This post is brought to you by TeliaSonera International Carrier.
If your internet service provider faced a trial, would it be found guilty of sucking?
That’s the cheeky question posed by satirical short film Life on Trial, a goofball riff on classic courtroom dramas. Only in this trial, the victim is a video game character — Poanbone the Smashivator — and the defendant is the game’s creator, who skimped on network services.
The murder weapon? A serious case of lag.
Although an amusing spoof, Life on Trial, which you can see below, asks a serious question about life in the internet age.
“I thought the premise was funny, smart and timely,” said Life on Trial director Tim Hamilton. “All of us can relate to the blurring of the lines between online life and real life and I thought this was a funny way to comment on it.”
The film was sponsored by TeliaSonera International Carrier to illustrate the very real consequences of depending on a substandard internet backbone provider at a time when so many of our daily activities demand speedy performance.
“We used to connect to the Internet – now we’re just online,” said Brendan Ives, CEO of TeliaSonera International Carrier, which owns and operates one of the world’s most extensive fiber backbones. “People growing up today know nothing else. It’s just part of life.”
Who would have thought a film about internet infrastructure could elicit more chuckles than moans?
“It’s a humorous film, but a serious issue,” said Ives. “The more people rely on the internet, the more is at stake. What happens when things go wrong?”
