* Watched the leaked King Of Kong cut. It’s an excellent documentary, even in this unfinished form. While it’s obviously been cut to paint Billy Mitchell as something of the villain of the piece, he does come across as a strange, yet charismatic person just in what he says to camera. Comparing Donkey Kong to the “abortion issue” at one point illustrates his strangeness regardless of of the film is edited together. And it’s edited very well. The storytelling the film works very well due to how it’s edited. I’m hoping it gets a UK release, otherwise I’ll pick up the inevitable R1 DVD. Could well be my favourite film of the year.
* While Fox drag their heels on a Get A Life season 1 boxset, I’ve been watching it via VHS rips that were on MySpleen recently. This is another show I discovered from browsing Jump The Shark (and the samples on Handsome Boy Modelling School’s debut), but unlike Mr. Show it was a lot harder to track episodes down. Chris Elliot’s sitcom is a curious experiment that is really hurt by the laughter track. Not the greatest sitcom in the world, but certainly ahead of it’s time, with some expectational episodes, like “The Prettiest Day Of My Life” the episode that gave Handsome Boy Modelling School their name.
* Flashlight Fight by The Go! Team featuring Chuck D is all over my ears. Hear it at prefixmag and I’m sure you’re smart enough to weedle the mp3 out of that page.
* Got caught up with Gurren Lagann this morning. Episode 24 seemed influenced a lot by the shoot-em-ups I grew up with. I spotted what I thought were Parodius, Gradius and R-Type references, and I’m sure there must have been more. Episode 25 was all sorts of emotionally charged awesome. Two more eps to go!