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Spill.com
File:Spill logo 1.jpg
Type of site
Film review
Available inEnglish
OwnerHollywood.com[1]
Created byKorey Coleman
Revenueunknown
URLhttp://www.spill.com

Spill.com is a movie review, discussion, and news website created by cartoonist, animator, and filmmaker[3] Korey Coleman. It is the continuation of a long-running (9 years) Austin, Texas based cable-access show called The Reel Deal.[4]There are five main film reviewer contributors to the website, collectively known as the Spill Crew, including Korey Coleman, Chris Cox, Martin Thomas, Robert Cargill (Ain't It Cool News reviewer Massawyrm), and Tony Guerrero. Under aliases, they review movies as animated versions of themselves or in uncut audio reviews, maintaining their persona in weekly podcasts. The website is currently owned by Hollywood.com, under R&S Investments. Stylistically, the site strives to maintain a "down-to-earth vibe".[5] As of December 21 2009, Spill.com has over 25,000 registered members[6] from all over the planet but mainly in the USA and Great Britain. There are also over 14,000 videos, 40,000 photos and 1,000 groups.

History

The Reel Deal is the precursor to Spill.com.[7] The show began in Austin as a live, call-in format cable access television program, from the same local channel where Alex Jones of Infowars and Matt Dillahunty of the Atheist Experience also emerged, developing a strong fan base locally. The show featured a cast of rotating members discussing and reviewing movies, along with other topics. Spliced in between these discussion were skits that parodied popular movies and current topics.[8] The show ended after Coleman decided that,"As much fun as it was, I didn't want to spend another 10 years doing an access show".

Coleman tried experimenting with short animated versions of movie reviews, which were uploaded onto Youtube. MIVA Inc., a marketing corporation, offered to finance Coleman, aiding him in starting the website in 2007. MIVA owned the website, handling the marketing, design and logistics of the site, leaving Coleman and the other members of Spill.com in charge of creating content. Coleman is still involved in the animation process. [2][4] The site, as of 2009, was bought by Hollywood.com.[1], owned by R&S Investments.[9]

Critics

Although the five resident film critics on Spill.com are real people, all of them, save for Korey, use aliases due to legal reasons. Real audio of them is pre-recorded and then animated by Korey into the spill crew's cartoon counterparts.

All five are members of the Austin Film Critics Association.

Review System

The website’s review system does not assign ratings or grades, instead recommending the best situation to view a film based off the mindset of the targeted demographic and the context of the film. In order, the five basic ratings are Better Than Sex, Full Price, Matinee, Rental, and Some ol' Bullshit. [19] A rating lower than Some ol' Bullshit exists unofficially as "Fuck You", first given by Coleman in his review for the film Disaster Movie. [20]

Podcasts

In addition to movie review and discussion, the website also releases several weekly podcasts.

  • A Couple Of Cold Ones (ACOCO) was Spill's first podcast. It involves Korey and Carlyle sitting around and drinking beer while discussing the top five movies at the box office on the particular week, followed by some free form discussion and concluded by answering Emails submitted by members of the site. Carlyle usually opens the show by announcing (while doing a bad impersonation of a sports announcer), “LIVE from the Spill studios located behind a liquor store on the I35 interchange, it’s time once again, for 'A Couple of Cold Ones', with Korey and Carlyle”. This podcast is the shortest in duration, normally lasting just over an hour.
  • The League of Extremely Ordinary Gentlemen (LEOG) was the second Spill podcast. It features Cyrus and Leon, along with other members of the “League” sitting in an area dubbed the “League Lounge” and discussing Comic books, science fiction & fantasy related books, movies, video games and TV shows, and many other aspects of geek culture. It is easily the most organised of Spill's podcasts. The show is concluded by discussing Email sent by fans and the group proclaiming in unison “Long live the League!”[21]
  • Let’s Do This! (LDT) was the third of Spill's podcasts. It began accidentally. Co-Host was filling in for Carlyle on ACOCO for several weeks and the fans loved it so much that they created a new podcast. The members were to pick the name and Let's Do This won narrowly over I'm a goat and I eat my own milk. It starts with a disclaimer warning listeners that they are professional bullshitters and that you should not try this at home. It is a completely free form discussion podcast that has Korey and Co Host (With an occasional guest or replacement for an absent member) talking about topics such as, new movies coming out, past movies they both love and hate, current events, funny or amusing things they’ve found on the internet, their personal lives, and frequently graphic and exaggerated discussions about their own sex lives and the sex lives of others. The show has been known to frequently descend into nonsensical craziness when Korey and Co Host latch on to a particular topic and begin discussing it in highly exaggerated terms often leading the discussion into realms that make little or no actual sense but nonetheless remains highly entertaining to listeners. The show concludes with an Email section called “Fuck Yo Thoughts!” in which the pair claim to “fuck the thoughts” of various listeners. The show is always ushered in by the duo building each other up by asking the themselves if they’re “Ready” repeatedly, then both proclaiming loudly “Let’s do this!” followed by a heavy metal guitar solo by their mascot Goatsie (not to be confused with Goatse), their resident bipedal, death metal goat who supposedly “eats his own milk” . (Actually a sample from the song “Get to Da Choppa!” by Arnold Schwarzenegger tribute band Austrian Death Machine). Usually ranging from an average of 2–3 hours.
  • While not an official part of the site, many members of the site have started their own podcasts

