Documentaries
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@gt12 said in Documentaries:
@aucklandwarlord said in Documentaries:
The Long Shot on Netflix is a great watch (40 minutes long, trailer below).
Basic plot line is about an American guy accused of a murder who is exonerated by a series of incredible coincidences surrounding an LA Dodgers game and the filming of an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
It's a great watch, and a good illustration of how screwed some parts of American law enforcement and their criminal justice system is as well. But for these coincidences, he'd probably have been executed or serving life in prison. Only 40 minutes too, which is a huge bonus, because I have the attention span of a three year old.
That's a wow watch, when you think about the last line from his girl, where she says 'who would have believed us if he'd just stayed home?'
Great recommendation.
Yeah it definitely resonated with me, how an innocent lack of an independent alibi can completely screw an innocent person. I came close at least once in my time in the job with a credible witness who was later found to be completely making up the allegations against an offender who had no firm alibi.
Those cops in that doco weren't up to scratch though. Thankfully in NZ there are some more robust procedures around investigation and prosecution than that.
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Just finished watching Schumacher on Netflix.
Have to admit from the outset I've always been a massive fan of his latent and drive. Especially when you consider what it took to make Ferrari competitive, the wasted years he could've been racking up the records in competitive teams.
If you're at all interested in motorsport, F1 in general and Michael specifically it's a great watch but tinged with sadness. I came away from it with a strong sense of poignancy and renewed appreciation for his accomplishments.
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Mrs AWL and I watched "Biggie: I got a story to tell" last night. As a white middle class child hitting my teens in the 1990's, Eminem made rap music quite accessible to my friends and I, although in a very west-coast centric way given the strength of labels like Aftermath, Death Row and Doggy Stye Records.
The doco probably not everyone's cup of tea, but if you've any interest in rap music, it's an interesting insight into Notorious BIG, and his path from selling drugs to being a superstar. It's different to the other rap docos at the moment because it really only briefly touches on the East v West Coast dynamics, and is far more about Christopher Wallace himself and the New York rap scene.
He was taken way too soon, and so needlessly, given he was in Cali trying to mend tensions between the East and the West. I think if both he and Tupac had lived, he would have become the bigger superstar.
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@aucklandwarlord holy shit you're white??
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@mariner4life said in Documentaries:
@aucklandwarlord holy shit you're white??
I'm so white I say "now let's take a silly one" when taking group photos.
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@aucklandwarlord said in Documentaries:
@mariner4life said in Documentaries:
@aucklandwarlord holy shit you're white??
I'm so white I say "now let's take a silly one" when taking group photos.
I'm so white i sing Pearl Jam really loud in my economical hatch back (i know longer own said hatch back, but there was a time...)
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@aucklandwarlord said in Documentaries:
Mrs AWL and I watched "Biggie: I got a story to tell" last night. As a white middle class child hitting my teens in the 1990's, Eminem made rap music quite accessible to my friends and I, although in a very west-coast centric way given the strength of labels like Aftermath, Death Row and Doggy Stye Records.
The doco probably not everyone's cup of tea, but if you've any interest in rap music, it's an interesting insight into Notorious BIG, and his path from selling drugs to being a superstar. It's different to the other rap docos at the moment because it really only briefly touches on the East v West Coast dynamics, and is far more about Christopher Wallace himself and the New York rap scene.
He was taken way too soon, and so needlessly, given he was in Cali trying to mend tensions between the East and the West. I think if both he and Tupac had lived, he would have become the bigger superstar.
Naa, Tupac was way better.
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@mariner4life said in Documentaries:
@aucklandwarlord said in Documentaries:
@mariner4life said in Documentaries:
@aucklandwarlord holy shit you're white??
I'm so white I say "now let's take a silly one" when taking group photos.
I'm so white i sing Pearl Jam really loud in my economical hatch back (i know longer own said hatch back, but there was a time...)
and now when I think of you, I think of this
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@nzzp said in Documentaries:
@mariner4life said in Documentaries:
@aucklandwarlord said in Documentaries:
@mariner4life said in Documentaries:
@aucklandwarlord holy shit you're white??
I'm so white I say "now let's take a silly one" when taking group photos.
I'm so white i sing Pearl Jam really loud in my economical hatch back (i know longer own said hatch back, but there was a time...)
and now when I think of you, I think of this
lol i have had NWA rarked up and thought that maybe my windows should be up
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@nzzp said in Documentaries:
@mariner4life said in Documentaries:
@aucklandwarlord said in Documentaries:
@mariner4life said in Documentaries:
@aucklandwarlord holy shit you're white??
I'm so white I say "now let's take a silly one" when taking group photos.
I'm so white i sing Pearl Jam really loud in my economical hatch back (i know longer own said hatch back, but there was a time...)
and now when I think of you, I think of this
I think that’s pretty close to how I look to my sons in the car when I’m down with OPP or or telling bitches to shake their rumps.
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Remember Robert Durst?
