(Yes, I'm well aware this is several years old and many of you might have watched already. But it's new to me and maybe some other people haven't heard of it.)

Ever watch a movie and enjoy it a lot, yet be so disappointed with it?

Was terrific seeing all the pins, but the interviews with the designers and programmers were so brief. So much potential for an interesting documentary about PINBALL and instead this was, albeit hilariously entertaining, an episode of Hoarders: Pinball Edition. Or My Strange Addiction: Pinball Special.

Sat down to watch this with my kids to give them some insight to the history and evolution of pinball... and most of the time we were sitting there like OMG WHAT THE HECK???

I mean, really? The documentary HAD to waste time on middle age Waldo instead of Steve Ritchie and pinball machines? No way can I recommend this documentary to anyone as a serious doc on pinball. Can only recommend it in a train wreck, you gotta watch this, sort of way.

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Crap, I should have checked Netflix first. Duh. I downloaded it off Usenet....was only 900mb though.

The editing during the Pingeek segment was hilarious though. Hearing him trying to sell his DVDs of the videos he took at old pinball expos, and then cutting to this huge hall room nearly empty, and showing the puzzled/amused/bewildered faces of the few people there.....comedy gold.

Which guy was Sam? And where can I read about the docs aftermath?

Nevermind....I refreshed the page and saw the rest of the replies about him. Sucks if he felt he was treated poorly.

I don't want to read about my aftermath....doing it now. Want to read his thoughts about the doc.

Hey, I can't help how the guy looks or lives....he appeared on my TV screen without warning in the middle of what I thought was a docu about pinball. He totally distracted us. I included the screenshots because, well, a picture is worth 1000 words, and so anyone who didn't see it would understand what I was speaking about.

I will admit to playing Starship a Troopers last night trying to do Rick's moves. Seriously. It was fun trying to become one with the machine and to feel the ball having fun in there.

I'd totally watched Extreme Makeover: Pinball Edition

The before and afters would be amazing.

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Ok, now this is funny. Well done.

Note to self, when appearing in a documentary, make certain a ball is hanging out.

One ball = hilarity

Two balls = gross! no one wants to see that.