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Let's talk about some documentaries (every ep of Connections available for free!)

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    Bluedude152Bluedude152 Registered User regular
    Whyther wrote: »
    My mom THINKS that Mermaids: the New Evidence is a documentary, and keeps trying to get me to watch it.

    I can't find a way to tell her it's fake without being an asshole.
    http://www.snopes.com/photos/supernatural/mermaids.asp

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    QuestionMarkManQuestionMarkMan Registered User regular
    I was beaming so much when I finished Jiro Dreams of Sushi. Really enjoyed that one.

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    ah shit I never got around to watching Reclaiming the Blade and now it's not on Instant anymore

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    WhytherWhyther Registered User regular
    edited September 2013
    Whyther wrote: »
    My mom THINKS that Mermaids: the New Evidence is a documentary, and keeps trying to get me to watch it.

    I can't find a way to tell her it's fake without being an asshole.
    http://www.snopes.com/photos/supernatural/mermaids.asp

    The problem isn't that I can't prove it's fake. The problem is that I can't do it without starting a fight and I would rather just let her enjoy herself with it.

    Whyther on
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    RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    Is it seriously hurting anyone that your mom wants to believe in some mermaids? If it makes her happy then yeah, fuck it, it ain't like she's denying you medical care because she's into reiki or some shit.

    Also, I really need to watch Jiro Dreams of Sushi. Somehow every time I try to, something fucks up the streaming or I get interrupted.

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    TamTam Registered User regular
    edited September 2013
    Who else remembers Child of Rage? Yeah. That one will gut you.

    @Rankenphile, I'm most of the way through Rivers and Tides now. This is really interesting and beautiful work. It's pleasingly arresting to see something that looks unnatural made out of the totally natural materials of the vicinity.

    Tam on
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    DrIanMalcolmDrIanMalcolm Registered User regular
    Circo's not going to blow anyone away, but it's just a really nice/kinda sad documentary about a small family circus in Mexico.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6DPx6KE7AQ&feature=youtu.be

    The Act of Killing is absolutely terrifying and one of the best documentaries of the last decade

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD5oMxbMcHM&feature=youtu.be

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    Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    I like nature documentaries.

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    AistanAistan Tiny Bat Registered User regular
    Cosmos, naturally, but it's always fun when I remember that the new series is going to be starting up next year.

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    World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
    Dear Zachary is the most incredible documentary I've ever seen

    don't watch it unless you want to cry though

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZXatzQ1kzg

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    RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    Jesus Christ, Kate, that looks fucking heartbreaking. I don't know if I could even deal with that.

    Instead! If anyone has not seen Sound City, I absolutely cannot recommend it highly enough. Just a wonderful trip through a very particular tunnel of rock history, only to surface an hour later surrounded by music icons playing in the modern day for the sheer love of rocking out.

    I would kiss Dave grohl on the mouth for days and days and days.

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    lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    i started watching dear zachary having no clue what it was about and left completely devastated. so many tears

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    PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
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    I really didn't like This Film Is Not Yet Rated. I thought it was generally pretty facile and focused heavily on that stupid fucking private eye gimmick. It came from that period where every documentary was in that obnoxious Moore/Spurlock mould where it was more about having an axe to grind than educating. That's not to say the rating system isn't terrible, and there's definitely the material for a good documentary there. TFINYR just isn't it.

    I still cannot believe that I watched Spurlock's 'Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden' in a cinema. It was so bad.

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    RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    You guys you guys, the best news.

    Not only is all of Sound City up on YouTube legitimately:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX1A-H_lrTk

    But so is, apparently, nearly ALL of James Burke's Connections series and other documentaries. This is a big deal.

    http://www.youtube.com/user/JamesBurkeConnection

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgOp-nz3lHg

    holy shit holy shit holy shit

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    RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    I seriously cannot tell you how upset I am that I didn't know about this until now.

    All fucking week I've been sick as a dog, watching documentaries between bouts of cold sweats and fever naps.

    And hours and hours and hours of my favorite historical series ever was just sitting there waiting for me.

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    KrieghundKrieghund Registered User regular
    It was Connections that really got me watching History channel. Like Wings got me watching Discovery channel. Course, now I don't watch either, but that's neither here nor there.

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    Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    Dear Zachary is the most incredible documentary I've ever seen

    don't watch it unless you want to cry though

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZXatzQ1kzg

    I just looked that up on Wikipedia.

    D:

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    FishmanFishman Put your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain. Registered User regular
    Oh fuck yes. Sound City on YouTube? Sold.

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    LuvTheMonkeyLuvTheMonkey High Sierra Serenade Registered User regular
    Also, the Sound City soundtrack is worth the purchase.

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    TamTam Registered User regular
    Just finished Dear Zachary
    I think I'll go stare at a wall for a while

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    TamTam Registered User regular
    @Rankenphile I could watch Connections forever
    Thanks a bunch for posting that link

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    RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    I am so glad. I adore that show so much. Incredibly fascinating stuff.

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    BradicusMaximusBradicusMaximus Pssssssssyyyyyyyy duckRegistered User regular
    The Bridge is a really good one as long as you can handle lots of feels and listening to Leonard Cohen's amazing cover of Hallelujah.

    Aptly named, its a depressing look into all the suicides that happen on the Golden Gate Bridge.

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    Leonard Cohen wrote Hallelujah

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    BradicusMaximusBradicusMaximus Pssssssssyyyyyyyy duckRegistered User regular
    Woops! What I meant to say was Jeff Buckley.

    I decided to watch Senna since it was on Netflix. That was really good.

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