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Title: Documentaries
Post by: guinness77 on October 26, 2013, 01:36:41 PM
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Ward-Gatti

One the best docs I've ever watched. Got chills many times during this and was almost welling up during the last 10 minutes. Actually watched these fights when they happened, some of the best fights I've ever watched. Must see if you're a boxing fan. Pretty good even if you're not.
Title: Re: Documentaries thread
Post by: Heismanberg on October 26, 2013, 01:38:57 PM
Survive and Advance is the best 30 for 30
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Heismanberg on October 26, 2013, 01:40:05 PM
I want to see Stories We Tell. 
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: guinness77 on February 17, 2014, 12:15:20 PM
Watching Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone on one of the Starz channels. Pretty good, always enjoyed this band. They just went through a lot of the early 80s punk scene in LA/SoCal...good stuff.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Heismanberg on February 17, 2014, 12:18:42 PM
Standout docs on Netflix Instant: 

The Act of Killing
Bully
Into the Abyss
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: bojanglesman on February 17, 2014, 12:46:08 PM
Plus several of the 30 for 30s from ESPN are on there.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Tommy on February 17, 2014, 12:50:53 PM
Once Brothers was great. Highly recommended.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on February 17, 2014, 03:35:00 PM
Has anyone watched The Square on Netflix?

Saw it last month, liked it a lot.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Pope on February 17, 2014, 08:03:05 PM
No
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: guinness77 on February 17, 2014, 09:48:21 PM
2 documentaries in one day...just finished Grizzly Man. Not bad. I believe Treadwell put himself in that position on purpose.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on February 17, 2014, 09:50:02 PM
2 documentaries in one day...just finished Grizzly Man. Not bad. I believe Treadwell put himself in that position on purpose.

And what haunts me, is zat in all ze faces of all ze bears that Treadwell ever filmed, I discover no kinship, no understanding, no mercy. I see only ze overwhelming indifference of nature.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: guinness77 on February 17, 2014, 10:09:24 PM
And what haunts me, is zat in all ze faces of all ze bears that Treadwell ever filmed, I discover no kinship, no understanding, no mercy. I see only ze overwhelming indifference of nature.
Hahaha...nice
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Heismanberg on April 28, 2014, 07:48:11 PM
If you have ESPN2, a great football documentary is playing again at 9PM EST:  We Could Be King

A lot of people missed it because the Donald Sterling stuff was all over ESPN when it premiered, so ESPN pushed it to ESPNews instead. 

This will be the best thing you can watch on TV tonight, and probably all week. 
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on September 20, 2014, 12:14:36 AM
Red Army

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_euhvZQMaw
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Tommy on September 20, 2014, 12:23:12 AM
Is that on netflix?
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on September 20, 2014, 09:04:07 AM
Is that on netflix?

Go check.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Tommy on September 20, 2014, 10:31:13 AM

Go check.

It's not. Why would you suggest a documentary that's impossible to watch?
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on September 20, 2014, 10:53:12 AM
It's not. Why would you suggest a documentary that's impossible to watch?

Who said I was suggesting it? Stop putting words in my mouth.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Tommy on September 20, 2014, 11:32:06 AM
Who said I was suggesting it? Stop putting words in my mouth.

You posted it here. Why else would someone post a documentary in the Documentary thread unless they were suggesting it?
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: bojanglesman on September 20, 2014, 11:38:43 AM
Right up your alley Tommy:

(http://lgbtudrgrd.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/screen-shot-2013-12-05-at-17-36-15.png?w=440)

Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Tommy on September 20, 2014, 11:41:26 AM
Hahaha wtf
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on September 20, 2014, 11:41:59 AM
You posted it here. Why else would someone post a documentary in the Documentary thread unless they were suggesting it?

Because it looks good.
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Post by: NDMick on September 20, 2014, 11:51:17 AM
Red Army looks awesome.

Should be downloadable by March 2015
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Post by: Miamipuck on September 20, 2014, 12:04:27 PM
Hahahahaha I knew what it was about without even playing it, just looking at the pic of five of them I recognized four. This looks great.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on January 28, 2015, 04:31:35 PM
In the midst of my movie binge I also watched Undefeated. Really good.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Gorilla on January 28, 2015, 04:36:35 PM
If you have Netflix, are in a good mood, and want to destroy that mood, I recommend Dear Zachary.  Extraordinary doc, but just crushing.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on January 28, 2015, 05:24:37 PM
If you have Netflix, are in a good mood, and want to destroy that mood, I recommend Dear Zachary.  Extraordinary doc, but just crushing.

I really want to see that. I also don't want to see it.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: guinness77 on January 29, 2015, 10:24:20 AM
After looking at the imdb page I'm very intrigued to see this. Like Badger said though, this looks emotionally draining. Reading what some people wrote about it though, I'm pretty impressed by the emotions it brought out.

I thought "Paradise Lost" was pretty emotionally draining and I knew what that was all about before I watched it.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on January 29, 2015, 10:27:58 AM
I'm pretty sure Dear Zachary has been in my queue since 2012.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: bojanglesman on January 29, 2015, 10:28:57 AM
I like watching BBC documentaries at night to fall asleep. They tend to be a great combination of interesting and quietly pacifying enough to fall asleep. 
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: guinness77 on January 29, 2015, 10:33:56 AM
I like watching BBC documentaries at night to fall asleep. They tend to be a great combination of interesting and quietly pacifying enough to fall asleep. 
Sounds like baseball.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: JFIF on January 29, 2015, 12:50:48 PM
Sounds like baseball.

he said interesting
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: guinness77 on January 29, 2015, 01:52:40 PM
he said interesting
Haha, yeah I guess that's true.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: guinness77 on March 25, 2015, 10:08:20 AM
Watched the Christian Laetner doc on 30-for-30 and it was pretty good. And, yeah, I've pretty much never liked him. It also made me want Bobby Hurley to coach St. John's.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Miamipuck on March 25, 2015, 10:11:27 AM
Watched the Christian Laetner doc on 30-for-30 and it was pretty good. And, yeah, I've pretty much never liked him. It also made me want Bobby Hurley to coach St. John's.

Didn't he have dain bramage from a motorcycle crash?
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on March 25, 2015, 10:13:37 AM
I watched a bunch of 30 for 30s recently.

From Elway to Marino
You Don't Know Bo
Of Miracles and Men (guess I don't have to see Red Army now)
9.79*

Came out slightly bitter about how John Elway and Bo Jackson could have been Yankees.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Miamipuck on March 25, 2015, 10:19:19 AM
I saw the one about Boz, that was pretty interesting.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on March 25, 2015, 10:24:48 AM
I saw the one about Boz, that was pretty interesting.

I watched that one a couple months ago, it was really good.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Miamipuck on March 25, 2015, 10:33:13 AM
I watched that one a couple months ago, it was really good.

Do you think anyone has risen to that level of hype since? I don't even think Tebow reached that level.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on March 25, 2015, 10:37:21 AM
Do you think anyone has risen to that level of hype since? I don't even think Tebow reached that level.

Tebow was the closest modern equivalent, but it's probably harder to hold people's attention now than it was then.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on March 25, 2015, 10:51:06 AM
I've never seen a single 30 For 30.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on March 25, 2015, 10:53:38 AM
I've never seen a single 30 For 30.

30 for 30: Rubbish for Children
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on March 25, 2015, 10:55:03 AM
30 for 30: Rubbish for Children

Is it? Like I said, I've never seen one.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Miamipuck on March 25, 2015, 10:56:55 AM
Tebow was the closest modern equivalent, but it's probably harder to hold people's attention now than it was then.

Yeah probably

I've never seen a single 30 For 30.

