Recently two interesting web series have come to my attention: Aidan 5 and The Mercury Men.  Many of the web series I’ve checked out have been sit-com based, and often follow the formulas of past successful TV comedies.  However these two new web series, in my opinion, really stand out from the crowd.  For one thing they are serious science fiction stories, of which I’m definitely a fan.  Another aspect that separates these productions from the herd is their use of visual effects (vfx) to create a highly stylized look.  When I see a web show that looks like it was shot on a video camera in someone’s apartment, I tend to lose interest even before the show starts.  However in the case of these vfx-based web shows, I’m immediately drawn in by the high production value of the environments created by the producers.

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