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"Special When Lit" - watched last night

By PoMC

10 years ago


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    #139 10 years ago

    I could not finish watching this documentary. I can only imagine the wardrobe malfunctions and filming locations were done on purpose, purely for drama. If there were making a parody, that is fine, but I do not this was marketed as a parody. Not cool.

    Seriously, if I were trying to make a doc, I would not have filmed people who appeared 'messy' and in locations that were distracting. It just came off as 'making fun' of someone who has some good information to share. There was no need to show his exposed belly in an ill fitting shirt. That has nothing to do with pinball.

    Just my opinion...I don't know the filmmakers actual intentions.

    #150 10 years ago
    Quoted from Rarehero:

    So - you would have cleaned up Sam's house and bought him a tux? Do you know what a documentary is? The purpose is to capture reality. They succeeded.

    Television is rarely real. Editing and simple effects can imply a host of things. Good example: "reality tv shows".

    I have no issue with this person's appearance/home. I'm the last person to ever say someone should be something they are not. My only issue is that what is shown in the documentary is so distracting, viewers forget about the topic: Pinball and instead focus on..well..everything else.

    I was just saying I would have done everything possible (within reason) to keep the viewers focused on pinball. The filmmaker did the opposite and I can't help but to wonder why?

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