They're pretty well done. Some of the subjects were not interesting at all to me at first glance, but I watched them regardless and was pretty impressed.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on March 25, 2015, 11:03:02 AM
Is it? Like I said, I've never seen one.

I'm just writing your review preemptively.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Heismanberg on March 25, 2015, 11:05:40 AM
Survive and Advance is the best 30 for 30
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: guinness77 on March 25, 2015, 11:16:09 AM
Didn't he have dain bramage from a motorcycle crash?
No. That's Jay Williams you're thinking of. It wasn't brain damage, just career ending injuries.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: guinness77 on March 25, 2015, 11:18:35 AM
I've never seen a single 30 For 30.
Most of the ones I've seen have been pretty well made. Like Puck said, some of them on the surface I wouldn't give two shits enough to watch, but even those subjects still held my attention.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: ukilledkenny on March 25, 2015, 11:22:22 AM
No crossover, small potatoes, the best that never was, the u part 1 and 2, without bias, and rand university have been some of my favorites.

Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on March 25, 2015, 11:31:45 AM
No crossover, small potatoes, the best that never was, the u part 1 and 2, without bias, and rand university have been some of my favorites.

I'm not sure why but Rand University kind of bored me.

The U 1 and 2 would probably be the next ones I watch.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: ukilledkenny on March 25, 2015, 11:36:50 AM
I'm not sure why but Rand University kind of bored me.

The U 1 and 2 would probably be the next ones I watch.

I thought it was really interesting to see how razor thin the line between fame and fortune and a life of poverty is there.  Either go pro or work at the plant until you die. It was a little long.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: bojanglesman on March 25, 2015, 11:43:27 AM
Survive and Advance is the best 30 for 30
Yep.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on March 29, 2015, 07:17:06 PM
Going Clear is on HBO right now
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: NDMick on March 29, 2015, 08:49:59 PM
Going Clear is on HBO right now

TIL Zoolander is real.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: insanity on March 29, 2015, 11:24:22 PM
No crossover, small potatoes, the best that never was, the u part 1 and 2, without bias, and rand university have been some of my favorites.

I think I cried during without Bias.  Can't imagine being that kids mom.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Miamipuck on March 31, 2015, 03:00:17 PM
Going Clear is on HBO right now

Did you watch this? Holy freak is Scientology freaking weird. I have a great story about Scientology trying to recruit me one day it was fantastic. I will tell it later.

Edit: By weird I mean freaking psychotic, it's a freaking cult by every definition, religion my poopchute.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on March 31, 2015, 03:28:06 PM
Did you watch this? Holy freak is Scientology freaking weird. I have a great story about Scientology trying to recruit me one day it was fantastic. I will tell it later.

Edit: By weird I mean freaking psychotic, it's a freaking cult by every definition, religion my poopchute.

Yeah, we watched the whole thing.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: NDMick on March 31, 2015, 07:24:20 PM
So who do you think Tom Cruise will end up killing?

I think it'll be the prime rib of propecia.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Cane on March 31, 2015, 07:48:53 PM

I'm not sure why but Rand University kind of bored me.

The U 1 and 2 would probably be the next ones I watch.

The U part 2 isn't anything special. I probably wouldn't watch it again. The U part one is way, way above it.

Once Brothers is a phenomenal 30 for 30. I consider it the best one I've seen.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Miamipuck on March 31, 2015, 11:40:27 PM
Yeah, we watched the whole thing.

It was ok I thought it would be better. It's like that Lincoln saying, "it's better to be thought a fool than open your mouth and prove it."

Everyone knew Scientology was fucked up but that proved it.

Anyway my run in with Scientology:

I was in the retail end of Painewebber. We had a booth at some wellness expo. My partner was a pretty blond who is a very good friend.

She started a convo with an immense fat guy, not me lol. I walk over and he starts a Scientology pitch. Martha starts rabbit punching me when the guy wasn't looking because she knows I am a freaking wiseass with this bullshit. Yeah I am an idiot in person too, not just online.

Anyway, I start asking ridiculous questions. Isn't it started by a science fiction writer? Didn't that guy write Star Trek? If that's the case who is your supreme being, Captain Kirk, or someone like Spock? Do you guys believe in UFO's? Is it a real religion? What's your bible, is it like a comic book? I asked some doozies. The guy kept answering. Martha was mortified, she kept hitting me to stop.

Finally, he got to it's a system of beliefs bullshit, it has taught him a lot. yada yada
yada. Well yeah what did it teach you? This guy, 400 pounds had the balls to say,"it taught me discipline" I damn near laughed in his face. "Discipline, huh, that's interesting, I gotta go I am not at all interested". I walked away laughing. I was going to say something about cheeseburgers but I grilled the dude enough.

Martha bought me drinks after to thank me for the laughs. That's my run in with Scientology, they had a booth there.

Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on March 31, 2015, 11:42:55 PM
400 lbs of discipline
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Miamipuck on April 01, 2015, 12:05:47 AM
400 lbs of discipline

I wish I could have videoed the convo, you would have laughed your derriere off.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Ignatius J Reilly on April 01, 2015, 01:02:34 AM

400 lbs of discipline

He used to be 500 lbs.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Cane on April 01, 2015, 04:36:57 AM

, I was going to say something about cheeseburgers but I grilled the dude enough.

Buh dum tssss.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: guinness77 on May 04, 2015, 09:57:58 PM
Watching Montage of Heck on HBO right now. Wow. I always liked Kurt Cobain/Nirvana, I was never his/their biggest fan but this is a pretty good reflection of what he was about. The director did a great job here.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Miamipuck on May 04, 2015, 11:06:48 PM
I find I pretty much don't give 2 shits about him, I can't bring myself to watch it.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: guinness77 on March 13, 2016, 09:37:34 PM
Watching the 30/30 about the Duke lacrosse thing. Riveting stuff.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: JFIF on March 13, 2016, 11:02:16 PM
Watching the 30/30 about the Duke lacrosse thing. Riveting stuff.

watching it now.

freak Jemele Hill
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Tommy on April 01, 2016, 10:10:28 PM
Watching OJ Simpson: from triumph to tragedy. It's great, just archived footage from the time as it happened, and no dumb hindsight analysis.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: JFIF on April 01, 2016, 10:55:17 PM
Watching OJ Simpson: from triumph to tragedy. It's great, just archived footage from the time as it happened, and no dumb hindsight analysis.

you're wasting your time.

There's going to be like a 9 hour 30 for 30 on the OJ trial that reveals all sorts of crazy excrement about OJ in June. Supposed to be amazing
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: JFIF on April 01, 2016, 11:15:00 PM
I saw Only The Dead See The End of War on HBO.

was pretty good.

Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Tommy on April 01, 2016, 11:34:28 PM

you're wasting your time.

There's going to be like a 9 hour 30 for 30 on the OJ trial that reveals all sorts of crazy excrement about OJ in June. Supposed to be amazing

It was good. I forgot how unreal that trial was, and the only reason he got off was because no one trusted the LAPD at the time.

I remember my HS segregating the black kids from the white kids that day, fearing a riot. They put all the black kids in the TV room so they can watch the verdict, while all the white and Hispanic kids were in the gym. We heard the cheers, and some of the black kids came out screaming "in your Fuckn face!" to us. I remember some kid yelling out "Wait so you're celebrating a murderer getting away with it? What does that say about you guys?" That was awesome. Shut them up real quick.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on April 01, 2016, 11:43:20 PM
That didn't actually happen though, did it?
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: JFIF on April 02, 2016, 12:10:20 AM
That didn't actually happen though, did it?

the give away was the black kids in his high school.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: JFIF on April 02, 2016, 12:11:36 AM
the only black kids I went to school with were the kids of professionals athletes. Like one or two sprinkled in.


Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on April 02, 2016, 10:44:29 AM
the give away was the black kids in his high school.

Tommy's school definitely had black kids, I lost to all of them at track meets.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on April 02, 2016, 10:51:59 AM
the give away was the black kids in his high school.

That, and the bit where all the black kids were celebrating until a white kid drops a killer line and then all the black kids go quiet and the white kids win, like some kind of third rate racist pastiche of a John Hughes script.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Tommy on April 02, 2016, 10:57:19 AM

That, and the bit where all the black kids were celebrating until a white kid drops a killer line and then all the black kids go quiet and the white kids win, like some kind of third rate racist pastiche of a John Hughes script.

No it was only a few of the black kids who were flaunting the verdict. Not like they all came into the gym.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Tommy on April 02, 2016, 10:59:08 AM

the give away was the black kids in his high school.

High School in NYC. About a quarter black, quarter Hispanic, and the rest a mix of guidos and irish.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Ignatius J Reilly on April 02, 2016, 01:04:32 PM
High School in NYC. About a quarter black, quarter Hispanic, and the rest a mix of guidos and irish.

And one Albanian getting his derriere beat on the regular and crying each night that he'd get those inferior races one day as he stood in front of the mirror tracing a Hitler stache on his upper lip with mommy's cheap eyeliner.

Birth of a Tommy.  On that day, when that negro learned his place, he was king.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Tommy on April 02, 2016, 01:06:17 PM

And one Albanian getting his derriere beat on the regular and crying each night that he'd get those inferior races one day as he stood in front of the mirror tracing a Hitler stache on his upper lip with mommy's cheap eyeliner.

Birth of a Tommy.  On that day, when that negro learned his place, he was king.

I actually never had a problem with the black kids. I did have an irrational hatred towards Jews back then for some reason though.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Miamipuck on April 02, 2016, 01:26:44 PM
I actually never had a problem with the black kids. I did have an irrational hatred towards Jews back then for some reason though.

Is that why we didn't get along in the early years?

I thought my stache would assuage the haters, I may have to shorten both sides.

Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Ignatius J Reilly on April 02, 2016, 02:34:38 PM
I actually never had a problem with the black kids. I did have an irrational hatred towards Jews back then for some reason though.

The Besa is weak in this one.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Tommy on April 02, 2016, 04:05:30 PM

The Besa is weak in this one.

That's what my pops keeps telling me.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Tommy on April 02, 2016, 04:22:23 PM

Is that why we didn't get along in the early years?

I thought my stache would assuage the haters, I may have to shorten both sides.

Ha we got along fine, but you thought I had it out for you for some reason.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on April 10, 2016, 04:07:29 PM
Just watched Amy, which was terrific.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Tommy on April 10, 2016, 04:37:45 PM

Just watched Amy, which was terrific.

I couldn't stand her when she was alive. Not saying I'm glad she's dead, but I don't think I'd get much out of that documentary.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Jumbo on April 10, 2016, 04:40:52 PM
Just got done watching Citizenfour. A bit slow but a pretty entertaining watch
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Miamipuck on April 10, 2016, 10:53:22 PM
Ha we got along fine, but you thought I had it out for you for some reason.

It's all good, water under the bridge.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: guinness77 on May 27, 2016, 09:45:01 AM
Caught the last 45 minutes or so of Stretch and Bobbito: Radio that Changed Lives and it was fantastic. I need to watch this in its entirety (it's on demand on Showtime) but it really brought me back. I used to tape the Stretch and Bob show off 89.9 back in the day. I probably have at least 20 tapes or so kicking around in my basement, but if you love 90s hip-hop you will really appreciate this.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: JFIF on May 27, 2016, 03:23:09 PM
I hear this is now playing in some theaters in New York and a theater out in Santa Monica. Old article but I mentioned this earlier in this thread and never posted the trailer.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/8/11394286/oj-simpson-made-in-america-espn-documentary

The closer this gets to its airing, the more excited I'm getting.  It's getting heaps of praise from everyone who's seen it.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: bojanglesman on May 29, 2016, 09:38:00 PM
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/business-of-disaster/

Based on recovery process from Sandy in NY.  I can't imagine how infuriating this has to be.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: JFIF on June 14, 2016, 09:51:57 PM
I hear this is now playing in some theaters in New York and a theater out in Santa Monica. Old article but I mentioned this earlier in this thread and never posted the trailer.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/8/11394286/oj-simpson-made-in-america-espn-documentary

The closer this gets to its airing, the more excited I'm getting.  It's getting heaps of praise from everyone who's seen it.


Oh excrement, I didn't even realize it premiered this week on ESPN.

http://espn.go.com/30for30/ojsimpsonmadeinamerica/

Apparently all 5 parts are on WATCHespn right now.

Just rolled a joint of Sunset Sherbet, bought a 4 pack of St Bernardus 12 and am about to enter full crackout mode.



Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: guinness77 on June 14, 2016, 11:02:12 PM
Judd Apatow is directing the next 30-for-30: Darryl and Doc. Can't wait for that one. July 14th
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: JFIF on June 14, 2016, 11:08:47 PM
Judd Apatow is directing the next 30-for-30: Darryl and Doc. Can't wait for that one. July 14th

I recently bought his book "Sick In The Head", and after reading it I'm convinced my mom had an affair and my dad is really a Jew.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: d sw0rdz on June 15, 2016, 04:29:12 PM
Judd Apatow is directing the next 30-for-30: Darryl and Doc. Can't wait for that one. July 14th

he better not eff that up


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Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: JFIF on June 16, 2016, 01:51:07 AM
Wow....OJ's dad was gay.       

A lot interesting stuff about LA's history of race relations dating back to the 60s. Watt riots etc.   

Also a large portion about how he completely altered marketing since black sports figures were never sold to mainstream white audiences. It's really well made.




Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on June 23, 2016, 10:18:55 PM
A&E did a three hour documentary about Compton called Streets Of Compton, and despite being made by A&E it was really good. The Game narrated and was a large part of it, but it covered the history of the city, the rise and the impact of NWA, the Williams sisters and a bunch of other people. Obviously a lot of focus on the whole Crip / Piru thing, but not in a judgemental way at all. I'm sure most of you know a lot more about the history of the area, the gangs and the music than I did but I found it fascinating.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Heismanberg on June 24, 2016, 12:55:13 AM
despite being made by A&E it was really good

The First 48 is probably one of my favorite shows
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: JFIF on June 24, 2016, 02:27:43 AM
A&E did a three hour documentary about Compton called Streets Of Compton, and despite being made by A&E it was really good. The Game narrated and was a large part of it, but it covered the history of the city, the rise and the impact of NWA, the Williams sisters and a bunch of other people. Obviously a lot of focus on the whole Crip / Piru thing, but not in a judgemental way at all. I'm sure most of you know a lot more about the history of the area, the gangs and the music than I did but I found it fascinating.

he's from Lancaster and has nothing to do with Compton.

Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on July 19, 2016, 08:35:16 AM
http://www.npr.org/2016/07/18/486464177/zero-days-documentary-exposes-a-looming-threat-of-the-digital-age
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Ignatius J Reilly on July 19, 2016, 09:14:38 AM
he's from Lancaster and has nothing to do with Compton.



Where did you see that?  I thought he was from Compton.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: JFIF on July 19, 2016, 11:08:13 AM
Where did you see that?  I thought he was from Compton.

he had a well known beef with the rapper Ras Kass, who's from Carson. 

He pulled the curtain back on him. About his facial butterfly tattoo he turned into an "LA", about his appearance on the dating show "Change of Heart", about being a male stripper, about him actually being from Lancaster.

