Let's talk about *documentaries* 🧐👀

[Diosax]

Hello hello *tabs microphone

I was watching a Netflix documentary yesterday and I wanted to make a thread about it but then I thought I should just make a thread about all the documentaries so those of us who enjoy watching them can discuss.

I love watching documentaries almost as much as I love watching trash tv. You read right, I love watching trash tv. But back to the documentaries

Tell me...
Do you enjoy watching documentaries?
What documentary(ies) are you currently watching? Care to discuss anything about it?
What's your favorite genre of documentaries?
Is there a documentary that left a lasting impression? Did it make you research or change anything?
What documentary do you recommend and why. Maybe you have a specific recommendation for a specific litster.

The first documentary I want to discuss is: Orgasm Inc. A Netflix original about a company that offered "orgasm meditation" and it became so popular (I never heard of this, did you? Do I live under a rock? because I never hear about any of the stuff on these documentaries). At the end it turned out to be basically a cult where rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse happen. You can watch the trailer here

And are any of you here in that documentary? If so, how much money did you lose? or did anyone there reminded you of anyone here?

 

[Dribble]

I live on documentaries...especially anything history or science. This is a top shelf one I found a few weeks ago

 

[cheekygirl75]

I feel like I should like documentaries more than I do. If I happen to catch one on tv, I can get sucked in, but generally don’t seek them out. The orgasm one sounds interesting though I also want to eventually watch the LuLaRoe documentary.

 

[Mo_Bandy]

I love documentaries. Especially music. This is probably the best one ever made. Complete fucking chaos! You can find for free on Youtube.

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

They Shall Not Grow Old - made by Peter Jackson - was absolutely incredible.
Beatles: Get Back - awesome as well.
My Octopus Teacher

 

[AlexBailey]

McCartney 3,2,1. - on Hulu.

A six part series of an interview with Beatle Paul McCartney.

If you’ve ever been into listening to or especially playing rock-n-roll this is a do-not-miss.

When I first started learning guitar I opened a Beatles song book and found that most of their simple sounding songs had at least one “wtf is that?” chord. It seemed like they were high on a hill of music knowledge that I would never understand… During the first episode that facade is shattered when Sir Paul talks about being shown a wild chord that he still doesn’t know the name of, just that he liked the sound, and went on to build ‘Michelle’ around it.

I remember trying to sus out the French lyrics in that song and being so impressed that the Beatles could write in multiple languages… :lol:

Paul goes on to say how he thought using French was a great way to impress girls so he had an elderly French friend spoon feed him the line, “Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble,
Tres bien ensemble”


When I first started learning guitar I opened a Beatles song book and found that most of their simple sounding songs had at least one “wtf is that?” chord. It seemed like they were high on a hill of music knowledge that I would never understand… During the first episode that facade is shattered when Sir Paul talks about having a jazz artist showing him a wild chord that he still doesn’t know the name of, to this day, just that he liked the sound, and went on to build ‘Michelle’ around it.

I also remember trying to sus out the French lyrics in that song and being so impressed that the Beatles could write in multiple languages…

Paul goes on to say how he thought using French was a great way to impress girls so he had an elderly French friend spoon feed him the line, “Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble,
Tres bien ensemble”

 

[Lord Pmann]

I like documentaries a lot.

Tiger King is my favourite ever. Nothing beats that.

Some others…

The Most Hated Man On the Internet

Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey

Hot Girls Wanted

Anything related to the Fyre Festival.

Dirty Money

 

[Btq97]

Do like a good documentary.
The bbc life on earth and those that followed. Out of this world film making and Mr Attenborough voice over.
Cosmos back in the day Carl sagan just brilliant. More recently supersize me 1 and 2 . Also those about the 2008 global meltdown. Tho I also like a good dose of true crime
If it is well made and not sensationalist the most anything.

