You might know the Canadian YouTube cooking show "Epic Meal Time". But do you also know there is a parody of it called "Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time"?
While the original has outlandish foods being prepared with relatively ordinary preparation methods, the parody has relatively ordinary foods being prepared with the most batshit insane methods imaginable.
It looks a bit like Death Metal. Have a look:
The videos have become quickly very popular. The official YouTube channel has almost 300.000 subscribers by now. If you wanna see more of these cooking Vikings, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/user/SwedishMealTime
Bravo 5 is a German military web series which tells the story of four soldiers of the Special Forces Command of the Bundeswehr. Due to their top secret missions, they get entangled in complexities and political consequences.
The synopsis of the 1st Episode is as follows:
28th of June 2012, Reichstag, Berlin. Three German special
forces soldiers are summoned to appear before a secret congressional
committee. They have to answer for a failed mission in Afghanistan,
which left 17 civilians dead – but the reach of this inquiry goes much
deeper, and soon, they find that the future of Germany’s entire special
forces is at stake here…
YouTube episodes are in English, but if you would like to find out more and wanna check out their website, you need to speak German: http://www.bravo5.de/
I have this button with "I heart Darcy" on it and everybody asks me, oh who is Darcy?
Err, Mr. Darcy? Pride & Prejudice? Jane Austen?
Well, I guess not everyone is familiar with the classic love story of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet. But for all (future) fans here is an online modernized adaptation of Jane Austen's novel and it's called "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries".
Lizzie Bennet tells the classic tale from the point of view of an
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet who grew up in a world of cell phones, video
cameras, and social media. The multi-platform series was created by popular YouTube
personality Hank Green and Streamy Award winning web video writer Bernie Su.
Within the first episode, Lizzie introduces herself as part of a class project. Have a look:
Main character Lizzie Bennet maintains in-character on social media destinations such as Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and of course YouTube. Her younger sister Lydia Bennett has her prime destinations on Tumblr and Twitter, while fashionista elder sister Jane Bennett incorporates Pinterest and Lookbook in addition to other social media sites. Fans and viewers are
encouraged to interact with all characters on any media platform
where they can find them.
I know it's an oldie, but a lot of school graduates have probably just started or are about to start their Gap Year and that's why I would like to present today Endemol's web reality show 'The Gap Year' which was the world's first
interactive online reality travel adventure.
In 2009 TV production company Endemol, best know for shows such as 'Big Brother' and 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition", and online platform Bebo started an interactive audition process to look for extremely entertaining graduates who would like to go on a trip to New Zealand. The Bebo online community voted then for the following young people who went on the Gap Year of their wildest dreams:
To mirror Bebo's global reach, 'The Gap Year' contestants travelled the
world for six months, including far flung destinations such as Iceland,
Africa, Thailand, and Russia. They also ventured to high profile events
like the Rio Carnival in Brazil, the Chinese New Year, Zen Week in Sri
Lanka and the Full Moon Party Season in Thailand. Over the course of their travels, each contestant faced an array of
challenges and surprises as they experienced different cultures, met new
people, savoured exotic food, went in search of outdoor activities and
entertainment and even hung out with local celebrities.
The new part about this project was that Bebo users could engage directly with the contestants, share travel tips with them and voted in weekly polls which had a direct influence on how the journeys unravelled. If you wanna see the whole series (again), go to: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheGapYear
And another UK web series. This action thriller is called 'Trigger Point" and is produced by Pure Grass Films one of the leading cross-platform entertainment producers. They launched it in partnership with break.com a male-skewing video site.
'Trigger Point' is an
action thriller about a group of intelligence agents that combats
government corruption. Have a look at the first episode:
UK-based Pure Grass Films is already well-known for 'Beyond the Rave' which was MySpace’s
first original web series outside the US, and 'Kirill', an online drama
coproduction with Endemol UK.
To get more information, go to: http://www.puregrassfilms.com/
