Jer3miah: Not your Mother's Web-Series

Jer3miah's greatest travesty is that it launched during a time when Netflix came on DVDs, YouTube superstars didn't exist, and most BYU-students used the internet for Homestar Runner. The camera-work and acting suffice, and the plot is enough to justify a cult-following (pun semi-intended), and 2019 internet cult-followings often burst into the mainstream.
Perhaps the most sinister aspect of the movie to the member viewer is the holy spirit's still small voice being so intense. There is hardly any moment in Jer3miah where Godly promptings reflect the "warm fuzzies" so many members cling to. Instead it remains somewhere between Poltergeist and Field of Dreams. Additionally, this BYU-produced script to raise so many questions without answering them, such as "how can one of the three Nephites have progeny?" "Are the Bluetooth part of a trial or a true secret combination?' or, similar to Brad Pitt, "What's in the $@%* box?"
I watched this on Sunday, not expecting a conspiracy thriller. And while Jer3miah pushes against almost every other Church-released film, the genre still connects with a member on a personal level--the fear that something could be undermining what you believe to be true is reality. In that sense, no matter how much the finale closes in broad daylight, it is all the more a horror movie.

I know the instructions said about 200 words and I already hit my limit, so the rest is gravy. This script is impressive. It's no one-trick pony. And the audio input is also used impressively for the most part, though it did intrude on the plot once or twice. For a ragtag min-series the sound mixing held up, even if they forgot their job in episode 7.
There were multiple shots in each episode which are artistic, borderline elegant. You can argue that the most impressive part of the series is the cinematography, especially how it offered itself to several techniques on broader genres. The first few episodes are clever, suspenseful, and plain surprising. The camcorder-style of recording matched with the confusion and lack of information immediately brought me to The Blair Witch Project, one of the scariest movies ever made. Flickering lights, lowering truckers, whiny parents, let's just say I was practically pleased to find out his parents died and this wasn't going to be two hours of complete suspense.
Another point I want to highlight--The most dangerous character outside of "the bad guys" is his conspiracy-minded roommate. While he is not explicitly characterized as against Jeremiah, he continues to be more harm than help. What message does it send that just as dangerous as secret combinations are those who are always trying to find them?
Lastly, on a personal note, I texted my brother about this miniseries. It came out while he was at BYU. He said he never heard of it, even with the extensive trans-media that was coupled with its production. But he was a poli-sci major, so what does he know.