http://www.scifi.com/warehouse13/
*I see. "Warehouse 13" would appear to be a supernatural-fantasy TV adventure cop show,
entirely centered around its special effects props: in this, steampunk gear.
*I can't say this development surprises me: it really seems logical and clever.
What a cool way to monetize a sci-fi show.
*You have to wonder what kind of *ads* would support an enterprise of
this kind... Maybe they wouldn't even *have* ads. You oughta be able
to just retail the toy rayguns on Etsy, or at Comics cons. Why go knucklewalking
over to car companies or soap companies? The mass-production TV ad
model is dead.
* In fact, I'm unsure why this property needs to be a television show. I mean, obviously
it's a tv series moving heavily into steampunk Maker territory, aiming
to hook an eager word-of-mouse cult fandom through geek otaku gadgetism, but
why not reverse the polarity there? Get Procter and Gamble, Lucky Strike,
whoever, to pony up half a million or so, and just go straight into
artifact production. Do you really need any boy-girl cop act
as the billboard for this effort? It's kinda the archaic TV tail wagging the
new-media dog there, isn't it?
*Warehouse 13 is crowdsourced: notice how the website asks fans to create and consign
weirdo objects for them. Nice steampunky interaction design on that website,
too.
*I hope they get away with this.
(((More:)))
https://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/06/first-look-steampunk-gadgets-go-wild-in-warehouse-13/
