Reaction to Kickstarter

So, everybody I know by now has heard about how Veronica Mars is easily on its way to becoming a movie thanks to earning two million dollars in its first day as a Kickstarter project.  Now, there's talks of doing Friday Night Lights the same way.  There's talk of trying to fund a Pushing Daisies movie or Chuck and I have to admit, this shift has me pretty concerned.

Now, I love Kickstarter.  I mean, I haven't contributed any money to anything yet, but I love seeing the variety of projects that get funded.  I love how small artists can get, well, their start (a kick, if you will) to finally be able to express themselves.

I mean, heck, if I thought I could get away with doing a Kickstarter so I could just blog all day, I'd start up one of my own.

But there's a darker side to Kickstarter, and it's starting to make itself known.