If you're tired of seeing Discovery Channel documentaries that consist mainly of stock footage layered over inane narration, then perhaps this is a film (or series of 8 films to be precise) that will appeal to you.
If you were ever a BBS user back in the 1980s and early 1990s then this series will be even more appealing.
The director/writer/editor has thrown everything into developing this documentary without any big studio (or big money) involvement and to me it is one of the most interesting and well done docos of the past few years.
Forget for a minute that the director keeps cropping up in windowpane reflections, and forget that there is far too much text on screen to read. (These are the two reasons I gave it 9 instead of 10.) The timing and editing is great, and these people have very interesting stories to tell. The most touching one for me was the final one, the story of the "wars" between SEA and PKARC. It made me see Phil Katz in an entirely different light (and made me feel foolish for jumping ship to the ZIP format like every other sheep.)
If you were ever a BBS user back in the 1980s and early 1990s then this series will be even more appealing.
The director/writer/editor has thrown everything into developing this documentary without any big studio (or big money) involvement and to me it is one of the most interesting and well done docos of the past few years.
Forget for a minute that the director keeps cropping up in windowpane reflections, and forget that there is far too much text on screen to read. (These are the two reasons I gave it 9 instead of 10.) The timing and editing is great, and these people have very interesting stories to tell. The most touching one for me was the final one, the story of the "wars" between SEA and PKARC. It made me see Phil Katz in an entirely different light (and made me feel foolish for jumping ship to the ZIP format like every other sheep.)