H+ Episode 18: Advent

[@Bwakbwakboom]

I absolutely love the first person perspective that has been used through the series. Adds a great level of personal depth to the characters.

[@Matthew3590]

Man I love this series! Shows like this are paving the way for online series every where, watch out TV the internet is taking over!

[@sarahfisher5001]

Love this series, for those that struggle watch from the start back to back

[@joshkenny6916]

There are so many levels to this story, the characters, the different timelines, the plot itself. Intense show, and the mysteries and unanswered questions just add to it. Thumbs up if vsause brought you to this series.

[@heychannie]

Will come back in a few months to check on it and watch all of them back to back.

[@kwz778terk]

This is like reading a book in subway. Bit by bit. Whatever, I'm hooked.

[@Savukala]

Wow just saw all the 18 episodes in row and I'm definitely hooked. I really do like the concept of 2-6 minutes episodes, full of action and plot evolving. None of the useless jargon you see with modern television series. I was really surprised for your decision to involve my country Finland in the series. Keep up the good work!

[@elaiej]

enjoyed the series so far. this would make a good tv show. love the technology shown in the series, they actually look very realistic and look like they could be used in real life quite comfortably. loved the 'flexible ipad'

[@samvelmarkosyan9467]

Actually i like it short, as it fits perfectly to my busy schedule.

[@AchwaqKhalid]

I almost forget about this show! 21 episodes left, i need to catch up.

[@AlfredGanQuan]

Finally the sub-plot lines have started to converge! The show is getting more awesome by the episode.

[@Sarkoja]

Great episode. Advent comes from the Latin word "coming". Now Mantra is arriving in Italy 2 years later. It looks like she hasn't age. This adds more to the plot. It will also help views if they go to the main H+ web site and follow the map and other tips it provides.

[@MrGuymack]

best youtube series ever!!!!

[@JohnCabrera]

Hi. I wrote the series, so I just wanted to address some of your concerns. Firstly, never is there a week in the run of the series that we give you 2 minutes. We always release *at least* two episodes a week. Most of them are close to 4 mins in length (they have all been produced by the way). So in total you get about 6-8 minutes of story every week. There are a few exceptions like this week where we have an episode under 3 min long, but not many. Money has little to do with our format choice.

[@JoelAlva1000]

Hey, really really great job, love the story and the plot. But please, can you increase the length of the Eps? It's really bugging to wait for the next episode to load after every 2-4 mins

[@the-thane]

Moar episodes!!! Can't... wait...!

[@MrXd45c]

Religion. Living your life according to the word of god. Worshipping god. Being good and taking care of your family and friends and enemies. I'd say that should be the center of everyone's life. One day- if you live long enough- and if you pray for understanding and wisdom- you WILL understand. Be Good

[@ericadley773]

I really enjoy this and I look forward to the emails saying a new episode has been uploaded. Very interesting stuff and can't wait to get all my questions answered, I patiently await you next upload.

[@raphire14]

I think the problem people are having with the shortness is that they feel they are not getting enough information per video. They think that if we had longer videos we would understand the story more and have less questions, but really that is what the creators intended. This story is a mystery unfolding and its our jobs to piece it together with what we have. Which is probably what we would have to do in reality if we were ever people in the H+ world.

[@chatoffline]

I AM SO COFUSED

[@loadingdeidei]

Came here directly from that Vsauce ad. this is a great series. watched it all at once lol. cant wait for the next ep!. subscribed!

[@JosiahWeaver]

Duhuuuuddde, I'm wicked hooked, like that phonics girl... Where's the "Donate Now" button. I want more!

[@animalamazo]

great series! wish they were longer though

[@JohnCabrera]

Hi. It's the writer here. Just want to clarify a few things you seem a little confused by. The release schedule is weekly, not monthly. New episodes drop every Wed. And we never release less than two. Since episodes average about 4 minutes (with a few like this one being under) that's usually 7-9 min of story every week. And if you wait 3 weeks (less than the wait for a monthly comic book) about 24 mins accumulate in playlists that can be viewed on our channel page. Hope this helps.

[@HplusDigitalSeries]

It's already out!

[@Zaemyster]

Its an effective technique, and an extremely well made series, don't be so ignorant.

[@hypaed1]

Thanks for such a good show :) , cant wait for next ones :D

[@JohnCabrera]

What's the difference between that & just watching one of the playlists we create or hitting the annotation at the end of the episode? It skips right past the titles into the next part of the story. It's a way to combine these into larger "episodes" by anyone & in any order they want. By us editing two together, we'd be saying that "these two episodes were always meant to be together." And viewers may find other groupings. Take a look at the playlist H+: Vitals - Part 1 on my personal channel.

[@AsaWasaLove]

Soo short but soo good .

