime to make this show the huge hit you guys think it can be!

jim

[nextgenxbox]

I was racking my brain trying to figure out WTF...

jim

A CEO using WTF, on a forum. This is why we love you Jim. :)

And yes, you have a hit on your hands. How can you not when you have two superstars hosting the show!

Now how about working on getting Leo to do a show for Rev3 and stealing Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb away from G4. -- The TechTV reunion needs to be complete!!

Oh and hire Garnett from 1UP as the Tekzilla co-host. He's been great!

[Blackbird1]

Finally, a show me and my Daughter (13 in May) can watch together. She loves Science and Tech, but does not alwasy connect with all the testosterone. We Like this a lot. Dad and Daughter approved.

[MrPopular]

Pat yourself on the back, this is a really fun show.


lol, my only problem is that it's called popSiren when it should be PopSiren.

[Murphy1d]

Finally, a show me and my Daughter (13 in May) can watch together. She loves Science and Tech, but does not alwasy connect with all the testosterone. We Like this a lot. Dad and Daughter approved.

Hey Jim, just a thought here related to this comment. First of all, congrats to Blackbird for taking responsibility for what his kid watches! Rev3 has some great shows that will be a big help in raising a tech-science-culture savvy child. Yet, some of the people at Rev3 are PG-13 and some are definitely rated R. Should there be consideration for a rating system just as a CYA?

I'm sure my nieces and nephews can handle a few bad words occasionally. But if they caught the occasional IS I think I would be the one blushing when I had to explain a few references (haters can back off now, I know kids are growing up faster than we think).

[matto1990]

Just wanted to say a massive well done for this show. Its was great from start to finish.

I can see why you split it from Tekzilla now. I'm a big fan of Tekzilla but it can get quite in depth and heavy whereas this is a nice light tech show. I loved how some of the segments were just really random (Like the ACB :P) but it worked perfectly in the show.

And finally I can watch a show with Jessica in it would feeling like poking my outs out with a sharp kitchen knife (Yes, thats the Digg Reel alright).

Well done on the amazing show! I'm looking forward to the next one :D

[damnedeyez]

Definitely a good show...


(not that I 'll watch it, but it's a good show.)

[Dooftastic]

Interesting topics/discussions and gorgeous, intelligent women.

A+!!!!

[THaToNeGuY]

awesome show.. good job :D

put it on iTunes? :)

[tokenuser]

put it on iTunes? :)http://revision3.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15915

[OCT_Dragon74]

I love it. Beautiful women geeking out!

[darknessgp]

After watching it, here's a few things that I can think of that I liked and didn't like...

Like
1) The animated segment intros. They looked good.

2) Both hosts seemed to know what they were doing, there was only once where it really hit me that they were reading stuff off the teleprompter (and yes, I know they weren't reading the whole time)

3) The girls for the most part were grear (see dislike #5), and Neha was probably the best IMO. She needs more air time.

Dislike
1) Some of the background music. Like at the beginning after the intro, it was mildly
distracting. Or towards the end where Jessica was doing the Netflix stuff.

2) Web sites. Maybe it's just me, but it seems like everything Sarah and Jessica do they ALWAYS have a "website of the week" segment. I actually do kind of like these segments, but was it just me or did EVERYTHING Sarah did start with "This website ..." and most of what Jessica did was this. It was overkill.

3) Telling the audience that you are doing something because "popsiren is all about ..." and I don't mean this in a way to introduce the show, I mean this as the way it was used to try and introduce segments or random things. This would make sense if the show was established, but you are on your first episode.

4) DIY. My main complaint here is that there was 1 segment, but somehow we get told that popsiren is all about it. Also, since when does Stationary = greeting cards?!!!

5) I won't list specifics, but randomly through the show Sarah or Jessica would say something that just made me go "huh?" because it was either stupid or completely from far left field.

[nbrungardt]

Hey there, I am sooooo ( so with multiple o's ) loving this show, it is basically a fun witty show that is random in subject matter but somehow pulls it all together in a nice neat package with a big shinny bow. Best new show not just on revision3 but on the net. thanks for the treat.

Nick

[nextgenxbox]

Also, since when does Stationary = greeting cards?!!!


Stationery is a general name given to paper and office supplies such as envelopes, notepads, pens, pencils, erasers, greeting cards, paper clips, thumbtacks, staples, etc...

