Pls give a reason as to why you like it
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I love the shows about Laurel Canyon.
When we left earth, a multi part history of the space program.
Awesome doc. Have you watched Moon Machines? It’s a six part series about the equipment.
No, I will. The whole thing fascinates me but it’s the technology that really gets me.
The combination of high end tech and seat of the pants old school exploration ingenuity is amazing.
100% Agree.
The Farthest is excellent, too
Icarus was insane. From an amateur cyclist trying to up his game that leads him on a journey of discovery into the world of performance enhancing drugs and escalates to literally the highest echelons of the sporting world leading to global ramifications, maybe a war.
This one was insane, I have to agree.
If you’re looking for a ‘wild ride,’ watch Wild Wild Country mini TV series.
If you’re looking for a music-related documentary, watch Metal Evolution. (You can find most of the episodes on Youtube.)
If you’re looking for something more biographical and about someone intriguing, and have some laughs while doing it, watch George Carlin’s American Dream.
I really liked Wild wild country. It was very well put together and told Osho’s story in a way that showed all the bits and pieces.
The Social Dilemma
Ironic, I know.
I love docs about civil engineering, especially bridges and dams. Modern Marvels has a couple of good episodes on the subject, told/produced in that program’s typical format, including the Golden Gate Bridge and The Hoover Dam.
But my favorite is a 1997 episode of Nova called Super Bridge ( https://thetvdb.com/series/nova/episodes/1357201 ). The footage is great, the narration is great (I think its Hal Holbrook!), the storytelling is great, and it showed a great deal of stuff I didn’t know I would be fascinated by, while remaining down to earth.
Dear Zachary - the most uniquely produced and one of the most heart-wrenching docs I’ve ever seen.
Once Upon a Time in Iraq - Interviews with Iraqis, describing the war with their own eyes.
The Corporation - if everyone watched this perhaps people would be more concerned about Big Cor’prit than Big Guv’mint.
Man! Dear Zachary hit me like a ton of bricks. I couldn’t stop crying at every turn of events. Absolutely heart breaking.
The Most Unknown (2018). Described as "“nine scientists… who visit one another blind-date style”, it follows a scientist of one field/ discipline and they nerd out, travel to another scientist of a completely different field, and talk to them about their work next. But they have a discussion, and you can see how different these minds are, yet how they can value the insight of the other. The next scientist travels to another, and it daisy-chains until 9 scientists’ work are explored.
It’s quite neat, and it just brings a feeling of the joy of curiosity and the wonder of the universe we live in. It’s an easy watch, I’d say. Here’s the Wiki.
I liked that documentary
Not so much as a single documentary, but a topic. Lance Armstrong and doping, specifically in endurance sports. It’s a fascinating topic.
That reminds me of the mockumentary Tour de Pharmacy. It’s star-studded, and it’s only 40 mins long. But it is great! (Lance is in it)
I just watched that right before posting this. After watching three other documentaries, and finishing with that, it was the chefs kiss!!
Lance’s interviews are just the cherry on top!
They are man, truly the chef’s kiss.
Nuclear Nightmares, a documentary about our fear of radiation:
The private life of plants, by David Attenborough. I love it because it shows plants living at our speed (timelapses) with clear explanation and interesting facts. The soundtrack is nice and weird with a lot of synths, which is different from the normal orchestral backing. Also I love David :)
So happy to see someone out on the webs that also enjoyed that documentary! It’s an older one, if I’m not mistaken. I really really really enjoyed that one and it gave me a much different perspective on plant life. I still think of some of the stuff i saw on that series.
Ngl following the life of a plant sounds ultra boring, I don’t think even Sir Attenborough can do that interesting for me.
I get where you are coming from, but you could not be more wrong. They fix the boring part because they speed up those parts by a factor of 30000 or more. I learned so much from this series of docu’s. Also… It’s Sir Attenborough, arguably one of the best in his class. He can do it, nobody. He can do it.
Spoken by a person who is almost infinitely interested in everything, hahaha.
You haven’t lived until you see two vines desperately trying to choke the shit out of each other in “real time” for them which is like 20x speed for us.
Touching the Void
It’s a wild ride that showcases just how strong humans really are. Definitely worth a watch!
In 1985 two friends, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, set out to climb Siula Grande in Peru via the West Face, a hitherto unaccomplished feat by any climber. After a tough ascent they succeed but on the descent they run into significant problems. Soon they are both in dire danger and the chances of surviving are slim.
King Corn great documentary couple guys lease an arce of corn and go through the process of how the majority of corn produce in this country (USA) is unbeatable and used for producing corn syrup.
This was going to be my recommendation, so I’m happy to see it.
Around the same time I also watched The Besieged Fortress. It’s about an ant colony attacking a termite mound. It’s staged, but handled as it might happen in real life, and narrated as if it’s some massive siege in medieval times. It’s fantastic.
Wow never heard of that one.
A homely, DIY look at Siberian wildlife, people, country, and culture. I like the view into an area I am so far from, and previously knew nothing about.
- It is 20yrs old and in Russian language. Not meant to push any agenda, I just like the animals and countryside.
Planet earth 2 (and also one), for the sheer eye candy.
there is a 3rd also
Wow I had no idea, thanks!
I didn’t either, saw it going through and remembering the planet earth series and looking them up.
