Ep one: constructive critisism

[rabidbadger]

Huge potential here. Tons of personality.

Unfortunately that is part of the problem. You all have such strong personalities, and vocal opinions on the subject matter that you kept walking on each other. I could barely hear what you guys were saying because you kept either interrupting each other or talking over each other.

Dan did a damn fine job of trying to keep things contained and moving, but the over-talk was something he couldn't control, it seems. One of you guys has to be the leader. Dan is a natural leader for this format, and I honestly think the other guys should look/listen for his cues. I know Alex is boisterous and has to get his jokes in, but it is awkward and confusing when there are three of you, instead of two (ala: diggnation).

Don't get me wrong. I believe this show has great potential. Great chemistry with all the hosts, just relax a bit. Calm down. You are all pretty, and will all get snacks.

Meanwhile, visually: Can the greenscreen. Find a local starving artist to create a backdrop painting, and just sit/stand in front of it. Your fans (including me) don't want to wait an extra day for needless special effects. Just film, encode, post.

Love you. Love your hair.

(and thanks for letting me be the first question on your first episode. I feel honored. Honestly.)

Rabidbadger (-Joel)

i dont think they needed to calm down it all... it is the "totally RAD show" after all... its not like its "the view"

[lupin]

I hate to say it, but the show sucked. I mean, I didnt like geekdrome it almost always put me to sleep as does this show. Also, you guys should really cut the games section, its apprent that the knowledge between you three is rather mundane and limited. This was a problem on Geekdrome and is a problem any time Alex or Kevin start talking about games on Diggnation. Sorry to be a Debbie Downer (last good skit on SNL?) but the show was awful. I actually turned it off at about 25 minutes.

VIVA LA DIGGNATION INDIGITAL and INFECTED!!

[rpgguy1o1]

yeah, i kind of agree
it seemed like whenever someone started a thought, one of the other two would jump in with some sort of anecdote or something and cut them off.
i enjoyed it tho, lived up to the name.

[shakermaker]

agree with most of what is said. however, 1st episode still nice to get the first one out. What I liked about the show is still the interactions with you three, but it seems were out of the loop, I'm sure as more episodes are done we'll be laughing with you. Nice transitions between segments, there isn't really much going on as far as news, and as far as videogames aswell, not much going on. Overall I thought it was good. I'm sure you'll win over the fans.

[zombi]

I thought it was great, the green screen backgrounds kinda threw me at first. I guess if you didnt dig the subject matter that was the drome, you probably wont like this much either as the overlap is pretty heavy.
Well done guys. Glad to see Dannyt on a podcast again.

[rabidbadger]

Originally Posted by rpgguy1o1

yeah, i kind of agree
it seemed like whenever someone started a thought, one of the other two would jump in with some sort of anecdote or something and cut them off.
i enjoyed it tho, lived up to the name.

Yeah. That was part of my point. You guys need to listen to each other... The latest TWIT which concentrated on podcasts with the guys from Tikibar said that the first few eps of any show are awkward, feeling your oats... this ep of RAD was very much that...

You'll get your vibe down in a few eps, but they also said on TWIT that you never get you audience twice. It's a one shot deal. You lose an audience if the first one they find sucks. They rarely come back twice. Gotta be careful with the hype.

You guys were good about hyping the fist ep with an ingrained fanbase (geekdrome). But that won't wash when you wannna grow our fan base. You'll need more than us. You will need us telling our non IPTV savvy friends to look for you. And you got to give us a reason to hype you to them.


Just thinking out loud. And spending too much time on it. Considering I got my own vidcast to hype.

[kwok_talk]

I didn't mind the green screen - too often the backdrops are just someone's living room wall, which gets bland.

I'm not too sure how often it happened in the scenes in the house, but for some reason it really stuck out how when Alex or Jeff would sometimes talk for a longer period of time, the camera would catch Dan in a solo shot and he'd be looking completely elsewhere or disinterested. I'm sure it totally wasn't the case, just my observation.

I'm confident that any tweaks will get fixed as a natural progression/development of the show, so I still look forward to the show!

[poltah]

Totally agree with rabidbadger.

[calvinslug]

I need to reserve judgement until I do one as audio only, which is normally how I listen to podcasts.