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[danielrh9]

Rev3 lost a LOT of my respect today. Not to mention my support of their advertisers. This was a stupid, idiotic, moronic move.

[dohko]

Originally Posted by Danielrh9

Rev3 lost a LOT of my respect today. Not to mention my support of their advertisers. This was a stupid, idiotic, moronic move.

wtf are you talking about? we are in a bad economy, what do you expect? Almost every single company in the country is going through this. stfu please.

My best wishes to everyone who got layoff.

[tokenuser]

Originally Posted by dohko

wtf are you talking about? we are in a bad economy, what do you expect? Almost every single company in the country is going through this. stfu please.

My best wishes to everyone who got layoff.

Ditto on both counts.

Boycotting sponsors? Not their fault.

The economy sucks at the moment, but bills still need to be paid - and a big chunk of that is salaries (and benefits).

To all the haters - be thankful you've only lost a couple of free internet TV shows ... and not your jobs.

To everyone at Revision3 that got caught in the mess today - best of luck.

[iancampbell]

Thank you Martin and Jay for the show. You were great hosts. Don't ever stop posting stuff Martin I'll follow you like...like...a Web Drifter. Good luck to everyone!

[esophagus]

Good luck to Martin and everyone else involved with IS and every other canceled show. Hope you all land on your feet, and I'm sure you will.

[scottcarmichael]

Well this just sucks. I think Internet Superstar was Rev3's best show but apparently the focus was more on a select few series (Diggnation, Tekzilla & EpicFu for awhile) than trying to make interesting stuff for people to watch.

What I mean is I can get random tech news anywhere online - Tekzilla isn't all that special. And Diggnation? I can glance over Digg in 10 minutes myself. And EpicFu? Pretty face, but no substance.

I dunno....this just sucks...a bad business decision in my opinion. I say you should just go do your own thing Martin. The ultra low-budget Infected was superior to Internet Superstar in certain ways because it didn't seem overproduced.......just go follow in Tom Green's footsteps (well, not in the sense of that whole "getting engaged to Drew Barrymore" thing).

You don't need some Digg-powered business to keep you going - you have an audience and with the tons of video sharing sites out now, you definitely have the ability to get your videos out to the masses. Besides, Digg will start fading away soon enough. Just take a look at what dominates the content nowadays...it's laughably bad compared to what it was on there even a year or so ago.


Well, that's all. Good luck Mr. Sargent!

Go to Walmart, buy a $200DV Camera, fire up Windows Movie Maker and make your own masterpiece series. Screw the suits

[i_am_scifi]

You da man, Marty. I'll be following whatever happens in your career very closely, and hope to see you back on your feet real soon!

[sahtor]

Thank you and Jay for all the memorable episodes. I'm happy that I got your comedy even tho it means I'm a internet loser.


Martin Sargent YOU are an INTERNET SUPERSTAR!

[vladtheimpaled]

I understand how economical viability has to be a key in the success of a program like Internet Superstar. But what I think may have been missed in what I think was a really BAD decision to cancel the show, is that all the other programming that Rev3 is offering is really not that different to what could be offered on any cable TV channel. Granted, I don't know any cable TV channel that can justify airing tech-geek type shows these days, but the way I see it - you need content that is able to appeal to a non-geek audience and stuff that just isn't found on TV. Otherwise this whole Internet TV thing is just going to go away like another fad.

Internet Superstar, Martin, Jay, Sarah, etc. were, IMHO, staples on Rev3. I would find myself watching them episode after episode on my couch in front of the TV, thanks to RSS feeds. Yet although I'm a fan of Patrick Norton and his shows, Systm and TekZilla would be great for content information, but I'd find myself literally falling asleep in front of those shows. Its not that the hosts are having problems - its just that its dry, colorless and boring from time to time, and yet EVERY episode of Internet Superstar was funny, creative, alive and brilliant.

I know you guys are all ex-Screen Savers, ZDNet TV, etc. folk. But the fact that you came from that background doesn't mean that the future is the past 8 yrs ago. Internet Superstar made a wonderful mockery of humanity in a way that just was brilliant. Jay's amazing work as the side-kick/actor of the show, along with Martin's willingness to 'just go there' and get away with it, will be sorely missed.

I'm sure I'm not alone in these feelings, but when I see the other shows that survived this cut back I really think that this was the wrong decision. If there was anyway to reverse it, I believe it would be to Rev3's advantage to do so.

Vlad

[funkjomamma]

I'm really sorry to see you go Marty. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.