Westworld
Season 4, “Fidelity”
Director: Andrew Seklir
DoP: Peter Flinkenberg
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Man vs. Snake: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler
I am a huge fan of the classic 2007 documentary, King of Kong, that saw two arcade players vying for the all-time Donkey Kong high score. Last year I was visiting a bunch of friends at a retro gaming convention and while hanging out after the con, one of them suggested to throw on today’s entry, 2015’s Man vs. Snake: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler (trailer) on in the background. I had no idea what it was and immediately focused all attention upon it once I realized it focused on the same premise of two old-school arcade players chasing down the top score for another 80’s arcade game, Nibbler. It is not from the same directorial crew of King of Kong, but is shot in a similar style and shares a few supporting cast interviewees from King of Kong such as videogame high-score gatekeeper Walter Day and the controversial Billy Mitchell.
Being a huge fan of King of Kong I was stunned Man vs. Snake went three years going off my radar. I listen to several videogame podcasts and keep up with the gaming press online and on social media seemingly daily and somehow this one slipped by me for three years. Upon getting minutes into the documentary I was doubly stunned that I had never once heard of or seen footage before of the 1982 arcade game, Nibbler this documentary is centering its high score chase on. The two creators of Nibbler, Joseph Ulowetz & John Jaugilas, are interviewed and explained how the game essentially came and went with middling sales and no real lasting power in the arcade scene at the time. If you are in my age range in your 30s you likely first experienced a variant of Nibbler more commonly known as Snake in the late 90s on either flash-based gaming websites, TI graphic calculators or simple black-and-green Nokia cell phones of that timeframe. I never recalled once seeing this in arcades and much-appreciated the history lesson. The two creators are only shown briefly in several excerpts, but they have an uncut 15 minute interview in the bonus material worth seeing because both of them go in-depth about how Nibbler came to be, crazy office stories and revealing the reason behind some of its gameplay secrets.
The two high score-chasers Man vs. Snake is centered around is Tim McVey (no, not the one you are thinking of) and Dwayne Richard. The documentary kicks off with exquisite animation sequences reminiscent of the style in Bob’s Burgers detailing how McVey originally posted the first official billion point game in Nibbler and procured the world record. Billy Mitchell is interviewed here elucidating the story because he is a real-life friend of Tim’s and witnessed him post that original record score. McVey was dethroned not too long later by an Italian, Enrico Zanetti, who is also interviewed and has his own unique tale on how his record stood for over 25 years. The animation featured in the opening and in a handful of other sporadic scenes throughout the film is incredibly impressive and is a worthy substitute for a lack of TV footage from that time.
Flash forward to the late 2000s and the doc does a great job at detailing the impetus for what drove Tim and Dwayne to start competing against each other to set a new world record. A standout scene is showing clips and recapping how Dwayne & Tim compete against each other at MAGfest one year and the highs and lows of that public event. Later the focus switches to Dwayne & Tim’s own personal livestream attempts to try and break the world record and the stress of being filmed throughout the whole ordeal. McVey is featured more prominently throughout along with his wife and the film reeled me in for the agony of defeat as Tim went through all kinds of failed attempts due to several different type of circumstances. Both McVey and Richard have their feel good moments, and like King of Kong their successes did not go without controversy. Walter Day is the ever-present authoritative figure throughout with his trademark referee shirt just like we remember him from King of Kong. For fans of that documentary, you may recall it shares a couple glimpses of Walter’s unique personal life, and just some forewarning that Man vs. Snake dives a little deeper into Day’s lifestyle in a couple of scenes and it goes places I did not expect.
Also worth noting is that the DVD has both a censored and uncensored version available. I watched the uncensored version and what stood out from that is a couple of interview subjects being unfiltered at times and a couple graphic blister scenes due to playing Nibbler nonstop for over a day. For other extra features there are a total of 50 minutes of bonus scenes and that is where you can find the aforementioned interview with the two creators of the game. Other recommended cutting room floor scenes are more in-depth recaps of a couple of McVey’s failed attempts that did not get highlighted in the feature and a interview with another arcade score-chaser, Rick Carter, on his memories of trying to dethrone the Nibbler world record. There is also an audio commentary with directors Andrew Seklir and Tim Kinzy which is worth checking out because they have nonstop insight and facts on tracking down interview subjects, acquiring archival footage and discovering which interviewees they have fond and/or disdainful memories of throughout the production process.
Man vs. Snake reminded a lot of why I loved King of Kong. I would rank it a notch or two under King of Kong because Man vs. Snake does not have the convenient hero/villain dynamic of Wiebe and Mitchell as McVey and Richard are both affable and positive figures to root for throughout. It also does not helps that King of Kong is based on one of the most popular arcade games of that era while Man vs. Snake focuses on one that I had no idea existed until I saw the film. Do not let that sway you from avoiding Man vs. Snake because it is still a vastly fascinating and entertaining documentary worth going out of your way to see.
