Guest Ret.Maj.Xander=US= Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Yesterday I watched a few movies I've been putting off until I had time to watch and I really enjoyed both of them. The first was Inside Job which won an Acadamy Award for best documentary. It talks about the economic crisis back in 2008, how it happened, why it happened, and where we are now. Very informative and gives you a better perspective of what happened. The second one I watched was called Exit Through the Gift shop, which is about street art. The final edit was made by Banksy who is in parts of the film. Very cool look into that world and how it works. As for TV documentaries BBC makes the best stuff. I just watched the whole Human Planet series which is fantastic. If you liked Planet Earth or Life this one is right up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RET.Maj.SKI=US= Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 History, History International, and Military channel guy here. I like ancient history (reminds me of the good old days) and military history with the occasional MythBusters thrown in for fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xSigmaOnex Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 I like anything History/Discovery/PBS/BBC related. However, there is one documentary that I've been meaning to watch called GasLand. Has anyone else seen this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MAJ.Kaossilator=US= Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Exit Through the Gift Shop is awesome! I watched that about a month ago. I'm not usually a huge documentary fan although I agree with above comments about History/Discovery sort of shows. My wife randomly threw that doco on Netflix and I started actually watching after overhearing it for about 10-15 minutes. Very cool and I wish I could meet Banksy in RL :) He sounds like a fun bloke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RET.CDR.CrAzY_NuTtA=US= Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 I LOVE mythbusters and future weapons. God bless Discovery HD haha. I'm in the process of downloading Ayrton Senna - 2010 documentary/film. CANNOT wait to watch it, for anyone who doesnt know Ayrton Senna may well be the greatest racing driver who ever lived. Just watch some footage, its unbelieveable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RET.Maj.SKI=US= Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 I LOVE mythbusters and future weapons. God bless Discovery HD haha. I'm in the process of downloading Ayrton Senna - 2010 documentary/film. CANNOT wait to watch it, for anyone who doesnt know Ayrton Senna may well be the greatest racing driver who ever lived. Just watch some footage, its unbelieveable. Future Weapons :) How did I forget that? It must be my age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MAJ.Kaossilator=US= Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Future Weapons :) How did I forget that? It must be my age. Didn't remember Future Weapons because of your age? What, because there's not as much future left when you're older??? ;) jk x4 That show is fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ret.Maj.Xander=US= Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Battles BC is pretty sweet, although its hard to tell how much of what these "experts" say is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aflare Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Carl Sagan's Cosmos. I could go all day talking about Carl Sagan. Oldie but goodie series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RET.2ndLt.Crbstmp4Gsus=US= Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Hawking - story of Stephen Hawking WW2 HD & Dogfights The World at War The Revolution 20th Century Battlefields The Civil War by Ken Burns- ....something anyone growing up in America watched at least once in history class and most likely fell asleep. :x http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8374525609478249503# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RET.Maj.SKI=US= Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 The Civil War by Ken Burns- ....something anyone growing up in America watched at least once in history class and most likely fell asleep. :x I missed that ... I graduated college two years before it first aired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RET.2ndLt.Crbstmp4Gsus=US= Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Carl Sagan's Cosmos. I could go all day talking about Carl Sagan. Oldie but goodie series. +10 "I missed that ... I graduated college two years before it first aired. " That sucks man, I believe the whole series is available on youtube if you have yet to watch it. Absolutely amazing for it only being narration and still pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ret.Maj.Xander=US= Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Is that the full documentary to the Civil war one? I also forgot Carl Sagan's Cosmos. Amazing series. Fun fact his wife Ann Druyan has been on the NORML board of directors for 10 years and is currently the president. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Druyan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RET.2ndLt.Crbstmp4Gsus=US= Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Naw I'm fairly certain that's just disc 1 on the whole set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ret.Maj.Xander=US= Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Ah right, its available for streaming on netflicks so I'll check it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RET.2ndLt.Crbstmp4Gsus=US= Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/filmmakers/ ....good read about Ken Burns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RET.2ndLt.Crbstmp4Gsus=US= Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Just saw this show called "Gun Camera" on military channel. Episode was called Air Supremacy, raw footage and tactical break down of WW2 dogfights. Though it covered a wide variety of wars. Gun Camera and Dog fights have been very helpful in improving my dog fighting skills in Aces High. :+). Very helpful to know the capabilities and limits of each plane. an episode of Dog Fights actually got High Tech Creations(the creators of Aces High) to mod the P51's capabilities. One of the WW2 Vet. P51 pilots interviewed on the show described the most incredible move ever attempted and completed in a P51. Here is the video. Skip to PT2 to see the move but its a great episode to watch in full. Explains a lot. PT1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCGXPnYqks0 PT2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIi_j-nZVHg&NR=1 Managed to pull that move off a few times now when someones on my 6 :-P This is just another sweet P51 video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdCm5z2RpI8 Bet that 109 pilot didn't see that coming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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