![]() Like so many of the projects that Nouns DAO has funded to date, “The Nouners” is an experiment-and its creators are eager to see how it lands with viewers and whether there’s enough demand for the next episode, let alone a full season. However, Rekola said that future episodes will explore a wider array of subjects and not be quite so meta. The pilot, with a Nouns-based and Nouns-funded episode about Nouns and the funding process, feels ready-made for an entrenched audience of Web3 enthusiasts. The pass costs 0.003 ETH -less than $5 worth at present-and Rekola said that they’ll need to sell 3,200 of the NFTs to fund the completion of the second episode, which is already halfway done. ![]() The pilot episode of “The Nouners” is indeed finished, but you’ll need an NFT access pass to enter the token-gated portal and stream the video. ![]() Linkin Park’s New Music Video Is Directed by NFT Artist Pplpleasr Rekola said that his team made a relatively modest ask for the pilot episode funding after seeing other creators request hundreds of thousands of dollars for things like Nouns-based story bibles and animatics-”anything but a finished product,” in his view. We were making educated guesses based on the voice of a man behind a curtain. “This process was very mysterious and new-which is what led to the creation of the Wizard of Nouns in our pilot. “It was complicated navigating the waters of an organization of faceless people around the world,” he said, contrasting it to the traditional film world. Nouns Comic Books Turn Ethereum NFTs Into ‘Unconstrained Anarchy’ Only here, they’re pitching to an all-powerful being with a “Wizard of Oz” type twist in the mix-plus ample profanity, sex, drugs, and other adult content along the way. With a lo-fi look to match the pixel avatars, the 11-minute pilot episode takes a decidedly meta approach, showing creators pitch varying projects to try and propagate the Nouns brand. The absurdist vibe recalls offbeat hits like “South Park,” “Robot Chicken,” and “Aqua Teen Hunger Force.” “The Nouners” taps into the Nouns project’s colorful pixel characters-which are based on a wide array of items and creatures, all with boxy glasses (or “Noggles”)-to deliver a cartoon targeted at mature audiences. And the series, which comes from independent creators and was initially funded through a grant from the Nouns DAO community, is sticking to its roots by selling the pilot episode through an NFT access pass. Nouns, an open-source intellectual property (IP) based around a series of Ethereum NFTs, is expanding into TV with “ The Nouners ,” an animated series for adults.
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