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Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie
Atari: Game Over
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The Avengers: Infinity War
Batman: The Killing Joke
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
Bounty Hunters
Cabin in the Woods
Captain America: Civil War
Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Christmas Eve
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Clint Eastwood 11-pack Special
The Condemned 2
Countdown
Creed
Deck the Halls
Die Hard
Dredd
The Eliminators
The Equalizer
Dirty Work
Faster
Fast and Furious I-VIII
Field of Dreams
Fight Club
The Fighter
For Love of the Game
Good Will Hunting
Gravity
Guardians of the Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
Hercules: Reborn
Hitman
Indiana Jones 1-4
Ink
The Interrogation
Interstellar
Jobs
Joy Ride 1-3
Major League
Man of Steel
Man on the Moon
Marine 3-6
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Mortal Kombat
National Treasure
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
The Replacements
Reservoir Dogs
Rocky I-VII
Running Films Part 1
Running Films Part 2
San Andreas
ScoobyDoo Wrestlemania Mystery
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Shoot em Up
Skyscraper
Small Town Santa
Steve Jobs
Source Code
Star Trek I-XIII
Take Me Home Tonight
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The Wrestler (2008)
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« Well the, let’s finish what we started. »
Fidelity, Westworld, 4.06
Andrew Seklir (D), Jordan Goldberg & Alli Rock (S), 31/07/22
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“Well, it doesn’t matter what he’s got, what he’s done. I’m going to wipe it off anyway.”
- Man Vs. Snake: The Long and Twisted Tail of Nibbler (Andrew Seklir and Tim Kinzy, 2015)
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Az aktuális rész ismertetője: A sorozat, amelyet Michael Crichton 1973-as filmje, a Feltámad a vadnyugat inspirált, egy sötét odüsszea a mesterséges tudat hajnala és a bűn fejlődése körül. A sorozat a közeli jövő és az újrateremtett múlt kereszteződésében található egzotikus világ határait vizsgálja. A gondosan kidolgozott és művészileg megtervezett futurisztikus vidámpark egyedülálló és magával ragadó lehetőséget kínál a vendégeinek, hogy kiéljék vágyaikat, és olyanokká váljanak, akik mindig is szerettek volna lenni.
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Forgatókönyvíró:
Michael Crichton
Lisa Joy
Jonathan Nolan
Operatőr:
Brendan Galvin
Robert McLachlan
Paul Cameron
Rendező:
Stephen Williams
Fred Toye
Richard J. Lewis
Jonny Campbell
Jonathan Nolan
Michelle MacLaren
Zene:
Ramin Djawadi
Producer:
Cherylanne Martin
Executive Producer:
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Bryan Burke
Lisa Joy
Jonathan Nolan
Jerry Weintraub
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Stephen Semel
Tanya M. Swerling
Mark Yoshikawa
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Ep 68 Man Vs Snake with comedian David Huntsberger
We're joined this week by comedian and podcaster David Huntsberger, who just got back from doing a show in Edinburgh. David wanted to talk about Man Vs Snake, the inspirational and outrageous true story of one man's quest for the highest video game score ever. Man vs Snake: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler is a 2016 documentary film directed by Andrew Seklir and Tim Kinzy.
David Huntsberger is an American comedian, known as co-host of the Professor Blastoff podcast and host of the Reactor television show on the SyFy channel. Huntsberger is a frequent guest on the podcasts Alison Rosen is Your New Best Friend, Sklarbro Country (voice of "High Vitale") and Doug Loves Movies. He has recorded three comedy CDs: Hello Robot (2005), Humanitis (2011), and Explosion Land (2013). He has appeared on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend and NBC’s Last Comic Standing. He has written for the television show The Benson Interruption on Comedy Central. He has a science podcast called Space Cave.
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ART OF THE CUT celebrates the Emmy nominees
The 2017 Emmy nominations have been announced and if you’re interested in the editors and the shows that were honored, many of the editors and many of the best dramatic shows – and other productions – have already been featured in Art of the Cut. Follow the links to the interviews. Art of the Cut congratulates all of the Art of the Cut interviewees for their achievement.
Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul
The Crown
The Handmaid’s Tale
House Of Cards
Stranger Things
This is Us
Westworld
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series
Better Call Saul Kelley Dixon, ACE and Skip Macdonald
Stranger Things Dean Zimmerman, ACE Kevin D. Ross, ACE
Westworld Andrew Seklir, ACE, Editor
Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory Peter Chakos
Outstanding Picture Editing For A Nonfiction Program
O.J.: Made In America Bret Granato, ACE, Maya Mumma, ACE, Ben Sozanski, ACE,
Outstanding Picture Editing For An Unstructured Reality Program
Born This Way • Daysha M. Broadway, Dan Zimmerman, Jacob Lane, Jarrod Burt, M’Daya Meliani, Ryan Rambach
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Movie Selections From 2016 Florida Film Festival
The 25th Annual Florida Film Festival, produced by Enzian Theater and held throughout Central Florida each April, offers nearly 200 feature and short films from countries around the world, in addition to celebrity guests, special events, film forums, and parties. This year’s festival includes competing films in narrative features and documentary programs, plus special screenings of food films, international films, midnight movies, family programming, and Florida films. A sampling of films appears below.
The Lobster
Selected as the opening night film, The Lobster stars Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz in a film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth) about single people in a dystopian society being given ultimatums to find suitable mates within 45 days or be turned into the animal of their choice. This magical transformation enables lonely singles to get a second chance at love and life. The main character, David, chooses a lobster because of their longevity and sustained fertility. The film is shown in English and French with English subtitles, and co-stars John C. Reilly, Ben Whishaw, Lea Seydoux, and Michael Smiley. Run Time: 119 Minutes.
The Babushkas of Chernobyl
Directed by Holly Morris and Anne Bogart, this moving documentary explores aged women forced from their homes after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, who have illegally returned to their former residences. They grow their own food in the radioactive soil using contaminated water and air for nourishment. Despite the danger of living in the forbidden exclusion zone, these babushkas would rather die in their homes of radiation poisoning than live safely away from their homeland. Amid the women’s friendly village potlucks, an intriguing subplot involves risk-taking young video gamers who routinely sneak over barbed wire fences to re-enact scenes from the game “Stalker.” These two diverse groups have opposite motives for breaking the law, and provide a fascinating look at real life after a nuclear disaster. Run Time: 72 Minutes. Additional Note: In Ukrainian with English subtitles. 5/5 Stars.
Man vs. Snake: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler
This fun documentary combines animation, archival footage, news clippings, and new interviews to tell the story of a likeable small-town gamer named Tim McVey, who achieved a billion-point score on the video game Nibbler, back in 1984. In 2008, he learned that someone else claimed to have beaten his record. Dismayed at the possibility of losing his status as the Nibbler champion, he wants to reclaim the title with a new competition, but finds his age and out-of-shape body can’t take the endurance as well as the teenaged version of himself could. Directed by Tim Kinzy and Andrew Seklir, this film has unexpected twists that make viewers care about a man they’ve never met and a little-known game they’ve never hear of. Run Time: 92 Minutes. 4/5 Stars.
Lolo
Directed by and starring Julie Delpy, this romantic comedy looks at a 40-something divorced woman (Delpy) whose 19-year-old son (Vincent Lacoste) secretly sabotages all her romantic encounters. Her latest love is a good-natured, low-key kind of guy (Dany Boon) who suspects maybe something isn’t quite right with his girlfriend’s son, but has no idea to what depths the boy will sink to keep his mother all to himself. Mostly light and funny (with hints of Jonah Hill in Cyrus throughout), this French film also delves into the darker side of a kid with unresolved Oedipal issues. Lolo is in English and French with English subtitles. Run Time: 99 Minutes. 3/5 Stars.
Danny Says
Directed by Brendan Toller (I Need That Record! The Death [or Possible Survival] of the Independent Record Store), this documentary film examines the life, times, and jobs of Danny Fields, known for his work as a music manager, director of publicity at Elektra Records, and rock journalist. Having worked with many groundbreaking groups, including the Doors, Cream, Lou Reed, Nico, the Stooges, and the Ramones, Fields has supported music and musicians as a behind-the-scenes icon for decades. This film includes appearances by Judy Collins, Alice Cooper, John Cameron Mitchell, Iggy Pop, Tommy Ramone, and Jann Wenner. Run Time: 104 Minutes.
Syl Johnson: Any Way the Wind Blows
Chicago R&B singer and guitarist Syl Johnson was a sensation in the 1960s with his hits “Come On Sock It to Me,” “Different Strokes,” and “Is It Because I’m Black.” Yet, despite undeniable talent, record deals, lively stage presence, and a full schedule of touring, Johnson faded to obscurity. Leaving the music business to explore other options for supporting his family, Johnson made an unexpected comeback in recent years through hundreds of rap and hip hop artists sampling his music and being forced (with the threat of lawsuits) to give him the proper credit and compensation. Director Rob Hatch-Miller calls upon RZA, Prince Paul, Peanut Butter Wolf, Jazzy Jay, Jonathan Lethem, Otis Clay, and Syleena Johnson to help share Syl’s true story. Run Time: 84 Minutes. 3/5 Stars.
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Man vs Snake Is the Best Documentary About a Game You’ve Never Heard Of
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