[Alteredego]

Props to Rev3!!!!! You did it! Finally, a show with Sarah. That's all I wanted. I'm mean, sure, Rev3 Gazette has her, but it's so erratic and she's not always in it. Anyways, great job and I'm subscribed.

[zc456]

Hah, finally, smart girls who know what there talking about! Been waiting for something like this for years after TechTV was dropped.

Keep it up, Revision3!

[TNVWBOY]

I won't list specifics, but randomly through the show Sarah or Jessica would say something that just made me go "huh?" because it was either stupid or completely from far left field.

Dude I found that a rather endearing quality of the show. It didn't feel over produced. It had some of that 'live' feel to it.

While the concept of the show seems a bit vague, I really enjoyed it a lot. I can't wait to see where this goes.

[theacoma]

Wasn't impressed. But then I'm a girl and most of these posts seem to be from guys. I liked Sarah---but couldn't stand her counter part (Jessica?) Didn't like her hair, clothes or the way she presented. She seemed fake. Wasn't relaxed--ooo the camera is on me now yeah,,,,
In the news segment, I had already heard most of the stories already on diggnation. I was looking for something new.
Maybe next week will be better.

[skyz]

this show is so cute :)

it is like a really fun smart hip magazine about the internet

yes i read vogue and such as well as wired i love this kind of media

[thecgmguy]

Am I imagining things or was Dr. Kiki lip synching?

[nextgenxbox]

Wasn't impressed. But then I'm a girl and most of these posts seem to be from guys. I liked Sarah---but couldn't stand her counter part (Jessica?) Didn't like her hair, clothes or the way she presented. She seemed fake. Wasn't relaxed--ooo the camera is on me now yeah,,,,
In the news segment, I had already heard most of the stories already on diggnation. I was looking for something new.
Maybe next week will be better.

The thing is the majority of us here were hardcore TECHTV fans from back in the day. So seeing both Sarah and Jessica hosting together is just all kinds of awesome.

[darknessgp]

The thing is the majority of us here were hardcore TECHTV fans from back in the day. So seeing both Sarah and Jessica hosting together is just all kinds of awesome.

Why? Sarah and Jessica were on the tale end of the TechTV era. It's kind of like people saying seeing Kevin and Alex together again reminds them of the awesomeness of TSS... when the awesome days of TSS was with Pat and Leo (Yes, I know it was originally hosted with Leo and Kate). Does no one remember Cat and Megan? Sorry to kind of rant, but I hate seeing people say "I remember TechTV ..." only to have them remember it as it was right before the merger.

[jlouderb]

Yeah, we're definitely talking about ratings here. We decided on something, but we haven't implemented it yet - except in iTunes.

And I agree it's a fine line. But in Digg Reel, for example, we really don't *have* to say those bad words...

Anyway, we hear you, we're working on it.

Thanks for the feedback!

jim

[Murphy1d]

I think "Fair Warning" should be the modus operandi.

Telling Gator not to cuss is like telling Alex to cool it on the hair gel. You may feel better about it, but it doesn't make it right.

[sarahlane]

Why? Sarah and Jessica were on the tale end of the TechTV era. It's kind of like people saying seeing Kevin and Alex together again reminds them of the awesomeness of TSS... when the awesome days of TSS was with Pat and Leo (Yes, I know it was originally hosted with Leo and Kate). Does no one remember Cat and Megan? Sorry to kind of rant, but I hate seeing people say "I remember TechTV ..." only to have them remember it as it was right before the merger.

Actually, we first introduced Jessica and Megan together in what we affectionately called the "Babe Corral" on TSS in 2001. I joined the on-air cast over a year before TechTV merged with G4 in 2004.

Anyway, whether you were a hardcore TTV fan or are just discovering us now, we're so glad to have you with us. Onward and upward!

[Murphy1d]

Someone will always have seen it earlier, but I did start watching when it was ZDTV.

So, in the words of the great sage Bill The Cat.. thrrpppt!

[mattk]

Just finished the episode - finally got around to watching it after i had to stop earlier.

Gotta admit - i was a little apprehensive at first, but by the end you got me saying this is solid gold! I loved it and can't wait for the next one and i think having Jessica along side Sarah has allowed her to find her sweet spot.

Keep up the great work, can't wait for the next one!

[nextgenxbox]

Actually, we first introduced Jessica and Megan together in what we affectionately called the "Babe Corral" on TSS in 2001. I joined the on-air cast over a year before TechTV merged with G4 in 2004.

