Not really interested in movies anymore. Documentaries FTW

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Iron Woode

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My favourite show on TV at the moment is Air Crash Investigation. It's like an ongoing documentary series about aeroplane accidents. I think it might go by the name Mayday in USA.
That's a Canadian show called Mayday here.

Its one of my favourite shows.
 

Iron Woode

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a good war documentary was Battlefield. Loads of information.

another good one is Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution'.
 

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Yeah. I really like docs. All types. I liked Joan Rivers a lot. She's been through so much. I thought she was just a rude lady with bad plastic surgery.
 

zinfamous

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Grizzly Man and King of Kong: Fistfull of Quarters were good.

Those are both quite good. Especially Grizzly Man. Herzog is just awesome.

I also liked Word Wars. It follows some of the regular contestants in the competitive pro Scrabble circuit.
 

SZLiao214

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I actually enjoyed "Darkon", also on Netflix, quite a bit.

It follows a contact rp game with player made kingdoms.

There are a lot of moments where most people would say its nerdy but i found myself saying, "thats awesome" during a lot of those moments
 

quikah

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"This American Life" had 2 seasons of a TV series made that is on Netflix streaming.
 
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Allow me to recommend:

Touching the Void (already referenced in this thread)
Open Water
We Live In Public
Mr. Death
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Paradise Lost II
The Staircase
 

chuckywang

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I'm always interested in documentaries on subjects that are followed by a small, but very passionate, group of people. Hence, why I liked:

Spellbound - a documentary about the national spelling bee
Wordplay - a documentary about the world of competitive crossword players
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters - a documentary about breaking the world record for points in the classic arcade game Donkey Kong
 

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anyone have recommendations for good physics documentaries?
 
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coldmeat

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My favourite show on TV at the moment is Air Crash Investigation. It's like an ongoing documentary series about aeroplane accidents. I think it might go by the name Mayday in USA.

lol air crash investigation. I like the show Men Who Discredit Myths.
 

Zeze

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Watching King of Kong right now thanks to this thread. Enjoying it so far.
 

0roo0roo

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My favourite show on TV at the moment is Air Crash Investigation. It's like an ongoing documentary series about aeroplane accidents. I think it might go by the name Mayday in USA.

yea that is like csi irl.
so much sh*t can go wrong lol

now when i'm on a plane...i'm like mr pilot ..take ur time man...
 

biostud

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maybe you're just bored of the hollywood crap, and should try to find other movies, maybe even foreign movies :)
 

Craig234

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Anything having anything to do with politics is pure propaganda/opinionated.

Wrong, but it seems that way to the uninformed - and the propagandized - I guess.

I almost only read non-fiction - books are usually better than movies for current issues.

There's a monthly documentary DVD you can subscribe to to support independant documentary filmmaking, good Ironweed, but I have to say I'm a bit disappointed.
 
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Wrong, but it seems that way to the uninformed - and the propagandized - I guess.
Craig, I have read many of your posts in P&N. You are among the most brainwashed people I know. You only ever see things from one angle, you are closed-minded and refuse to consider your "side" might just be wrong on occasion. So don't go telling other people they are "propagandized", hypocrite.