The Brothers Barbarian

The first episode is up. I play the Yellow Mage. Note: THIS IS NOT MY BEST WORK AS AN ACTOR. I didn't get a script until about the day of, and I didn't know WHAT the frak was going on. I don't have much to do, and I didn't know what the hell to do with the role at first. But I'm barely in the fucker.

I have to say, from reading the script and knowing the story. It's not very clearly laid out in the actual editing.

And no one was off book. Not even the writers, who are the stars. But it was a blast to shoot. I hope there is a Season 2.

You've said it before, Tux, and now I believe it - you really do look quite young! You in any more episodes down the line?

Yeah, but I forget which ones I'm in. They were all filmed together. Six episodes. I'm in at least half of them. My first shot was my nude scene. Waist up.

Glad to look young, but I hate my voice.

Episode 2:



I'm barely in this episode. I'm in the scene after the end credits, but you hardly see me.

Bless these guys. They have good intentions, and Tim the director seems to know what he's doing, but the acting is horrible.

I haven't brought myself to watch these yet, but Episodes 3 and 4. My "nude" scene is in one of them.

Amusing to watch. But yeah, the acting's off on nearly everyone.

Makeshift Python wrote:

Amusing to watch. But yeah, the acting's off on nearly everyone.

I hate that this the one thing I can really show people. For a variety of reasons it turned out the way it did. I'm one of the few cast members that is actually an actor. Most everyone else had never acted before. So it just came down to "say the lines", and of course no one knew their lines.

How much did you get paid for this shit?

Nothing. But it was a thrill to do. They put us up at this historic inn that's a couple hundred years old. Like from the time of Lincoln. Bastard's from our state. Hopefully the second time around time will be spent on the acting. When it comes to comedy, which I guess this is supposed to be, I believe that any sins of production can be forgiven through the level of acting. But here...... They just had too much on their minds. It's odd. The main guy, Tim, is a really funny guy. Between takes he'd be goofing around and shit. If they had shot THAT, this webseries could be a lot better. But when the camera is on, people just get... I dunno.

Yeah, you can tell no one's an actor. Having recently switched from using friends as cast to using actual actors, well, now I can always see the difference!

You look young, and you sound young, Tux. If you were on Trek you'd be the token green Ensign, sorry to say -- like Anton Yelchin.

What's kind've a waste is that it's great production values, the whole show LOOKS fantastic (for a webshow) but writing and acting are off. I generally have the opposite problem, I think.

Sound could be better, too.

Fairbairn-Sykes wrote:

Sound could be better, too.

Agreed. Especially during the wide shots.

Fairbairn-Sykes wrote:

Yeah, you can tell no one's an actor. Having recently switched from using friends as cast to using actual actors, well, now I can always see the difference!

You look young, and you sound young, Tux. If you were on Trek you'd be the token green Ensign, sorry to say -- like Anton Yelchin.

What's kind've a waste is that it's great production values, the whole show LOOKS fantastic (for a webshow) but writing and acting are off. I generally have the opposite problem, I think.

Sound could be better, too.

Someone compared me to Yelchin in that role. I don't mind AT ALL. I'm 28, and I won't make it back to LA for at least a year. So I don't mind looking and sounding as young as possible. More work possibilites for me. :D

But yeah, no time or care was put into the acting. I should say that I am an actor, so it's not like no one was. ;) I just didn't get a script until the night before and I had NO FCUKING CLUE what was going on from scene to scene. I had no handle on the role I was playing, and there were no rehearsals or anything. I went in cold and didn't have enough time to do anything very good. I'm a very funny actor (I give myself few things, but I give myself that).

It's a shame they didn't focus on the acting. It's especially vital to comedy. Everyone was very wooden when the camera was rolling (so to speak, it's digital of course). It's a classic problem with untrained actors. You put them on a stage and they try to act and their humanity evaporates. I can't tell you how goofy and funny some of these folks are when they're not trying to act. I was frustrated because I had such a minor role that I couldn't really get a chance to be good because I simply had very little to do and didn't know what the story was half the time. Shit, NOBODY even knew their lines!

The White Tuxedo wrote:

But yeah, no time or care was put into the acting. I should say that I am an actor, so it's not like no one was. ;) I just didn't get a script until the night before and I had NO FCUKING CLUE what was going on from scene to scene. I had no handle on the role I was playing, and there were no rehearsals or anything. I went in cold and didn't have enough time to do anything very good. I'm a very funny actor (I give myself few things, but I give myself that).

It's a shame they didn't focus on the acting. Everyone was very wooden when the camera was rolling (so to speak, it's digital of course).

If only they'd stuck "Directed by George Lucas" on the end, it would all make sense.

I was thinking of Lucas when I wrote that part about not having a script because I hear noone on TPM had a full script or knew what the story was.

With this thing it was lack of communication.