Whedonesque : Comments on 19674 : Up to the Minute Coverage of the Streamys Red Carpet.

So who else is watching them? I'm only getting an audio stream. Anyone know if that's the actual plan?

Just audio.

Audio keeps cutting out.

Oh there's video now. Looks like we're live! I seem to be getting a solid stream too. Nice!

Okay this got to a slow start, with silence at the streamys.org, but with interviews here:
http://www.kyte.tv/ch/44666/390449#uri=channels/44666/390452
but now I have sound AND pictures! Yay
Starting out with Felicia introducing the awards! Can't get better than that!!

embers | March 29, 03:57 CET

I think I'll be twittering this with #streamys.

ilion | March 29, 03:58 CET

Sandeep and Felicia are adorable. The video stream is working now.

[ edited by Sunfire on 2009-03-29 04:01 ]

Sunfire | March 29, 04:01 CET

Video! Yay!

electricspacegirl | March 29, 04:05 CET

The hammer is my penis!

electricspacegirl | March 29, 04:06 CET

Fillion vs. Harris vs. Parikh comedy deathmatch. WHO WILL WIN?

Sunfire | March 29, 04:07 CET

Yay NPH!

hacksaway | March 29, 04:07 CET

Neil Patrick Harris won!

electricspacegirl | March 29, 04:07 CET

I am really enjoying watching this streaming live, and the winner of best Male is Neil Patrick Harris! And he is here! Yay!!
"Rad" - I am loving this.

embers | March 29, 04:08 CET

The Doctor himself! Insulting Nathan! Outstanding.

Sunfire | March 29, 04:08 CET

Nathan Fillion "...is a dick, and pads his junk."

electricspacegirl | March 29, 04:08 CET

"and he pads his junk" :D

pixiedust | March 29, 04:09 CET

"That would be a lie!"

NPH is so awesome.

ilion | March 29, 04:09 CET

For people reading this later, Neil said basically "I'd say Nathan was great to work with... but that'd be a lie. He's a dick, and he pads his junk."

Also nice things about the Whedons and that Felicia is "awesome personified," but I know you're all here for the fake hate.

Sunfire | March 29, 04:12 CET

Can we have Felicia and Sandeep back?

hacksaway | March 29, 04:12 CET

No kidding. Their banter was quality. The rest so far, disappointingly like all other award shows.

Sunfire | March 29, 04:13 CET

So is this only streaming live?

ETA: This might be a stupid question, but there's no way to rewind and I'm wondering if I missed all the Whedon-y stuff.

[ edited by Emmie on 2009-03-29 04:17 ]

Emmie | March 29, 04:15 CET

Given how much uncertainty there was earlier it would stream at all, I wouldn't assume anything at the moment.

Sunfire | March 29, 04:18 CET

Emmie it only just started, so the only Whedony thing so far was Felicia giving NPH his award, we have a lot more Whedon nominations coming up (and I hope they win!). But yeah, I think it is only live streaming.

embers | March 29, 04:19 CET

Yes, there's only been the one category they were up for so far. Best male actor in a comedy.

[ edited by Sunfire on 2009-03-29 04:19 ]

Sunfire | March 29, 04:19 CET

Thanks! Ok, I can stand missing only one of the funnies. *imagines NPH winning award*

Emmie | March 29, 04:21 CET

Joss is up! Director category.

Sunfire | March 29, 04:22 CET

Joss is up... did he win? YAY Joss Won!!!!
He'd been practicing his steamy acceptance speech, but he isn't ready for a Streamy! And he forgot to wear a tie... (kidding, I'm sure he remembered to not wear one).

[ edited by embers on 2009-03-29 04:24 ]

embers | March 29, 04:22 CET

Go Joss! LOL that he was sorry he wasn't funny. The man feels obliged to make us laugh.

Emmie | March 29, 04:24 CET

Congrats, Joss! Props to Sean Becker and Sandeep too.

hacksaway | March 29, 04:25 CET

And he won! Yay! He explained how everyone there is his hero, and he apologized for not being funny.

Sunfire | March 29, 04:25 CET

Finally The Guild wins something!

hacksaway | March 29, 04:28 CET

Oh wow, I'm loving on the Guild winning... this is really fun as I sit here in the dark because I'm pretending to follow the whole Earth Day dark hour whatever....

embers | March 29, 04:29 CET

Hooray for Joss and The Guild. Also, Felicia looks even more uncommonly gorgeous. And check out the guns! She looks like she could bench press me.

jlp | March 29, 04:31 CET

Haha that was a funny acceptance speech by The Guild. Wow, Felicia is ridiculously gorgeous and so poised. Love her.