The Game didn't even really try to deny it. His response was having his entourage smash a champagne bottle over Ras Kass' head at a club in LA. 


If you haven't seen this, this is quite funny. Before he was "The Game", he was hoo-ha whipped on a crappy dating show.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiMNYt2xeAg


Maybe "nothing to do with Compton" is not entirely accurate, but he's a fraud.

Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on August 09, 2016, 09:06:34 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc1tZ8JsZvg
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Tommy on August 09, 2016, 11:16:02 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc1tZ8JsZvg

I will not watch this if that Kraut narrates the entire documentary. His voice is so annoying.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on August 09, 2016, 11:18:19 PM
I will not watch this if that Kraut narrates the entire documentary. His voice is so annoying.

You are wrong.

Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Miamipuck on August 10, 2016, 02:36:17 PM
You are wrong.



Lol has he ever made a bad documentary?
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: guinness77 on June 15, 2017, 11:02:00 PM
Just watched almost 3 hours of the 30 for 30 of the Celtics/Lakers rivalry. Yeah, it was pretty good. Reminded me of how much the NBA sucks now.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Tommy on June 16, 2017, 02:23:07 PM
Just watched almost 3 hours of the 30 for 30 of the Celtics/Lakers rivalry. Yeah, it was pretty good. Reminded me of how much the NBA sucks now.

Yeah I really miss the old NBA.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: d sw0rdz on June 16, 2017, 03:04:22 PM
we are currently living through a half decade and, potentially, decade where 2 teams alone will dominate the nba too

30 years from now there will be people saying how much they missed the cavs and warriors battling it out with each other every year and that the nba of their day sucks
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Miamipuck on June 16, 2017, 03:16:51 PM
Nah I will be saying the NBA of any era sucks.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: bojanglesman on June 16, 2017, 03:24:07 PM
Yeah I really miss the old NBA.

You just liked the really short shorts.  Homo.
(https://andoutcomethetimberwolves.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/nba-short-shorts.jpg)


Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Pope on June 16, 2017, 04:17:37 PM
You just liked the really short shorts.  Homo.
(https://andoutcomethetimberwolves.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/nba-short-shorts.jpg)
Kind of unrelated but this picture I think is a good example of why it's stupid to compare eras. You see excrement like 'the 96 Bulls or the 86 Celtics would destroy the Warriors' and such but the athleticism of today's players is on another planet compared to then. This looks like a pic of a bunch of people's dads getting together for a pickup game vs the same pic taken with today's top talent
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: ukilledkenny on June 16, 2017, 08:51:01 PM
we are currently living through a half decade and, potentially, decade where 2 teams alone will dominate the nba too

30 years from now there will be people saying how much they missed the cavs and warriors battling it out with each other every year and that the nba of their day sucks

I was kinda thinking the same. I understand not enjoying the current playstyle, I certainly watch a hell of a lot less because of it.

It's weird to me that this style of play was what all the guys who grew up playing NBA live znd 2k kinda forshadowed. Those games were always run and gun and chuck 3's with anyone with a high rating.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Fenwyr on June 17, 2017, 06:11:45 AM
we are currently living through a half decade and, potentially, decade where 2 teams alone will dominate the nba too

30 years from now there will be people saying how much they missed the cavs and warriors battling it out with each other every year and that the nba of their day sucks
I was thinking the same thing.  These entitled phantom foul bitches, who can travel at will, would have had their asses handed to them back then.

Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: ukilledkenny on June 17, 2017, 07:08:01 AM
I was thinking the same thing.  These entitled phantom foul bitches, who can travel at will, would have had their asses handed to them back then.



Today's style of basketball may suck for you but seriously, look at that picture up there. You could put LeBron 8v1 and he still muscles his way to the basket on those dudes.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: guinness77 on June 17, 2017, 07:22:28 AM
Why does athleticism necessarily mean a better game?
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Fenwyr on June 17, 2017, 07:28:48 AM
Today's style of basketball may suck for you but seriously, look at that picture up there. You could put LeBron 8v1 and he still muscles his way to the basket on those dudes.
Lebron would be too afraid to go to the basket like he does now.  He would probably have been the best post up power forward in history though.

Parish alone, not to mention guys that came along later like Oakley and Barkley, would have made him pay dearly.  No hoo-ha plus one excrement.  They would have put the ball through his face.

Not to mention he would have been called for travelling left and right.

With all my Lebron hate, he would have been HOF back then too.  His game would have been very different though.

You could block a shot back then with no foul, even if you grazed their little pinky finger and you hit the floor like you were shot by a sniper in the cheap seats.

The Lakers team of the early to mid 80s is the best team ever assembled in my lifetime.  I wasn't even a fan, but what an ungodly collection of talent.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: bojanglesman on June 17, 2017, 08:05:45 AM
Lebron would be too afraid to go to the basket like he does now.  He would probably have been the best post up power forward in history though.

Parish alone, not to mention guys that came along later like Oakley and Barkley, would have made him pay dearly.  No hoo-ha plus one excrement.  They would have put the ball through his face.

Not to mention he would have been called for travelling left and right.

With all my Lebron hate, he would have been HOF back then too.  His game would have been very different though.

You could block a shot back then with no foul, even if you grazed their little pinky finger and you hit the floor like you were shot by a sniper in the cheap seats.

The Lakers team of the early to mid 80s is the best team ever assembled in my lifetime.  I wasn't even a fan, but what an ungodly collection of talent.

That's a fair point.  While obviously today's players are much better athletes that 30 years ago, the way the game is played and officiated has changed some too.  Some of the playing style in today's NBA may not have gone over so well 30 years ago.  Reminds me of pass interference in the NFL.  Today's WRs, while better athletes, would not have been able catch passes as easily without the virtual penalty flag bubble around them like they have today.  They would have had to fight for that excrement.  I'm not saying they couldn't do it, just that it wouldn't be as easy.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: bojanglesman on June 17, 2017, 08:13:09 AM
I liked Larry Bird because he was a slow white boy that could shoot his derriere off, just like me.  When I played basketball in high school, I was an excellent shooter, but I offered next to no help on defense, I was as slow as molasses, and couldn't jump.  Therefore, I rode the bench until garbage time.  They might as well have given me a chair to sit in at the 3 point line and just play 4 on 5 at the other end. 
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on June 17, 2017, 09:39:26 AM
Why does athleticism necessarily mean a better game?
*looks at WNBA*
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: bojanglesman on June 17, 2017, 09:57:18 AM
*looks at WNBA*

That's just because women are inferior to men.  (ducks)
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: guinness77 on June 17, 2017, 12:45:45 PM
Here's my "get off my lawn" take on things...the players of the 80s and 90s wanted to beat each other. They didn't want to start "super teams" they wanted to beat the excrement out of each other, sometimes literally, and then they got steak dinners and went to the titty bar afterward. They wanted to best each other, have the bragging rights, but they respected each other. They all hated Isaiah though.

The players now are such passive agressive pussies. They all complain about who's on their team, and chirp at each other via twitter or some stupid podcast. It's ridiculous. God forbid anyone get physical with someone else.

I don't doubt LeBron's talent or his standing in the history of the league, he's one of the best all-around players ever, I'm not singling him out either, but these guys just don't do it right anymore. Just my .02
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Miamipuck on June 17, 2017, 03:33:30 PM
Here's my "get off my lawn" take on things...the players of the 80s and 90s wanted to beat each other. They didn't want to start "super teams" they wanted to beat the excrement out of each other, sometimes literally, and then they got steak dinners and went to the titty bar afterward. They wanted to best each other, have the bragging rights, but they respected each other. They all hated Isaiah though.

The players now are such passive agressive pussies. They all complain about who's on their team, and chirp at each other via twitter or some stupid podcast. It's ridiculous. God forbid anyone get physical with someone else.

