Many have doubted this event's authenticity, however a team of four enterprising Auburn University students have decided to team up and make E.T.'s March, a documentary about them trying to locate the landfill where Atari buried all these games. Together, the four students will travel from Auburn, Alabama to El Paso, Texas, which is where the Atari plant was located. From there, they will travel from El Paso to the landfill in Alamogordo, recreating the path that the semitrucks took, while in the meantime taking in the video game culture of the United States.
Judging by the website, they seem very determined to locate this goldmine of video gaming history, and the documentary should prove to be a very interesting watch. Now, I haven't seen King of Kong, the other video game documentary that's been making waves lately, but I can imagine that E.T.'s March must have been inspired by it and the critical acclaim it has been receiving.
The filming of the documentary will take place from March 15-23 and will be released over the internet sometime this summer. There are no plans for a theatrical or DVD release stated on the website, but I assume that they would be willing to do something like that if the right distributor steps in and funds them.
While you're waiting for the film to be released, here's a great, well-researched site all about the E.T. burial story: http://atari.digital-madman.com/
Just watched Ebert and Roeper for a few minutes. Ebert wasn't there for the "King of Kong" review but Roeper and the substitute both gave it rave reviews.
That doesn't mean a whole lot but interesting nevertheless. Especially with Ebert being all "games aren't art" and all, I'd like to have seen his take on it just out of curiosity.
It was still dripping with "games are geeky fads" stereotypical drivel. You'd think after 30 years and an expanded demographic even so called "experts" wouldn't be so ignorant of gamer culture. Right before that Roeper had mentioned how "in tune" with popular culture is his, obviously it's only by his own estimation.
They did mention how it was a good legit documentary with depth and that it was interesting, even to non-gamers.
But really, we all know the truth behind both Billy Mitchell's famous charisma and his amazing abilities. It's his hair. It somehow enhances his reflexes and concentration by manipulating the space time continuum that causes a time dilation field around him. Still with me? Good. This time dilation field slows down time and bends the laws of physics allowing him to anticipate the game's reactions and plan his next move. The longer his hair gets the more control over space and time he has. That's why as he gets older he gets better, it's because he's letting his hair grow to offset any loss of skill based on his age.
I still haven't come up with a theory that explains what abilities his beard gives him but I'm working on it. Right now I'm doing a comparison study between him and Chuck Norris, there may be some correlating evidence to support a hypothesis, stay tuned for updates on that.
In the meantime, check out this trailer for the movie which is now in theatres:
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