Comments on: The King of Wrong: Short Version

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:44:55 +0000

…of course Billy went into the restaurant and ‘bought everyone lunch’… it was his family’s restaurant… the point of that scene is that Steve was (supposedly) not invited to the gathering, and Mark (Alpinger) brought him along.

If you don’t think the high score community is cliquey and protective of its own, you’re insane. The film was far less inaccurate than you’d like it to be.

By: Flack

Flack — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:04:57 +0000

Somehow this weekend I talked the wife into sitting down and watching the King of Kong DVD. She’s not a big fan of videogames, and I didn’t warn her about any of the film’s alleged inaccuracies. She loved it. Only after the film was over did I mentioned a few things to her. “What if I told you Billy Mitchell DID go in to the restaurant at the end, and DID buy everyone’s lunch INCLUDING Steve Wiebe’s?” I asked. “Huh, that’s weird,” she replied. It didn’t ruin the movie for her at all, and had I not brought up some of these things, I suspect she would have never known. On one level it kind of upset me that these things didn’t upset her more, but on another level it helps me understand why there’s not a bigger uproar over all of this. Continue to fight the good fight sir Scott; I look forward to today’s entry.

By: Will

Will — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:13:35 +0000

Did you mix up Steve Wiebe (who is portrayed as a saint) and Billy Mitchel (satan) in your list?

I was disappointed to hear that the story was so misleading, but I’m looking forward to more info about it.

By: Phil Nelson

Phil Nelson — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:45:49 +0000

Looking forward to the long version, actually, but I really like the idea of prefacing with a kind of crib notes.

I agree very much with point 1, and I’m mostly one of those point 3 people, but I can’t really reconcile my enjoyment of the film with knowing it might actually harm people who “didn’t deserve it.”

Bring it on!