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Catfish

In late 2007, filmmakers Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost sensed a story unfolding as they began to film the life of Ariel's brother, Nev. They had no idea that their project would lead to the most exhilarating and unsettling months of their lives. A reality thriller that is a shocking product of our times, Catfish is a riveting story of love, deception and grace within a labyrinth of online intrigue. Written by Universal Pictures
 
Connections has been keeping me company in me sweaty lil sickbed this week. Good stuff. Especially the first series which is blinding. Was made 20 years before the follow-ups and it shows in a big way. Second series was a let down but has its moments. Picks up again a bit with the third series. Basically about the connections and interrelations between various events that lie behind current stuff. Kinda random links at best in many cases but some interesting tales anyway and what is history if not random? Think I may retire to me sickbed and watch the last few episodes...
 
Doing the marathon meself now..."never before have so many people understood so little about so much"


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i watched the nothing and everything documentary someone above suggested and it is actually brilliant. especially if you watch it in HD the graphics will blow you away.

i might add that the best documentary ive seen lately is the louis theroux one where he revisits that fucked up american christian fundamentalist family that everyone hates.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0107zhy
 
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watched a documentary on Tetris last night from that site shambles posted up, it was pretty good if a bit dry. but then it made me play tetris all night.

watching the 'through the wormhole' series with morgan freeman now, bit sort of americanised but some interesting bits in it.
 
If i've posted this before i apologise but there is no better physicist to explain the basics of science than Richard Feynman. He's the opposite of that annoying twat Brian Cox in that he'll just talk about understanding simple things that you think are simple until you realise it's all connected and you actually know a lot more than you thought you did;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3pYRn5j7oI

is the first in the sequence available in full on youtube.

If you can perservere until he gets to magnets you'll know for sure if you appreciate his style or not.

He's basically the einstein of quantum physics, only he was also quite a nice person and a good conversationalist (and didn't leave his wife and family when he found fame and fortune, unlike some physicists i wont mention, but rather stuck with his wife as she slowly died of tuberculosis a couple of years before the cure was found even as his friends and family told him it wasn't worth the risk).
 
Been watching shitloads so prepare for a flurry of recommendations...

Been especially big on history and in particular the PBS Empires series. Have so far gotten through: Egypt's Golden Empire, The Greeks: Crucible of Civilisation, The Roman Empire in the First Century, The Medici: Godfathers of the Rennaisance, Napoleon, Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire, Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites, Islam: Empire of Faith... still got a few to watch and included two there that I missed first time round but will crack on with. Most of 'em are well worth a watch but I particularly enjoyed the Greek one out of those so far viewed. Will refrain from commenting on them individually but was (mostly) pleasantly surprised by 'em - even the one on Napoleon who has never interested me cos he was such a tosser... but aren't most Imperialists?

Other historical docs I've watched of late and would recommend are... Secrets of the Stone Age, Dark Lords of Hattusha, Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom, Ancient Rome: Rise & Fall of an Empire (two of the sections from the first episode were blocked for copyright when I watched it but the rest are fine - full series is widely available elsewhere if you can be arsed) and in related news, Byzantium: The Lost Empire. I especially enjoyed the Stone Age one and would highly recommend it (aside from the bizarre and totally inappropriate sound effects it tends to use - welcome to early 90s telly ;)). The Hattusha (Hittite) and Nubia ones intrigued me cos I know little about either. The Roman one is a fairly recent BBC docudrama that passed me by originally but was good to watch in conjunction with some of the PBS interpretations of events of the times covered. The Byzantine one also good cos the latter (Eastern) Roman Empire tends to be overshadowed after Rome fell so gets little mention for the most part.

There are many others I'd recommend but that's plenty for one post - will maybe even mention other topics too :D - so will leave it there... other than to say my current viewing is Vietnam: The 10000 Day War. Am so far four episodes in to the ten in this version truncated down from the 26 hour original. Think The World at War on SE Asian Tour and you're pretty much there. Been great so far and would love to see the full version sometime.
 
18 with a bullet

one of the best crime/gang documentaries i've ever seen. it's about the 18th street gang in el salvador you get a really deep look into the lives of the gang members, really charismatic/funny murderers some of it. the final ep takes you inside a prison rang by the gangs, the outer perimeter is guarded but the prisoners run everything in the prison themselves. they smoke a lot of weed inside and even have birthday parties complete with beer and strippers :D.
 
Transcendent Man

The compelling feature-length documentary film, by director Barry Ptolemy, chronicles the life and controversial ideas of luminary Ray Kurzweil. For more than three decades, inventor, futures, and New York Times best-selling author Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future.


In Transcendent Man, Ptolemy follows Kurzweil around the globe as he presents the daring arguments from his best-selling book, The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology. Kurzweil predicts that with the ever-accelerating rate of technological change, humanity is fast approaching an era in which our intelligence will become increasingly non-biological and millions of times more powerful. This will be the dawning of a new civilization enabling us to transcend our biological limitations. In Kurzweil's post-biological world, boundaries blur between human and machine, real and virtual. Human aging and illness are reversed, world hunger and poverty are solved, and we cure death.


Ptolemy explores the social and philosophical implications of these changes and the potential threats they pose to human civilization in dialogues with world leader Colin Powell; technologists Hugo deGaris, Peter Diamandis, Kevin Warwick, and Dean Kamen; journalist Kevin Kelly; actor William Shatner; and musician Stevie Wonder. Kurzweil maintains a radically optimistic view of the future, while acknowledging new dangers. Award-winning American composer Philip Glass contributes original theme music that mirrors the depth and intensity of the film.
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Channel Eden is doing a David attenbourgh special atm

has been on for a few days and is all about his shows from the blue planet to planet earth


some really great Docs .. he is looking old now though

He has had some great life , id love to have lead the life he has
 
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