# Who wants to watch a movie about Ping-Pong?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [November 7, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-watch-a-movie-about-ping-pong/1009826 "2024-11-07T00:26:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-watch-a-movie-about-ping-pong/1009826/21 "2024-11-08T23:36:53Z")

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I think the shuttlecock superiority in initial velocity has been general sports physics trivia knowledge for decades now.

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**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-watch-a-movie-about-ping-pong/1009826/22 "2024-11-09T00:50:14Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> Huh. I woulda gone jai alai.

I thought it was jai alai too. Seems jai alai is the fastest ball sport while badminton is the fastest projectile (not a ball.)

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-watch-a-movie-about-ping-pong/1009826/23 "2024-11-09T16:56:08Z")

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> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#):
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> They’ll never top the scene in **Moon** where Sam Rockwell plays ping-pong against himself.

May I present [Matrix ping pong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZZsFy7s8e0)

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**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-watch-a-movie-about-ping-pong/1009826/24 "2024-11-09T19:10:13Z")

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Impressive!

There’s also a ping-pong-on-the-moon scene in _Over the Moon_:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UR8Ktwe51MU/maxresdefault.jpg "over the moon - ping pong scene (with moon goddess)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR8Ktwe51MU)

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**Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-watch-a-movie-about-ping-pong/1009826/25 "2024-11-11T00:03:53Z")

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Maybe curious to compare it to “Balls of Fury”.

Three _glorious_ minutes of the most edifying, whacked-out exhibition nuttery you’ll ever see.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vY2V1_DFD-Y/maxresdefault.jpg "Insane Table Tennis Match at Qatar Open you have never seen || Funny Table Tennis match") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY2V1_DFD-Y)

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