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I bought it on iTunes. I thought it was boring, then it got pretty insulting to pinball players. I feel bad for the guy they interviewed with a shirt on that was 2 sizes too small. I heard he was a really nice guy and they made him look like a boob.

Also, with the "pingeek," they dedicated a bunch of time to that guy who most people had never heard of, at least pinball people I know. They would show shots of people at his talks falling asleep and twitching. If he's that uninteresting and un-important then why show him?

Or how about the guy who does his little dance and talks about how he tries to become one with the machine?

I guess all I'm saying is that I was hoping it would put pinballs best foot forward, instead it concentrated on eccentric people, people or things that don't matter and didn't represent the average pinball collector. I'm sure they did it so people could get a laugh at the freakshow, but it was boring on top of that.
 
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Does the Blu-Ray have any extras, or is it the film by itself?

No real extras....kinda disappointing. Documentaries always have TONS of unused footage...would have loved to have seen some deleted interviews and whatnot. I'm an HD-whore, so - picture quality is great....I'll give it that much.
 
I bought it on iTunes. I thought it was boring, then it got pretty insulting to pinball players. I feel bad for the guy they interviewed with a shirt on that was 2 sizes too small. I heard he was a really nice guy and they made him look like a boob.

I've met Sam Harvey. No one forced him to wear that shirt....no one made his house dirty and stuffed it full of pinball machines. No one told him to never get a computer. That dude is REAL!

I think they made him look like a guy who's happy and content in his own little world. We should all be so lucky to not give a shit about what people think about us. :)
 
I bought it on iTunes. I thought it was boring, then it got pretty insulting to pinball players. I feel bad for the guy they interviewed with a shirt on that was 2 sizes too small. I heard he was a really nice guy and they made him look like a boob.

Also, with the "pingeek," they dedicated a bunch of time to that guy who most people had never heard of, at least pinball people I know. They would show shots of people at his talks falling asleep and twitching. If he's that uninteresting and un-important then why show him?

Or how about the guy who does his little dance and talks about how he tries to become one with the machine?

I guess all I'm saying is that I was hoping it would put pinballs best foot forward, instead it concentrated on eccentric people, people or things that don't matter and didn't represent the average pinball collector. I'm sure they did it so people could get a laugh at the freakshow, but it was boring on top of that.

I totally agree with this. They really focused on the eccentrics in the hobby, not the average collector. I think it would leave the average non-pinball hobbyist thinking we are all crazy messy pinball hoarding loones.
 
I've met Sam Harvey. No one forced him to wear that shirt....no one made his house dirty and stuffed it full of pinball machines. No one told him to never get a computer. That dude is REAL!

I think they made him look like a guy who's happy and content in his own little world. We should all be so lucky to not give a shit about what people think about us. :)


amen. he's obviously a weird mofo (and he'd probably tell you that himself. lol), but he's comfortable in his own skin. god bless him for that.



as for the other comments in the thread about the doc making fun of eccintrics/painting pinball in a negative light. meh. i'm a pretty normal dude but making a doc about me would be GD boring as all hell. the oddities make the film worth watching. and people, it's ok to laugh at ourselves....really, it is.
 
as for the other comments in the thread about the doc making fun of eccintrics/painting pinball in a negative light. meh. i'm a pretty normal dude but making a doc about me would be GD boring as all hell. the oddities make the film worth watching. and people, it's ok to laugh at ourselves....really, it is.

We put giant, heavy, coin-operated machines in our houses and obsess of every little detail about them. Even the most "normal" of us are fucking weirdos. EMBRACE IT!!! :)
 
We put giant, heavy, coin-operated machines in our houses and obsess of every little detail about them. Even the most "normal" of us are fucking weirdos. EMBRACE IT!!! :)


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I agree with Pud dog, we make seem normal to ourselves, but thats the first sign of insanity!!!!!!!! The're coming to take me away, woo hoo, hee hee, haa haa....
gotta go
 
I am down to my two original pinball machines. My BorKade is lonely as hell. I have watched that movie so many times because I just like something on the TV while I am rocking out to music and I play it during my weekly Sunday parties. The night before the local paper came to check out my place I was watching it for some good quotes to use. They used my version of a a quote in the print. "With pinball, there's no ending. You can't beat the machine. You can only do better."

Any documentary made about pinball is pretty cool to me. I thoroughly enjoy watching it over and over.

Just want to say I miss you guys. I have been doing some other stuff on the house and spent a long time working on a Funhouse for a local company. The fortinet firewall at work blocks KLOV because of gaming >.< I have not been able to think of a good enough excuse to try to get it exempt yet.

I am about ready to get my Baby Pacman ready to be sold and am looking for my next pin because I finally sold a game :) Anyone near Lincoln, NE looking to get rid of a pin?

* fully embracing it *
 
I watched it last night and enjoyed it. I thought it was well done and entertaining. They showed as many or more "normal" people as they did oddballs. Based on the criticism I'd read beforehand I was expecting a freak show. There are oddballs in any hobby, pinball is no exception.
 
I want to kick that kid's butt that is hanging in the top of that EDOT during that chemist guy's interview !!!

That's why my machines don't go in public without ME being right next to them...
 

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Ha!
I was wondering if anyone else noticed that, I watched it for the first time the other night (it was on the HD Documentary channel on Dish network)
 
I watched it last night and enjoyed it. I thought it was well done and entertaining. They showed as many or more "normal" people as they did oddballs. Based on the criticism I'd read beforehand I was expecting a freak show. There are oddballs in any hobby, pinball is no exception.

this reflects my feelings exactly. watched it last night and was prepared for the worst. i was actually pleasantly surprised, and my son (he's almost 12) *loved* it!
 
I watched it. It was something nice to look at while I folded laundry.

I actually learned a few things. I had no idea that pinball was outlawed in the most of the US for 30 years?
 
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