Documentaries
  • The+Dunwich+HorrorThe Dunwich Horror January 23
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    I'm on a big documentary hit at the moment.  I'm watching docos and assembling or paintng my hams.  It's pretty sweet.
    So recommend me some documentaries.


    A good place to find them is here:  http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/

    I have recently watched: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/philosophy-guide-to-happiness/
    It's in 6 parts, which is great, because each part is about 25minutes.  I liked the pace of this one, it was good at explaining the ideas behind each philosophy without trying to drown you in knowledge.

    Currently watching this one on the advice of my brother: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/afraid-of-the-dark/
    Seems pretty good so far.

    I also recently watched the documentary: "aka Tommy Chong" (of Cheech and Chong).  Highly recommend it for anyone who is a fan of drug-law documentaries.
  • AdamAdam January 23
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    I'm a big fan of Louis Theroux documentaries.  If you search his name on youtube you can find a bunch of them. 
  • hfswjyrhfswjyr January 23
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    Been wanting to watch Senna.

    Best I've seen is Man on Wire.
  • BryceBryce January 24
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    here you go fox: 
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRs-zRoBIc4

    Iron age. NSFW warning since those iron age ladies like to go topless.
  • BryceBryce January 24
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    and here's another one. the very first documentary ever. Nanook is a role model for me. I eat my steak rarer because of him.

  • TPOETPOE January 24
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    Adam Curtis has made a lot of documentaries about the history of political thought/action, and not all of them are so great.  However, the Power of Nightmares is excellent, and you'll learn a lot of fascinating and important things about both the Cold War, the neo-conservative movement, and Islamic radicalism.  Basically, his thesis that constant fear-mongering has completely displaced any sense of positivity in Anglo-American politics, and he shows politicians can manufacture fear.

  • TheMightyPeonTheMightyPeon January 24
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    Bryce said:

    here you go fox: 
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRs-zRoBIc4


    Iron age. NSFW warning since those iron age ladies like to go topless.
    i'm not gonna lie. i clicked for the 70s banana tits.

    my favourite documentaries are all about nature. especially ones about the amazon. i also loved all the war documentaries on Discovery. you learn so much about why things are like the way they are now.

    also travel documentaries staring Michael Palin. can't go wrong with that.
  • The+Dunwich+HorrorThe Dunwich Horror January 24
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    Finished watching the Iron Age one, it was pretty good.  Will probably check out the Power of Nightmares one next.
  • BryceBryce January 26
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    I thought it was so strange the jump between 30 years or whatever. and the lady with the pearl necklace has become so uptight that she's embarassed about being on film topless.
  • The+Dunwich+HorrorThe Dunwich Horror January 26
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    Watched part one of The Power of Nightmares.  Onto two.
  • BlazeBlaze January 26
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    Top Gear is a pretty good documentary.

  • Eterna1Eterna1 January 26
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    I've seen a few Herzog now and they're all really good. My favourite is Encounters at the End of the World, though it's probably a travesty that I haven't seen Grizzly Man yet. 
  • TheMightyPeonTheMightyPeon January 26
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    Blaze said:

    Top Gear is a pretty good documentary.






    i love car shows.
  • The+Dunwich+HorrorThe Dunwich Horror January 26
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    Part 2 of this Power of Nightmares is really really good.  Things are getting really interesting.  Fucking Neo Conservatives.


  • fusi0nfusi0n January 28
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    I also love car shows
  • BlazeBlaze January 28
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    Well now in all seriousness  don't think I have watched that many documentaries.

    I know that Planet Earth is one of my favorite things to watch, ever. If by some chance you haven't seen all the episodes, you definitely should.

    I remember watching Super High Me. It was alright, but not great.

    I've watched plenty of space things, but I can't remember the name of a single one. They're always cool.