I don't doubt LeBron's talent or his standing in the history of the league, he's one of the best all-around players ever, I'm not singling him out either, but these guys just don't do it right anymore. Just my .02

Is it because they all train with junc in the off-season.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: guinness77 on July 21, 2017, 10:33:44 AM
The Defiant Ones is pretty legit. I never realized how successful Jimmy Iovine actually is. I've already been rewatching it, well done.

The 30-for-30 on Mike and the Mad Dog was enjoyable too. I've never been a huge fan of either of them but being in NY it brought me back.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on July 21, 2017, 11:53:41 AM
The Defiant Ones is pretty legit. I never realized how successful Jimmy Iovine actually is. I've already been rewatching it, well done.

The 30-for-30 on Mike and the Mad Dog was enjoyable too. I've never been a huge fan of either of them but being in NY it brought me back.
Can't willingly bring myself to listen to him in any context other than mockery at this point.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Tommy on October 07, 2017, 02:25:30 AM
That documentary about the British royal family on Netflix called house of Windsor. Pretty good. Lots of history about the royal family and I didn't realize princess Diana was such a self serving queynte.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Fenwyr on October 08, 2017, 08:25:50 AM
That documentary about the British royal family on Netflix called house of Windsor. Pretty good. Lots of history about the royal family and I didn't realize princess Diana was such a self serving queynte.
Well, she was extremely progressive, so you wouldn't like her.

If you called a guy a self serving queynte, you'd probably follow it with a high five and a bro hug.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Tommy on October 08, 2017, 01:44:23 PM
Well, she was extremely progressive, so you wouldn't like her.

If you called a guy a self serving queynte, you'd probably follow it with a high five and a bro hug.

Oh for sure.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: ukilledkenny on October 08, 2017, 06:38:12 PM
Well, she was extremely progressive, so you wouldn't like her.

If you called a guy a self serving queynte, you'd probably follow it with a high five and a bro hug.


He kisses one in the mirror every morning, haha
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Tommy on October 08, 2017, 07:45:33 PM
He kisses one in the mirror every morning, haha

Hahhahahaha
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Fenwyr on October 09, 2017, 01:27:33 AM
He kisses one in the mirror every morning, haha
Lmao
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Heismanberg on May 26, 2018, 09:47:21 PM
Netflix's Evil Genius is wild
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on July 16, 2018, 05:45:54 PM
The Staircase on Netflix is excellent. My initial thoughts were a) oh look, another real crime documentary, and b) holy excrement there's no way I'm watching 13 episodes of this, but now I'm on episode 10 and completely hooked.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Heismanberg on July 16, 2018, 09:35:37 PM
The Staircase on Netflix is excellent. My initial thoughts were a) oh look, another real crime documentary, and b) holy excrement there's no way I'm watching 13 episodes of this, but now I'm on episode 10 and completely hooked.

Evil Genius and Wild, Wild Country are also excellent docs on Netflix. 
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on July 16, 2018, 09:37:03 PM
Evil Genius and Wild, Wild Country are also excellent docs on Netflix.
We watched Evil Genius after your recommendation, but didn't love it.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on September 02, 2018, 07:17:26 PM
Hired Gun on Netflix is an absolute treat if you are a music fan. All about session musicians, from Billy Joel to Alice Cooper to Pink to a whole bunch of others. Doesn't matter whether you're into the bands or the music, it's a brilliantly made film.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: d sw0rdz on September 02, 2018, 08:43:17 PM
Pink? barf
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: MBGreen on September 02, 2018, 08:55:48 PM
Pink? barf

you'll have to forgive JE, he wears white jeans in public.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: bojanglesman on September 02, 2018, 08:57:41 PM
Pink? barf
But Lady Gaga is ok?
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: MBGreen on September 02, 2018, 08:58:37 PM
But Lady Gaga is ok?

2 different clits, yo.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: d sw0rdz on September 02, 2018, 09:27:11 PM
But Lady Gaga is ok?

lady gaga would be a finity times better lay. actually looks like a girl, amazing derriere and those goofy chicks are always real freaky in the sheets. not to mention the well known unreal pronebone potential

imagine trying to have sex with pink and her strong manly derriere face and jaw and her broad derriere shoulders while she's talking all this highfalutin fake feminist bullshit? boner gone instantly
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: bojanglesman on September 02, 2018, 09:35:08 PM
lady gaga would be a finity times better lay. actually looks like a girl, amazing derriere and those goofy chicks are always real freaky in the sheets. not to mention the well known unreal pronebone potential

imagine trying to have sex with pink and her strong manly derriere face and jaw and her broad derriere shoulders while she's talking all this highfalutin fake feminist bullshit? boner gone instantly
Just mention Lady Gaga and dsw0rdz drops an Alio-length post. Haha.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: d sw0rdz on September 03, 2018, 09:45:06 PM
Just mention Lady Gaga and dsw0rdz drops an Alio-length post. Haha.


lol. i cannot help it. apologies
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on September 03, 2018, 10:41:01 PM
You clowns are funny.

(https://i.redditmedia.com/_MHe720EFNneizDyIhSkSDwujmtPYDCOenbsN5P1WEo.jpg?w=345&s=7e8f15809654184d70b14e0adb426080)

You'd be up Pink like a rat up a drainpipe given half the chance.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: d sw0rdz on September 04, 2018, 07:22:46 PM
You clowns are funny.

(https://i.redditmedia.com/_MHe720EFNneizDyIhSkSDwujmtPYDCOenbsN5P1WEo.jpg?w=345&s=7e8f15809654184d70b14e0adb426080)

You'd be up Pink like a rat up a drainpipe given half the chance.

no, i am not a knockout but i have honestly been with women much hotter than pink
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: guinness77 on January 25, 2019, 11:37:27 AM
For anyone who has Showtime, you don’t have to be a fan of Agnostic Front, or hardcore/punk in general, to be a fan of The Godfathers of Hardcore. More about Roger Miret and Vinnie Stigma than about the group or the 80s hardcore movement in general, still pretty cool doc. Doesn’t hurt that a buddy of mine has been in AF since ‘01 now, which is a lifetime for a band like AF.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: mj2sexay on January 25, 2019, 12:34:47 PM
Pink? barf

My issue with Pink is how negative she is. Like instead of the lyric, "I wanna get in a fight" think about how constructive it would be if it was instead, "I wanna give you a hug."

"Na-na-nana-na-na-na I wanna give you a hug!" Much better and more wholesome.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: MBGreen on January 25, 2019, 01:09:08 PM
My issue with Pink is how negative she is. Like instead of the lyric, "I wanna get in a fight" think about how constructive it would be if it was instead, "I wanna give you a hug."

"Na-na-nana-na-na-na I wanna give you a hug!" Much better and more wholesome.

My issue with Pink is that her face is comparable to a boat anchor.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: guinness77 on January 25, 2019, 01:13:39 PM
My issue with Pink is that my Goddamned kids ask Alexa to listen to “So What” like 5 times a day.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on March 10, 2019, 09:49:40 PM
Free Solo is incredibly good.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Laxin on March 11, 2019, 10:20:15 AM
Free Solo is incredibly good.

X2
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Heismanberg on March 11, 2019, 11:03:56 AM
Free Solo is incredibly good.

We have a weekly goals meeting every Monday morning and my CEO just talked about this for 30 minutes instead of everything else.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on March 11, 2019, 11:40:43 AM
We have a weekly goals meeting every Monday morning and my CEO just talked about this for 30 minutes instead of everything else.

