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Title: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on March 13, 2015, 01:23:43 pm
Teaser #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeAGpPUXc5E

Well, since this series seems to be moving at warp speed (hell, I wasn't expecting a Teaser this fast), I figured we gotta get this thread up and running now.
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Neumatic on March 22, 2015, 02:59:45 pm
I JUST now caught the names, Ray Nearly and Jack Moore.  Ray is nearly famous, Jack is more famous.
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on March 22, 2015, 03:05:51 pm
 ;D
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Neumatic on March 26, 2015, 08:46:08 pm
The Hollywood News interviews Alan Tudyk and Con Man and Firefly (http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2015/03/25/exclusive-interview-alan-tudyk-talks-con-man-and-firefly/).  Tudyk also spills ideas for Wash, like the story of his prison tats or locking the keys inside the ship, as well as for his show, such as doing a production of "Of Mice And Men" with Lou Ferrigno.
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Neumatic on July 09, 2015, 06:34:06 pm
Trailer.  Trailer trailer trailer. (https://vimeo.com/ondemand/conman/132973956)  Won't embed.  That sucks.

Oh man, can't wait for this.  It actually looks REAL good.
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on July 09, 2015, 08:14:17 pm
Ya beat me to it!!! I came here to post the trailer. Seems you were very aware of it dropping today. I knew they would be there, but I wasn't expecting a kickass trailer to go with it. It's stacked with cameos, the best obviously being those with ties to Firefly.
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on July 09, 2015, 08:28:00 pm
Con Man Trailer #2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzHR3yvbmKQ

I caught the trailer this afternoon on Summer's channel. Here it is.....embedded for her pleasure. ;D
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on July 11, 2015, 10:42:45 pm
Con Man Cast Interview - Comic-Con 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67pFKWwyJ20


If you haven't already watched this, do yourself a favor and do so. Very funny.
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on July 11, 2015, 10:44:52 pm
Con Man - SDCC (2015)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfXMwjmrJTE

Gonna watch this panel now......
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Neumatic on July 11, 2015, 11:11:36 pm
Cheers, man!  Watching another John Cleese Q&A now which is just cracking me up ("Who was Mary Queen Of Scots?" "She was a Scottish Darts player who was killed in the blitz!") but I was needing something after this.  Panels and Q&As are suiting me right now, they're real low-energy, so they're breaking through my water's block b/c it's all so unimportant.


Oh my god, watching this, I realized how long it's been since I watched Firefly: I'd totally forgotten that Wash died in Serenity until the "sleeping with baby Jesus" moment.
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on July 13, 2015, 08:15:44 pm
Nerd HQ 2015: A Conversation With Con Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IGrlfle-1o


More fun stuff with the cast.
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Neumatic on September 30, 2015, 06:57:53 pm
Con Man is streaming for free on EW for one hour RIGHT NOW!  Well, the episodes that are up.  33 minutes total.

hit the button! (http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/28/con-man-nathan-fillion-alan-tudyk-episodes-streaming)
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Neumatic on October 01, 2015, 12:06:16 am
So I saw the first three episodes courtesy of the EW preview (which I still have open!) amd... it was good.  It was d6mn funny.  My only real issue is that there's no B-story (which is common in internet series), but the only reason that issue came into my mind is because the show feels so professional, it looks like any other TV show, which is fantastic.

I really like how the divided the episodes up, they're very modular, like one episode is the airport, the second is the signing, etc... very sensible, every episode feels distinct.

But what's great about the show is the cast, they're all given great characters to play.  That's a biggie, create roles that actors want to play and they'll show up.  That's how you get a cast like that, and you can tell everyone wanted to show up and do it, and that kind of devotion and drive really shows in the final product.  And of course, it helps that all the roles are hilarious, even if they only have one line.

Considering that The Impression Guys was picked up by Pop! after its' first season and turned into a "proper" show, I can easily imagine the same thing happening with this.  It'd be great to see a second season with half-hour episodes and some more breathing budget.
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 03, 2015, 01:17:40 pm
What the f*ck. I've been waiting patiently for this to drop on Vimeo. So, I head over to add to my Watch Later so that I can watch through Roku and I get some bullsh*t message saying I have to be a paying subscriber watch Con Man. BULLSH*T!!! I've been a member for 5 years and never heard of this paying service. Ugh!
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Neumatic on October 03, 2015, 01:20:43 pm
So you have to pay twice?  That's garbage.  Man, I want this thing on Blu-Ray.

This makes me doubly happy that I STILL have the preview window open and that it STILL works.
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 03, 2015, 01:26:26 pm
No, I've never paid. Just registered and have been watching countless things ever since, just like on YouTube. I get that movies have a 'Pay to Watch' option, which I never use. But for a Web Series you're going to charge to watch? That's dumb.
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Neumatic on October 03, 2015, 01:51:54 pm
I'm fine with paying, it's like 14 bucks for a three-month rental vs, say, a 14 dollar 3-day rental on something like Amazon.  Fvck that.  Besides, since this season was crowdfunded, aren't we really just paying for season 2 now?
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 03, 2015, 02:59:39 pm
Well, I have every intention of buying Season 1 on DVD, sight unseen. So, they will be getting my money eventually.  :)
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Neumatic on October 03, 2015, 03:17:21 pm
So do I... I just have no idea how long it will be "exclusively on Vimeo OnDemand"
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 03, 2015, 04:22:47 pm
The one thing I found to be very odd and we haven't even discussed it is why would they sign an exclusivity deal with Vimeo of all places? I still look at them as a niche site. I would have expected to see this show on Amazon, Hulu, Netflix or YouTube before it would land at Vimeo. I don't have a problem with them mind you. I just think that Nathan and Alan would want the most eyes on their show which is something the other 4 sites would have in spades over Vimeo.
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Neumatic on October 03, 2015, 04:49:18 pm
I dunno the details or anything, but Vimeo isn't just a video hosting site like Youtube, it has a reputation of being more artsy, it's a place to find quality work by professionals, while Youtube is more... it's the public forum, if that makes sense.  I also think if they went onto Youtube, and people ripped them off, it would be hard to differentiate the proper one from the leeches.  Vimeo doesn't have problems like that.  There might also be better copyright/download protection there.  I would LIKE for the show to find its way onto Netflix or Amazon, especially if that comes with full-length episodes and a bigger budget, but right now they seem to own and control it themselves and that might be something that Netflix and Amazon can't really offer.  Ownership beats easy eyeballs, and the fans who want to see it will follow them there easy.  They already did, I think Con Man broke the Vimeo record.  They're like the big fish in the small pond there, not a bad situation to be in.
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Neumatic on October 25, 2015, 02:35:48 pm
The price of Con Man is about to jump so I bought it while it was still cheap (well, I hit the "buy" button but it says I rented it... we'll find out in three months, I guess)... and while the first three episodes I previewed were good, the following were god damn hilarious, multiple screams of laughter.  Absolutely worth plocking down some cash for.
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Neumatic on April 15, 2016, 02:26:29 pm
So apparently Con Man is now on Blu-Ray (https://store.conmantheseries.com).
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 15, 2016, 02:46:47 pm
No DVD? My Library usually goes for DVD's first before ordering select few Blu-rays.
Title: Re: Con Man (Season 1 - TBA)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 15, 2016, 02:52:08 pm
Never-mind. It's a Combo Pack.