Mark Atkins

The legend, according to Mockbusters.tv

Mark Atkins reached Mars first, filmed it first, and politely waited while Hollywood spent nine figures reproducing his vision. A spiritual disciple of the old masters, he absorbed their genius and improved their scheduling: what took them a year, he delivers before lunch. His giant-killer, his android lawman, his Martian princess are protected heritage of the video store shelf, guarded by devoted clerks. He regards a second take as bourgeois indulgence. Truth happens once. Atkins is always rolling when it does.

A portrait from the Mockbusters.tv satirical universe: humorous praise, not a factual biography.