The site was bought by Hollywood. The Hollywood staff would eventually lose interest, and on December 20, , Spill was taken down. Here's where the old origin stories stop and the new ones begin. If you've come here looking for the tale of five critics, irritated and resentful at the collapse of their beloved site, then you've come to the wrong place. I got eight good years out of this company. I have no bitterness toward [Hollywood] at all. It was just one step in a larger, more fragmented journey.
In the months following the dissolution of Spill, the critics regrouped and focused on new projects. Well before the shutdown, an amiable parting of the ways seemed imminent. Downsizing from the larger Spill staff was also a welcome change. I think it's best to concentrate on something smaller when you're starting out," Coleman observes.
One of the new projects falls under the leadership of Chris Cox. He's now one of the minds behind OneOfUs. A full-size Yellow Lantern power battery is sitting on his mantle. He says that the network of podcasts he's put together is what sets OneOfUs apart from other similar sites. Tony Guerrero is the one Spill critic who has chosen not to pursue new endeavors in the world of film, electing instead to focus on his family. Cargill, on the other hand, has started to gain recognition in the world of movies far beyond Austin.
He cowrote the horror hit Sinister , published the novel Dreams and Shadows last year, and is now hard at work on two more big-screen adaptations — one for the Deus Ex video game series, and one for a Harlan Ellison episode of The Outer Limits.
His colleagues are hardly surprised that he's found such success. As for Coleman and Thomas, the downtime between Spill's shutdown and their eventual next project was short-lived They now had the funds to start DoubleToasted. Predictably, many former Spill users have now migrated to both DoubleToasted and OneOfUs, but in an age in which new movie review websites pop up weekly, what sets them apart from the rest of the voices in the crowd?
The consensus seems to be one word — personality. Double Toasted , the website the Kickstarter funded is now finished and features new movie reviews and other podcasts by Korey Coleman and Martin Thomas who played Leon. Though Spill. Their video reviews have become private on both of their YouTube channels, but a selection of their most recent ones can still be viewed under Hollywood.
Community Showcase More. Follow TV Tropes. You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account. Korey: What's this girl's name I'm looking for right here? Carlyle: I think her name was Breasty Mchotpants. Korey: Breasty Mcsuckass was — Moon Bloodgood. Cool name, bad actress.
Leon: Poor, Brian. First episode to be a guest, and he went really prepared Brian: And I've never prepared for an episode since! Leon: And Rubio, without even knowing Brian, decided to fuck him over. Which he would do from that point on. John Rubio: The thing about me and Harris is that I absolutely think Harris is one of the best people I've met in my fucking life Because of these long running times, "Lets Do This" is often split into two segments, with Part 1 released on Wednesdays and Part 2 on Thursdays.
The Spill Call-in Show: A recurring live podcast in which Korey takes calls from members of the community and answers their questions. The show is always posted with a chatroom where listeners themselves can interact and comment on the live show as well. The recording of the audio portion of the show is sometimes posted later in the week as its own podcast so even those who missed the live show can listen to it.
The show has no set release dates, and it typically runs an hour to an hour and a half, but its length varies significantly. Previous shows included a live-animated video feed that accompanied the audio, but the current show is audio only.
The show is broadcast live on the website, typically on Saturday afternoons. However, unlike their normal reviews, they go more in detail about the movies or TV shows plot. The show would normally only take place during the airings of a television show such as Breaking Bad or The Walking Dead.
The Daily Spill: Hosted by Korey and run by Cyrus with occasional guest appearances of the Co-host , this podcast serves to discuss the entertainment news stories of the day.
These stories are typically collected by Cyrus and pulled from the areas of movies, television and video games. The Daily Spill runs Monday through Thursday. On specific days there are various deviations to the podcasts formula.
At the end of the Tuesday podcast Cyrus gives an overview of the weeks home releases. On Wednesday the duo dedicates a segment to answering user questions. The Thursday edition of the podcast sees the addition of the "Trending Trailers" feature, in which recently released movie trailers are briefly discussed.
The Loading Bar: was weekly video game podcast hosted by the sites video game editor and animator, Professor Jeff, and co-hosted by a group of gamers including Korey, Kevin J.
The hosts struggled for the first few weeks to solidify a format and title, eventually landing on "Lets Play This". However, due to Co-host and fans complaints that it was too similar to "Lets Do This", a call was put out to the fans to come up with a new name. After a lengthy suggestion period, the name "The Loading Bar" was chosen, both for its reference to the aggravating loading times most gamers are familiar with, and for its alcoholic connotations "loaded" and "bar".
The show often features community members as "fan experts" on video game titles, and it is the only other podcast on the site that has accompanying video reviews as well. Unlike the film reviews, which are created in a cartoon style, the video game reviews are created in a pixel art style, similar to a bit console game. In addition to audio reviews of the latest games, The Loading Bar also released a twice a month "Email and BS Show" in which they would answer questions from the fans.
Also, most weekdays The Loading Bar posted "Happy Hour" videos, which are video playthroughs of the first hour of a current or classic video game. On May 23, , facing increasing pressure due to Spill and Hollywood. Jason and Jeff went on to found the video game review website Rage Select, the spiritual successor to the Loading Bar, frequently inviting former members onto their podcast.
Alan appears in the background providing more calm and subtle talk, in opposition to Korey and Billys more rambunctious and joking nature. The shows style is similar to that of LDT, but runs on more fan driven discussion. The shows topics come from the Spill. While originally the two had left the name of the podcast up to the fans, they soon got frustrated with the ethnocentric and race-driven title suggestions, after specifically asking the fans to refrain from racial or stereotypical titles.
The show is uploaded every Thursday. On May 23, the podcast was canceled by Korey. Remote Viewing: A weekly podcast that reviews the latest in video home releases. Expanding upon Cyrus written reviews and taking the place of the defunct Blu Tuesday podcast, "Remote Viewing" features site critic Cyrus, writer Brian Salisbury and "tech guru" Luke Mullen as they review and comment on recent DVD and Blu-ray releases, both from a critical and technical standpoint.
The show began in a monthly format, but due to fan enthusiasm and the numerous films covered in any given episode it was later expanded to be weekly. The show also features an ongoing contest in which the hosts will announce keywords during the podcast.
When those keywords appear somewhere on the site typically in one of the comment sections, fans can write in and win a copy of a recently reviewed film. It is typically released on Tuesdays. On May 23, Remote Viewing was announced to be canceled on the official Facebook page. Salisbury and Cox later went on to make a spiritual successor podcast on their own site OneOfUs.
It was the only podcast to regularly feature guest stars. The guests were numerous and included people in various creative industries as well as other people from the website. The show was split into volumes and subdivided among them into stand-alone issues. The show, like Lets Do This! It was also the only podcast that seems to be subject to any level of editing. Each episode was concluded by a now ironic collective cry of "Long live the League!
It was typically released on Fridays. On April 5, , Cyrus and Leon announced that LEOG would be coming to an end due to dwindling popularity and that discontinuing the podcast was not an executive decision by Hollywood.
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