Emmie | March 29, 04:31 CET

The Guild won best ensemble series. Felicia spoke and then Jeff rambled a bit from nervousness. :)

Sunfire | March 29, 04:32 CET

Apparently Jeff had an interesting experience at a bath house in Seattle he wanted to share. Not that it was him or anything.

Emmie | March 29, 04:35 CET

Yay, Joss! Great speech. It was a little funny, in the beginning. But very meaningful. You rock, dude.

electricspacegirl | March 29, 04:37 CET

And the Best Writer is: (drum roll): YAY! Dr. Horrible!!!

embers | March 29, 04:40 CET

Writing streamy for the Doc Horrible folks. Hurrah for our crew.

QuoterGal | March 29, 04:40 CET

Noes! The video froze right when Joss got to the stage!

Emmie | March 29, 04:40 CET

Yay Dr. Horrible wins for writing!

electricspacegirl | March 29, 04:41 CET

No Jed or Zack, but yay Dr. Horrible! If only it weren't competing with Felicia.

hacksaway | March 29, 04:42 CET

Yay, Jane E.!

hacksaway | March 29, 04:44 CET

Go Jane!

Emmie | March 29, 04:45 CET

Oh wow, Jane is wearing a beautiful dress, it is so great to see her win!

embers | March 29, 04:45 CET

Jane!

electricspacegirl | March 29, 04:45 CET

Jane Espenson just accepted for best dramatic writing, BSG.

ilion | March 29, 04:45 CET

This is what the Emmys would look like I if I got to pick things.

Sunfire | March 29, 04:46 CET

Can anyone figure out what the trophy is supposed to be?

hacksaway | March 29, 04:46 CET

Jane E won Best writing for a Dramatic series for BSG

RavenU | March 29, 04:46 CET

Sunfire, word.

Emmie | March 29, 04:50 CET

Hee, Kim Evey.

#9: Cast Felicia Day! I will pwn your ass.

hacksaway | March 29, 04:54 CET

Haha, I was hoping they'd include casting Felicia as one of the steps

pixiedust | March 29, 04:54 CET

This promotional video for the streams forgot that Felicia wasn't ONLY in Dr. Horrible and the Guild, she was in The Legend of Neil too!

embers | March 29, 04:54 CET

Hire Felica Day ... or she will kill you.

RavenU | March 29, 04:54 CET

Oh dear, they actually have a serious speech by an "Academy President"?

jlp | March 29, 04:55 CET

Hee! The most fun clips I've ever watched at an awards event.

Emmie | March 29, 05:00 CET

Interesting how the thread dies when no Whedonverse categories come up. I wonder if that means something. Huh.

Emmie | March 29, 05:11 CET

Boo! Felicia didn't win :(

Harmalicious | March 29, 05:14 CET

hehe I loved his comment about the 'first annual dr. horrible awards'

pixiedust | March 29, 05:15 CET

Anyone else notice that Dr. Horrible actually didn't win the awards for best visual effects and best art direction :-(. While I hadn't seen the competition so I can't really judge whether this is correct or not, especially the video for the winner of special fx did not impress me; then again, Dr. Horrible was not really brilliant because of its special effects (although I was pleasantly surprised at their quality).

Celebithil | March 29, 05:18 CET

They are really over doing this dull French maid TV thing... something I won't bother to see online! Actually this HAS to be a technical glitch, they can't think anyone wanted to see this again....

embers | March 29, 05:19 CET

I know who WON'T be getting a Streamy next year...

The producers of the first ever Streamy awards!

WithoutCaution | March 29, 05:19 CET

I find the presentation here kind of sad, really. They want it so much to look like a "real" awards show, and they just can't pull it off.

jlp | March 29, 05:21 CET

bored now

NOT bored now, Felicia is so great! I just love her!

[ edited by embers on 2009-03-29 05:32 ]

embers | March 29, 05:24 CET

Wait!! I haven't fired a shot yet!

Madhatter | March 29, 05:27 CET

Woohoo, Felicia!!! Best speech of the night.

[ edited by hacksaway on 2009-03-29 05:33 ]

hacksaway | March 29, 05:30 CET

Awesome speech by Felicia!

discordia | March 29, 05:33 CET

Loved the speech by Ms. Day. Also, she looks gorgeous in that dress.

crazygolfa | March 29, 05:33 CET

Oh, what a great speech! Go, Felicia!!! I got chills by her words. Hey, she must be a writer!

