Who in their right mind wants to be the Chachi to Justin's Fonzie? posted by GuyZero at 10:56 AM on May 29, 2007
That's valuable information! posted by bshort at 10:59 AM on May 29, 2007
Wait... hasn't EDtv already been done?
So this is the same concept but without a camera crew?
When do we get a show where nano-bots have infiltrated into an unknowing person's retina, and start broadcasting everything they see? That seems like the real end-game, to me.
Short of secretly hijacking their brain, of course.
My life has enough dull moments without watching someone else do nothing in low-rez video. Daily tedium is available to me in super-3D surround video, sound, and touch! for free! posted by EricGjerde at 11:05 AM on May 29, 2007
I would only be interested in watching someone else their life if I were completely isolated and unable to move, speak, or create ideas of my own.
Even then, I would be blinking out the morse code for "kill me... kill me... kill me... " posted by chuckdarwin at 11:09 AM on May 29, 2007
...watching someone else live their life on the web if I were completely ... posted by chuckdarwin at 11:10 AM on May 29, 2007
It was actually done for real too, but I don't remember the name of the show. I do recall that Bret Michaels from Poison was involved. posted by smackfu at 11:48 AM on May 29, 2007
As if watching the daily crap in my own life wasn't dull enough. posted by miss lynnster at 11:50 AM on May 29, 2007
Googling "edtv brett michaels" got me the name: Todd TV, on FX. posted by smackfu at 11:51 AM on May 29, 2007
Somebody at SFGate is screwing somebody at Justin.tv, so readers have to endure front-page headlines anytime somebody there pops a load. (Or else SFGate is selling off front-page coverage as advertisement now.) Don't give in to the hype. posted by troybob at 1:26 PM on May 29, 2007
I wish Werner Herzog could direct the movie that is their lives so a bear would maul them and they would die. posted by basicchannel at 2:09 PM on May 29, 2007 [1 favorite]
This was forseen (sort of) by Canadian scifi author Robert J. Sawyer in his "The Neanderthal Parallax" series. posted by bhouston at 2:33 PM on May 29, 2007
"Or else SFGate is selling off front-page coverage as advertisement now"
Considering some of the other things they cover, that wouldn't surprise me in the least. posted by drstein at 3:32 PM on May 29, 2007
Justin's still around, huh? I figured that livecasting would blow its wad a few months ago... posted by mrgrimm at 5:51 PM on May 29, 2007
Good to know he's keeping the breakfast-eating fetishists happy, because I can't think of any other reason to watch this sort of thing.
and the guy from Poison? holy crap. that's just... I can't think of the words. but they're big icky words, believe me. posted by EricGjerde at 7:10 PM on May 29, 2007
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