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[crimsonheadGCN]

Uh so I'm moving to LA to be head writer on this show http://www.rocketjump.com/?video=hulu-announces-new-original-series-rocketjump … I'll miss Gearbox a LOT but uh yeah this could be really fun

https://archive.today/dH8WY#selection-717.0-741.61

LOS ANGELES and SANTA MONICA, CA, January 21, 2015 – Hulu has greenlit an order for a long-form comedy series from Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) and RocketJump, the three companies announced today. The series will be produced by RocketJump in association with Lionsgate Television and will stream exclusively on Hulu.

Fresh off the Season 3 success of RocketJump’s YouTube series Video Game High School, the new Hulu original will expand upon the global success of Freddie Wong and RocketJump’s short films. Each half-hour episode of the series will chronicle the filmmaking behind RocketJump’s newest short. The eight full episodes will be released exclusively on Hulu on a weekly basis and the newly-created shorts will premiere exclusively on Hulu as well.

The project marks RocketJump’s first series for Hulu and first series to premiere exclusively off the YouTube network.

“As we continue to add the best talent to Hulu, it was a natural choice for us to partner with Freddie Wong and RocketJump,” said Beatrice Springborn, Head of Originals, Hulu. “With so many great content creators in the media landscape – from film, to television, to YouTube – Freddie Wong and the RocketJump team undoubtedly bring their own brand of creativity and a new wave of talent to Hulu.”

With over 7 million subscribers and over 1 billion video views, RocketJump has established themselves as one of the premier creators of award-winning digital content. Their breakout action comedy YouTube series Video Game High School generated over 84 million views within just its first two seasons, and was named Variety’s best web series of 2013.

“We firmly believe the future of television is online, and Hulu has recognized the value of quality long-form series,” said Freddie Wong, co-founder of RocketJump. “We’re incredibly excited to bring our brand of over-the-top action and comedy to a new audience in a show that will change the way you look at independent filmmaking.”

“We’re thrilled that Hulu has greenlit the first long-form series from our collaboration with Freddie Wong and the incredibly talented team at RocketJump,” said Lionsgate Digital’s Jordan Gilbert. “Freddie is one of digital media’s most prolific and visionary creators, and this new series underscores our commitment to build our own unique pipeline of long-form digital content for online television audiences.”

The series joins Deadbeat and Casual as the third original series Hulu has ordered from Lionsgate.

http://www.rocketjump.com/?video=hulu-announces-new-original-series-rocketjump

 

[Alcoholikaust]

So much for hoping he would write for BL3...

 

[dugdug]

Really loved his script for Borderlands 2. Pre-Sequel definitely suffered from his lesser involvement. Hopefully the franchise can stay fun without his input.

Best of luck to him.

 

[enkaisu]

Creators of Video Game High School

Why do this to yourself, Anthony?

 

[YuriLowell]

Was he the reason for all of the terrible jokes and writing in BL2?

 

[Persona7]

I hope he reaches new heights with this, he is a great writer.

 

[Daria Morgendorffer]

Hey, now I'm looking forward to Borderlands 3, the pre-sequel story was much better because he wasn't involved that much.

 

[BearPawB]

http://giantbomblr.tumblr.com/image/62316487603

 

[David___]

Was he the reason for all of the terrible jokes and writing in BL2?

Yes

 

[McDougles]

The state of writing in video games; where jumping ship to write for Youtube videos is more enticing.

 

[Rats Off To Ya]

I know his style is polarizing, but I love it. This new job seems a lot less creatively interesting. We'll see what comes of it, I guess.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

shit, who will replace him as the guy who goes into 4chan threads and then writes for borderlands 3

 

[DaBuddaDa]

I am psyched for the Borderlands franchise that this guy isn't writing for them anymore. The hit the writing took in Borderlands 2 completely soured me on the series.

 

[Memory]

Really loved his script for Borderlands 2. Pre-Sequel definitely suffered from his lesser involvement. Hopefully the franchise can stay fun without his input.

Best of luck to him.

Hey, now I'm looking forward to Borderlands 3, the pre-sequel story was much better because he wasn't involved that much.

Lol

 

[Nethaniah]

Good riddance.

 

[Yobalt]

I find it very inspiring that absolute shit writers like him can get work.

 

[eznark]

Yes!

 

[inki]

Wait.. so their making a mockumentary about the Youtube Rocket Jump videos??

Mockumentaries are pretty bad as whole imo. I did like Best of Show though.. I dunno.. GL to him. I may not understand but I wish him great success.

 

[nullpoynter]

Why do this to yourself, Anthony?

You say this as if VGHS is bad. Video Game High School is awesome!

 

[Astarte]

shit, who will replace him as the guy who goes into 4chan threads and then writes for borderlands 3

Even 4chan threads are funnier and inspired

 

[Kacho]

Good news. His writing ruined Borderlands for me.

 

[Iorv3th]

Good riddance. Thought his jokes etc in Borderlands 2 were super bad.

 

[Tagyhag]

Where will I get my super lolrandom meems from now? :[

 

[Nethaniah]

https://twitter.com/taswell/status/301355389071548416

Good times.

 

[LiK]

I wish him the best but I really didn't like the humor for BL2 at all. I'm assuming he wrote for Tina who I thought was an awful character.

 

[Mononoke]

Damn. I wasn't the biggest fan of BL 2s writing. But people are being a little mean spirited here? Or is the guy an awful person or something?

