invisible airwave Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 That new documentary on Cannon Films is worth checking out. It's called Electric Boogaloo and it's on Youtube as well. Those who grew up watching those movies on Showtime back in the 80s will love this nostalgia trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Halfway through the George Harrison Scorsese doc, fukking great it is too! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarizeMe Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 It was quite awhile ago (2-3 months ago) but I saw Love Child which is a documentary on a case in Korea where couple who were gaming addicts let their baby die while they were more occupied with caring for their "virtual child". Pretty disturbing in context, I wouldn't say it's spectacular cause it left me with more questions than answers (i.e. use this incident to probe into issues with gaming addiction) but it did a good job of covering the nuts and bolts of this incident to those unaware of this incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disembodied Spirit Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 I watched a documentary on the ill fated 2008 K2 summit where 11 mountaineers were killed. Fascinating story but the documentary was very disjointed and hard to follow. I've decided that there are two things I hate about some documentaries. 1. I hate it when they try to be artsy. Dramatic pauses, fade-ins and outs, jerky cinematography all detract from the subject. 2. I don't like propaganda pieces that pass themselves off as documentaries. Documentaries should be educational and this should be their ultimate goal. They should be clear, concise and relatively non-biased. I like narration and this was one of the reasons the doc about K2 was so difficult to follow. I don't like documentaries that don't have narration. I think Ken Burns makes excellent documentaries. Agreed. Your second reason is why I stayed away from Documentaries altogether for the longest time. I like unbiased / educational docs the most, but I now sometimes will bravely go into a documentary arguing for one side with the acknowledgement that it's biased.. If I find it too ridiculous I'll switch it off within minutes without regret. Tonight I'm planning on watching "Secrets of the Physics", and maybe some others. When Docs get too political or trying to tell what to think I usually stay away.The Snowden Doc to me, walked that fine line very well.I was interested in the STORY. Not people's opinion on free speech vs. Traitor.How long it took to properly break that open was fascinating. But any Docs about Politics to me are usually bypassed...due to bias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CygnusGal Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 I watched that damn Eagles documentary on Netflix. I went in feeling kind of indifferent about the Eagles and came away *hating* the Eagles (and I don't use that word lightly). I still like Joe Walsh (his body of work stands on its own), but, boy do I hate the Eagles now. I still like Randy Meisner and like Bernie Leadon and Timothy B. Schmidt seems rather innocuous. I've also learned that Ginger Baker is a bit of an ass and one should beware of him.I did not hate The Eagles after this. I hated Don Henley and Glenn Frey. Greddy, F'N Hippies.Yes, they are the worst aspects of the the Eagles. Felder never got the respect he deserved in that band and Henley - Frey sure do think a lot of themselves. Henley is so good he couldn't handle music theory and dropped out of North Texas (of course, he's sold many million more albums than I have, so I really can't talk) and Frey is just a pompous ass. JMO, of course. I notice we have an intersecting show! January 19, 1988 - Reunion Arena - Dallas, Texas (Tommy Shaw) :cheers: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Grizzly Man if it's not in the previous posts (TL;DR). Great doc that attempts to get inside the mind of a proper lunatic. Much of the footage presented is incredible on multiple accounts. Solidarity drove Mr. Treadwell to say things befitting of those in mental institutions.Werner Herzog made the doc. If you are not properly educated on this dude lemme know. I will show you the world my brotha! You know he's a Rush fan right? He even posts on this board I did not know that!!! And no, I know nothing about him. Er, Werner, fantastic doc!Here's one of his epic rantshttp://www.therushforum.com/index.php?/topic/92274-yukon-blade-grinder-werner-herzog-reflects-on-the-trees/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphseeker Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 (edited) Just saw The Armstrong Lie on Redbox today.Can't believe I backed this bastard all those years. Can't tell you how many arguments I got into defending this arrogant sub-human jackass. The Armstrong lie did a great job simply letting Lance open his big mouth and prove to all of us he's the biggest fraud in the history of sports. Edited July 9, 2015 by alphseeker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 It was quite awhile ago (2-3 months ago) but I saw Love Child which is a documentary on a case in Korea where couple who were gaming addicts let their baby die while they were more occupied with caring for their "virtual child". Pretty disturbing in context, I wouldn't say it's spectacular cause it left me with more questions than answers (i.e. use this incident