Documentaries
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Medal of Honor, Netflix
Each episode chronicles a medal of honor recipient. Ordinary men doing extraordinary things. Men like these guys
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_A._Carter_Jr.
I don't know how Hollywood doesn't make a story about that
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Hitting The Apex 2015 motorcycle racing doccie (2hrs plus) rewatched after Rossi retirement race on Sunday. Highly recommended 👌🏻
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Movie Doco...
Scary and fascinating!
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@canefan said in Documentaries:
Has anyone watched Icarus? The doco on Netflix about blood doping
yes, it's insane.
I love how it started as one thing, and then veered wildly to another, almost more interesting thing
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@taniwharugby said in Documentaries:
Movie Doco...
Scary and fascinating!
As someone that used to do a bit of climbing and abseiling, some of that footage makes my sphincter pucker.
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@antipodean the main guy in it is certainly a bit odd...for a while he was living in a stairwell, then his girlfriend moved in with him, yes, into the stairwell.
But to do what he does, I think you have to be wired differently anyway.
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@canefan said in Documentaries:
Has anyone watched Icarus? The doco on Netflix about blood doping
I had to check whether it was satire about halfway through
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@canefan said in Documentaries:
Has anyone watched Icarus? The doco on Netflix about blood doping
Yep. Brilliant.
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@canefan said in Documentaries:
The movies that made us
I have been working my way through the episodes that interest me. Good stuff. I watched the A Nightmare On Elm Street episode last night. The background story behind how difficult it was to make this movie and how New Line Cinema's survival was so dependent on its success was news to me.
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Probably should mention the Peter Jackson Beatles thingy.
Fat Pete seems unable to make anything less than 6 hours long but in this case it’s one opportunity to put this quite amazing footage into the history book.
Certainly changing my perceptions about some of the lads. Lennon is just a funny nutter but I always had him pegged as the serious self-obsessed one.
Ringo is Mr Cool, just chill in the background absorbing everything.
Macca is the annoying one.
Anyway a fascinating insight into how they made songs and totally at odds to the film. That producer is just a plummy twat.
Cool to see Glyn Johns working. He’s a pioneer of recording techniques and a snappy dresser to bootA kiwi connection with John Rowles getting a mention in a conversation.
Also get a shot of a young Alan Parsons as tape operator.
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@crucial 19 hours and not a single comment about being the most over-rated band in the history of forever....
I've read very mixed reviews. Did you manage the whole 8 hours?
Amazingly productive few weeks for the band. Not only did they write all the stuff for this, but also a large bit of Abbey Road and significant number of songs that would appear on their first few solo albums.
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@dogmeat the over-rated discussion went down long ago on the music thread.
Personally, I am by no means a Beatles fan. I hardly ever listen to their music (unless it just comes on) but appreciate the ground they broke and the influences they had on many bands I do listen to.
@Bovidae I nearly watched it all but stopped last night part way through the rooftop show. At that point I had seen what interested me. There were a couple of bits I forwarded through but on the whole I found it really interesting to see the processes. Get Back (the song) starts from Macca playing a bit of the riff using his bass as a rhythm guitar and making up some nonsense words. I think it was George that then starts playing along. John turns up and they put it away for a few days.
I was thinking that because they were so big that they had this ability to just play around in the studio that other bands may not have had. George Martin was extremely tolerant and lets their process flow.
The biggest take away from watching the whole thing (apart from seeing the truth about Yoko) was how John and Ringo had obviously missed playing live. When they start on that rooftop it's like flicking a switch on those two and Lennon just transforms into quite a star (something I never thought about him before). George is happy to hang in the background and Macca looks to still be thinking details.
You do need to watch at least the whole of the last ep to see how what was still a mish mash of mostly unfinished songs the day before turned into a great live performance on many.
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Watched Inside Chernobyl with Ben Fogle last night.
Was a pretty good watch!
Inside Chernobyl with Ben Fogle (2021) ⭐ 7.2 | Documentary
Inside Chernobyl with Ben Fogle: Directed by Ben Fogle, Chris Mitchell. With Ben Fogle, Anton Kotee, Aleksandr Syrota. Ben Fogle spends a week living alone inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, gaining privileged access to the doomed Control Room 4 where the disaster first began to unfold.
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@taniwharugby said in Documentaries:
Watched Inside Chernobyl with Ben Fogle last night.
Was a pretty good watch!
Inside Chernobyl with Ben Fogle (2021) ⭐ 7.2 | Documentary
Inside Chernobyl with Ben Fogle: Directed by Ben Fogle, Chris Mitchell. With Ben Fogle, Anton Kotee, Aleksandr Syrota. Ben Fogle spends a week living alone inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, gaining privileged access to the doomed Control Room 4 where the disaster first began to unfold.
It even rhymes!
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The Beatles: Get back Disney+
Just watched the first episode. Peter Jackson has produced a snapshot of a month in the life of the band near the end of their existence. I found it interesting to see the tensions but also the fondness that they still had for each other. And watching the creative process was amazing. If I forget how talented they were this leaves you in little doubt. They were geniuses.
Edit: I've finished the 3 parts, just an excellent unfiltered look at the band, it dispels old notions even held by McCartney himself that the sessions were marred by bitterness between he and Lennon. Harrison is shown to be a more creative force than you might expect, there was a lot of 3 way collaboration. And the huge contribution of George Martin, he really was the fifth Beatle. And the myth of Yoko breaking up the band is put to bed. A satisfying watch
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This is a bit retro - but, I just came across it and enjoyed watching it. Shot in Westland and Mt. Cook National Parks. Health and safety - and skis - were a fair bit different back then.
Might be a bit too retro for young 'uns but, @Crucial et al probably remember it and might enjoy a re-watch.
For years afterwards my group of friends only skied in jeans - no matter how cold or wet. We were Coolsville, but will probably pay for that stupidity shortly!
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Vito Bertoldo - Wikipedia
