Paid Members Egg Shen Posted January 20, 2013 Author Paid Members Posted January 20, 2013 yeh any ESPN sports documentary is worth a look, i haven't seen all the 30 for 30 ones but the ones i have seen were excellent. They've just released a new Muhammad Ali one to coincide with his 71st Birthday (Ali: The Mission) it's part of a new 30 for 30 series of short films. Quote
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted January 20, 2013 Author Paid Members Posted January 20, 2013 originally posted this in the TV thread but it's better suited for here: after watching two seasons of Ice Road Truckers i got hold of Everest - Beyond The Limit (DVD shopping in The Works), trememndous show. I have no interest in mountaneering but this show has opened my eyes to it. It's all about a team of climbers trying to reach the top of Everest as part of an expedition. Like all these shows it's perfect for newbies because it teaches you all the basics and gives background on the subject your watching and adds the drama of the climbers taking on the challenge (climbing Everest can be brutal). If you like shit like this i highly recommend it. I've gone and downloaded a tump of other climbing documentaries now, i remember seeing one a few years back called The Beckoning Silence which was narrated by the guy that was the subject of Touching The Void (classic). Gonna get on this shit next week. Quote
Paid Members Dead Mike Posted January 21, 2013 Paid Members Posted January 21, 2013 Watched Pulling John (on US Netflix) this weekend. You know how people bang on about Phil Taylor being the greatest living sportsman, but not getting the recognition he deserves as darts isn't a 'mainstream' sport? That's because they haven't heard of John Brzenk! The arm wrestling champion of the world for 25 straight years. This film follows the living legend as he decides whether to hang up his wrist-straps whilst giving us a look at a rising young American star (the Tito Ortiz of Arm Wrestling if you will), & a beast of a hotly tipped Russian monster, determined to take Brzenk's crown. This was a great little film, highly recommended & lets face it, if you're on here & like wrestling/mma there's a good chance a doc looking behind the glitz & glamour of professional arm wrestling is gonna be right up your street. Quote
Keith Houchen Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 I saw that (not watched) whilst choosing a doc to watch last night, will give it a whirl, sounds great. The one I watched was Dreams Of A Life. The story of a woman who died in her bedsit and wasn't discovered for three years. Really sad stuff, she wasn't a shut in or anything and it makes you wonder how it could have happened. Quote
Paid Members Dead Mike Posted January 21, 2013 Paid Members Posted January 21, 2013 That sounds intriguing (if not thoroughly depressing?). Is it a tough watch? The arm-wrestling flick isn't, unsurprisingly. Quote
Keith Houchen Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 It isn't really, I was expecting something far more grim. She seemed like a tragic figure but a really outgoing one. Worth a watch, definitely. Quote
Paid Members DCW Posted January 21, 2013 Paid Members Posted January 21, 2013 was on BBC4 last week and is still knocking about on the iPlayer.Really interesting documentary about the origins of the war on drugs in America. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search?q=this...20i%20live%20in Quote
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted January 26, 2013 Paid Members Posted January 26, 2013 Did anybody ever see the Horizon documentary, "How To Commit A Perfect Murder"? Just watched it now, recommend it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOrSN5uiKVU Quote
Richie Freebird Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 Pretty interesting documentary about a brutal drug in Russia called Krokodil that has some horrific physical effects on its victims. This is not safe for work, and be warned, there is some pretty extreme and disturbing footage of human injuries caused by drug use. Krokodil: Russia's Deadliest Drug Quote
Richie Freebird Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 There are some mad people in this world. Some really cool stuff on this "Vice" channel. Quote
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted January 27, 2013 Author Paid Members Posted January 27, 2013 yeh, Vice is great. Some of the hosts are cretins and ruin a few of the docs but overall there's some great stuff on there. Watch the Suicide Forest and the Colombian Sewer Rat ones. Quote
Richie Freebird Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 (edited) Watch the Suicide Forest and the Colombian Sewer Rat ones. Watched the suicide forest one before. Very interesting, but also quite sad when they discover the skeleton lying there. Here's another one from them about . I can't believe they have a mainstream, weekly magazine in Mexico just specializing in pictures of dead bodies! Full on blood splattered corpses on the front page and everything! Apparently they shift 15 million copies every week. Edit - All the documentary links I've posted in here today should be considered NSFW. For anyone interested in that grim magazine, here's the website, also NSFW (obv). http://alarma.mx/ Edited January 27, 2013 by Richie Freebird Quote
Keith Houchen Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 Might want to NSFW that one, Richie. Quote
Richie Freebird Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 Might want to NSFW that one, Richie. Because of the image? I've taken it down now. Quote
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted January 27, 2013 Author Paid Members Posted January 27, 2013 For anyone interested in that grim magazine, here's the website, also NSFW (obv). http://alarma.mx/ lovely. Quote
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