 

[Diosax]

I feel like I should like documentaries more than I do. If I happen to catch one on tv, I can get sucked in, but generally don’t seek them out. The orgasm one sounds interesting though I also want to eventually watch the LuLaRoe documentary.

That one was wild too! It's crazy the things certain people get away with

I love documentaries. Especially music. This is probably the best one ever made. Complete fucking chaos! You can find for free on Youtube.

I love music documentaries too. Wish there were more about Latino bands. Netflix has one "Break It All" about the history of rock in Latin America. It's pretty good overall.

 

[NakedNymph]

Google released a good technically a mini-series but if you watch it in one go it's a documentary called HACKING GOOGLE. Highly recommend.

I also got a lot of guilty pleasure from all the Theranos documentaries

 

[Diosax]

Google released a good technically a mini-series but if you watch it in one go it's a documentary called HACKING GOOGLE. Highly recommend.

I also got a lot of guilty pleasure from all the Theranos documentaries

Sounds interesting. If i remember I'll check it out

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

One of the all-time great documentaries - based on the making of the movie "Galaxy Quest - Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary...

 

[FranklyFrank]

I do love a good documentary but can't watch them after 10 pm or I will just see the beginning and wake up at the end.

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

Another stunning show was the first two-part episode ever by Nova. It had a number of distinctions. It was a two-part, back-to-back episode. That was because it was literally requested by scientists around the globe. There had been recent discoveries that were so profound and illuminating that - also for the first time ever on Nova - there wasn't even a scientific paper written so the facts could be checked first. They literally rushed the show onto the air.

Amazing stuff... normally carbon dating can get researchers to within +/- 10,000 years when looking at dinosaurs. This time, they literally found evidence that was scientifically proven to be within 43 minutes of when the asteroid hit the Yucatan and killed off the dinosaurs...

Dinosaur Apocalypse: The New Evidence​

Dinosaur Apocalypse: The Last Day​

 

[Mo_Bandy]

So many great True Crime Docs but the Jinx : The Life and Deaths Of Robert Durst is one of my favorites.

 

[TallGlassOfSarcasm]

Don't Fuck With Cats.... it just kept getting weirder

 

[TallGlassOfSarcasm]

I like documentaries a lot.

Tiger King is my favourite ever. Nothing beats that.

That shit got us all collectively through 2020

I honestly believe that if we hadn't had Tiger King to talk about we would have all gone off the deep end crazy (instead of just slightly above average crazy)

 

[Diosax]

Don't Fuck With Cats.... it just kept getting weirder

Yeah that one blew my mind.

What is it about? And where

 

[TallGlassOfSarcasm]

What is it about? And where

Someone accused of abusing cats or something.... the internet gets involved and stumbles onto a homicide investigation, which the internet tries to solve

https://www.netflix.com/title/81031373?preventIntent=true

 

[Diosax]

Someone accused of abusing cats or something.... the internet gets involved and stumbles onto a homicide investigation, which the internet tries to solve

https://www.netflix.com/title/81031373?preventIntent=true

You got me at homicide investigation. Am I gonna have to make a list of documentaries to watch?

 

[lakesailer_mi]

McCartney 3,2,1. - on Hulu.

I agree with everything you said. It is a great show and I learned a lot about music. And I think Paul and John are geniuses and George would have been the outstanding music writer in any other group...

 

[LaisDeMarieDeFrance]

Omg, thank you for this thread! Hubby loves documentaries, so can't wait to add them all to our list!

 

[lakesailer_mi]

I'm currently watching The Cuba Libre Story on Netflix. I really didn't know a lot of the history of Cuba (I knew some) and it's fascinating.

 

[PlanetaryNebula]

I love the ted Bundy tapes, basically anything about serial killers. Also Bad Vegan was pretty interesting. All on Netflix

 

[Lord Pmann]

I love the ted Bundy tapes, basically anything about serial killers. Also Bad Vegan was pretty interesting. All on Netflix

The Ted Bundy Tapes was a great documentary. I started Bad Vegan, but got interrupted.