  • BryceBryce January 28
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    Space things are always cool.
  • TPOETPOE January 28
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    Oh jesus who could forget MOTHER FUCKING COSMOS YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
    http://www.hulu.com/cosmos

    Sarl Cagan.
  • The+Dunwich+HorrorThe Dunwich Horror January 28
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    Yeah space things own.  Nature things are probably my favourite thing to watch, from animals to space and everything in between.  I'm not (personally) using this thread to hunt down that type of doco as I'm usually assembling or painting my warhams while I watch these and am often not paying attention to the screen.  That's why I'm hunting mainly political, historical and philosophical documentaries that I can take in just by listening.

    This doesn't, of course, mean we can't talk about them in the thread.  Cosmos owns.  Carl Sagan is amazing.  Looking up Planet Earth and seeing it stars David Attenborough, Sigourney Weaver and Mark Linfield.

    Top Gear is p cool, but it's nowhere near a documentary  (although some of the Specials play out like a travel documentary I will admit).  On a semi-related tangent I have to mention Game Center CX.  It's like Top Gear except it's Japanese and about videogames.
    http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3452856
  • hfswjyrhfswjyr January 28
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    Whenever I see those nature/space doco's I get a little tired. There is just far too much out there for me to possible take in. And I feel like they've been done to death.

    I prefer documentary's on remarkable people and their lives.
  • TPOETPOE January 29
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    hfswjyr said:

    Whenever I see those nature/space doco's I get a little tired. There is just far too much out there for me to possible take in. And I feel like they've been done to death.

    I prefer documentary's on remarkable people and their lives.



    I agree in most cases, but Cosmos has a charm that no other science documentary has ever come close to matching, and Planet Earth is simply straight-up better than pretty much every other nature documentary.
  • The+Dunwich+HorrorThe Dunwich Horror January 29
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    Upto Part 3 of The Power Of Nightmares.  Everybody needs to see this, it is really good.
  • creedcreed January 29
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    Hubble was good at the Omni Theatre, is that a documentary?

    Watched The Union, or rather, listened to it while driving home from camping this weekend
  • TPOETPOE January 30
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    The Dunwich Horror said:

    Upto Part 3 of The Power Of Nightmares.  Everybody needs to see this, it is really good.



    I think it places too much importance on Leo Strauss, but yeah overall it's a solid history of how ideas can influence politics on a profound level.
  • The+Dunwich+HorrorThe Dunwich Horror February 8
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    Need more docos, everybody recommend 5.   Each.

    Watching this
    http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/brave-new-world-with-stephen-hawking/
    It owns.  They have robot controlled cars made by Google that can already drive on the freeway.
  • Cazb0tCazb0t February 9
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    Eterna1 said:

    I've seen a few Herzog now and they're all really good. My favourite is Encounters at the End of the World, though it's probably a travesty that I haven't seen Grizzly Man yet. 





    Best documentary I've ever seen
  • The+Dunwich+HorrorThe Dunwich Horror February 16
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    Yesterday I watched The Greeks - Crucible of Civilization, narrated by Liam Neeson *swoon*
    http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/greeks-crucible-civilization/

    Greece is my favourite ancient civilization, even more than Rome or Egypt.  So many things that we take for granted today started there, from Democracy to the scientific method.  I recommend this documentary to any history buffs, it covers both the rise and fall of this great empire.
  • %28the%29Zulu(the)Zulu February 16
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    They also liked bumfucking

    but yeah Ancient Greeks were cool, they invented the middle finger salute.
  • The+Dunwich+HorrorThe Dunwich Horror February 16
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    Pretty sure all ancient and modern civilizations like bumfucking.
  • %28the%29Zulu(the)Zulu February 16
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    I know heh heh
  • The+Dunwich+HorrorThe Dunwich Horror February 16
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    Today I watched this:
    http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/bennett-truth-seeker/

    D.M Bennett.  Never heard of him.  P much owned the 19th Century. 
  • TPOETPOE February 17
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    They also liked bumfucking

    but yeah Ancient Greeks were cool, they invented the middle finger salute.


    They didn't, actually.  They liked cock but not in their butts (it was considered unmanly).

    A documentary about the first anti-racist, anti-capitalist union in the U.S.
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