EDITOR’S NOTE: What is Cargo 3120? We’ve written about this project many times over the past couple of years, but the best place to go to understand what Aaron Walker Sr. is up to is HERE.
And now that that’s settled:
Whew! It’s been quite a while, but book 2 is finally done! It was a long and hard road that I outlined in our last two blogs. Check them out (read update 1 here and update 2 here).
We’re suckers for puppets and horror shows and early ’80s music, which means that we find Welcome to Anhedonia irresistible.
Who needs to see full episodes when the trailers are this adorable?
I have always been a shameless self promoter, but now that I’m attempting to join an industry built on networking and chance, I’ve gotten so much worse. Now, even in my Facebook bio, I have to make reference to the fact that I’m an indie filmmaker, that I have an award-winning web series, and that I work at MTV. All these things are things that will hopefully eventually impress someone enough to give me money or a TV show.
And because it’s unavoidable that people who notice Brains will notice that my face is all over it, I also end up referencing the fact that I am also the lead character in the show. This is where things start to get complicated, for me at least.
First up, I hate the phrase “star.” Technically, I am the star of Brains. I have the most lines, I am in every episode (except for the final minisode of season 2), and my character is in complete control of the narrative of the people around her as well as the camera. But “star” seems awkward, and self-important in a way that, surprisingly, I’m not super comfortable with. I’m not going to sit here and pretend like I’m not a narcissist, because I am. I’m a millennial in the arts, after all. But, and I’m not joking, sometimes I forget I’m in Brains, because the acting part of it is so last priority, even on set. I will talk about the writing and producing and promoting until the cows come home and die of boredom, but the acting? Meh. So, “star” seems too grandiose.
Let’s say it again. We swear up, down, and sideways that we aren’t writing about this web series because its creator/star/all around boss is Cazzie David, daughter of world famous grumpy guy Larry David. We aren’t.
We’re featuring this series because it was highly recommended by another site that wrote about it because Ms. David has that certain close connection with Mr. David.
And, unlike that certain other site, we’re making no excuses for it. Because we don’t have to. Sure, it’s about “first world problems.” But first world probs are real, y’all. Many of us have them. And many more of us aspire to having them. Let’s face it, if we could afford those kinds of problems it would mean we weren’t in the genuinely deep shit we’re slopping around in right now.
Almost two years ago – July 6, 2015, to be precise – TVWriter™ raved about the web series Classic Alice, which we thought really did have all the elements of a true classic.
Today, we’re happy to say that the series has discovered a whole new way for us to watch it – via Amazon video.