It's better to burn out, than to fade away

New feature idea for SECT

Rob Thomas(the creator of Veronica Mars, and NOT the matchbox 20 guy) is a brilliant man. He posted commentary on the pilot on his website for everyone to download. Basically because they had to make a decision on the first season DVD to either release it pretty bare bones or release it well after season 2 started. They made a good decision to release it early, though the release ended up getting pushed back because of heavy competition from Lost and DH, but its still out well before the season gets going.(It released today—buy it) Lots of people were disappointed by this, so he did this commentary. Yeah, RT loves the fans.

But this is a GREAT idea for SECT. The could provide further commentaries for episodes, but so could fans! And upload it for everyone to hear. And people could comment on it etc. A great way to tie the awesome season 1 into the program. They could produce some for season two episodes or the clips too. I was close to this idea when I thought of video and audio commenting, but I hadn’t thought of fashioning it after a commentary. I have heard so many raves over Alias Season One, because one of the last episodes all the actors were in one room doing commentary and everyone loved it because it was very lively. I would love it if users, maybe those who have VM nights with multiple participants, would do these social, collaborative commentaries. And maybe it could incorporate a way for them to do it virtually, to connect with their not real life friends. Basically the same idea as chats but the next level…

So, I am supposed to be paring this down into something manageable, but I think I am going to add this to my list. maybe even choose it as one of the features I do for the thesis part of it. should be easy enough.