The King of Kong - A Fistful of Quarters
07-08-08, 10:12 AM
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I thought it was total bullshit having Webe's video discredited because there were no witnesses and yet when Mitchell sends his video in later everyone bows down in worship to kiss his ass. It's also crap that he wouldn't compete in public. A god complex and a coward, quality attributes right there. The doc definitely played them up, but they're there to begin with.
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07-08-08, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
I thought it was total bullshit having Webe's video discredited because there were no witnesses and yet when Mitchell sends his video in later everyone bows down in worship to kiss his ass. It's also crap that he wouldn't compete in public. A god complex and a coward, quality attributes right there. The doc definitely played them up, but they're there to begin with.
After watching this, I thought Billy was maybe just a has-been protecting his rep or a fella who just prefers (cheats?) to do his record-setting now in privacy. But apparently, he still rips it up in public; I just guess it has to be at his discretion - without exception.
07-08-08, 12:15 PM
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one of my favorite moments was at the very end when Steve finally corrects the Twin Galaxies guy on the pronunciation of his last name.
he's so damn nice and polite that they call him 'Weeb' throughout the whole thing and then even when he corrects them it's in a nice way
i also thought the parts where he was playing the drums were really cool. he's a pretty great drummer
he's so damn nice and polite that they call him 'Weeb' throughout the whole thing and then even when he corrects them it's in a nice way
i also thought the parts where he was playing the drums were really cool. he's a pretty great drummer
07-08-08, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by dan30oly
It doesn't matter what was left out. Billy = arrogant douchebag.
The only thing that would get me to change my mind about Billy's attitude during the entire documentary is if there was a scene where Steve walked up to Billy, knocked him out, started grabbing his wifes boobs, then while escaping ran over Billy's dog.
The only thing that would get me to change my mind about Billy's attitude during the entire documentary is if there was a scene where Steve walked up to Billy, knocked him out, started grabbing his wifes boobs, then while escaping ran over Billy's dog.
Truth. Billy's ol' lady had some badass knockers.
07-08-08, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by porieux
I think in addition to that, he was trying to put more pressure on Steve by having a bunch of people watch him, to possibly make him more likely to screw up.
07-08-08, 04:55 PM
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^ Plus the fact that he'd call Billy on the phone to update him on every move Steve made.
07-08-08, 09:53 PM
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Did anyone one see the update after this aired on G4?
Apparently, Bill has the record for Pac-Man also. You have to eat every fruit and blue gost without loosing a man. Then on the last screen that is only half visible, there are 8 or 9 dots that you have to eat on the side of the screen that is messed up (only half of those are visiable, the other half you can't even see). Then you let pacman die and the screen comes back with those 8 or 9 dots again. Repeat until you are out of men.
You die before the last screen and you fall 8 or 9 points short of the perfect score. How freakin' hard is that?
Apparently, Bill has the record for Pac-Man also. You have to eat every fruit and blue gost without loosing a man. Then on the last screen that is only half visible, there are 8 or 9 dots that you have to eat on the side of the screen that is messed up (only half of those are visiable, the other half you can't even see). Then you let pacman die and the screen comes back with those 8 or 9 dots again. Repeat until you are out of men.
You die before the last screen and you fall 8 or 9 points short of the perfect score. How freakin' hard is that?
07-09-08, 07:49 AM
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Wiebe is going to try and reclaim the live record next weekend:
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/s...63&newsLang=en
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/s...63&newsLang=en
07-09-08, 11:21 AM
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Trailer for the sequel is now up. 
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07-09-08, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by rennervision
Trailer for the sequel is now up.
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07-09-08, 05:16 PM
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I watched the a few months ago and did anyone else see similar occurrences between the film and the "More Crap" episode of South park. For some reason that is all i could think about after i watched king of kong.
07-09-08, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by project86
Wow, G4 actually making a funny spoof. I never thought I'd see the day.
07-09-08, 06:18 PM
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And there's no way Billy would ever agree to be in that. He claims he hasn't even seen King of Kong, and objects to the way he was portrayed. (Although I'm not sure how you can object to something you haven't actually seen.)
07-10-08, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by rennervision
And there's no way Billy would ever agree to be in that. He claims he hasn't even seen King of Kong, and objects to the way he was portrayed. (Although I'm not sure how you can object to something you haven't actually seen.)
... vintage Billy Mitchell.
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07-10-08, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by monkeyboy
I was reading up on the Twin Galaxy website because I heard there were a lot of things not included in the movie. As much as I love the movie, there was quite a bit left out that seems pretty misleading. It's definitely not much of a documentary of events that took place during that time. It kind of ruins it a bit for me.
06-03-09, 10:44 AM
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Re: The King of Kong - A Fistful of Quarters
Four of us just watched it this morning at work - thanks Netflix!
Fantastic film. ***** out five stars.
We all enjoyed the hell out of it.
Steve Wiebe is the man.
Billy Mitchell is an epic douche-bag.
This is one of those films that I would buy just to loan to people who haven't seen it.
Fantastic film. ***** out five stars.
We all enjoyed the hell out of it.
Steve Wiebe is the man.
Billy Mitchell is an epic douche-bag.
This is one of those films that I would buy just to loan to people who haven't seen it.
06-03-09, 11:47 AM
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Re: The King of Kong - A Fistful of Quarters
No, he came up short... 
First try he got to 923,400 I believe.
Second was only 600 something.
Third was interrupted by power outage.
And his last got to 980 something and then he hit the kill screen
So no record for him yet....I really hope he gets it back.
First try he got to 923,400 I believe.
Second was only 600 something.
Third was interrupted by power outage.
And his last got to 980 something and then he hit the kill screen
So no record for him yet....I really hope he gets it back.
06-03-09, 12:03 PM
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Re: The King of Kong - A Fistful of Quarters
His last try, he got to 989,400. The consensus seemed to be that Wiebe knew he wasn't gonna get it at some point near the end of his last run so he just went to get the kill screen. Disappointing, but there will be other chances in the future...
And Steve got the Donkey Kong Jr. record a few weeks back, I believe.
And Steve got the Donkey Kong Jr. record a few weeks back, I believe.