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Anyway I just heard about this Documentary in another thread: Rockafire Explosion Whole thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTmhS6hcY-A Jack Gladney posted:There's a very depressing documentary from about 10 years ago about the guy who invented the Chuck E Cheese animal band animatronics, The Rock-a-Fire Explosion, about how he had a huge factory and office dedicated to building them. Eventually the Chuck E Cheese people quit buying and all his business dried up. At one point he gives a tour of his facility and it looks exactly like these photos and what you describe. There are half-built dancing robot bears and equipment everywhere. I mean, look at this poo poo:
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coyo7e posted:Anyway I just heard about this Documentary in another thread: Rockafire Explosion Thanks for sharing this! I love quirky documentaries like this.
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cstang posted:Thanks for sharing this! I love quirky documentaries like this. The part with J-Fats going to Jordan was great and I liked that the guy made no bones about it.
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Nov 24, 2016 17:36
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EL BROMANCE posted:Hahaha oh just keep watching. I think the big reveal of the perpetrator not actually being a woman was pretty telegraphed from the word go, but man is that film super fun and ended in a pretty perfect way for a story that wasn't ever going to be truly resolved This movie was really frustrating to me and confusing, so when we were done watching it my BF and I did some research and apparently the director was blocked from using a lot of footage due to ongoing lawsuits and was forced to use mostly B roll to complete the film. There should be a follow up in my opinion to explain exactly what the gently caress was going on because it really still doesn't make any sense to me at all, other than the fact that D'Amato was a repressed homosexual who got off on guys tickling each other and used his fake woman personas to cover that fact up because he is a trust-fund millionaire. I was extremely dissatisfied by this movie and it was recommended to me by someone I really trust about documentaries. I think he called it mind blowing, whereas I found it fall asleep in the middle and then pick it up the next day and get really pissed off when it turned out to be stupid at the end.
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Nov 25, 2016 06:50
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There's got to be a lot of information left out of Tickled because the speed and way that it escalates seems really strange. At no point does the reporter ever ask anyone "Are you really trying to destroy my life because of tickling videos?" So it's not surprising there's a ton of stuff they couldn't use.
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Nov 25, 2016 20:41
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I went to a Q&A screening with both David Farrier and Dylan Reeve and they were so careful responding to every single question. D'Amato has it in really badly for them both it wouldn't surprise me if he had somebody there keeping an eye on them both. The movie got checked over by lawyers countless times before the final cut was made, so I can believe a lot got left out just in case it could turn against them.
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Finished tickled sand it was good. Climax and ending was good.precision posted:There's got to be a lot of information left out of Tickled because the speed and way that it escalates seems really strange. At no point does the reporter ever ask anyone "Are you really trying to destroy my life because of tickling videos?" This movie struck me as "The Jinx, except with a non lethal fetish"
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Nov 26, 2016 02:05
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Had a Disney binge last night. Floyd Norman, which is on Netflix and is a lovely, happy documentary with a nice ending about an animator, followed by The Boys, which I've seen before but drat it's great if melancholy. Sort of two sides of the same coin. Probably best if you watch them in the reverse order but a good night's viewing if you're into Disney.
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precision posted:Tickled ended up being kind of a weird wet fart. I actually thought it was gonna just keep getting more strange but I guessed the final twist well before it happened. Still one of the best documentaries I've ever seen because holy poo poo. It's like Tabloid in that regard. I just watched Tabloid based on this, and I expected a bit more given Errol Morris being behind it. Definitely an interesting story, but when most of the players are either dead/uncontactable/refusing to participate, it feels more of a recap of what happened with a bit of evidence at the end that the lady is at least currently a bit batshit. I think if they'd managed to put something new on the table beforehand it would've been more gripping, especially if there was a challenge over it, but it felt like a TV doc using a Wikipedia article as it's source. Bit of a shame.
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I just finished Tickled, and basically you could see the "twist" from a mile away but somehow didn't detract at all from how much I enjoyed the film. The stepmother scene at the end killed me. The accent plus "When did he start it back up again?" "...he never really stopped."
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Gimme Danger verdict: I'm too young to have properly grown up in the era of Iggy Pop, and while an overall well done music/band documentary, it doesn't really resonate unless you were already a big Stooges fan. I have only a cursory familiarity/interest in their music, though I do like it. Echoing sentiments said elsewhere, I wish it had actually covered what happend when Iggy went solo/what he was doing during that time--it seems like they just left a big void of "well there was this band and it did some stuff for a while," SOMETHING, hey! suddenly a reunion concert/hall of fame induction from nowhere! People that were (presumably) big Iggy/Stooges fans in the audience loving loved it though.