Anyway, whether you were a hardcore TTV fan or are just discovering us now, we're so glad to have you with us. Onward and upward!

The loyal TechTV fans will follow you guys where ever you go! God I wish that channel was still on the air...

[nextgenxbox]

Why? Sarah and Jessica were on the tale end of the TechTV era. It's kind of like people saying seeing Kevin and Alex together again reminds them of the awesomeness of TSS... when the awesome days of TSS was with Pat and Leo (Yes, I know it was originally hosted with Leo and Kate). Does no one remember Cat and Megan? Sorry to kind of rant, but I hate seeing people say "I remember TechTV ..." only to have them remember it as it was right before the merger.

Even before the merger, it was still TechTV... it didn't start sucking until after they merged and hundreds of people were fired and the operation was moved to LA.

Sarah and Jessica were there for years before the G4 merger.

And yes, we remember Kate, Megan, Cat, Yoshi, Chris, etc...

[irrelevant_matters]

i thought the show's pretty good.. loved the all-girls theme~~

i loved dr. kiki!! been watching her on food science and she's so funny and energetic!

thought the 2 hosts were ok. maybe a bit too much irrelevant chit-chatting in between..

but gd job and i'll keep watching it~ :cool:

[darknessgp]

Actually, we first introduced Jessica and Megan together in what we affectionately called the "Babe Corral" on TSS in 2001. I joined the on-air cast over a year before TechTV merged with G4 in 2004.

Anyway, whether you were a hardcore TTV fan or are just discovering us now, we're so glad to have you with us. Onward and upward!

Fair enough Sarah. I really hate people I think are posers, and I always hate it whenever someone mentions the "good old days of TSS" and mention you, Kevin, Alex, Morgan, etc... but somehow forget to mention Pat or Leo. In any case, it really shouldn't matter now, as TechTV is dead.

Even though I did post a list of complaints, I really am digging popsiren. There's just something about it (and it's not just that it's all you girls) that makes it seem more than just a normal geek news/DIY show.

Also, More Neha. She's awesome.

[tokenuser]

Am I imagining things or was Dr. Kiki lip synching?It just looked like it because the audio was a fraction out of sync with the video.

[masherscf]

It just looked like it because the audio was a fraction out of sync with the video.

She was so Ashley Simpson. Everyone knows Kiki can't sing.

[renehasp]

this show is so cute :)

it is like a really fun smart hip magazine about the internet

yes i read vogue and such as well as wired i love this kind of media

Thats such a good idea!! I would tottaly subscribe to a newsleater or a magazine.. :)

[Broph]

Stationery is a general name given to paper and office supplies such as envelopes, notepads, pens, pencils, erasers, greeting cards, paper clips, thumbtacks, staples, etc...

True, but I think that the point is that stationary (with an 'a') is a general name given to stuff that does not move. The wrong word was used for the show's description.

[nextgenxbox]

True, but I think that the point is that stationary (with an 'a') is a general name given to stuff that does not move. The wrong word was used for the show's description.

I don't remember that but it was probably a simple typo. No big deal.

[Heyseuss]

I want to install Jessica's ACB, and run it all through the summers night.

[Nikole]

I don't think I can thank you guys enough for showing me instapaper, I usually bookmark the things I don't get time to read and now have millions upon millions of things to read and it's become so foreboding that I don't even bother. But this, well this is the bee's knee's and I thank you.

[sarahlane]

I don't think I can thank you guys enough for showing me instapaper, I usually bookmark the things I don't get time to read and now have millions upon millions of things to read and it's become so foreboding that I don't even bother. But this, well this is the bee's knee's and I thank you.

Hey Nikole,
If you like Instapaper, you definitely need to watch our new episode that releases today at 4 pm Eastern!! It gets better!
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[elisa]

I watched this episode a while back but only now found the need for Instapaper and THANK YOU, Sarah! It's such a fantastic service. It's perfect for those articles that I want to read at some point but not right now and yet I don't want to bookmark them to ma.gnolia or google bookmarks so this is the perfect solution. Good stuff!

[sarahlane]

I watched this episode a while back but only now found the need for Instapaper and THANK YOU, Sarah! It's such a fantastic service. It's perfect for those articles that I want to read at some point but not right now and yet I don't want to bookmark them to ma.gnolia or google bookmarks so this is the perfect solution. Good stuff!

No sweat, Elisa...glad you enjoy!
:)
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