It seems like the kind of thing that sales managers throughout western civilization will completely misunderstand and misinterpret, and use as a superficial motivational tool. See also Glengarry Glen Ross, Jerry Maguire and The Art Of War.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on July 09, 2019, 10:40:20 PM
Thought about putting this in the I<3NY thread, but Godfathers Of Hardcore is brilliant. I don't think you even have to like punk or hardcore to understand and enjoy it; Roger Miret and Vinnie Stigma are both such lovely guys and this doc does an awesome job of allowing them to explain how misunderstood that musical scene is, while also giving a great insight into the band that started it all.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: guinness77 on July 10, 2019, 02:07:40 AM
Thought about putting this in the I<3NY thread, but Godfathers Of Hardcore is brilliant. I don't think you even have to like punk or hardcore to understand and enjoy it; Roger Miret and Vinnie Stigma are both such lovely guys and this doc does an awesome job of allowing them to explain how misunderstood that musical scene is, while also giving a great insight into the band that started it all.
I’ve watched it a few times...it is really well done. Captures the scene well and examines them pretty thoroughly. Funny thing is I’ve known their bassist, Mike Gallo, for 2 decades now. My friends band used to play with his old band back in the late 90s, early 00s. Great dude. I still remember how happy he was when he told me he got picked to join the band, crazy to think that was 18 years ago.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on July 10, 2019, 08:38:06 AM
I’ve watched it a few times...it is really well done. Captures the scene well and examines them pretty thoroughly. Funny thing is I’ve known their bassist, Mike Gallo, for 2 decades now. My friends band used to play with his old band back in the late 90s, early 00s. Great dude. I still remember how happy he was when he told me he got picked to join the band, crazy to think that was 18 years ago.

Planning to go see them in Toronto in September. Not sure how many more chances I'll get, Stigma can't keep going forever.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on December 14, 2019, 07:21:03 PM
Who The freak Is That Guy? on Netflix is pretty good if you're interested in the heavy rock and metal scene of the 80s. About Michael Alago, a gay Puerto Rican kid from Brooklyn who became an A&R guy who signed some huge bands.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Pope on December 15, 2019, 12:54:53 PM
Sounds like RoyalTee
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on January 30, 2020, 08:19:01 PM
F1: Drive To Survive on Netflix is really good. I don't follow F1 at all so had no idea about anything that happened in the 2018 season, which I think made it more entertaining. S2 comes out Feb 28th.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Heismanberg on January 30, 2020, 08:39:13 PM
Sounds like RoyalTee

hahahahahahaha
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on March 04, 2020, 08:37:20 PM
F1: Drive To Survive on Netflix is really good. I don't follow F1 at all so had no idea about anything that happened in the 2018 season, which I think made it more entertaining. S2 comes out Feb 28th.

S2 of this is also good.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: bojanglesman on June 05, 2020, 02:32:04 PM
Quote
ESPN's new 30 for 30 film "Long Gone Summer," which airs Sunday, June 14, at 9 p.m. ET, looks back at the twists and turns of the 1998 season -- its exhilarating highlights, massive impact and lasting complications -- including in-depth interviews with McGwire and Sosa talking at length for the first time in more than two decades.

will watch
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: mj2sexay on June 05, 2020, 02:46:50 PM
will watch

This Sunday and next sunday are destination tv. I'm all about the Bruce Lee 30 for 30 coming out.

As for Lance, freak him. I wouldn't watch that excrement if they ran it on a projector in my front yard.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Derek Smalls on June 05, 2020, 02:51:29 PM
This Sunday and next sunday are destination tv. I'm all about the Bruce Lee 30 for 30 coming out.

As for Lance, freak him. I wouldn't watch that excrement if they ran it on a projector in my front yard.
Man, I loved Lance (the 30-for-30). He's such a narcissistic poopchute, though he did good work with cancer. Him starting it by telling a story about how everyone wants to call him an poopchute, and ending by saying it was "freaking bullshit" how he was blackballed was perfect.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on June 05, 2020, 05:13:11 PM
Did anything see the Louis Theroux Scientology movie? Wondering if it's worth checking out.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on July 28, 2020, 04:09:00 PM
Athlete A, about the Indy Star's investigation into Dr Larry Nassar's systematic abuse of young elite gymnasts, USAG's cover up, and the subsequent prosecutions. It's unsurprisingly a tough watch at times, but it's very well made and has some really inspiring and empowering moments. Gymnastics and sexual abuse of young girls may not sound like topics that you really want to get into but I thoroughly recommend it.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Heismanberg on July 28, 2020, 04:13:52 PM
Athlete A, about the Indy Star's investigation into Dr Larry Nassar's systematic abuse of young elite gymnasts, USAG's cover up, and the subsequent prosecutions. It's unsurprisingly a tough watch at times, but it's very well made and has some really inspiring and empowering moments. Gymnastics and sexual abuse of young girls may not sound like topics that you really want to get into but I thoroughly recommend it.

Does it have a clip of the dad that asked for 5 minutes in a locked room with Nassar? 

The ultimate badass
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on July 28, 2020, 04:20:06 PM
Does it have a clip of the dad that asked for 5 minutes in a locked room with Nassar? 

The ultimate badass

It doesn't, I presume you mean this guy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQEmvfpK7R0

His attitude is completely understandable - the courtroom scenes are amazing, but they focus on taking a higher road. I think you'll really like it, if like is the right word.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Heismanberg on July 28, 2020, 04:20:52 PM
It doesn't, I presume you mean this guy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQEmvfpK7R0

His attitude is completely understandable - the courtroom scenes are amazing, but they focus on taking a higher road. I think you'll really like it, if like is the right word.

Yeah him

A true badass
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Heismanberg on July 28, 2020, 04:22:26 PM
The final season of Last Chance U is out today
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: delavan on July 28, 2020, 04:49:35 PM
It doesn't, I presume you mean this guy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQEmvfpK7R0

His attitude is completely understandable - the courtroom scenes are amazing, but they focus on taking a higher road. I think you'll really like it, if like is the right word.

  This clip shows just how close the guy got to Nassar

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYUaHiHDR5Y
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on July 30, 2020, 05:53:28 PM
Fear City: New York vs The Mafia was really interesting, because although most of the family names were familiar I didn't know the story of the operation to take them down. I don't know how interesting it would be if you already know the story of the FBI operation.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: CatoTheElder on July 30, 2020, 07:14:37 PM
Fear City: New York vs The Mafia was really interesting, because although most of the family names were familiar I didn't know the story of the operation to take them down. I don't know how interesting it would be if you already know the story of the FBI operation.
I feel like I'd be more interested in the origins of the families.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: MBGreen on July 31, 2020, 07:07:57 AM
Fear City: New York vs The Mafia was really interesting, because although most of the family names were familiar I didn't know the story of the operation to take them down. I don't know how interesting it would be if you already know the story of the FBI operation.

I fell asleep after the first episode
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on October 01, 2020, 09:03:03 AM
Challenger: The Final Flight on Netflix was excellent. No huge revelations but lots of great interviews.

freak Larry Mulloy so hard.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Badger on October 04, 2020, 05:43:27 PM
Challenger: The Final Flight on Netflix was excellent. No huge revelations but lots of great interviews.

freak Larry Mulloy so hard.
I assume that's the guy who insisted they go ahead with launch despite the valid objections
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on October 04, 2020, 05:57:50 PM
I assume that's the guy who insisted they go ahead with launch despite the valid objections

Correct
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on January 22, 2021, 12:06:25 PM
The Night Stalker on Netflix is the latest in their increasingly long line of excellent true crime documentaries.

