Story Land - Blog
Voting Reaction (Butchers Chopped) - Tuesday Apr 20, 2010
The Round 3 results came hurtling through the ether this morning to land on our desks. Butchers, who won Round 1, the close fought opening vote have been knocked out of the competition. I'm a little shocked. Disappointed too, I guess you don't know what you've got till it's gone. I was going to try and create an homage to Brendan and Jason, where I wasn't going to mince my words, how I was offal'ly upset. When I went to write about how they couldn't steak a place in the final I couldn't take it anymore and broke down. I cursed cruel fate as I wiped away the tears with my little sausage fingers. When the All Mighty tenderizes your heart with a rolling pin he does a good job.
Tears aside, Zombie Bashers and We Own the Streets have made the final. The Bashers have topped the last two rounds with their amazing project. Conor, Stephen, Ruth and Julianne well done again! Pascal and Mick's fight with ZTU and
Lance Armbar continues unabated. It's going to be intriguing to see who wins now. We Own the Streets have put up a tenacious campaign and been everywhere doing everything. W.O.T.S. have been consistently near the top of the results for every round and have developed a large following. How support is going to polarise between them is going to be interesting to watch.
Can they both pull out all the stops again ignore the pressure to deliver? I think they will, we all deserve a tough choice on when Episode 5 airs on Friday May 14th. Voting is open till the 20th with the results announced Friday May 21st.
In the meantime, check out our idents on the Facebook page (I dare you to come up with better!) and drop us a thought about what you think of the results. You're the one deciding after all.
by Feargal Gallagher |
Episode 4's - Monday Apr 12, 2010
So we're down to 3 remaining shows fighting it out to make it into the final two. Voting opened this morning and the new episodes are online. So much is at stake for the program makers, they know now that the hard bit isn't making the episodes (though it is hard and I should know... I've seen the pics and read the production blogs). The hard work is drumming up interest in their work and getting people to watch it, like it and vote for it.
Picture the end scene of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly... No scratch that. Imagine an anti-sequel to Dumb and Dumber 2 called Really Good, Better and Bestest. No that won't do... It's 10 minutes to midnight in Albert Square, Barry from Extras and Phil and Grant Mitchel are facing off waiting for those electronic drums (It's raining of course because it's Eastenders). Hmmm.... Simply put, Butchers, We Own the Streets and Zombie Bashers are vying for your votes.
I have my favourite but the problem is it keeps changing because the shows are so different. I love Butchers for it's classical setup which is cleverly executed and the on screen chemistry between Gerry and Enda. Zombie Bashers scope, ambition and inventiveness means I expect them to find new ways to squeeze blood out of a stone (literally!). And it goes without saying how great Cathal is. The subtlety of xL and We Own the Streets has me second guessing my own judgement at times. I guess it's just his infectious likeability. Frankly I hope you're able to pick a favourite. At this stage it's not as easy as it looks.
Call over to our Facebook page and tell me what you make of the new eps and what swayed you to vote for your chosen show.
by Feargal Gallagher |