Awards

In 2009, Spill.com won the award for best podcast in the Movies/Films sub-category of the Podcast Awards [22]. It was both the first nomination and the first win by the website in a mainstream awards show.

Spill Party

There have been several Spill parties which involve Korey, Cyrus, Carlyle, Leon, Co-Host 3000 and other members of the site getting together. There have been two Spill parties in Austin, Texas and two in London, England. There have also been suggestions to have parties in Japan and in the Netherlands.

Facebook Application

In 2008, Spill.com instituted a feature in partnership with Facebook to reclaim money that users supposedly wasted by watching a bad film called Paybacktime. To paticipate, a user must pick out a film, a refund amount and make a case to the Facebook community as to why they should receive a refund. If enough Facebook users in the community decide that they should receive a refund, they will receive that refund in the form of virtual movie tickets from Fandango.com.[23][24]

References

  1. ^ a b http://my.spill.com/profiles/blogs/lets-do-this-october-14-2009
  2. ^ a b Alexa.com site rankings
  3. ^ 2 A. M., 2 A. M. Productions(2006)
  4. ^ a b Klaw, Rick (March 21, 2008). "Animated Opinions: Korey Coleman and company deal out critique on Spill.com". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. ^ Van Dorak, Scott (March 20, 2008). "YouTube Film Critics: Spill and the Reel Geezers". Nerve.com. Retrieved December 19, 2009.
  6. ^ http://my.spill.com/profiles/friend/list
  7. ^ Hepola, Sarah (July 14, 2000). "The Reel World: This Is the True Story of Six Strangers, Picked to Run a Show ..." The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  8. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9sWjR5ib70
  9. ^ hollywood.com corporate profile
  10. ^ http://my.spill.com/profile/Korey1
  11. ^ http://www.austinfilmcritics.org/korey_coleman.html
  12. ^ http://my.spill.com/profile/cyrus001
  13. ^ http://www.austinfilmcritics.org/chris_cox.html
  14. ^ http://my.spill.com/profile/Carlyle001
  15. ^ http://www.austinfilmcritics.org/bob_cargill.html
  16. ^ http://my.spill.com/profile/Leon001
  17. ^ http://www.austinfilmcritics.org/martin_thomas.html
  18. ^ http://my.spill.com/profile/cohost3000
  19. ^ http://www.spill.com/Movie-Reviews/Default.aspx
  20. ^ http://spill.com/Movie-Reviews/MovieReview.aspx?Name=Disaster%20Movie&VideoId=449875
  21. ^ http://my.spill.com/group/theleaguelounge
  22. ^ http://www.podcastawards.com/
  23. ^ Bensoussan, Jenna (December 23, 2008). "Spill.com's Korey Coleman". acedmagazine.com. Retrieved December 19, 2009.
  24. ^ Wortham, Jenna (October 27, 2008). "Facebook App Payback Time Rewards Amateur Movie Critics With Tickets". Wired magazine. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
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