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The Strangerhood: Episode 1 Released

Posted by Zonk on from the hope-it-doesn't-involve-lots-of-going-to-the-bathroom dept.

wylf writes "Rooster Teeth productions (makers of Red Vs. Blue) have just released the first episode of "The Strangerhood", a sitcom made using EA Games' The Sims 2."

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  1. Re:Anyone got a mirror? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Mirror

  2. Re:Same cheesy cynical degrader-style writing? by sgant · · Score: 3, Interesting

    wow....you must have to go a LONG way to be entertained!

    I'm interested though, what do you consider entertainment...good entertainment. What do you like?

    I'm not asking to rip it apart, just curious. I mean, everyone has different tastes and it seems to me people today judge others on what they like in regards to entertainment. How often do we judge others because they may like Britney Spears, or Willie Nelson or Marylyn Manson? Do we not all instantly do a little judgement on someone when their tastes differ from our own? I admit, I'm like this sometimes. It's wrong, but we still do it. How could we possibly know someone by what they like in entertainment?

    For instance, you say you hate Seinfeld and the "college-boy rip" and "yawn"...I instantly judged you to be one of those people that always hate everything so they can seem above it all and look cool doing it, but inside you're just as insecure as everyone else and only looking for acceptance. Now, I have NO idea who you are or how your personality is, but I instantly judged you like this. Granted, it usually comes from negative posts and I think you'll agree your post was negative.

    And as for jumping the shark, I only think that Red vs. Blue will achieve this when they have "a very special episode". lol

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  3. mirror by Quixotic · · Score: 5, Informative

    here's a mirror

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  4. Not very funny... by SkyWalk423 · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I understand that they have to introduce characters and set up situations, but I just watched this first Episode and it wasn't very funny. The "cool guy" character got a chuckle from me when he "greeted" the trash can, and the camo-faced army guy has potential, but I watched the entire thing with a straight face. The stoner (Wade aka Durnt) got on my damn nerves from the very beginning.

    It's basically a rehash of the first RvB "Why are we here" episode, except that one was funny. I'll keep watching, I hope they get better.

  5. Groan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The voice acting is *horrible*. The black dude is some white guy trying to do Mr. T. You can't voice act guys... maybe it was OK in RvB where you ran the voice through a telephone for the stormtrooper effect... but it sucks here.

    Plot is... uh, well there is none. The "cast" (I suppose this is introducing the cast) just kinda wake up in the Sims and don't know why. Yay, that's original.

  6. The animation is too good by (SM)+Spacemonkey · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Red and Blue is funny, in part, because of the low key animation, and camera work. Its really just back and forth banter. Very little physical humour, really poor shots. You can't take it seriously, and that makes it funny.

    But this... The Sims 2 engine is way too advanced for what they need. They are doing pans and zooms, the characters themselves are acting physically. You start to take it seriously. Who else was watching the opening facial animations and waiting for visual cues from the sims as to when to laugh? Comedy is about timing and Strangerhood looks too good not to take serious, but it isn't good enough to be able to nail down timing.

    Going to be a lot harder to get this to work.