We don't seem to get any good serial killers with cool names any more. Nowadays they all seem to want to go for the quick and easy blaze of glory rather than putting in the hard hours to really build a reputation for themselves. Maybe the lockdown and the closure of schools will see the industry forced to return to the old ways of stalking, planning and knocking victims over one at a time over a long period, rather than this lazy approach of seeing how many magazines you can get through before the police fill you with holes.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Heismanberg on January 22, 2021, 12:30:21 PM
I heard it starts to suck derriere a few episodes in
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on January 22, 2021, 12:36:57 PM
I heard it starts to suck derriere a few episodes in

There are only 4 and I've seen 3 of them, so barring a collapse in the final one I'm going to disagree.

I guess it depends what you want from it. I don't know the story, so it's interesting to me. It's not providing lots of nuanced psychological exploration of the killer's motivations, it's a police procedural with lots of interviews and crime scene footage.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: CatoTheElder on January 22, 2021, 01:44:35 PM
On this note, has anyone watched The Ripper?
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: CatoTheElder on January 26, 2021, 06:07:10 PM
There are only 4 and I've seen 3 of them, so barring a collapse in the final one I'm going to disagree.

I guess it depends what you want from it. I don't know the story, so it's interesting to me. It's not providing lots of nuanced psychological exploration of the killer's motivations, it's a police procedural with lots of interviews and crime scene footage.

Finished this today. Episode 4 is the weakest one, but the trial was never going to be as entertaining as the chase.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: Johnny English on January 26, 2021, 06:27:24 PM
Finished this today. Episode 4 is the weakest one, but the trial was never going to be as entertaining as the chase.

Funnily enough so did I, and I agree. Some of the interviewees crossed the line into a bit too schmaltzy in the last episode; I'm sure everything they said was true, but some of it rang a bit like they've told it so many times that it now just sounds like an over-rehearsed TV script.
Title: Re: Documentaries
Post by: CatoTheElder on January 26, 2021, 06:36:33 PM
Starting the Ripper tonight.

If you watch or read enough true crime you eventually come across the concept of the less or lesser dead: people whose murders that the cops and society at large are more comfortable with disregarding because they simply don’t count as much. Prostitutes, women of color, trans women, runaways - and worse yet any combination of the preceding - are typically easy targets for killers because the cops can effectively ignore due to who they are or what they do.

Listening to the cops talk about the early investigations in this series really highlights this.
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Post by: CatoTheElder on January 26, 2021, 06:40:02 PM
Funnily enough so did I, and I agree. Some of the interviewees crossed the line into a bit too schmaltzy in the last episode; I'm sure everything they said was true, but some of it rang a bit like they've told it so many times that it now just sounds like an over-rehearsed TV script.

I think they could have done more with Ramirez’s attorneys or the groupie phenomenon but both of these things which had the potential to be very interesting topics were kind of just glossed over as perfunctory simply because it didn’t fit the hard hitting detective story from the first three episodes.
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Post by: reuben on January 26, 2021, 07:58:13 PM
Speaking of true crime docs, I've been bingeing JCS - Criminal Psychology. 

It's basically breakdowns and analysis of police interrogations.

covert interview of a murderous cop (https://youtu.be/WLSNPkf8RCU)
redneck decs interview total psycho (https://youtu.be/HkRjIq8Cp2A)
innocent suspects getting screwed (https://youtu.be/BemHqUqcpI8)
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Post by: CatoTheElder on January 31, 2021, 09:03:06 PM
The Lady and the Dale on HBO seems interesting so far.
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Post by: Johnny English on February 12, 2021, 11:27:13 PM
Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes Of Apollo is fantastic. I love everything about the space program and will watch pretty much any and every show and documentary about it, but this was particularly gold.
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Post by: CatoTheElder on February 23, 2021, 10:03:11 AM
I am on board with any and all efforts at exposing Jim Jordan's horrible history of ignoring sexual abuse.

https://uproxx.com/tv/george-clooney-ohio-state-wrestling-abuse-jim-jordan/ (https://uproxx.com/tv/george-clooney-ohio-state-wrestling-abuse-jim-jordan/)
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Post by: Badger on April 20, 2021, 05:10:21 PM
Soap or Die

https://youtu.be/7N6x49ASwtU
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Post by: guinness77 on May 05, 2021, 01:55:48 PM
Just watched the first episode of Sons of Sam on Netflix and although it didn’t tell me anything I didn’t know yet, it’s always interesting to see NYC in the 70s, I’m in. I’ve been watching more Dateline lately than I should admit, so this is right up my alley.
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Post by: d sw0rdz on May 05, 2021, 03:31:17 PM
Just watched the first episode of Sons of Sam on Netflix and although it didn’t tell me anything I didn’t know yet, it’s always interesting to see NYC in the 70s, I’m in. I’ve been watching more Dateline lately than I should admit, so this is right up my alley.

i love anything showing/depicting ny/la in the 70s and 80s.

right now i started/am going through snowfall on hulu/fx. adding sons of sam to my watchlist and also have nightstalker on there too
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Post by: Heismanberg on May 05, 2021, 04:03:15 PM
=right now i started/am going through snowfall on hulu/fx.

Snowfall rules
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Post by: d sw0rdz on May 30, 2021, 08:04:19 PM
alive: the drew robinson story

very good, sad, captivating
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Post by: Heismanberg on July 25, 2021, 02:04:57 AM
Roadrunner was incredibly sad
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Post by: CatoTheElder on August 04, 2021, 12:49:40 PM
The HBO Woodstock 99 doc is very good.

My low key favorite part was bringing in Dave Mustaine to make fun of Lars Ulrich for the Napster lawsuit.
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Post by: Johnny English on September 02, 2021, 01:14:28 PM
The two epsiodes of Untold I've seen so far have been excellent - Malice At The Palace and Deal With The Devil (about the boxer Christy Martin). I'm struggling to get interested in the one about Caitlyn Jenner although I'll probably get round to it, but the hockey one looks really interesting as well.
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Post by: d sw0rdz on September 02, 2021, 09:31:52 PM
The two epsiodes of Untold I've seen so far have been excellent - Malice At The Palace and Deal With The Devil (about the boxer Christy Martin). I'm struggling to get interested in the one about Caitlyn Jenner although I'll probably get round to it, but the hockey one looks really interesting as well.

i've talked about this multiple times with my friends in the past

the malice in the palace will likely be the most fascinating live 'as it's happening' moment i will ever see/watch in my life

i often think about how insane the reactions would be if it happened during our current era with twitter around. it's the only thing that could make it better than it already is/was
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Post by: Johnny English on September 07, 2021, 08:03:18 AM
The two epsiodes of Untold I've seen so far have been excellent - Malice At The Palace and Deal With The Devil (about the boxer Christy Martin). I'm struggling to get interested in the one about Caitlyn Jenner although I'll probably get round to it, but the hockey one looks really interesting as well.

Have now watched the hockey one (Untold: Crimes & Penalties) and it's the best of the bunch. I don't want to give anything away if you don't know the story, but it's about a mob boss who bought a minor hockey franchise in Danbury CT and installed his 17 year old son as President. It's brilliant and all sports fans should watch it.
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Post by: Johnny English on September 15, 2021, 12:02:28 AM
Last one in the Untold series is predictably brilliant, about the US tennis player Mardy Fish. Heard of him but knew nothing about him, and care not one excrement about tennis, but it's an incredibly compelling story.

Also I thought Andy Roddick was supposed to be a dick, but he comes across as a really good dude.
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Post by: guinness77 on September 24, 2021, 11:08:41 PM
Last one in the Untold series is predictably brilliant, about the US tennis player Mardy Fish. Heard of him but knew nothing about him, and care not one excrement about tennis, but it's an incredibly compelling story.

Also I thought Andy Roddick was supposed to be a dick, but he comes across as a really good dude.

