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The CW Greenlights a Crazy Ass Show

Hexmage-PAHexmage-PA Registered User regular
edited August 2008 in Debate and/or Discourse
A trailer for a new show called Chadam was shown at Comic Con. From what I've heard so far, it's going to be on the CW, it's CG animation, and it's crazy as fuck. Here's a link to the io9 article about it, which has a trailer: Chadam at i09

First image:
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I seriously can't imagine this show lasting even one season. The only target demographic I could think of for this show would be people who shop at Hot Topic regularly.

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  • GoodOmensGoodOmens Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    You're forgetting the lucrative schizophrenic demographic.

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  • Hexmage-PAHexmage-PA Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Oh, BTW, the guy in the image is the main character.

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  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Dude I'm totally gonna watch this while high.
    I've never been stoned before, but according to stoner movies I think that might be how to watch this.

    lol looks like Spongebob.

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  • Wonder_HippieWonder_Hippie __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2008
    This looks horrible.

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  • HozHoz Cool Cat Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I hope one of the crazy concepts they plan on implementing is good writing.

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  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    It reminds me of Liquid Television back in the days when MTV didn't play videos but didn't play reality shows all the time either.

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  • Wonder_HippieWonder_Hippie __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2008
    Hoz wrote: »
    I hope one of the crazy concepts they plan on implementing is good writing.

    Ehn, I doubt it. The whole thing looks and feels like that PSP launch title Death Jr. The presentation of Chadam himself in the trailer was uninteresting and uninspiring.

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  • darthmixdarthmix Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I can't watch the trailer now but that image and synopsis are at least odd enough to get my attention, which is something that TV shows usually have to work pretty hard to get.

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  • redxredx I(x)=2(x)+1 whole numbersRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Kagera wrote: »
    Dude I'm totally gonna watch this while high.
    I've never been stoned before, but according to stoner movies I think that might be how to watch this.

    lol looks like Spongebob.
    GoodOmens wrote: »
    You're forgetting the lucrative schizophrenic demographic.
    naw, it's still too ugly to watch.



    egad, the trailer feels like playing some sort of boring myst-like puzzle game.

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  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The Psychonauts crowd should like this.

    All 15 of them.

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The fuck is this shit? o.O Who'd be dumb enough to play this... oh yeah. The CW.

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  • reminderGTOreminderGTO Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
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  • KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2008
    Chadam's mind powers are the cause of the island's problems.

    There. Done.

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  • FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤ interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I like it.

    Fuck you all.

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  • Hexmage-PAHexmage-PA Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Kagera wrote: »
    The Psychonauts crowd should like this.

    All 15 of them.

    Cold.

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  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Kazhiim wrote: »
    Chadam's emo powers are the cause of the island's problems.

    There. Done.

    Fixt

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  • gtrmpgtrmp Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Hexmage-PA wrote: »
    I seriously can't imagine this show lasting even one season. The only target demographic I could think of for this show would be people who shop at Hot Topic regularly.

    Sadly, the second sentence contradicts the first.

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  • Apothe0sisApothe0sis Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality? Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    A crazy, ass show? Sounds exciting.

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    edited August 2008
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    A crazy, ass show? Sounds exciting.

    Yeah the thread title is ambiguous.

    Is it a crazy show about asses, or a show about crazy asses?

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    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
  • TehSpectreTehSpectre Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    CHADAM MySpace wrote:
    Some additional info about the "CHADAM" animated series:
    "Cutting-edge artist Alex Pardee and producer Jason Hall of HDFILMS Inc. are teaming up on a 3D animation project based upon Pardee's character of the same name. Initially introduced as a character icon for the popular rock band The Used, Chadam has become an Internet phenomenon.

    Chadam lives as the "chosen one" in the hyper-stylized and exaggerated metropolitan island city of Vulture. His power of imagination is strong enough to physically change his environment and, therefore, his world … to save it from evil. The series will find Chadam in a place of refuge where he and others have retreated to plan their attack against a serial killer known as Viceroy.

    A dark, emotional action-horror-adventure fantasy story filled with self-discovery, Chadam will come to full 3D animated life via the magic of the Unreal Engine 3, the leading technology and development framework that powers cutting-edge games such as Gears of War and BioShock on today's popular platforms, including PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The Internet series will serve as an incubator for future expansion of the Chadam universe, from additional online episodes to television, film, videogames and more."
    This isn't going to be a TV series, it's an internet show.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    This looks awesome.

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  • DasUberEdwardDasUberEdward Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Hm it was inspired by The Used.

    That's horrible terrible and awful.

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  • gundam470gundam470 Drunk Gorilla CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    TehSpectre wrote: »
    CHADAM MySpace wrote:
    The Used

    Blegh.

    edit: Way beated by DUE.

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  • PicardathonPicardathon Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Kagera wrote: »
    The Psychonauts crowd should like this.

    All 15 of them.

    DIE

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    TehSpectre wrote: »
    CHADAM MySpace wrote:
    Some additional info about the "CHADAM" animated series:
    "Cutting-edge artist Alex Pardee and producer Jason Hall of HDFILMS Inc. are teaming up on a 3D animation project based upon Pardee's character of the same name. Initially introduced as a character icon for the popular rock band The Used, Chadam has become an Internet phenomenon.

    Chadam lives as the "chosen one" in the hyper-stylized and exaggerated metropolitan island city of Vulture. His power of imagination is strong enough to physically change his environment and, therefore, his world … to save it from evil. The series will find Chadam in a place of refuge where he and others have retreated to plan their attack against a serial killer known as Viceroy.

    A dark, emotional action-horror-adventure fantasy story filled with self-discovery, Chadam will come to full 3D animated life via the magic of the Unreal Engine 3, the leading technology and development framework that powers cutting-edge games such as Gears of War and BioShock on today's popular platforms, including PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The Internet series will serve as an incubator for future expansion of the Chadam universe, from additional online episodes to television, film, videogames and more."
    This isn't going to be a TV series, it's an internet show.

    Oh my god.

    I was gonna reply earlier being all like

    "This doesn't look like a TV show, it looks like a tech demo for UE3. brown brown lol"

    Then cancelled before posting because it was a dumb post.

    And now it's revealed that that horrible brown screenshot was UE3 at work? Goddamnit.

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