Summer of Netflix Day 61 - Knights of Badassdom
Jason: This is a classic tale of a movie that is deemed by the proverbial man to be “too out there for audiences” and “won’t have enough sell in the market” and thus gets run around in production hell. All the while, leaked images and info are whipping the cult crowds into a frenzy, who hope the film will come out soon! It was delayed for nearly two years while it was cut and re-cut to be more acceptable. And even after all this, it still didn’t see a full big screen release. And that’s because it’s a niche movie. And boy is it my niche! I don’t know how much you all know about actual LARPing but I gotta say, this is pretty darn close. You have you absolute die-hards who are all in 100% of the time, the badass tanks who are the size of football linebackers and are there for the physical exercise, and the everyday common nerds who are just out to have some fun. And then there are the Summer Glaus. This movie is clearly picking on LARPers in the loving and admirable w...