Undergrads

[Krutch]

I miss this show.

http://snagfilms-a.akamaihd.net/fe/5e/c8964f5c45309226633d68d7a4fb/undergrads13-600x337.jpg

Just sayin'.

[sdp]

Wow, didn't expect to see a post about this show. Hell I wonder if anyone besides me here remembers it. Liked the show as it was airing and liked it even more when I experienced college life since it really did mimic that first year very well and the last episode is fantastic.

Would've loved a second season, I know the creator has (and still is) seeking a second season but I now know it's never going to happen and I'll admit it's been too long now for the show to continue, would've been cool though.

[Peanut]

Good lord. This show reran for about 5 straight years late nights on Teletoon here in Canada and I saw the entire season about 10 times. Some episodes of that show are burned into my memory, even though I haven't watched it since high school. It was decent when it was being sorta down to earth and tackling young adult social issues, but when it tried to be funny it was pretty damn bad. It seemed like it was building up a fair amount of character development though and the creator seemed pretty passionate about it, so it sorta sucked it never got a shot at a second season. While it wasn't great I do think it was one of those "before its time" kind of shows, where it probably would have found more of an audience now than it did back then.

Wow, didn't expect to see a post about this show. Hell I wonder if anyone besides me here remembers it.

I've said this a ton before, but you're on the Internet. You're never alone in anything.

[sdp]

Well I meant on the drome, in the US it only aired like 5 episodes on MTV before being taken off the air. It was a few years later that I got to watch the entire show on Comedy Central at midnight sunday nights I think. Even on the internet it's not remembered very well since most people preferred the other MTV animated series Clone High but I forgot about Canadian posters here it was very popular there and were willing to put the 50% of the costs but since MTV owned it they had to convince them and there were many campaigns through out the years were the creator tried to get people through MySpace but never enough for anything to happen.

It definitely would've fared better in the post-Adult Swim/FGrevival era. I think many of the flaws from the shows were there to "appeal" to the MTV audience. Who knows how other seasons would've faired, especially since the creator quit College after his first year to make this show so he would've have had the "experience" of how college changed after the first year which is what made the first season appealing.

Maybe it's just me but I always saw Undergrands as a pseudo/twisted sequel to the show Doug. The main character wears a green swearter, he is still in love with his HS sweetheart who he can't get over, and his group of friends from HS had similar archetypes, the "weird" one, the "bully". And Nitz was as clueless about things just like Doug.

[Krutch]

Yeah, it sucks to say but I've written off a possible second season. Though as soon as I did that for Veronica Mars, they announced the kickstarter campaign, so who knows?

Still love this show, though. Us Canadians got lucky when it got aired for much, much longer than it rightfully should have :lol:

So many great episodes. Screw Week was a great capper for the first season.

[Krutch]

Had to clean the apartment up yesterday; Threw on the first episode just to have something on in the background and ended up watching the entire series :roll:

[sdp]

I was thinking about this show a few weeks ago, it might've been better we never got a second season, since it finishes off on a good note so to speak. It'll forever be a nostalgic show for me.

I remember the official website had some flash "shorts" or something like that, and also in some convention the creator gave a few details about S2 but I cna't remember anything of that.

[TurtleWA]

I miss this show.

http://www.cartoonscrapbook.com/01pics-L/undergrads_L02.jpg

Just sayin'.

Never heard of it before, but that guy in the hat seems familiar for some reason. Might need to see if any episodes are on YouTube and check it out.

[PApagreg]

I knew who the OP was even before I looked at the author section.

As for the show I thought it was okay kinda preferred Mission Hill or MTV's downtown but the show does need another season

[Krutch]

Yeah, I've pretty much given up any hope of ever seeing another season. A movie? Maybe. Unlikely, and if it happens it'll probably have some pretty horrid animation, but it might be possible one day.

Though a lot of time has passed since then... The Phantom Menace isn't exactly beloved these days, for example. Times have changed. Would they just go right into next year at College or jump ahead and have an American Reunion type of nostalgic adventure?

[sdp]

Hey Krutch, looks like a movie might happen:
https://www.facebook.com/BringBackUndergrads/photos/a.151801361681993.1073741828.122876227907840/812760332252756/?type=3&theater

I can't believe it, I lost all hope after that short Season 2 rally he tried to do back in the MySpace days. I love the show but I don't know if this movie will do any good, the show had a downer ending but that's how life is so it was a perfect way for the show to end. Also the creator only ever went to Freshmen in college, how would he know what life is like in college after that? What made the show work is he put his experiences of his freshmen year in the show.

I wonder if they'll try too hard to make it "fit in" with today's shows. The creator already mentioned in one convention a long time ago that it'd just take place in the current year.


I can't believe it, I lost all hope after that short Season 2 rally he tried to do back in the MySpace days. I love the show but I don't know if this movie will do any good, the show had a downer ending but that's how life is so it was a perfect way for the show to end. Also the creator only ever went to Freshmen in college, how would he know what life is like in college after that? What made the show work is he put his experiences of his freshmen year in the show.

I wonder if they'll try too hard to make it "fit in" with today's shows. The creator already mentioned in one convention a long time ago that it'd just take place in the current year. I gotta give it to the creator of the show, he's been trying to do this since the show was cancelled.

[Krutch]

Yeah it's always nice to see some hustle behind the creator.

I'm curious where it'll fit in as well but the idea of having new Undergrads content has my salivating.

[Krutch]

Kickstarter for Undergrads: The Movie has officially launched! (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1512555460/undergrads-the-movie)

Honestly, even with a modest budget... I'm not sure it's gonna make it :ohwell:
Do hope I'm wrong, though. Would love to see it happen.

[Andrew NDB]

Kickstarter for Undergrads: The Movie has officially launched! (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1512555460/undergrads-the-movie)

Honestly, even with a modest budget... I'm not sure it's gonna make it :ohwell:
Do hope I'm wrong, though. Would love to see it happen.

43 days left and it's already 50% funded? It's probably going to be fine.

[Krutch]

Will it though? A part of me is feeling some deja vu from when the Leslie Vernon Kickstarter launched. Started off strong... then just stopped. Everyone who was going to donate did in the first few days.

Again, realllllly hope I'm wrong because I (obviously, as per my avatar) love this show to pieces.

[Andrew NDB]

Will it though? A part of me is feeling some deja vu from when the Leslie Vernon Kickstarter launched. Started off strong... then just stopped. Everyone who was going to donate did in the first few days.

Really? It's usually like eBay auctions. There's the initial push... a whole lot of middling stuff in the very middle and towards the end... then near the very end, a ton of push again.

[Krutch]

Yeah, that's generally the case - I've been apart of a fair share of Kickstarters. But Undergrads is such a small, small show... And not that Leslie Vernon is a household name by any stretch, most horror enthusiasts have heard of it - and it only raised $183,046 of it's lofty $450,000 goal.

Anyway, just voicing my concern :P

In the meantime I'm just doing my part and spreading the word.

Now go throw money at it, everyone!

[sdp]

Doesn't this KS not guarantee anything? Isn't this just a way to show the powers that be that there's an audience?