Comments on: Putting Quarters Where My Mouth Is: Chasing Ghosts (Updated)

By: bananafish

bananafish — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:23:19 +0000

That is a fair point. I didn’t get the sense that KoK made him out to be a cheat although I understand how others did. I thought the thing with the tape was just to show the supposed different treatment of him vs Steve (tape with some playback problems accepted quickly vs tapes not accepted until the machine could be opened up and checked out). But I have talked to a lot of people who thought the implication was that Billy somehow faked the tape and I can see where that is coming from (and I agree it may be what the filmmakers wanted viewers to think) but it wasn’t my impression.

Anyways I liked this film better although it is arguably less “entertaining.” I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when Mr Awesome says he is fighting to keep the Missile Command score, “Because it makes me special” and I thought he was going to tear up. They got some really neat moments on tape.

By: Jason Scott

Jason Scott — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:23:40 +0000

I disagree, because I think King of Kong wrongly accuses him of being a cheat and a liar, and this movie does no such thing. I agree his character is abrasive in the same way in both films, but Chasing Ghosts provides a more rounded portrayal of him.

By: bananafish

bananafish — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:15:49 +0000

Billy Mitchell seems like just as much of an asshole in this movie as in King of Kong.

By: Church

Church — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:06:36 +0000

I’ll be watching it on BT Time, I’m sure, but I’m looking forward to it. And yeah, selling DVDs as ‘easy and portable storage for stuff that’s taking up hard drive space’ is the way to go.

By: Flack

Flack — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:45:45 +0000

This is one of those moments where I feel pushed into pirating something. I don’t have Showtime and it’s not available to analog cable subscribers. I used to have it; then one day it was replaced with a screen that said, “time to upgrade to digital cable!” At first it was just the movie channels; now, I can’t get MTV2 (boo hoo), either. I suspect this will continue until all I have are religious and home shopping channels.

My previous plan of “buy it when it comes out on DVD” has just changed to “download it when it’s available and later buy it when it comes out on DVD.”

By: Rubes

Rubes — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:11:00 +0000

Thanks for the info. Hopefully there will be a way for those of us without Showtime to see it someday.