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A follow up to my previous post: Waking Sleeping Beauty is the best Disney documentary I've seen.
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anatoliy pltkrvkay posted:Gimme Danger verdict: I'm too young to have properly grown up in the era of Iggy Pop, and while an overall well done music/band documentary, it doesn't really resonate unless you were already a big Stooges fan. I have only a cursory familiarity/interest in their music, though I do like it. Echoing sentiments said elsewhere, I wish it had actually covered what happend when Iggy went solo/what he was doing during that time--it seems like they just left a big void of "well there was this band and it did some stuff for a while," SOMETHING, hey! suddenly a reunion concert/hall of fame induction from nowhere! To be fair, nobody wants to see a documentary about what Iggy Pop did in those years. A lot of it was terrrrrrrrible.
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Watched some new Netflix documentaries. For the Love of Spock is fantastic if you're into Star Trek, though I wish there was more William Shatner. Seriously, they're best friends for 50 years and he gets two lines? Holy Hell was a fantastic look at cult life, and you're just waiting for the sex ball to drop. There's a lot of tears and I didn't feel sorry for any of them, but it's pretty fascinating stuff and a great look into human psychology.
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What's the gist of holy hell?
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ICHIBAHN posted:What's the gist of holy hell? A man, who happens to be a videographer, joins a cult in the 80s. Very lovey-dovey-peace-joy-anddefinitelyprobablysex cult. Since he happens to be a videographer he basically films the whole thing from the start of his journey up until today. It's pretty good and I recommend it. Although I disagree with Alan_Shore in that I did feel sorry for some of them.
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I watched HyperNormalisation today. It felt a bit like I was watching a conspiracy documentary, just one much less extreme and silly. I'm going to give it another watch some time this week. I do recommend it.
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Jonas Albrecht posted:I watched HyperNormalisation today. It felt a bit like I was watching a conspiracy documentary, just one much less extreme and silly. I'm going to give it another watch some time this week. Yes, and also all the rest of his catalog. I especailly liked the UFO section lol.
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KoRMaK posted:Yes, and also all the rest of his catalog. I'm only half way through but almost stopped at the UFO part. It seemed his summation of the Reagan/Gaddafi affair was very accurate. I'm kind left scratching my head about the whole thing now. I certainly will finish it though.
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I was a kid back then, but even then I remember people saying that ufo's are just a govt cover story for top secret air weapons. Way more mundane than I had hoped 
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At home in Chicago this Christmas, and Hoop Dreams was on cable today. It's amazing how little we've progressed in our attitudes as a country for the past 20 years. Still as powerful today as the day it was released.
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ruddiger posted:At home in Chicago this Christmas, and Hoop Dreams was on cable today.
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I just saw "Do not resist" about the militarization of law enforcement in the US. drat, I don't even know where to begin. I knew a bit about it, but seeing an MRAP drive in a sleepy town and the mayoral staff justifying it because it is free is something else. I really got the vibe that a lot of these swat guys and the police see their fellow citizens as the enemy. That is hosed on so many levels. The black people getting their house swatted..... drat that is some harsh stuff. And what is up with the language? "It got dynamic", To old black man who got his windows smashed: " You are affiliated I can see how they would get that idea" . Depressing.
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So worth a watch? I kinda skipped over it as I thought I might be a bit preaching to the choir, of which I'm already a member.
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EL BROMANCE posted:So worth a watch? I kinda skipped over it as I thought I might be a bit preaching to the choir, of which I'm already a member. Dunno, the makers don't really say anything, the footage kinda speaks for itself. I mean an MRAP in a two horse town, what's there to say really? If you are already a member it will just piss you off I guess 
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It might be hard to track down, but if you like music documentaries, Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns is really good. Anyone who's ever listened to more than a few TMBG songs know they're not exactly shiny happy dudes all the time, especially in their older days, and Gigantic does a great job covering that aspect.
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Mr Shiny Pants posted:Dunno, the makers don't really say anything, the footage kinda speaks for itself. I mean an MRAP in a two horse town, what's there to say really? Ha, I'll probably save it for a day when I'm surly and drinking too much bourbon.
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Kids for Cash was good, made me nice and angry. gently caress that judge forever. And of COURSE America doesn't protect kids, showing solidarity with loving Somalia. It's almost unbelievable. Almost.