Harmalicious | March 29, 05:34 CET

Whoa the Guild beat Dr. Horrible. Good for them!

Emmie | March 29, 05:36 CET

Yay for the Guild!

pixiedust | March 29, 05:37 CET

Wow, the Guild beat Dr. Horrible!

Harmalicious | March 29, 05:37 CET

Wow. Congratulations to The Guild!

hacksaway | March 29, 05:38 CET

Bah! I love how Felicia was so confused about why she was up there again.

Emmie | March 29, 05:39 CET

Seth Green as Bud Bundy. LOL.

RavenU | March 29, 05:39 CET

Good job The Guild! That show is marvelously funny. The writing's great and the ensemble nails it every time.

Sunfire | March 29, 05:40 CET

That was the best of all worlds--the choice between two great series! Also--so funny to see how genuine the surprise was!

discordia | March 29, 05:41 CET

BSG won for Best Dramatic series - Jane E accepted.

RavenU | March 29, 05:42 CET

Lisa Kudrow is hilarious.

Emmie | March 29, 05:47 CET

This was a triumph :D

pixiedust | March 29, 05:48 CET

Woot! Dr. Horrible won.

crazygolfa | March 29, 05:49 CET

Woohoo Dr. H!

Emmie | March 29, 05:49 CET

Dr. Horrible won the Audience Choice award! Hooray! And it's over. French maids and all.

Sunfire | March 29, 05:49 CET

Great ending to the show!!!

discordia | March 29, 05:49 CET

Yay, Joss and company!! And Kai (spelling?) for making Joss write Dr. Horrible!

Harmalicious | March 29, 05:50 CET

So was anyone able to capture this to put it up at youtube?

embers | March 29, 05:51 CET

Yay! I'm glad Dr. Horrible and The Guild could split the awards. Good stuff.

I hope they put video up, I'd like to rewatch some of the speeches.

hacksaway | March 29, 05:51 CET

I'd like to actually see NPH getting his award. Sadly, he didn't talk for the rest of the show.

Emmie | March 29, 05:53 CET

I'm disappointed I didn't win anything...

xerox | March 29, 05:55 CET

Why don't people ever thank themselves at award shows, instead of thanking everyone else. We could use a bit of self a grandising once in a while. Switch up the show and pace a bit.

RavenU | March 29, 05:56 CET

If only we could rule the TV and movie world like we rule the web video world.

What a wonderful world that would be.

AlanD | March 29, 06:05 CET

More fun than most awards shows, but I could've done without the French maids. Went to check out "You Suck at Photoshop" (very funny), got caught up & and missed The Guild's win. I'll have to find Felicia's speech later.

jcs | March 29, 06:08 CET

Must say a "bout time" to Jane. She earned this one and more. What a talent writer!

Madhatter | March 29, 06:11 CET

12-second clip of Joss on winning Best Director.

Many similar clips also.

[ edited by AlanD on 2009-03-29 06:15 ]

AlanD | March 29, 06:13 CET

Did you all catch Dichen Lachman in the audience?

I thought Felecia's speech was inspiring. Joss had it right, there clearly is an establishment and the independents. I would disagree that he's apart of the establishment though, he clearly embodies the spirit of telling stories on your own terms that webisodes provide.

IMMORTAL | March 29, 06:16 CET

It was a Whedon-y/Day/Tancharoen-y/NPH/Espensonian/Guild-y kindof an evening, wasn't it? Very gratifying. Congrats to all of our Whedonish/Guilderian winners.

I do also highly recommend Lisa Kudrow's Web Therapy series - it's not only well-"written"/improv'd, but it has several episodes with the always-delightful Bob Balaban. And Lisa Kudrow is, as always, a hoot.

And like jcs, based on watching the streamys, I just started watching the You Suck at Photoshop series and I'm already laughing and hooked on it.

ETA: Forgot to say that I also thought the French Maid stuff was lame-o. On the other hand, Felicia's speech for winning "The Best Web Series" award for The Guild was hot, hot, hot. It was a real, "You go, girl!" moment. You lil' Square Peg, you.

[ edited by QuoterGal on 2009-03-29 06:23 ]

QuoterGal | March 29, 06:20 CET

RavenU, that would be self-graduations which wouldn't sit well.

Madhatter | March 29, 06:21 CET

RavenU,

Captain Hammer would have to get an award.

Anonymous1 | March 29, 06:45 CET

Madhatter : But it would be funny if done right. :D

Anonymous1 : Your right.:)

[ edited by RavenU on 2009-03-29 06:53 ]

RavenU | March 29, 06:52 CET

Did the winners get mentioned anywhere in the media? Cause I did a Google News Search and nothing seemed to come up. I also added the 12seconds link to the entry.

