Documentaries

FlakeNoir

Thank you, N.N.   

not_nadine

and thank you Hedda, for bringing to our attention.

FlakeNoir

not_nadine said:

and thank you Hedda, for bringing to our attention.

Yes, definitely... and I think the one below might actually be the one DJ saw? She said it was a 12 minute film? 🤔

not_nadine

maybe?   thanks will watch.   where is DJ?  
thanks,watched  think you are right about that one

that was awesome

Hedda Gabler

FlakeNoir said:

not_nadine said:

and thank you Hedda, for bringing to our attention.

Yes, definitely... and I think the one below might actually be the one DJ saw? She said it was a 12 minute film? 🤔

Yes, this is the one

FlakeNoir

Hedda Gabler said:

FlakeNoir said:

not_nadine said:

and thank you Hedda, for bringing to our attention.

Yes, definitely... and I think the one below might actually be the one DJ saw? She said it was a 12 minute film? 🤔

Yes, this is the one

It was fantastic.. sweet and nostalgic.
(thank you Irish for flicking it to me)

not_nadine

Life on our planet.   Narrated by Morgan Fairchild.  Netflix.  
beautifully done.  And scary  

not_nadine

yeek, this is a must watch and make your grateful to even to be alive

not_nadine

This should be shown in all schools.

not_nadine

So far, made it up to the frogs and dragon flys.  I could not watch any longer
Beautiful show. 

  Scared of when the humans show up.

not_nadine

Humans showed up..
God this is such a wonderful Doc, almost unbearable to watch.
I am afraid of what is going to happen next

Kurben

Have watched the first two episodes of Life On Our Planet. Very well made and the CGI are great. There are some assumptions in there that i could have lived without. I mean that Terror Birds had that ritual little dance before they fight is just a guess, not a fact though its presented as such but overall very well done. As long as its not too many guesses presented as facts i'm good.

Kurben

Have seen 5 of 8 episodes now of Life On Our Planet and it is very good. Another of these scenes i could have done without was the T-Rex often was fighting for territory with other T'rexes and that they had complicated mating dances. Again its a total guess not supported by any fact. We have quite a bit of "facts" about T-Rexes since they are the most known dino they are also probably the most researched of them. The force of their bite, the speed they could run and the possibility suggested by several scientists that they hunted in small groups. I just think it is unnecessary to throw in guesses when you have unmentioned researched facts. But overall very good. Dont know how many notices these things but since i have read quite abit of books on paleontology, evolution, Invertebrates, vertebrates and specifically the evolution of reptiles and mammals i do. But i Think NN has a point, it should be seen at schools at least parts of it since it the knowledge here is packaged in a much easier to access way than a dry schoolbook and where we, as a species, came from ought to be worth a few hours of a students time.

GNTLGNT

....understandable Kurb with your background and scholarly nature, you'll pick up on bits that the rest of us might not-it goes with the territory for anyone with a specialty...we will jump on things others might not notice or even give a rip about....I drive Tracy nuts with medical and music stuff....

BevVincent

Tom Petty: Somewhere You Feel Free - The Making of Wildflowers (on Amazon) -- a very good documentary about his mid-90s solo album.

BevVincent

The Pigeon Tunnel on Apple TV+ -- John le Carré's last interview and an overview of his fascinating life.

Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler said: July 2023

The Capote Tapes. Hulu

This was interesting but sad. Truman was hot with the upper crust of society in New York. Rubbing shoulders with the richest people. Invited to all their parties. He thought it was because they enjoyed his intelligence and conversation. Well, yes and no.

He was more like a clown, a performer to them. He was there for entertainment, to make fun of. And when he realized, it broke his heart. But, he played the flamboyant part and became their pocket gay. Listening to their secrets, watching their behavior. He enjoyed the parties.  And he was supposedly writing a book about them — Answered Prayers. Exposing their lives under obvious pseudonyms. 

He got a million dollar advance for it. He published some scathing excerpts that lost him his high society friends. One stayed in contact but the rest never spoke to him again.

 I think this is where he really spiraled down. He jumped into the Andy Warhol/studio 54 scene and dug his grave basically. 

He died and the book was never published. Many believe there never was a book. But close friends say there was. 

Where is it? And who would care about these more than likely long dead society people, most with names I didn’t even recognize?

Looking forward to the new series coming on Hulu 

Capote vs The Swans

BevVincent

I watched American Nightmare on Netflix -- the less you know about the situation going into it, the more you're likely to enjoy it, although I'm not sure "enjoy" is the right word. It's a wild, wild story, and the documentarians dole out the information in a way that makes you wonder what exactly is going on. So much of it is "incredible" in the literal sense...until you find out the truth. Three episodes. Fascinating.

Kurben

BevVincent said:

I watched American Nightmare on Netflix -- the less you know about the situation going into it, the more you're likely to enjoy it, although I'm not sure "enjoy" is the right word. It's a wild, wild story, and the documentarians dole out the information in a way that makes you wonder what exactly is going on. So much of it is "incredible" in the literal sense...until you find out the truth. Three episodes. Fascinating.

Watched it. It was interesting, never heard of the case before but it made me question some of the officers working with it.

Hedda Gabler

I also saw this. I don’t like lazy, cosplay, corrupt cops. 

FlakeNoir

I'm still watching this, partway through the 3rd episode. I'll report back when it's done. (Maybe tomorrow)

not_nadine

not_nadine

Looking forward to watching this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_Night_in_Pop

Hedda Gabler

Have that in my queue too nn. 

I watched on freevee —. Chicago, The Terry Kath experience.  

FlakeNoir

FlakeNoir said:

I'm still watching this, partway through the 3rd episode. I'll report back when it's done. (Maybe tomorrow)

Reporting back on American Nightmare. 

 Unbelievable how negligent some people can be in their work. (Police officers) 
It wasn't even negligence actually, it was bullying, lying, laziness and fabrication just to fit an initial wrong assumption. And that's being generous. Disgusting.