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Post by The Sandmen on Mar 6, 2014 3:27:59 GMT -5
The documentaries in this series are REALLY good. I think I have watched like, 10 of them. They are on US Netflix. I have watched docs about:
- The Gretzky Trade
- Ben Johnson and the steroids scandal
- the Steve Bartman incident from the 2003 MLB playoffs
- Marion Jones and her jail time/steroid scandal
- Tonya Harding and the Nancy Kerrigan incident
- Transgender tennis player Renee Richards
- the weird day in 1994 where everything on earth happened, including the OJ Simpson car chase
- the LA Raiders and rap culture in the early 90s.
- the real story of the man Rocky was inspired by
All so good.
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Post by The Sandmen on Mar 6, 2014 3:44:00 GMT -5
- the how and why of professional athletes ending up broke and bankrupt despite making millions in their careeers
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Post by Ferocity on Mar 6, 2014 11:37:33 GMT -5
I read a Nic Cage explanation (he's been bankrupt on more than one occasion) and it's fascinating.
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Post by The Rocketmen on Mar 6, 2014 13:29:43 GMT -5
I definitely want to see the Nic Cage one now.
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Post by The Sandmen on Mar 6, 2014 16:29:18 GMT -5
The Bartman one is probably my favourite one so far. Absolutely fascinating case study of scapegoating and social psychology. Terrifying, really.
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Post by xx - Team GAP on Mar 6, 2014 22:17:49 GMT -5
i watched a couple of the 30 for 30 documentary's last night... ive seen a bunch of the other ones as well... when im at work i get to watch a lot of netflix which shows you how much i work...lol
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Post by The Sandmen on Mar 6, 2014 23:00:04 GMT -5
Hahah. What ones did you watch, xx - Team GAP? And if they were not on my list above, were they good? |
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Post by xx - Team GAP on Mar 7, 2014 2:18:47 GMT -5
I have watched soooooo many documentaries off the US netflix.. it would be hard for me to list them all.. but a lot of them were good. Off your list I watched these ones:
- Ben Johnson and the steroids scandal
- Tonya Harding and the Nancy Kerrigan incident
- the weird day in 1994 where everything on earth happened, including the OJ Simpson car chase
- the real story of the man Rocky was inspired by
I have watched a lot of the 9/11 documentaries.. and:
-Shuttle discovery's final mission
-The real story of the untouchables
-Titanics final mystery
-Megaquake
-Titanaboa
-Blackfish
-Cruise ship disaster(inside the concordia)
-Extreme Drug smuggling
-When we left Earth(The nasa missions)
-Soldiers of paint
-Russia's toughest prisons
These were all good ones to watch.
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Post by The Sandmen on Mar 7, 2014 3:16:52 GMT -5
Sweet. Many of those are on my queue. Love documentaries, especially good ones  Tonight, I add 2 more to this list: - 4 Days in October, about the unprecedented Red Sox 0-3 comeback vs. the Yankees - Muhammad and Larry, about a fight Ali should not have accepted, 3 years after his retirement, where he got destroyed - directed in part by the Maysles. Beauty. |
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Post by xx - Team GAP on Mar 7, 2014 4:51:24 GMT -5
I just watched man on wire. AWESOME!! it's a story about how a man performed a tightrope walk between the twin towers. It also tells the story of how not to be a security guard. lol BUT it was a great story and a good documentary
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Post by The Sandmen on Mar 7, 2014 10:16:39 GMT -5
OOO, I agree, that was also a good one. I like stuff like that too cause they are like, mainstream enough to exist places, like Hock Shops, but not popular enough for them to know they have a gem. I got that flick for $1 at a Hock Shop.
#RINNING
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Post by The Rocketmen on Mar 7, 2014 11:15:46 GMT -5
Haven't seen Man on Wire yet, but I have heard nothing but good things.
Dear Zachary is still tops in my book.
Need to see Blackfish
I've watched about 10 docs and mini-docs by Vice on youtube. The suicide forest, I read about quite a bit beforehand, but the whole vid was just Eerie, Indiana, Jones, Keeping up with... nailed it.
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Post by The Sandmen on Mar 7, 2014 12:01:31 GMT -5
Dear Zachary and Blackfish are both great and depressing.
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Post by xx - Team GAP on Mar 8, 2014 6:59:30 GMT -5
I saw a documentary about a killer whale that befriends a town in BC... it was sad but really good to watch
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Post by The Sandmen on Mar 8, 2014 17:40:18 GMT -5
It seems like all documentaries about animals are depressing.  |
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