Episode #368: Not available on YouTube
Episode Notes
I've had this idea jotted down for a few months. I had "those two TV guys" and made the occasional joke with them, but now they have a purpose in life. Of course, in the meantime I went and rebuilt the fourth wall, which means they can't present their reviews directly to you, the reading audience; so instead they are making a video-blog-review thingy in-universe. A show within a show, as it were. In future, you won't see the "recording process", just the finished result. The website they refer to, "That Guy with the Bionic-Eyes" is probably not related to any video-review-based website with a similar, but less bionic, name.
Oh yeah, we finally get names for the two guys (although we've known the guy with black hair's surname, "Weatherby", for a while): Isaac and Phillip. They are named after two of my favourite sci-fi authors.
Transcript
- Panel 1: Two people (Those Two TV Guys) sit on a sofa. The camera is zoomed right out and the frame is blurry.
- VFX:
- Various on-screen indicators of the sort you find on digital recording equipment. "REC", a "ZOOM" level indicator (lowest setting) and a battery level icon.
- Isaac:
- Hello interwebz, my name is Isaac.
- Phillip:
- And I'm Phillip.
- Isaac/Phillip:
- Together we are "Those Two Sci-Fi Guys Who Review Stuff!"
- Panel 2: The frame is still blurry, but now it is zoomed right in on Isaac and Phillip's faces.
- VFX:
- The "ZOOM" level indicator is now on its maximum setting.
- Isaac:
- Each month we're going to review a different classic sci-fi movie.
- Something your great-great-great-great-etc grandparents watched and loved!
- Phillip:
- And because we're basically lazy, it will be a brief, pithy, review.
- Panel 3: The frame is now in focus and the zoom is set at a comfortable distance.
- VFX:
- {{The "ZOOM" level indicator is turned down a notch. There is now an "AUTOFOCUS ON" status indicator.}}
- Isaac:
- All reviews will be available for free from the "That Guy with the Bionic-Eyes" website.
- Phillip:
- We start with the film "Serenity", written and directed by Joss Whedon, the creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".
- Panel 4:
- Isaac:
- "Serenity" was made as a follow-up to the, we must say, tragically cancelled TV series "Firefly", and serves to tie-up some of the loose ends from the show.
- Phillip:
- In our opinion this movie is best summed up by the alternative title we give it around here.
- Panel 5:
- Phillip:
- "River Tam is Awesome and Kicks Butt for Two Hours"
- Panel 6: We are no longer looking "through the camera" itself, we can now see Felicia is doing the filming.
- Isaac:
- That's all you need to know, really.
- Felicia:
- Hmm, but I've always called it "Malcolm Reynolds is Awesome for Two Hours!"
- Space Cowboy for the win!