[@fullnessoftime777]

Oh my Gosh I am just beginning to see the depth of research into technology and belief in Religion that has gone into this. Frankly I am in awe at what has been done so far! Giving any further clue is a no no in my book but well done I am impressed! Hope others bother to dig in deep!

[@CameronMulder]

I am enjoying it and think it makes great use of the webisode format. The only thing i would change is to release episodes each day instead of 2 a week.

[@deanshaw6588]

give us more episodes plzzzzz i love it!!!!!

[@Nekminute]

Seeing how short these episodes are it wouldnt even make enough time for one 45 min real tv show like episode haha xD

[@TheJayMo_]

Leave it to the internet to kill off a good idea. This show is great, the premise is great. Humans no longer have attention spans or appreciate patience and anticipation. Way to go internet...

[@christopherjamesgunn]

I remember the guy who made this said he would be uploading 8 minutes a week. so keep to that promise!

[@StudioMoments]

Episode 19: 2 mins, Episode 20: 1 min, Episode 21: 0 mins, Episode 22: Back in time?

[@stopforawhile]

WE WANT MOREEE !!!

[@Technicist]

Feels almost like Footage from Gibson's Pattern Recognition. =)

[@sixfiveotwo]

Kinda agree. Looks like the show in total will be interesting. Still feels like a movie shown 5 minutes at a time, once a week.

[@Margrave_of_Brandenburg]

wow this is amazing

[@JohnCabrera]

Hey there. So to answer your question, "yes and no". We are making changes to this series based on feedback constantly. After week one we changed our closing credits to include annotation cards and shorter credits overall. If you play the episodes in the playlists we've created, they skip credits and titles completely. So we are listening. But this series was never meant to be like TV. These episodes are building blocks to a story. And they've already been produced, so the length isn't changing.

[@nightwing412]

See you back next week

[@JohnCabrera]

Never is there a week in which we give you 2 minutes of the series total. This episode was 2 minutes of story, you're right. And there are a few very short episodes like this in the full 48. But not many. And we always put out *at least* 2 episodes a week. So in total, no, the average per week is higher than what you're stating here. In fact, if you were to average every week based on our past and future schedule, it's between 6-8 min a week of combined story (actually a bit closer to 8).

[@JohnCabrera]

We totally got the message. And the critiques are helpful even if sometimes a bit harsh. But asking us to change the length is sort of like asking a novelist to make their chapters shorter in a novel that is already published. It's just not something that we can do even if it was something we creatively wanted to do. This is not TV. Was never meant to be. That said, we are certainly discussing it internally, and it could affect how we imagine future storytelling formats.

[@maker606]

I NEED MORE :D

[@akacj7]

holy shit manta is still around 9 years later! in italy! not totally crazy, but i guess i'm just impressed she managed to stay alive considering the ominous tone of 7 years before it happened.

[@chronoflect]

This whole series is just a giant cliffhanger.

[@sixfiveotwo]

I need more plot or drama with my cliffhangers. This might turn out to be good, but it's like a monthly 2 page comic now.

[@wcp333]

ha ha that's funny the next episode is in one month and it will be 3 minutes long. OMG I can't wait.

[@fenixtorador]

I agree with you, but they came out with 2 episodes yesterday probably because they were too short ... (17&18)

[@Mace2550]

How often are episodes uploaded? I want episode 19!!!

[@MrAlen6e]

noooooooooooo i want more

[@JohnCabrera]

But that doesn't mean you can't experience these like longer shows. In fact, 45 min of story (the length of a network hour long TV show) is already avail. We always release multiple eps per week. I even created a 20 min playlist on my own channel using 6 episodes. No credits, no titles, a different more linear order than the release, & some of those "15 seconds after" cards have been cut. These Eps are short to empower audiences to experience the story from many angles. My choice not marketing.

[@hckyplyr9285]

So people new to the series understand - all the videos have already been made at this short length. That won't change. They could possibly release a bunch more videos a week - I think we'd all like that. But if the present release schedule doesn't change, here is what you are looking at: 90 more minutes of content divided into 30 episodes over 15 weeks. You'll get about 6 min of content a week - at most. I mean actual content, not the buffers fore and aft. Worth dealing with? You decide.

[@NillaICE]

best hour spend ever :p

[@JohnCabrera]

The commercials are not longer than the episodes. But even if they were, they all can be clicked through after five seconds. Is this really what's bothering you? And no, our script was written in this fragmented form years ago, it was shot and edited this way... so no chopping was done to this series.

[@agiar2000]

Oh, no! I accidentally watched this episode before watching episode 17 because of the order these videos appeared on my subscription list! Now they won't make any sense because I watched one out of order! (just kidding) :)

[@joeblow83]

One word: patience.