A Los Angeles jury convicted Robert Durst on Friday (local time) of murdering his best friend 20 years ago, a case that took on new life after the New York real estate heir participated in a documentary that connected him to the slaying that was linked to his wife's 1982 disappearance.
Durst, 78, was not in court for the verdict from the jury that deliberated about seven hours over three days. He was in isolation at a jail because he was exposed to someone with coronavirus.
Durst, who faces a mandatory term of life in prison without parole when sentenced on October 18, was convicted of the first-degree murder of Susan Berman. She was shot at point-blank range in the back of the head in her Los Angeles home in December 2000 as she was prepared to tell police how she helped cover up his wife's killing.
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Watched 2 episodes of the Untold: series on Netflix. One was about the Malice at the Palace, the second was about Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick and was an interesting insight into the mind of professional tennis players and Fish's battles with anxiety disorder
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@nta said in Documentaries:
Up to episode 4 of Turning Point - episode 3 was about the bush government and then Obama's shortcomings.
Interesting stuff
Stark difference in the apparent approach of the FBI and the CIA/ military. The torture strategy sounds like it did not yield much intel, and the stories of what was being done and the images of detainees in Guantamo must have been gold for Al Qaeda and other terrorist recruiters
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Produced by George Martin BBC Documentary about George Martin's life I found on youtube.
Amazing career and much, much more than just the Beatles. Gives an great insight into his life, the techniques he used to make some of the greatest recordings of all time ("Producers were always trying to get a perfect copy of the performance in the studio, I realised you had to try and paint a picture in sound for the listener") and how he interacted with musicians and industry leaders. Didn't realise he was a actually Cockney who was a Royal Navy pilot in WW2.
Came across as incredibly humble and a genuinely top bloke - as well as a musical genius.
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@canefan said in Documentaries:
@nta said in Documentaries:
Up to episode 4 of Turning Point - episode 3 was about the bush government and then Obama's shortcomings.
Interesting stuff
Stark difference in the apparent approach of the FBI and the CIA/ military. The torture strategy sounds like it did not yield much intel, and the stories of what was being done and the images of detainees in Guantamo must have been gold for Al Qaeda and other terrorist recruiters
The CIA: when all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
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@nta said in Documentaries:
@canefan said in Documentaries:
@nta said in Documentaries:
Up to episode 4 of Turning Point - episode 3 was about the bush government and then Obama's shortcomings.
Interesting stuff
Stark difference in the apparent approach of the FBI and the CIA/ military. The torture strategy sounds like it did not yield much intel, and the stories of what was being done and the images of detainees in Guantamo must have been gold for Al Qaeda and other terrorist recruiters
The CIA: when all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
Even though it was unlawful (and did I hear it right still going on today?), I understand the enthusiasm for Stellar wind. They have an insidious enemy that doesn't fit conventionally and they are scared. These guys walked in right under their noses. But they had a bunch of pieces, and the fact that the CIA and FBI weren't on the same page meant that they failed to start putting it together until afterwards
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@canefan said in Documentaries:
@nta said in Documentaries:
@canefan said in Documentaries:
@nta said in Documentaries:
Up to episode 4 of Turning Point - episode 3 was about the bush government and then Obama's shortcomings.
Interesting stuff
Stark difference in the apparent approach of the FBI and the CIA/ military. The torture strategy sounds like it did not yield much intel, and the stories of what was being done and the images of detainees in Guantamo must have been gold for Al Qaeda and other terrorist recruiters
The CIA: when all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
Even though it was unlawful (and did I hear it right still going on today?), I understand the enthusiasm for Stellar wind. They have an insidious enemy that doesn't fit conventionally and they are scared. These guys walked in right under their noses. But they had a bunch of pieces, and the fact that the CIA and FBI weren't on the same page meant that they failed to start putting it together until afterwards
Yes the collection is still ongoing, but it isn't an issue until they need to listen to it, apparently...
Thing is, phone calls and emails aren't going to help with certain other apps that don't operate in a conventional sense and are encrypted.
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@nta said in Documentaries:
@canefan said in Documentaries:
@nta said in Documentaries:
@canefan said in Documentaries:
@nta said in Documentaries:
Up to episode 4 of Turning Point - episode 3 was about the bush government and then Obama's shortcomings.
Interesting stuff
Stark difference in the apparent approach of the FBI and the CIA/ military. The torture strategy sounds like it did not yield much intel, and the stories of what was being done and the images of detainees in Guantamo must have been gold for Al Qaeda and other terrorist recruiters
The CIA: when all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
Even though it was unlawful (and did I hear it right still going on today?), I understand the enthusiasm for Stellar wind. They have an insidious enemy that doesn't fit conventionally and they are scared. These guys walked in right under their noses. But they had a bunch of pieces, and the fact that the CIA and FBI weren't on the same page meant that they failed to start putting it together until afterwards
Yes the collection is still ongoing, but it isn't an issue until they need to listen to it, apparently...
Thing is, phone calls and emails aren't going to help with certain other apps that don't operate in a conventional sense and are encrypted.
Yes, the tech has moved on a long way. I am sure they would love to have back door access into all other social media platforms if they don't already
