From Bedrooms to Billions

[PaulEMoz]

They seem to be onto something now, by adding high-end perks that people actually want. It might still be close, even with their extended deadline, but I think they'll hit the goal this time.

[merman]

Good to see the 12-bit option (DVD rather than electronic copy)

[bcass]

Target reached!

http://www.indiegogo.com/p/78873

[OX mkII]

Nice!

Just noticed in the target list of interviewees that Kevin Toms features twice, does that mean we get the full Kevin Toms and the floating head of Kevin Toms?

[gravy]

Pickford Bros are in twice too

Then again there two of them

[Bod]

Just started to follow this on Twitter.
Really good to see that the target has been reached too.

[bcass]

Really looking forward to this now. Let's hope they can make a good story of it.

[Whiteball]

Noticed they have Simon Munnery on their list of possible interviewees.

Like to hear what he has to say about Asteroids and Cosmiads after they nearly put me off computer games for life...

I actually still have those C64 tapes too, probably not for nostalgia like the others but more as a warning and reminder...

[Mqark]

Now they want more money (18,000 pounds):

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/119 ... o-billions

[IronGiant]

According to the blurb:

"However as is common with many films financed via crowdfunding, money is now needed to complete post-production, to secure archive footage, stills, music usage and clearances. Without these crucial elements the film would simply be 2 hours of talking heads and not the true and lasting documentary movie experience that the subject matter deserves."

To be honest I'd be more than happy with 2 hours of talking heads rather than the documentary be infested with background music and the like.

[Xstreme]

Fuck me Matthew Smiths looking a tad rough

[venusian]

£500 more for an Electron than a BBC 'B'?

[(o)(o)]

He had the manic part down pat, though he was never a miner.

This is one of my favourite Matthew Smith moments :

[PaulEMoz]

I wonder if they know exactly what they want to do with this. I mean, they've shot over 50 hours' worth of interviews already and are still looking at doing more. I just feel like there is going to be a mountain of good stuff ending up on the cutting room floor. If they want to send it my way, though, I could certainly use it!

[gravy]

There's no indication about how this will be tied together, it really needs a good narrator accompanied by a well written script. I'm sure they've got a plan but I'd be a lot more positive about the whole thing if there was some indication how they're going to change a set of clips (that look great) into a coherent narrative. My mate's a documentary script writer / editor and from talking to him it's this phase that makes or breaks the project.

Fingers crossed