Monday notes

[yendi]

1. This weekend, I caught The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (during its one-week engagement at the Landmark Kendall Square). I adored it. It's the story of Steve Wiebe's pursuit of the Donkey Kong world record, a record that has stood for decades and been held by a guy name Billy Mitchell. Highly recommended for any fan of old-school games.

2. Owen Wilson is "dehydrated." Just like Lindsay Lohan used to get "exhausted."

3. Tim Bray on Pantone's missed opportunity.

4. AAAAAAAAA! (Ganked from tnh over at Making Light).

5. The horror film you've been waiting for: Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre. Starring original Leatherface Gunnar Hansen. I am so there when this makes its US debut.

6. The horror film I've not been waiting for. That's all I feel a need to say about that one.

7. The US horror film that I really am excited about. Yes, I already joined the "Hatchet Army." :-)

8. Brett Ratner's Notes for his Film Version of The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

9. Rumors of the new iPods (likely due on Sept 5)! As always, take 'em with a grain of salt.

10. Finally, Heroes hits DVD tomorrow. Yatta!

Comments

[songwind.livejournal.com]

I am sure he is dehydrated. Being drunk all the time does that to you. :)

[hangingfire.livejournal.com]

The Alamo Drafthouse actually brought Steve Wiebe in for the opening weekend of King of Kong, as well as the Twin Galaxies judge (the guitar-playing bloke whose name escapes me just now). Steve came across as a pleasant, low-key fellow who kept getting talked over in the Q&A by the judge. Also spotted in the lobby at the screening that night: Brian Kuh, the fellow who goes around the arcade telling everyone, "There's gonna be a Donkey Kong kill screen in a few minutes, if you wanna see it."

The Drafthouse also had a DK contest of their own, with qualifying rounds before each screening. The best player at our screening lasted for about 5 minutes and scored 15,000 points; most people barely made it over a minute.

[28bytes.livejournal.com]

Letting all your blood out doesn't help, either.

[yendi]

Man, I wish we'd had guests at the Cambridge screening.

Kuh, though, practically had "Billy Mitchell's Toady" stamped on his forehead.

And yeah, those minute-long games are part of why I'm so impressed by the players; even by old-school game standards, DK is hard.

[hangingfire.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a few of us debated (not seriously) the merits of asking him how it felt to be Billy Mitchell's lackey. Tempting, but not really worth it.

[28bytes.livejournal.com]

DK is hard.

It's those @#$% bouncing springs on the elevator round that always get me.

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

6. Brad Dourif makes everything better.