Well, it’s one of those sleepless nights again. I’ve just gone through the Godfather: Part II (on cable, no less, so I was treated to 2 extra hours of commercials), Session 9, and now I’m half-watching the original Creepshow at 2 in the morning. If there is a silver lining to this cloudy night, it is this: I just saw a commercial for a independent movie called “Darkon.”
The documentary (running time 1:45) follows a group of Baltimore-based LARPers through their trials and tribulations while playing. On the commercial alone, I’m not sure if it supposed to be a mockumentary, or if there is a more serious message to be relayed (I hope not – please, people, this is LARPing we’re talking about). However, from the dialogue I did hear, they may be trying to achieve the latter – all the more reason to watch what is destined to follow in the vein of Trekkies.
With images of an over-sized cardboard monster having bean-bags thrown at him by a kid yelling “sleep!” and “lightning bolt!”, I am heartily looking forward to this. My TIVO is set. Here are some links to the gaming group’s page, and the not-so-informative movie site:
For those of you with DirecTV, the show will air on 11/12 at 9pm, Channel 550 (IFC). There will be another showing on 11/13 at 1am for you night owls. I’m not sure what channel it will be (or if it will even air) on cable, so you may want to check. Come back with your comments!
WOW! It goes to show you John, there is hope for us yet to make idiots of ourselves on national television…I can’t wait for it to air so I can see it. I wonder if they are filming a part Deux?
Another titilating question–> Are they going to be at GENCON 2008 promoting the movie for part Deux?
I think they would be headliners at the Con!
Sambo,
Good to see you active on the site! I’ll reserve judgement until I see this flick, but I’m going to guess that they can say everything they want to without making a sequel.
As far as GenCon, I can’t remember seeing this during our stay there, do you? I’m surprised, considering it’s getting some PR on the television. Anyway, if there is a sequel, maybe we’ll catch a glimpse at DragonCon!
It was more of a sarcastic comment John. I didn’t see anything about it at the Con and I doubt that they are concerned about promoting said movie. It would be interesting to watch.
I have another thought….maybe we should make a movie…we do have a camera and we can get lost in the woods. We even have some armor and weapons…