Documentaries
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@bones said in Documentaries:
Well either the Tinder Swindler was completely full of shit or he's got a set of brass balls on him like nobody else.
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Almost halfway through Nike's Big Bet and it's really interesting and quite enlightening, after never having taken any notice of the actual details behind Salazar. It's really well done.
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@bones Agreed. I watched the Salazaar story just the other night. The idea that he's serving a ban despite none of his athletes testing positive is ludicrous.
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@antipodean yeah when you look at the actual transgressions as well, it's pretty "HUH??".
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Just finished the Netflix doc about the 737 Max (Downfall: Case against Boeing).
Really worrying to see that the data was there and wasn't considered.
I can't imagine what that situation would be like for the pilots (plane starts plunging down due to a system you've never heard of and had no training about).
I'd be interested to hear the thoughts of some of the pilots on here @Snowy etc.
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@gt12 said in Documentaries:
Just finished the Netflix doc about the 737 Max (Downfall: Case against Boeing).
Really worrying to see that the data was there and wasn't considered.
I can't imagine what that situation would be like for the pilots (plane starts plunging down due to a system you've never heard of and had no training about).
I'd be interested to hear the thoughts of some of the pilots on here @Snowy etc.
It is fucking terrifying. The way the US air business is basically self regulated is frightening. Same sort of shit happens in RAF, when a nimrod went down a few years ago. But things got a big shake up then!
Ejection seats are awesome
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2/3s of the way through "Phat Tuesday" on Amazon
A funny light documentary on the black comedy night started at the Comedy Store in LA, at a time when there weren't a huge amount of opportunities for Black comics. As a guy of a certain age, it's jam packed full of 90s nostalgia, and goddam did some famous people perform there
Also, Snoop is stoned as a mother fucker and still smoking through his interview.
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Jimmy Saville - A British Horror Story Netflix doc about celebrity paedophile Jimmy Saville and how he avoided exposure for 60+ years.
Sleaze-ball and clever sex abuser who was smart enough to avoid being caught in his lifetime. A lot of people knew, but no-one could prove anything - not even top investigative journalists. Compelling watch.
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@victor-meldrew said in Documentaries:
Jimmy Saville - A British Horror Story Netflix doc about celebrity paedophile Jimmy Saville and how he avoided exposure for 60+ years.
Sleaze-ball and clever sex abuser who was smart enough to avoid being caught in his lifetime. A lot of people knew, but no-one could prove anything - not even top investigative journalists. Compelling watch.
Yeah wasn’t it just ?
Massive kudos to the woman who was interviewed and told us all what Savile did to her as a child in extremely graphic detail. Absolute sick fluffybunny.
The Royals, Thatcher and all those other fuckwits should hang their heads for not realising ( or caring ) what he was up to. I suppose the ratings and money raised were just too much to lose.
Seeing him interviewed it was so clear what a manipulative, functional sociopath he was and how he would have genuinely believed all the money he raised evened up the ledger in terms of getting away ( in his mind ) with all the depraved shit he did.
It’s an absolute tragedy that he died without facing any consequences for his actions.
I’m not the biggest Sex Pistols fan but Johnny Rotten is bang on here.
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@mn5 said in Documentaries:
The Royals, Thatcher and all those other fuckwits should hang their heads for not realising ( or caring ) what he was up to. I suppose the ratings and money raised were just too much to lose.
To be fair, the inquiries found they and many others simply weren't told. There were complaints at the BBC & hospitals but virtually none of them were passed to management as they were thought to be gossip which an eccentric like Saville generated, or were part of his act.
"He remembers seeing JS put his hand down the front of a female patient's clothing. Mr A was not able to recall her taking exception to this alleged behaviour. "He did not raise his concerns about JS's alleged behaviour, as he initially thought it was all part of the act."
He hid in plain sight and in his own words: "I'm not clever, I'm tricky.Clever people get caught, tricky people don't". He manipulated the whole country.