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Oh neat that's been on my to watch list for ages and just checked NF and saw it's on there. Even the trailer made me angry, ha.
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EL BROMANCE posted:Oh neat that's been on my to watch list for ages and just checked NF and saw it's on there. Even the trailer made me angry, ha. Ha you're in for a furious treat! Let me know what you think about the case and the judge.
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Hello fellow doc lovers. I have a project at work that seens impossible but it can't be...right? Our client is a youth bootcamp type program and they wish us, an ad agency, to find and license a documentary about drug abuse (specifically RX and alcohol) that neither showcases a "role model" defined arbitrarily by the client, nor shows graphic instructions on how to abuse prescription pills (chopping, cooking, injecting.) Anyone have ideas? Thanks in advance. This is to be shown to 12-18 year olds who probably already use drugs, so we are all stumped.
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I mean, I could leave my webcam on for a couple hours someday.
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I wanna know more. Are we scaring kids straight here?
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just reenact goon drug stories
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Kids For CashAlan_Shore posted:Ha you're in for a furious treat! Let me know what you think about the case and the judge. I double backed it with 13th tonight as it seemed an appropriate way to end this year, ha. Its nice it at least ended with some justice, which isn't always the way with these things. I'm always a fan of when the accused talk to the camera in their own words, a la The Jinx. It's fascinating to watch how they see themselves. Always thinking they're smarter than everyone else and he of course showed absolutely zero remorse for what he did over the years. The saddest part is that everyone said the records showed his behavior prior to the new facility was no different, so he's essentially rotting away on a technicality and nobody really acknowledges that there was an issue beyond the kickbacks. Good film though, you gotta wonder about the thousands who didn't get their story shown due to time constraints. What a crappy situation for everyone involved.
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ManDingo posted:I'm only half way through but almost stopped at the UFO part. It seemed his summation of the Reagan/Gaddafi affair was very accurate. I'm kind left scratching my head about the whole thing now. I certainly will finish it though. HyperNormalization is almost exactly like that - right down to bringing up the Cult of Dead Cow hackers and daisy-chaining them in with Iran-Contra and Assad  and on and on, and it never really stops to allow the viewer to take a breath and absorb enough or think about it in the light of day.I think HN would honestly be improved if a couple of those "links" were simply removed because they just aren't on the same level as many of the others.. I mean cDc made early malware for script kiddies, and I find it hard to believe that they were somehow linked into the Cold War appleskates posted:Hello fellow doc lovers. I have a project at work that seens impossible but it can't be...right? Our client is a youth bootcamp type program and they wish us, an ad agency, to find and license a documentary about drug abuse (specifically RX and alcohol) that neither showcases a "role model" defined arbitrarily by the client, nor shows graphic instructions on how to abuse prescription pills (chopping, cooking, injecting.) Anyone have ideas? Thanks in advance. This is to be shown to 12-18 year olds who probably already use drugs, so we are all stumped. I mean outside of specific tutorials on how to crush up pills and filter them with cigarette filters so you don't get the pill coating into your IV, a "tutorial" could be anything from a stock clip of a kid stealing a bottle of pills from grandma's medicine cabinet, to grab-n-dashes from the local beer market, holding a paper bag and a can of spraypaint or compressed air with an intense look... Seriously though I'd just find some stock poo poo from old DARE programs and anything without a license, go through it yourself, and then throw it at the client and ask for a more refined direction. coyo7e fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Dec 31, 2016 |
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coyo7e posted:I think HN would honestly be improved if a couple of those "links" were simply removed because they just aren't on the same level as many of the others.. I mean cDc made early malware for script kiddies, and I find it hard to believe that they were somehow linked into the Cold War They're sure as hell linked to the Cold War 2.
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coyo7e posted:I think HN would honestly be improved if a couple of those "links" were simply removed because they just aren't on the same level as many of the others.. I mean cDc made early malware for script kiddies, and I find it hard to believe that they were somehow linked into the Cold War Wasn't the thing with the hackers part of a different thread to the stuff about the Cold War in the documentary? Alongside all the stuff about Kissinger or whatever Curtis seemed to be trying to tell this story about how people began to view the organisational power of the internet as a means to change the world. Later in the documentary there's a load of stuff about how the Occupy protests and the younger Tahrir Square activists were a realisation of this idea, which Curtis thinks ultimately failed because they didn't present any actual political content , only an empty process to manage things. Agree totally with what you're saying in general though. Any point Curtis tries to make is hard to find amidst his crazily scattershot approach to story telling.
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