Simon | March 29, 07:53 CET

Most of the "traditional media" didn't show from what we saw in the Press Line. Lots of the new media was out. Felicia and Sandeep both got interviewed multiple times. NPH was a no-interview person and Joss didn't make the red carpet from what I understand. Check out E!Online (great lady I stood next too in pressline) was writing a story for tomorrow. Most of the rest of the press was web shows (like Mahalo). I'm not even sure a lot of the press stuck around for the shows. So I bet most of it will be posted tomorrow.

Thanks to everyone who @'d me during the show - sorry I missed ya'll since I was on my cell phone and could only see DMs. :D

BrownCoat_Tabz | March 29, 08:58 CET

I envision that in a few years time, the 'Streamies' will get hijacked by the mainstream media and become yet another big, overblown Hollywood production, and we'll all be in our rocking chairs saying "We remember the early days, back when Joss Whedon and Felicia Day..."

missb | March 29, 11:40 CET

Well this has been a big zero for me, since I not only don't twitter but (gasp!) don't even have a cell phone (I'm actually that broke). ;) and all the 12seconds.tv stuff has been bumped.

I tried YouTube but they don't have anything up. Hopefully there will be a list of winners at some point, somewhere accessible to the tech-deprived.
And some pics, the ones on this link apparently require you to be signed up with Twitter (unless I'm doing something wrong).

Shey | March 29, 14:30 CET

Shey, the 12 seconds link that Simon attached to the top of the thread is still working, did you try that? And I sure hope that SOMEONE taped all of this and will put it up at youtube because I particularly loved Jane Espenson's speech about hats and livers.

embers | March 29, 16:13 CET

12 seconds is just not long enough to watch our wonderful winners. Looking forward to seeing the awards and speeches elsewhere.

Lioness | March 29, 16:32 CET

Simon: UnderWire managed to get an article up here, but still no video. :(

embers | March 29, 16:41 CET

It was absolutely fantastic to hear the few traditional press people I saw there going "I didn't think this would be such a big deal... but this is amazing." As a New Media Junkie myself, it was extremely gratifying to see how much traditional Hollywood was agog.

I can totally see the traditional media taking over in a couple years. The CMO of Kodak told me there's no way things just can't keep progressing in web series. Many, many of the actresses/actors told me that they had originally gone "what the heck is a web series?" when their agents had wanted them to audition for one, but they're now (in the words of one of them) "no longer web series snobs". They loved the content (as one actress put it... it's better than the crappy movies I've done) and the audience reactions to their work.

BrownCoat_Tabz | March 29, 17:13 CET

Disappointing - the pictures at the link up there don't work. Says "picture you're looking for is no longer here."

Tonya J | March 29, 19:50 CET

Felica now offically scares me. Hire her or else, looks like she means it.

RavenU | March 29, 20:00 CET

I was never a fan of Obama Girl, but this video about the Streamy Awards is really cute and funny!

embers | March 29, 21:13 CET

The Twitpic links were broken this morning - they should be fixed now. :D

BrownCoat_Tabz | March 29, 22:39 CET

Here's New TeeVee's article

[ edited by BrownCoat_Tabz on 2009-03-29 23:47 ]

BrownCoat_Tabz | March 29, 23:46 CET

And here's iJustine on the red carpet and some of the awards show on Youtube.

BrownCoat_Tabz | March 30, 00:13 CET

WorldofHiglet grabbed some screencaps from the live stream.

BrownCoat_Tabz | March 30, 00:16 CET

That NewTeeVee article has the list of winners, which I can't find on the streamys.org site. I can guess why they aren't streaming replays of the event, but am disappointed they don't even bold the names of the winners within the Nominations page. I only caught a glimpse of a french maid, but I didn't mind. It would have been funny (not fair) were they to instead wear Dr. Horrible outfits. I would like to think that plans are already under way to improve things for next year.

[ edited by peacemonger on 2009-03-30 03:36 ]

peacemonger | March 30, 00:34 CET

Pssst, Shey, you don't have to have a cell phone to use Twitter - you can tweet from the web, too. Easy, addicting, and fun.

I missed all the festivity, cos I was doin' farm girl stuff. Congrats to all the deserving winners, and thanks for entertaining me so well and so often!

m'cookies actual | March 30, 01:44 CET

Why is there still no video of the Streamy Awards up? I'm getting anxious to share some of the speeches with my friends who weren't able to watch.

electricspacegirl | March 30, 01:53 CET

I'm guessing the sponsors only paid for live broadcast, not storage and a streaming server. And someone didn't feel right about putting it out on YouTube - at least not yet. Perhaps a deal is in the works with another portal? Maybe they could be on Hulu or somewhere. That this is totally ironic for the streamy awards is remarkable.

