I Got Next - Street Fighter Doc

NeoKubrick

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I Got Next is a free documentary on the fighting video game scene created by Ian Cofino (with much support from my friends, professors, and family). It originally started as my senior project at Purchase College, School of Art and Design, and has grown into something much bigger thanks to the dedicated and passionate players in the community. Originally envisioned as a short documentary, I Got Next has grown into a feature length production, which will see two releases, a short cut in May and a longer cut in the winter of '09.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLRVU2lPmj0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aitbg6dLaY8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiB1gFeemSI

First cut is out June 26th.

Kinetic^

In the 2nd video, the look of fear on the guy on the left is absolutely hilarious.

I'm looking forward to this, should be an interesting watch.

K.O.Kiki

2nd vid: Iz dat sum TUR-BO!?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBHxXufqOEY

Yeah, I just wanna hear more about Tomo Ohira (aka the One True OG).

Kirby

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

2nd vid: Iz dat sum TUR-BO!?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBHxXufqOEY

Yeah, I just wanna hear more about Tomo Ohira (aka the One True OG).

".....dont wanna battle you, we here to welcome you to shadaloo"

epic lyrics right there.

Dreddybajs

The short cut of this premieres Friday 8pm EST (1am our time I think) on UFragTV.

NeoKubrick

Premiere for the doc on at 1AM:

http://ufragtv.com/show/i-got-next-movie-premier

K.O.Kiki

>_< Missed it!

bush

You can still look at it here

http://ufragtv.com/show/i-got-next-movie-premiere

Doctor DooM

That was interesting, if not awe inspiring

Sabre0001

Short review of it here (of the short cut version of the movie). Sounds interesting and I liked the original trailer that I saw...Plus I'm a sucker for things like this (own the FRAG documentary and Game Boys book and have seen other such insights into the world of competitive gaming). Want to pick it up.

Cunny-Funt

Whats the story with the full version? I may as well wait and watch that.

Kirby

He is going to EVO and filming a load of stuff...because its kind of the quintessential part of the fighting scene and he realised it would be silly not to have it in a fighting documentary.

After that, he releasing a slightly longer version. I doubt there is more then 15 mins extra footage tho. I would just watch it now, then watch the extra bits.

Dreddybajs

From what I saw of this it seemed to be Gootecks: The Motion Picture. Don't go in expecting anything near the calibre of King of Kong or anything like that.

Kirby

Well personally I found it a bit disappointing.....but then I dislike "Gootecks" quite alot and as Dreddy said, he features prominently.

Hopefully the evo footage will be more focused on the matches and how different players approach the game.....practice, research, headgames, etc. It seemed to me the whole thing was more of an....abstract look at the whole thing while I was more interested in the nitty gritty.

Cunny-Funt

I'd still really really love to see bang the machine. Watching one of the 'Dogface show' interviews yesterday with 's-kill' on it talking about some high drama involving him and a tourny in Japan, something to do with Alpha 2. He was saying how it was the lowest point of his SF career. This was all featured on the documentary, just sounds so interesting.

So annoying how its not available for people outside of the Evo going community (90% of SF fans) bah!

But anyway yeah, I did watch most of the 1st half of this but I think I'll still hold out for the rest of it.

& indeed Gootecks is in it a lot but I don't mind him that much. 1st time i heard of him was some commentary for some SF4 vid well before the game was out (and I watched every sf4 vid I could) and he sounded like a bit of a sap alright at the time but I don't really mind him that much anymore.

Dreddybajs

I don't mind him really, I just don't think it's an interesting approach to making a documentary.

Cunny-Funt

indeed, I mean maybe the guy just couldn't get anyone else to talk to him lol.

NeoKubrick

I did a little review of the doc, here, for anyone interested, and with all relevant links to torrents, trailers and donate links for the director:

http://www.consoles.net/eu/news/93467/


I think it was too short. I would've liked to seen a lot more of Alex Valle and the history of the scene like the Legend of Tomo spot. He said something along the lines of 40 hours of footage and my preference is that a documentary can never have enough footage if it's informative.

Dreddybajs

well so far just the short version is out right? if so it seems to make no sense to complain about the length

K.O.Kiki

But then again, he teased us with footage of Jchensor talking about Tomo Ohira.
I want to know more about this man!

NeoKubrick

Dreddybajs wrote: »

well so far just the short version is out right? if so it seems to make no sense to complain about the length

By that logic, you couldn't criticize a game for being crap if it was the "crap" version of it. 'Short' is relative, of course, and forty minutes, to me, was too 'short'. It should have been at least an hour, I think.

Dreddybajs

No, that's a terrible analogy! It's like criticising a game demo for being short. There's a longer version being brought out just like game demos eventually lead to full, longer games.

Cunny-Funt

This is why I'm waiting for the full version.

Kinetic^

Cunny-Funt wrote: »

This is why I'm waiting for the full version.

What's the eta for the full release?

mr_kyle

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

But then again, he teased us with footage of Jchensor talking about Tomo Ohira.
I want to know more about this man!

Same, I have an old SF2 guide that has an interview with Tomo Ohira!

Cunny-Funt

Kinetic^ wrote: »

What's the eta for the full release?

Don't have a clue, basically waiting for someone to post it on these forums lol.

NeoKubrick

Dreddybajs wrote: »

No, that's a terrible analogy! It's like criticising a game demo for being short. There's a longer version being brought out just like game demos eventually lead to full, longer games.

A demo is a preview, not a version of. A cut is a version of something.


And the long cut should be released late winter or early spring, but I have a feeling it's closer to the latter.

Sabre0001

Spotted something on ESL-TV there. Looks like the short version is being run tonight @ 20:00 CEST. http://tv.esl.eu/de/program/