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@victor-meldrew said in Documentaries:
@mn5 said in Documentaries:
The Royals, Thatcher and all those other fuckwits should hang their heads for not realising ( or caring ) what he was up to. I suppose the ratings and money raised were just too much to lose.
To be fair, the inquiries found they and many others simply weren't told. There were complaints at the BBC & hospitals but virtually none of them were passed to management as they were thought to be gossip which an eccentric like Saville generated, or were part of his act.
"He remembers seeing JS put his hand down the front of a female patient's clothing. Mr A was not able to recall her taking exception to this alleged behaviour. "He did not raise his concerns about JS's alleged behaviour, as he initially thought it was all part of the act."
He hid in plain sight and in his own words: "I'm not clever, I'm tricky.Clever people get caught, tricky people don't". He manipulated the whole country.
Yeah he was obviously extremely calculating and patient to get away with it like he did.
Still, as Johnny Rotten said others were part of it too.
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@mn5 said in Documentaries:
Still, as Johnny Rotten said others were part of it too.
There was probably shit-loads of stuff going on with other celebs we'll never find out about.
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@victor-meldrew said in Documentaries:
@mn5 said in Documentaries:
Still, as Johnny Rotten said others were part of it too.
There was probably shit-loads of stuff going on with other celebs we'll never find out about.
Absolutely. That guy from Stars in their eyes absolutely oozed creepiness as one example.
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@victor-meldrew said in Documentaries:
@mn5 said in Documentaries:
Still, as Johnny Rotten said others were part of it too.
There was probably shit-loads of stuff going on with other celebs we'll never find out about.
Just look at Rolf Harris for one. Cosby is another.
Weinstein for the trifecta. Polanski? Clearly an endemic problem -
This is pretty fascinating.
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Free Solo has been mentioned on here heaps
And i finally remembered at an opportune time so i gave it a hoon
holy shit!! Fucking awesome
i said out loud on more then one occasion "what the fuck?!" and "yeah nah fuck that!"
The final climb is edge of the seat, mouth open shit.
Old mate is not wired right
5 fucks out of 5 thats
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@mariner4life said in Documentaries:
Free Solo has been mentioned on here heaps
Awesome double bill with Dawn Wall. That's another sensational documentary which does the whole record scratch part way through... What you think you're watching changes massively
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@nzzp said in Documentaries:
@mariner4life said in Documentaries:
Free Solo has been mentioned on here heaps
Awesome double bill with Dawn Wall. That's another sensational documentary which does the whole record scratch part way through... What you think you're watching changes massively
what is the difference for Dawn Wall (and do i have to rent it??)
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@mariner4life said in Documentaries:
@nzzp said in Documentaries:
@mariner4life said in Documentaries:
Free Solo has been mentioned on here heaps
Awesome double bill with Dawn Wall. That's another sensational documentary which does the whole record scratch part way through... What you think you're watching changes massively
what is the difference for Dawn Wall (and do i have to rent it??)
Dawn Wall is overly about Tommy Caldwell and his ascent of the Dawn Wall in Yosemite. It's just beside the Free Solo ascent area. But then it's about more than that - just a fantastic watch.
you can sail the piratical seas, or options below (just google it)
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@nzzp said in Documentaries:
@mariner4life said in Documentaries:
@nzzp said in Documentaries:
@mariner4life said in Documentaries:
Free Solo has been mentioned on here heaps
Awesome double bill with Dawn Wall. That's another sensational documentary which does the whole record scratch part way through... What you think you're watching changes massively
what is the difference for Dawn Wall (and do i have to rent it??)
Dawn Wall is overly about Tommy Caldwell and his ascent of the Dawn Wall in Yosemite. It's just beside the Free Solo ascent area. But then it's about more than that - just a fantastic watch.
you can sail the piratical seas, or options below (just google it)
Take a $ off those prices for Straya according to Justwatch. The AppleTV rental version is HD
Nike's Big Bet (2021) ⭐ 6.4 | Documentary, Sport
