Hulu Really Doesn't Suck As Much As Some People Would Like You To Believe

I know that it's not the trendy thing to support giant media conglomerates in their attempt to bring web video to the masses, but I thoroughly enjoy Hulu.com, the new web video site brought to you by the folks at NBC and FOX. I know that I would be much cooler if I was up with the latest "viral" videos on the internet, but so what. I might be signing over more of my life to watch Hulu, but it does give me content that I would actually watch, with good quality, and limited commercials (about 2-4 minutes for full episodes, and maybe 15 seconds per video clip). What I am sick of is the low quality and unoriginal shit I find elsewhere (I get it, you're 9 years old and are an expert at Guitar Hero thanks). Increasingly, the good content is becoming viral and more revenue driven anyway.

Hulu gives me the ability to embed full episodes of the shows they have on their site. Here I give you Season 1, Episode 3 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I love it because it gives us a good look at Cordelia, and I do love Charisma Carpenter, although not quite as much as I love SMG. Hulu is by no means perfect, and although they have lots of high quality content, they will need to work on making sure there is as much new content as possible every single week. If they don't continue adding seasons to their back catalog, people will get bored with what they have. It has to be more than a way to sell DVDs, and if they ever want to reign supreme, they will need to find a way to make that content portable and get it to your television. But that is the problem for NBC and FOX. Until then, I'll enjoy the freebies while they last, and move on to the next thing when Hulu begins to suck. But with all those episodes of Remington Steele available, that may be a long way off.