High Maintenance - Very good web-series. Discuss.

new ep on wednesday!

teaser: http://vimeo.com/89470509

http://25.media.tumblr.com/a89b8b559bacd2bcfbc7ee5fac07937b/tumblr_mgbjnpJEld1qiqwbao4_1280.png

ben sinclair is a sleepy, sexy satyr. i love him.

so good:

http://vimeo.com/channels/highmaintenance/90011431

I think I finally 'get' New York now

wkiw his character, he always seems so chill
really loving this thing, can't remember who brought it up in another thread but thx

after the new ep went up last week i noticed that episode 2 (aka "heidi", aka Hipster Grifter episode) was taken offline for a few days

its back up now, and it must have been down because of a copyright dispute because unfortunately the Arthur Russell song has been replaced with something that doesn't work nearly as well :-(

i think the music in "Olivia" (ep5) had its music changed too but i cant recall what it was previously

awesome news:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vimeo-finances-web-series-high-707756

Good for the show, but doesn't Vimeo on Demand mean that you have to pay to watch it?

hm i didnt notice that

i wouldnt mind paying a few bucks to see new HM eps though, but it might make it harder to turn new people on to it

Stoked for the reefer madness

new cast/cameo predictions:

• christopher meloni
• amy schumer
• mike bribiglia
• patrick stewart
• scott bakula
• kumail nanjiani
• james franco

this show is great! thanks gr80

seriously this is really good! almost through the whole series. thought they were all going to be comedy but many of them aren't

kind of relieved i don't know anybody like that polyphasic sleeper dude, dude was fucked

gotta say though that the naming convention is kind of annoying, makes it hard to keep track of which episode is which

"qasim" is def the least comedy but its still comedy imo

also my fave ep, except for maybe "rachel"

the ep w/ connan mockasin tunes may be my favorite so far

also i'm pretty impressed w/ how effective the show is w/ a such a short format, so much visual information is packed in the first couple minutes of every episode

I am sad that my favorite episode has a really gross joke abt child molestation

the one w/ the assholes? yea they should've figured something else out

it's the one I always want to show people but never do bcz SPOILER ALERT a lot of ppl have been molested as children that shit's not fucking funny

did that one use to have a grimes song that's since been replaced?

is there a thread for solid web series? The Restaurant on youtube is good

should we do a "actually good web series 2014" thread?

― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Wednesday, January 8, 2014 9:13 AM (1 hour ago)

― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Wednesday, January 8, 2014 10:28 AM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

start it! i'd be down but i don't know of any other good web series

i'll wait for 2015

I am sad that my favorite episode has a really gross joke abt child molestation

― aaliyah papi (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, June 10, 2014 5:56 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the one w/ the assholes? yea they should've figured something else out

― marcos, Tuesday, June 10, 2014 5:58 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's the one I always want to show people but never do bcz SPOILER ALERT a lot of ppl have been molested as children that shit's not fucking funny

― aaliyah papi (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, June 10, 2014 6:07 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm! that's my favorite one too and that joke was so weirdly mean-spirited and made it one of those things that i really enjoy but don't really recommend to that many people

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTgcaIB-PHk

was hoping this was bumped for a new ep

me too

also weird to see ben sinclair w/o a plaid shirt and deep-neck T

his mannerisms - esp his eyes - remind me a bit of peter krause

totally late to this show; the helen episode kinda broke my heart

yea :(

also the casting for this show is incredible, huh? kind of feel like i know all of these characters just by watching them in these short episodes. that annoying fro-haired dude in "dinah" especially.

binge watching all of them today. The Hannibal episode!
kinda bummed that I got turned onto this by Nussbaum in the NYorker; I am officially past my sell by date

Qasim!

all done. amazed at how empathic, honest and kind these are; the bar keeps getting raised.
kinda wish i had been a bit more patient... i want eight more of these like NOW

i know, i blew through them in like 2 days.

ben sinclair gives so much grounding to the show, too, his dealer character is so compassionate to all the characters (when they deserve it at least) and lets their weirdness blossom

it's sex positive without assuming that people who fuck a lot are somehow more free

"so is this like some pick-up artist shit?"
"oh no i don't do that i'm a proud asexual"

what episode do yall use to get people into this show? the assholes one is good but as mentioned upthread the molestation joke is an off-note... maybe "heidi" but the hipster grifter thing is maybe too ripped from the headlines... "rachel" is the best all-around imo but it's a little long.

i usually tell ppl to go stevie -> heidi -> olivia -> rachael -> qasim

start from the beginning to see how it evolves

matilda is a top 5 for me

agree with starting from the beginning but alternately I'm feeling:

trixie -> brad pitts -> helen -> jonathan -> matilda -> dinah -> elijah -> quasim -> rachel

I like how it goes from being light hearted and funny to like really earnest and tragic at times

otm, if you start at the beginning then helen and jonathan hit you pretty hard b/c you are not expecting them

kinda bummed that vimeo ppv is their big break, was hoping they'd get a comedy central or HBO deal

they were in discussions with FX but I guess it didn't work out

does anyone have hard info on how "premium" vimeo works? because i love this show but wtf i am not paying for a new subscription solely to see this unless it is hella minimal.

Series 1: meh episodes - Meth(od), Selfie

I get why one wouldn't, but I actually like the hyper-annoying friend couple in Meth(od). The segment with the british actors pretending to be american meatheads falls flat though, that should have been a 2 minute throwaway joke at most. And then I really don't like the sex party / bickering couple segment in Museebat, which I think uniquely and distractingly features three more-recognizable-than-usual actors.

I'll have to check the rest of your list once I catch up rewatching.

I should probably cut Meth(od) some slack as having some good qualities , but it's only episode I skipped when I rewatched the whole collection over Xmas as I just couldn't get past the beginning.. And it was such a disappointment as HBO opener.

def a hugely perplexing decision to launch the series with that episode, the webseries is mostly warm and inviting and even the part I do like is HM at its most acidic

the part *of Meth)od)*

Really miss this show sometimes