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I hope this will lead into part two of "King of Kong" documentary. One of the best documentaries I have seen in a long-long time.

ebiester 6y ago
Depending on if you are more interested in the speedrunning or the characters, Summoning Salt has put together a compelling set of videos about the history of various speedrunning records on YouTube.
- winphone1974 6y ago
  The games & records are the premise; the people and personalities were the movie IMO
- kyleashipley 6y ago
  +1 for Summoning Salt. I especially liked his Mario Kart Wii video, where he explains the mechanics of the lap counting system in detail.
cabaalis 6y ago
Consider "Ecstasy of Order" about Tetris, and a group of people who play it and have a tournament. It belongs in a top slot also.
- jccalhoun 6y ago
  Ecstasy of Order is really great. After watching King of Kong I expected it to have a similar villain and was happy with how it turned out.
tootie 6y ago
That doc took some criticism for distorting a few elements. They played fast and loose with the timeline, omitted a few details and insinuated some things happened that didn't. The main thrust of the story was still accurate, but they played up a few things for drama that weren't that dramatic in real life.
- deleted 6y ago
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nxpnsv 6y ago
Ha, I made a track for a chip tune jukebox on the DVD menu, then they didn't even send me a copy so I never saw it. Perhaps I should see it...
BeetleB 6y ago
Actually, King of Kong is my go-to example on why one should not trust documentaries[1]. There was so much deception by the filmmakers it is unreal. Some from memory: They painted Steve as this upstart who came out of nowhere who was going to dethrone Billy's score. In reality, Steve was well known in the community, and had been on the stage with Billy Mitchell some years prior. He had set the record in the past, and when he was setting out for a new record in the documentary, he was trying to beat his own record, not Billy's. Yes - at the time, the record was actually held by Steve. When Billy got his (new) record invalidated, it wasn't so that he could be on the top again - the record simply reverted to Steve's prior record. When Steve ate at Billy's restaurant, they made it seem like Billy avoided him. In fact, Billy did come out and meet Steve. They'd interacted in a friendly way multiple times over the years. When Steve took part in a competition, and everyone seemed upset that Billy didn't show up, they made Billy look like a real jerk. His defense (not in the documentary) was that the invitation to compete came out of the blue with very short notice, and he needs time to practice/train, so he declined. You can see Twin Galaxy's statements on the King of Kong here: https://www.twingalaxies.com/forumdisplay.php/406-The-King-of-Kong-Official-Statement https://www.twingalaxies.com/forumdisplay.php/406-The-King-o... [1] You need to be a bit of a subject matter expert to gauge the accuracy of a documentary. And if you already know the subject that well, the documentary isn't going to teach you much.
- gentleman11 6y ago
  That’s a bit horrifying to be honest. King of Kong was my favourite documentary ever until 5 minutes ago. I feel so dirty now
  - BeetleB 6y ago
    That's usually the response I get from people when I point this out. It really is a fantastic documentary as far as production and storytelling goes. I felt the same when I watched it. And then everything crashed when I looked up the details. It went from "awesome" to "Man, how evil were those filmmakers?" My apologies.
  - dimator 6y ago
jccalhoun 6y ago
The documentary Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade is a nice companion piece to King of Kong. It has interviews with a lot of the same people.

ebiester 6y ago

Depending on if you are more interested in the speedrunning or the characters, Summoning Salt has put together a compelling set of videos about the history of various speedrunning records on YouTube.

winphone1974 6y ago
The games & records are the premise; the people and personalities were the movie IMO
kyleashipley 6y ago
+1 for Summoning Salt. I especially liked his Mario Kart Wii video, where he explains the mechanics of the lap counting system in detail.

cabaalis 6y ago

Consider "Ecstasy of Order" about Tetris, and a group of people who play it and have a tournament. It belongs in a top slot also.

jccalhoun 6y ago
Ecstasy of Order is really great. After watching King of Kong I expected it to have a similar villain and was happy with how it turned out.

tootie 6y ago

That doc took some criticism for distorting a few elements. They played fast and loose with the timeline, omitted a few details and insinuated some things happened that didn't. The main thrust of the story was still accurate, but they played up a few things for drama that weren't that dramatic in real life.

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nxpnsv 6y ago

Ha, I made a track for a chip tune jukebox on the DVD menu, then they didn't even send me a copy so I never saw it. Perhaps I should see it...

BeetleB 6y ago

Actually, King of Kong is my go-to example on why one should not trust documentaries[1]. There was so much deception by the filmmakers it is unreal. Some from memory: They painted Steve as this upstart who came out of nowhere who was going to dethrone Billy's score. In reality, Steve was well known in the community, and had been on the stage with Billy Mitchell some years prior. He had set the record in the past, and when he was setting out for a new record in the documentary, he was trying to beat his own record, not Billy's. Yes - at the time, the record was actually held by Steve. When Billy got his (new) record invalidated, it wasn't so that he could be on the top again - the record simply reverted to Steve's prior record. When Steve ate at Billy's restaurant, they made it seem like Billy avoided him. In fact, Billy did come out and meet Steve. They'd interacted in a friendly way multiple times over the years. When Steve took part in a competition, and everyone seemed upset that Billy didn't show up, they made Billy look like a real jerk. His defense (not in the documentary) was that the invitation to compete came out of the blue with very short notice, and he needs time to practice/train, so he declined. You can see Twin Galaxy's statements on the King of Kong here: https://www.twingalaxies.com/forumdisplay.php/406-The-King-of-Kong-Official-Statement https://www.twingalaxies.com/forumdisplay.php/406-The-King-o... [1] You need to be a bit of a subject matter expert to gauge the accuracy of a documentary. And if you already know the subject that well, the documentary isn't going to teach you much.

gentleman11 6y ago
That’s a bit horrifying to be honest. King of Kong was my favourite documentary ever until 5 minutes ago. I feel so dirty now
- BeetleB 6y ago
  That's usually the response I get from people when I point this out. It really is a fantastic documentary as far as production and storytelling goes. I felt the same when I watched it. And then everything crashed when I looked up the details. It went from "awesome" to "Man, how evil were those filmmakers?" My apologies.
- dimator 6y ago

jccalhoun 6y ago

The documentary Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade is a nice companion piece to King of Kong. It has interviews with a lot of the same people.