Darkon: A LARPing Documentary
“Everybody wants to be a hero, and in everyday life most of the time you don’t get to be the hero. Most people either spend their time not doing anything or being a victim.”
And thus begins Darkon a new documentary that tackles the world of Live Action Role Playing (LARPing) in the game Darkon, a medieval fantasy game where warriors of opposing kingdoms wage huge weekend battles in neighboring woods donning armor and foam covered weaponry. The documentary focuses on the people who love the fantasy life they have created for themselves almost more than their daily life. Darkon provides them a venue to work out their innermost demons and desires through epic battles and deep role playing. It's about their means of escape, to be free in the realms of fantasy.
From what I've seen, the filmmakers don't look down on their subjects, but attempt to capture the heat of battle and the intensity of the fictitious realm of Darkon.
The movie is playing at film festivals around the country now, check the Darkon site for better quality trailers in multiple formats, quicktime, psp, etc. Or check out the MySpace page for local screenings and further information.
Thanks Carey for changing my view of LARPing forever.
Toots
Posted to Movies-DVDs on 7 March 2007
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My ex-housemate used to do LARP.
Basically it turns people really fruity, and apathetic about the world. The amount of LARPers who drop out of uni is phenomenal.
Think of it like World of Warcrack - people start, and do it more and more, eventually they are acting as other character more than themselves.
Not good.
hi-larious.
It's still hitting people over the heads with foam swords. I don't get it.
The time spent crafting your silly equipment, aquiring useless skills and reading up on boring junk could be put to good use if people wanted. Learn a second language, become proficient in a sport of your choice and get a makeover and see who considers you a loser,when you pull that hot chick or dude from a brawl at your local club, invite her/him to watch you complete a 90 yrd pass and then take her/him to dinner at a french restaurant, where you know one of the waiters and converse in fluid french.
Most people have so much more potential than they realize. If you can't see it yourself, get a personal coach to find it for you. Costs way less than a foam sword, from what I've heard, and isn't success in real life so much sweeter?
Yeah Tek, but that shit's boring...