to probe into issues with gaming addiction) but it did a good job of covering the nuts and bolts of this incident to those unaware of this incident.Sounds like something Steven Wilson would write an album about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Tempted to watch the Bob Weir documentary on Netflix when I have time. Looks like it may be interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I've got half an hour left on that Genesis documentary on Showtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I just watched An Honest Liar, a documentary about James Randi. Really really good stuff. It's all about his career as a magician, his triumph over con men pretending to be psychics/healers, and his life as a closeted gay man. If you're into magicians or the embarrassment of human garbage, check this out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I just watched An Honest Liar, a documentary about James Randi. Really really good stuff. It's all about his career as a magician, his triumph over con men pretending to be psychics/healers, and his life as a closeted gay man. If you're into magicians or the embarrassment of human garbage, check this out This sounds like something I will enjoy. Will try to find it. The last doc I saw was "Last Days Here", which covers the life of Pentagram's lead vocalist, his spiral of drug addiction and eventual recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Oh, and Supermensch was cool too. Directed by Mike Myers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workingcinderellaman Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 I saw this one the other day on Netflix. http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/atari-game-over.jpg It was pretty good. I really felt sorry for Howard Warshaw. It's amazing that people think that Atari and the videogame industry was brought to it's knees by one game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarizeMe Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 It was quite awhile ago (2-3 months ago) but I saw Love Child which is a documentary on a case in Korea where couple who were gaming addicts let their baby die while they were more occupied with caring for their "virtual child". Pretty disturbing in context, I wouldn't say it's spectacular cause it left me with more questions than answers (i.e. use this incident to probe into issues with gaming addiction) but it did a good job of covering the nuts and bolts of this incident to those unaware of this incident.Sounds like something Steven Wilson would write an album aboutYeah...that doc is kind of a sad example of "bad" gaming addiction. Not that it turned me off from gaming cause I still game every once in awhile, but those sort of "virtual child/wife/husband/etc." type games I've always found disturbing. That kind of stuff where the whole point of the game is to build a romance between you and choice of 5-6 potential mates or whatever, is popular primarily in Asian countries from what I learned in that doc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Just saw a good one on Showtime recently called Why We Laugh: Funny Women. There's a crapload of them expiring at the end of the year on that streaming service of theirs so I need to catch up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 The Atari: Game Over doc was very well made, so interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workingcinderellaman Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 (edited) The Atari: Game Over doc was very well made, so interesting.I really felt sorry for the guy who wrote the program. It completely changed his life. Edited November 25, 2015 by workingcinderellaman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 C'mon guys lets see more docs on here ... Tull doc, interesting as I've never really caught their entire story before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 That documentary of Billy Joel's Russian concerts in 1987 is worth checking out. Saw that on Showtime since it expires at month's end. That Meat Loaf documentary is good as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 That documentary of Billy Joel's Russian concerts in 1987 is worth checking out. Saw that on Showtime since it expires at month's end. That Meat Loaf documentary is good as well. Yeah I remember seeing that Joel doc back in the 80s! Is Meat Loaf a bio or on BOOH in the classic album series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 I just watched An Honest Liar, a documentary about James Randi. Really really good stuff. It's all about his career as a magician, his triumph over con men pretending to be psychics/healers, and his life as a closeted gay man. If you're into magicians or the embarrassment of human garbage, check this outRandi is one of my childhood heroes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Fascinating. Life as a hermit in the Taiga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disembodied Spirit Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I finally got around to this- Excellent doc about Shady cops in NYC in the 70's The Seven Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 That new Tower Records documentary, All Things Must Pass, just premiered on Showtime this weekend and I highly recommend that after watching it yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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