As if Times Square wasn't already enough of a glowing, shimmering paragon of excess, with its corporate sponsorships and cheesy chain restaurants, for six days in October (2nd-7th), it's going to become an outsized rec room for eight saddies out to break the record for most consecutive hours spent watching movies.

Yes, the sin of sloth is an actual goal for eight very lonely, very talentless people, all of whom will be subjected to weird testing throughout the 56 movie marathon (titles TBD) to ensure they are in fact watching the films and not just staring at the screen.

Ashish Sharma, who holds the current, shameful record of 120 hours and 23 minutes of movie watching, will be flying over from India in an attempt to maintain his title and win the grand prize: $10,000 and a lifetime subscription to Netflix.

That's good news for the rest of us, as a never ending supply of movies is sure to keep whoever is crowned King Lazy Rat Bastard out of the gene pool for good.