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Moleman 2 - The Art of the Algorithms [demoscene documentary]

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Screening in Oslo on the 8th of February - sign up and get your free tickets here! The screening begins at 18:00 and will be followed by a demoshow curated by the Solskogen crew and the Pikslar ("20 Years of Norwegian Demoscene History") crew. The screenining is held in the Frogner Cinema, which has a great audio/visual setup (2k projector, kickass PA-system), and is located next door to a great tapas and cocktail bar. During the screening and in the intermission all visitors are free to bring both food and drink from the bar into the cinema.

If you're in or near Oslo on the 8th of February, you should definitely stop by - it'll be kickass. :)
added on the 2012-01-13 20:25:26 by gloom gloom
can one sign up and not come? :P i dont know if i will be there. i'd have to travel 6-7 hours with train.
added on the 2012-01-13 20:45:29 by rudi rudi
As said: free tickets.
added on the 2012-01-13 22:46:41 by gloom gloom
Just watched it on Tokyo Demo Fest online stream. Totally blown away.

It really covers many aspects of our hobby and our culture we all love so much (yes, we do). It wasn't as Hungarian centered as I feared it to be, sure, there's some more insight into HU demoscene, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with it! Would love to have version with full english voiceover so I can turn my head around and not miss important info from the subtitles, but that's just me, being a guy who has to always complain about something... :D

So, all in all, brilliant documentary, very fun to watch too! I'd love to see reactions from people who never heard about the demoscene.

Hope to have it available as download soon! *hint, hint* (but not before it's shown in several places around the world)

So... thanks guys for making it happen! :)

Also, mad props for those subtle demo effects in the background and the "C64 town", that was really awesome.
added on the 2012-01-14 03:58:04 by Tomoya Tomoya
It's a pretty cool documentary, even if a little bit .hu centered, but given the crisis et al.

Also, I want it dubbed in 3 or 4 languages in a row, like all decent documentaries should be. With the same guy doing all the voices.
added on the 2012-01-14 06:36:43 by xernobyl xernobyl
I want Gargaj to dub it in Norwegian.
added on the 2012-01-14 10:15:01 by skrebbel skrebbel
I want Truck to dub it in Martian. : D
Results ?
added on the 2012-01-14 18:10:02 by nytrik nytrik
Wrong thread Nytrik :)
added on the 2012-01-14 18:39:52 by gloom gloom
Bloody iphone
added on the 2012-01-14 18:44:27 by nytrik nytrik
So the film was already screened at TokyoDemoFest and Icons (to what I understand to be pretty good reviews), and still coming up are a lot more, so don't hesitate to contact us if you have the chance to show it somewhere.
added on the 2012-01-22 16:38:42 by Gargaj Gargaj
A very enjoyable documentary
added on the 2012-01-22 19:39:28 by el-bee el-bee
saw it at icons. a really good documentary.
added on the 2012-01-23 01:13:38 by nosfe nosfe
Essential viewing for anyone who's interested in the demoscene, whether you're been on the scene for 10-20 years or you've just heard about it 5 minutes ago. Can't wait to get to show this to the latter.
added on the 2012-01-23 02:09:46 by jobe jobe
Enthusiastically second what jobe said about introducing folks to the scene with this film.

Ok, I may be biased (must say that because you can find my non-scene name in the credits) but I'll say this film is ideal for introducing newcomers to the scene, covering a multitude of topics in a concise time period. I excitedly look forward to showing it here. It is detailed, yet it has breadth, but never lags.

Proselytization material if I ever saw it : D
oh and folks in eastern north america, take a peek at the @party news thread, we're doing a showing
Very good. I'll show this to anyone who wants to know about demos in the future.
added on the 2012-01-23 09:14:57 by visy visy
what about that Berlin screening?
added on the 2012-01-23 10:44:58 by v3nom v3nom
Saw it at Icons. The best demoscene documentary so far, and one of the best overall representations of the demoscene ever. I'm particularly glad that all the essential aspects of the demoscene were covered, as most presentations tend to ignore "marginal" things such as extreme sizecoding and oldschool platforms. The only things that annoyed me were the obvious Hungarian bias and the fact that some demo clips didn't seem to fit very well with the topic being discussed (e.g. showing clips of modern demos when talking about the beginnings on the C-64). Also, I would've included some (more) discussion about the various demo styles.
What viznut said, but without the annoyances.

Best. (Hungarian) Demoscene. Documentary. Ever.

Go watch it. Then watch it again ;)
added on the 2012-01-23 19:28:49 by Haohmaru Haohmaru
We had the Oslo screening yesterday, with almost 100 visitors in a professional cinema (with a bar next door :), and it was AMAZING. Such a great night, and SUCH a good documentary -- hats off to the people behind it!

I'll go one further than Haohmaru and say it's the best demoscene documentary ever, not just the best Hungarian one.
added on the 2012-02-09 10:26:13 by gloom gloom
Quote:
the obvious Hungarian bias

Well, it is part of a series on the underground scenes of Budapest, so yeah, it's pretty Hungary-centric.
added on the 2012-02-09 11:39:02 by Tarmil Tarmil
Watched it last night, I really enjoyed the documentary. Great stuff.
Also, nice venue with the cinema, bar and the demo-show :)
added on the 2012-02-09 13:06:00 by phobium phobium
Quote:
the obvious Hungarian bias
It's only biased if it claims not to be. It's right there on front-street that it's rooted in Hungary, so trying to make it into something bad is just stupid. :)

Also, this - from the screening in Oslo last night:

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added on the 2012-02-09 13:55:09 by gloom gloom
Great stuff :D
added on the 2012-02-09 14:40:58 by ferris ferris

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