[@MrBranboom]

Great show, too many ads.

[@StreetGeekz]

The show has EVERYONE'S full attention its just the problem is that everytime we come back in a week's time it's for a 2 minute unrelateable piece of inconviently seemingly unconnected editorial trash. The reason everyone's complaining is because we know this story can be great with more effort to please viewers and at least 10 to 15 min episodes. It seems to me they're just trying to see how much money they can get from the MUCH longer commercials in the beginning of the video. They're testing.

[@kangarookohai]

9 years later, Manta has not aged one day. Damn that microchip. It must be...

[@MrDrWaldo]

LOL this guy ^^

[@matthewjay660]

More please.

[@TimPeterson]

You should just release an episode that's three seconds of someone staring of into space

[@xelucidx]

why do the episodes keep getting shorter? D:

[@djunior874]

Many would love to do that :P

[@LennyTribe]

What H+-crew has done they have done... all the episodes are allready finished so we'll never get more than 7 minutes maximum of content, they're going to bring this fully out when all the parts are released... I hope.

[@faterneov]

Wow these are way to short!! Make them longer

[@jrofeta]

The entire thing was filmed last year, so it would be more or less finished in terms of production. It would be prohibitively expensive for a web series like this to film an episode at a time each week.

[@grumpyod]

excellent,

[@EmberPsycho]

would be nice if the episodes were a bit longer... (8-10mins ish would be epic)

[@lifewuzonceezr]

I think we have two more days..look at the upload dates..5 days ago, 1 week..2..3...lol..I was just checking too.

[@SumeetSinghM]

ahhh.... two minute episodes.... come on

[@TheTrover88]

it should be longer

[@AldoOjeda]

Okay, I like the shortness of the episodes, but this was ridiculous!

[@MMAbadassbrett]

MOAR MOAR MOAR :D

[@RGLecker]

Umm I am from the US and I am enjoying this story even if it is less then 5 minutes. You should learn to appreciate things no matter how short they are. o.O

[@TroyEilertson]

well he did this week so I don't know why you're bringing it up.

[@cubano21786]

Longer episodes!!!!!!

[@Kengaskhan]

Guys, come on, really? The episodes being too short is a perfectly legitimate complaint, but after the first 17 times they had to have already gotten the message. It's clear that they either can't or aren't going to do anything about it.

[@hotfiya321]

There every Wednesday at 12 pm PST

[@xALIGx]

cool story bro

[@JesusRocksTryPrayin]

I completely agree! It's a weird storyline as it is. 7 years before, 10 minutes after, blah blah. By the time we get to 25 it will be almost mandatory to rewatch :(

[@Bamman1122]

LOL advertisement for online show called H+ that looks pretty interesting

[@trav1th3rabb1]

its manta, the guys gf 7 years before it happened in helsinki, finland, and now she needs this guy's help...hope that helps

[@ShadoX58]

EPISODE 19 PLEASE

[@Belldandy722]

If you guys could please make the videos a bit longer, it'd be great. :)

[@joshey33]

how many are they bringing out ?

[@WilliamOh1021]

Guys! I was complaining too about how I was unable to connect the pieces, but after you watch each episode, go to the H+ Digital Series website and just look at the extra content provided. It really helps piece the universe of H+ together. Like for this today's episode, the accompanying photo was like wow... The link should be in the description. :) Happy understanding!

[@Xepa777]

By the tiem they're done with this series there will only be like 800 viewers left hahahah.

[@oniace]

*thumbs up*

[@hckyplyr9285]

basically, "are you ok?" in Italian - she then repeats in English

[@BlackandChrome]

YO DAWG, HERD U LIKE CLIFFHANGERS

[@PaulWilson54]

Short. Be nice if they were 10-15 min but I need to see the next edition

[@tommy5c]

I love the series, but i do wish that it was a little more content in each episode. The stringing together is great, but it's hard to maintain interest when some episodes have only a cliffhanger.

[@djleonGfree]

i want moar Episode moar Episode MOAR EPISODE!!!!!!!

[@rago1952]

If you wana go sometimes this short poste more epizodes

[@AmauryLeibigvanHuffel]

I agree, keeps getting shorter and shorter, the first one was about ten. I guess they don't have any ideas left

[@schmiggy]

Would you care to elaborate? I'm not exactly sure which part of my reply you're asking me to do more research on.. Perhaps you should reread my comment, I didn't actually give my own personal opinion on the show because, as I pointed out, it would be subjective. But if it helps you understand where I'm coming from, I thoroughly enjoyed the series, but I'm also not ignorant/naive to the fact that a space western themed TV show doesn't appeal to a whole lot of people.

[@yogasteve]

Can someone explain what is happening!