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@antipodean Thx for that….wow…. Thabo Mbeki was prez here and went down that same rabbit hole … undeniably costing lives. One can only wonder how many were potentially lost through Foo Fighters collective influence. Actually almost find it a bit odd he hasn’t owned the mistake … Maybe the legal ramifications aren’t worth the ballache….
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@nta said in Documentaries:
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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.
Finally finished the series. Much of the 20 years was pretty disastrous, and none of the Presidents comes out looking that great. All that money, all that destruction and loss of life, and Afghanistan is right back where they were 20 years ago. The Taleban will destroy any good that came of the western occupation
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The Black Godfather
Netflix
Documentary tracing the extraordinary life of Clarence Avant. He came from humble beginnings in the Jim Crow South and rose to be the ultimate kingmaker in music, film, TV and politics. Pretty awesome for a guy I never heard of
The Defiant ones
4 episode series on Netflix, chronicling the extraordinary lives of Dr Dre and Jimmy Iovine. Contains a who's who of rock pop and hip hop from the last 4 years
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@nta said in Documentaries:
Viva The Underdogs
About an Aussie metal band called Parkway Drive. Never heard of them because I'm not into metal as my core jam.
15 minutes in, and it's funny.
I've seen this, my 12yr old loves them. It's a good watch, they seem super - nice, and I've grown to like a lot of their music since. The guitar riffs can be great (check out Wild Eyes)
Some of the crowd scenes are awesome too
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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.
Pity Phil the murderer Spector ruined the album. The re-mixed un-Spectored issue is so much better.
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