ETA I'm sure it's been mentioned the name sounds like The Steamy Awards. And I didn't get a good look at that trophy but it could look like something unpleasant. Perhaps it's not too late to change the name? Mushortios won't work. How about WeSees - a shortened play on The Web Series Awards?

[ edited by peacemonger on 2009-03-30 03:47 ]

peacemonger | March 30, 03:35 CET

The official photos.

The One True b!X | March 30, 04:52 CET

Considering this is an awards show for new media, wouldn't it make sense for the show to actually be available to watch on said new media? No?

Emmie | March 30, 05:02 CET

Those photos are awesome. That's the spirit the award show was mostly not getting across.

Sunfire | March 30, 05:08 CET

You know, this thing was like 24 hours ago. This isn't major corporation Fox giving their shows to major website Hulu to post the day after. Give them some time, no?

The One True b!X | March 30, 05:21 CET

Tube Filter's article on the Streamys

BrownCoat_Tabz | March 30, 05:28 CET

The official photos are amazing!!
And about the video being available... give them some time, people!
This is the first ever, it's not like they have tons of money like the Oscar or something. I'm positive it'll be up somewhere eventually. We just need to have a little patience.

maxsummers | March 30, 05:28 CET

Plus, the name of the awards show was "streamys" and the show WAS streamed live (and from what I can tell of the screencaps it was pretty darn good quality).

So give the folks a break guys.

[ edited by BrownCoat_Tabz on 2009-03-30 05:35 ]

BrownCoat_Tabz | March 30, 05:29 CET

It's the weekend, and tweets suggest a certain amount of celebratory activities last night. Give it a little time.

Sunfire | March 30, 05:56 CET

Yes, I left the after party early... but didn't get into bed until 2am last night. :D

Plus, it's Sunday. They at least worked all day Friday/Saturday - they deserve a day off!

BrownCoat_Tabz | March 30, 06:38 CET

The Wrap's Streamys coverage

Melissa's Video from the red carpet. Felicia is featured.

[ edited by BrownCoat_Tabz on 2009-03-30 06:44 ]

BrownCoat_Tabz | March 30, 06:42 CET

I've added the Tubefilter link to the entry and switched the pics link to the official Flickr set.

Simon | March 30, 07:25 CET

Here's a link to How to Make a Streamy Nominated Web Series on YouTube.

Bobbi | March 30, 15:00 CET

@TheWrap - Who knew that accidentally causing the death of a single person could define one as a serial killer...

QingTing | March 30, 16:13 CET

Now that we've gotten a closer look at the actual award, what do you guys think it is? I mean it is all streamy, but is it a confirmation of the internet being a series of tubes?

embers | March 30, 16:47 CET

I can't even guess.

The How To video is great. Felicia even makes a gun adorable.

hacksaway | March 30, 16:57 CET

I don't get the award either. It just looks like twisted metal for me. I think it'd be awesome if the award was a Golden ethernet cord, but that's just me.

maxsummers | March 30, 18:50 CET

Now that we've gotten a closer look at the actual award, what do you guys think it is? I mean it is all streamy, but is it a confirmation of the internet being a series of tubes?

I think Maurissa was right. It is kind of like fettuccine.

electricspacegirl | March 30, 18:52 CET

Why are we using the one where the award is out of focus instead of the clear one?

The One True b!X | March 30, 18:59 CET

Because Neil's prettier. Duh.

Sunfire | March 30, 19:37 CET

Thanks to all for info for the twitter-impaired, and adding all the new links.:)
Great night for Joss and Co. and BSG, very happy-making.

Shey | March 30, 20:18 CET

Yep, Sunfire is right, I didn't even think of saving the one w/NPH out of focus, much less linking to it. But b!X is right too, that IS the better view of the ~~fettuccine~~ streamy.

embers | March 30, 20:49 CET

My reports on the streamys:

Social Media World (for the New Media focus)

Joss'd (for the Whedon focus)

BrownCoat_Tabz | March 30, 21:22 CET

That "How to" video was f-n hilarious. LOLcats, gunnin' Felicia... at least now we have an excuse to ~~harass~~offer Felicia a spot in our up & coming web series. ;) I definitely don't want my ass poned. But I would like a drum kit. :)

korkster | April 01, 03:33 CET

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