Concur. The Mardy Fish doc was fantastic. Roddick comes off very supportive too.
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Post by: Johnny English on October 20, 2021, 08:44:56 AM
Probably my favourite writer, so hopefully this will be good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbunvLdbWxA&ab_channel=IFCFilms
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Post by: CatoTheElder on October 29, 2021, 03:36:17 PM
Jodorowsky’s Dune.
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Post by: guinness77 on November 03, 2021, 10:38:59 AM
Have now watched the hockey one (Untold: Crimes & Penalties) and it's the best of the bunch. I don't want to give anything away if you don't know the story, but it's about a mob boss who bought a minor hockey franchise in Danbury CT and installed his 17 year old son as President. It's brilliant and all sports fans should watch it.
This was amazing. I, frankly, didn’t remember any of this from when it happened but it was really good.
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Post by: CatoTheElder on January 25, 2022, 02:09:15 PM
Probably seeing this later in the week.

https://youtu.be/wgj7DUEtfg0 (https://youtu.be/wgj7DUEtfg0)
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Post by: CatoTheElder on March 07, 2022, 03:16:08 PM
Batman & Bill on Hulu

A documentary about Bill Finger, Batman's uncredited other creator.
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Post by: Johnny English on March 22, 2022, 09:00:18 PM
Drive To Survive is better every season and the latest is no exception. It has to be in the running for the best sports documentary ever made - I can't think of another one that is actually better than the sport it's covering. I don't mean that facetiously, if you just watch the races you're not seeing all the internecine struggles and getting the various insider perspectives on why they're happening. I watched the race on Sunday and it was fine, but mostly quite boring until the last few laps. DTS is absolutely thrilling from first minute to last.
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Post by: Johnny English on June 02, 2022, 06:17:04 PM
Watched a couple of excellent docs while on my travels last weekend.

Ninth Floor is about the race riot at a Montreal University in the late 60s that had far reaching effects on the enshrinement of equal rights and multiculturalism in Canada's Constitution. I'd never heard of the riot before, the filmmaker tracked down a lot of the key players and restored a lot of old footage. It's pretty compelling.

I'd also never heard of Dawn Raid Entertainment, but many of you might have. They are/were a hip hop label, clothing company, promoter and a bunch of other things besides from New Zealand, and Dawn Raid is their story. The two main guys feature throughout the film and they come across as such decent blokes that it's really engaging. Recommended even if you're not into hip hop.
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Post by: Johnny English on December 24, 2022, 12:34:20 PM
Probably my favourite writer, so hopefully this will be good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbunvLdbWxA&ab_channel=IFCFilms

Update: it was indeed excellent.
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Post by: Johnny English on December 24, 2022, 12:34:45 PM
Dave Not Coming Back is very good. Not cheerful.
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Post by: guinness77 on January 06, 2023, 11:55:51 AM
Is Dear Zachary gonna freak me up? I’m at work right now, not sure I want to feel that way in public.
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Post by: Heismanberg on January 06, 2023, 11:56:29 AM
Is Dear Zachary gonna freak me up?

uh yes
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Post by: Heismanberg on January 06, 2023, 11:56:56 AM
This Place Rules is very much worth 1.5 hours of your time. 

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Post by: guinness77 on January 06, 2023, 11:58:37 AM
uh yes
Thanks. Maybe I’ll watch that in the sanctity of my house.
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Post by: guinness77 on January 06, 2023, 12:13:18 PM
This Place Rules is very much worth 1.5 hours of your time. 


I’ve been meaning to see this, it’s been popping up on a bunch of IG stories lately.


How about Dark Days or Feels Good Man? Dark Days is intriguing because I used to work around there and it’s apparently scored by DJ Shadow, but it’s kinda old and Feels Good Man just seems interesting and has a pretty high rating.
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Post by: Heismanberg on January 06, 2023, 12:17:03 PM
Haven't seen either of those
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Post by: Johnny English on January 06, 2023, 12:49:38 PM
Watch Pepsi, Where's My Jet?
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Post by: Badger on January 06, 2023, 04:43:47 PM
Is Dear Zachary gonna freak me up? I’m at work right now, not sure I want to feel that way in public.
I haven't seen it but I know you shouldn't watch it at work.
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Post by: Badger on January 06, 2023, 04:44:49 PM
This Place Rules is very much worth 1.5 hours of your time.
So it's better than the trailer's dcm-level "wow both sides are crazy" vibe?
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Post by: guinness77 on January 12, 2023, 08:18:38 PM
Watched Don’t Pick Up the Phone and came away from it baffled and angry. I don’t want to put up any spoilers (yet) but, for those that have seen it, that Nix guy knew exactly what he was doing, no way he didn’t.

Saw Dear Zachary last week and it was good. I guess I’ve watched a ton of crime docs and dateline because I thought it was a solidly made doc that obviously showed how flawed the system was. It was obviously very emotional but I find with true crime type stuff, that is often the case. In retrospect, I feel like I should have seen the twist coming but man…what a friggin’ waste of human life that lady was. How can you do a thing like that?
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Post by: Johnny English on January 23, 2023, 02:42:52 PM
Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake on Netflix is a remarkable piece of documentary making. It covers three regions that were affected by the Earthquake in 2015, including Everest Base Camp, and has a ton of footage. The most amazing thing is the human stories - I don't want to give anything away but some things go in directions I absolutely did not expect. Highly recommend.
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Post by: MBGreen on May 19, 2023, 08:04:25 PM
If you grew up a fan of Michael J Fox like I did..."Still" on Apple+ is worth your time.
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Post by: Heismanberg on June 02, 2023, 04:10:45 PM
finished Boys in Blue on my flight back today...

What a tragic series
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Post by: Johnny English on June 02, 2023, 04:56:18 PM
finished Boys in Blue on my flight back today...

What a tragic series

Haven't heard of it before but it sounds interesting - worth watching?
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Post by: Heismanberg on June 02, 2023, 04:58:04 PM
Haven't heard of it before but it sounds interesting - worth watching?

Yeah, it's worth watching.
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Post by: CatoTheElder on July 05, 2023, 10:50:40 PM
The American Gladiators doc is exactly the subject matter Netflix should be trusted with.
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Post by: Johnny English on July 29, 2023, 01:15:31 AM
The Deepest Breath is a remarkable piece of television. The photography and editing are outstanding, and the actual story is incredible and hugely powerful.

A24 apparently know how to nail documentaries as well.
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Post by: MBGreen on July 29, 2023, 11:38:24 AM
The Deepest Breath is a remarkable piece of television. The photography and editing are outstanding, and the actual story is incredible and hugely powerful.

A24 apparently know how to nail documentaries as well.

The Deepest breath eh...is it a documentary about dutch ovens?
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Post by: casman02 on August 25, 2023, 07:46:46 PM
BS High (about Bishop Sycamore) is good if you like high school football. Also has a great villain
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Post by: guinness77 on August 31, 2023, 03:37:06 PM
1) has anyone seen Stolen Youth: Sarah Lawrence cult on Hulu and is it worth watching (it has good reviews)?

2) watched Telemarketers and it was very entertaining although the last episode, imo, was it’s weakest. I worked for a telemarketing place for a few months in high school, and although it was nothing like theirs, I got a kick out of the people they interviewed. Not too surprising to me what exactly was going on though.
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Post by: CatoTheElder on October 01, 2023, 11:38:57 PM
https://youtu.be/5pYeoZaoWrA?si=9Tni79dADxOHBnZJ (https://youtu.be/5pYeoZaoWrA?si=9Tni79dADxOHBnZJ)

Before he was into finance/grifter topics I really loved his film, video games, tv, and music stuff. Now I love his finance and grifter stuff.

It's time to face freak Sean Payton.