 

[flaxknuckles]

Yay! More excited for Borderlands 3 now.

 

[Alucrid]

Well uh I hope that uh the tweet isn't uh indicative of uh his uh writing uh uh uh uh uh

 

[Nachos]

shit, who will replace him as the guy who goes into 4chan threads and then writes for borderlands 3

If he went to 4chan instead of Reddit, the writing would be significantly more vile and misanthropic.

 

[mnz]

Damn. I wasn't the biggest fan of BL 2s writing. But people are being a little mean spirited here? Or is the guy an awful person or something?

He's certainly outspoken and the humor is pretty specific, I would say. Harsh reactions here though, I was surprised.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

https://twitter.com/taswell/status/301355389071548416

Good times.

Love Ryan Davis

 

[Uzzy]

Yay! More excited for Borderlands 3 now.

Yup, my interest in Borderlands 3 just went up too.

 

[Coppanuva]

You say this as if VGHS is bad. Video Game High School is awesome!

Does this show actually get entertaining later? I managed to watch like... 3/4 of the first episode and just couldn't finish it, not my thing I guess.

 

[oti]

Love HAWP.
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate Borderlands humour.
So good luck!

 

[Garrett Hawke]

Some of y'all are really mean. A lot of people liked BL's writing, too.

Anyway, I hope he'll have more successes at his next job

 

[Fisty]

Yea the lowbrow references and ready-for-meme jokes in BL2 really disappointed me. Heres hoping BL3 can muster something more than a line of quests that require you to do stupid things related to Top Gun.

 

[shiba5]

Gearbox should get the writer of Tales from the Borderlands because it was fantastic.

 

[Orayn]

Burch is a good guy and I hope this works out well for him. He was a major voice in pushing for the series to be more diverse and inclusive, so it would be pretty shitty if they give up on that and make the cast of BL3 genetic because of "market forces" or some nonsense.

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

Was he the reason for all of the terrible jokes and writing in BL2?

shit, who will replace him as the guy who goes into 4chan threads and then writes for borderlands 3

I am psyched for the Borderlands franchise that this guy isn't writing for them anymore. The hit the writing took in Borderlands 2 completely soured me on the series.

Good news. His writing ruined Borderlands for me.

Are we sure that it was his writing that focused on the memes, and not Mike Neumann? Like him or not, Burch came up with some great characters for BL2, most notably Handsome Jack. I don't know why people seem to think he ruined the story in BL2 when the story in BL1 was essentially non-existent.

 

[Nethaniah]

Are we sure that it was his writing that focused on the memes, and not Mike Neumann? Like him or not, Burch came up with some great characters for BL2, most notably Handsome Jack. I don't know why people seem to think he ruined the story in BL2 when the story in BL1 was essentially non-existent.

Imho, Handsome Jack was the worst character in the game, even worse than ClapTrap.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

Are we sure that it was his writing that focused on the memes, and not Mike Neumann? Like him or not, Burch came up with some great characters for BL2, most notably Handsome Jack. I don't know why people seem to think he ruined the story in BL2 when the story in BL1 was essentially non-existent.

I'd rather have an almost nonexistent story that allows my imagination to fill in the gaps than one written by reddit/4chan where all the stupid meme shit is old and terrible and comes off as pandering to 12 year olds.

 

[LiK]

Imho, Handsome Jack was the worst character in the game, even worse than ClapTrap.

I don't think there's a single likable character in BL2

 

[Sai-kun]

Now who's gonna make everyone queer in BL3???

 

[Sephzilla]

I wish him luck, but I thought his writing contributions to Gearbox were awful.

 

[eznark]

Are we sure that it was his writing that focused on the memes, and not Mike Neumann? Like him or not, Burch came up with some great characters for BL2, most notably Handsome Jack. I don't know why people seem to think he ruined the story in BL2 when the story in BL1 was essentially non-existent.

Because the story he added was significantly worse than having no story at all.

 

[Nethaniah]

I don't think there's a single likable character in BL2

I can agree with that but there are still characters i can tolerate more than others.

 

[SloaneRisette]

http://giantbomblr.tumblr.com/image/62316487603

Fuck, Ryan Davis

:'(

 

[Lijik]

Are we sure that it was his writing that focused on the memes, and not Mike Neumann? Like him or not, Burch came up with some great characters for BL2, most notably Handsome Jack. I don't know why people seem to think he ruined the story in BL2 when the story in BL1 was essentially non-existent.

Mike Neumann is such an enigma. His food and film opinions are so insufferably snobby, but then he also thinks chipmunk voices are the height of comedy.

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

Because the story he added was significantly worse than having no story at all.

Hmm...I didn't realize the game was so polarizing.

Mike Neumann is such an enigma. His food and film opinions are so insufferably snobby, but then he also thinks chipmunk voices are the height of comedy.

That's who I attributed a lot of the "random" jokes and writing to, but I could be wrong.

 

[Iorv3th]

Are we sure that it was his writing that focused on the memes, and not Mike Neumann? Like him or not, Burch came up with some great characters for BL2, most notably Handsome Jack. I don't know why people seem to think he ruined the story in BL2 when the story in BL1 was essentially non-existent.

From what I understood Neumann didn't really do much of anything on the Borderlands 2 story. Plus Neumann also did the writing for Brothers in Arms.