Genie Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 7 minutes ago, Xela said: This out next week @Genie @lapal_fan @villa4europe @NoelVilla @Mark Albrighton Yeah, hoping go watch at the cinema with a mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Just now, villa4europe said: Yeah and I'm home, my mates are doing a boozy cinema trip but I can't make it work They're releasing a special vinyl and CD sometime in October, live forever is already on Spotify, the book is already out I had the radio recording on cassette for years, I must have listened to it a thousand times. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Watched the 3 episode documentary about the terror attacks in Paris 13 november 2015. Very difficult and emotional watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 5, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted October 5, 2021 (edited) On 01/09/2021 at 11:04, Stevo985 said: Looking forward to this Just watched this. It was honestly pretty shit. If you want a documentary about how much Michael’s wife liked him then it’s great. If you want to know more about his racing career then don’t bother. They skim over entire chunks of his career. And seasons they do focus on are summarised in a 30 second highlight package of one race. I assume they had very very little footage they were allowed to use. “Senna” is the **** Shawshank Redemption compared to this Edited October 5, 2021 by Stevo985 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 The River Runner on Netflix is very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Just watched Roadrunner, the Bourdain doc. It was good. Not great. Needed added perspective. Quite sad, naturally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 (edited) Summer of Soul. Excellent historical document. Surprised I'd never heard of the event, but apparently if you weren't there, you wouldn't have heard of it either. Great performances interwoven with historical/social context. Edited October 17, 2021 by maqroll 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Anyone watched the new Velvet Underground documentary? How does it compare to the South Bank Show from the 80s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 "If I Leave Here Tomorrow", a documentary covering the early days of Lynyrd Skynyrd up til the plane crash. A good watch, whether you know much about them or not. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 17, 2021 Moderator Share Posted October 17, 2021 14 hours ago, Seat68 said: Anyone watched the new Velvet Underground documentary? How does it compare to the South Bank Show from the 80s? Not seen it but thats a pretty high bar for comparison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 46 minutes ago, bickster said: Not seen it but thats a pretty high bar for comparison It is and I am unsure if it's worth the effort if it's not close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 17, 2021 Moderator Share Posted October 17, 2021 2 hours ago, Seat68 said: It is and I am unsure if it's worth the effort if it's not close. Closest to me is Chester or Manchester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 "Bad Sports" on Netflix. I've watched the basketball one, the Juventus one and the cricket one. All really well made. Hanse Cronje was such an idiot! He destroyed his career and reputation for money that he didn't even need. At least the college hoops players had the need. But Stefon Smith of Arizona State...7 months away from being a sure fire 1st round NBA multi millionaire and he decides to point shave for 20K each fix over 3 or 4 games. Was so stupid he spent all of the money on flashy clothes,, a tricked out car, jewelry, etc. Which tipped off his crime. Then he didn't even finish his classes to graduate on the full scholarship he was on. Gargantuan idiot. 3 year prison sentence and no NBA contract. Moggi at Juventus was not stupid. Just very cynical and probably a sociopath. I really dislike Juventus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 18, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted October 18, 2021 (edited) On 16/10/2021 at 22:52, maqroll said: Summer of Soul. Excellent historical document. Surprised I'd never heard of the event, but apparently if you weren't there, you wouldn't have heard of it either. Great performances interwoven with historical/social context. I've heard this is excellent. I'll be looking out for it Edit: it appears to be on Disney + in the UK for anyone who is interested Edited October 18, 2021 by Stevo985 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Enjoyable Amazon prime doc about Galaxy Quest, which is such a great and underrated film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 (edited) Enjoyed the doc about the Two Tone label in the early 80s. It's on bbc iplayer. Always had a lot of time for Jerry Damerrs, I don't think he ever got the recognition he deserved for his contribution to what The Specials were all about. I forgot just how important that era of music was. " Ghost Town ", if ever a song defined what the Thatcher years meant for a lot of young men. And, let's be honest, you would be hard pressed to find a more prominent lead singer than Terry Hall, don't know what it was, but he had it. " Enjoy yourself/ it's later than you think/ enjoy yourself/ while you're still in the pink/ enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself/ it's later than you think ." What a song, and what an encore. Great days, indeed. Edited October 29, 2021 by sheepyvillian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 29, 2021 Moderator Share Posted October 29, 2021 1 hour ago, sheepyvillian said: Always had a lot of time for Jerry Damerrs, I don't think he ever got the recognition he deserved for his contribution to what The Specials were all about. I'm not sure that's true tbh Dammers pretty much was the original band and as far as I remember it always got that recognition until the reformation Specials have attempted to airbrush him out Anyhow, what follows here may be a wildly unpopular opinion and I say this with the benefit of hindsight as someone who was really into Two-Tone at the time Two Tone was culturally important, the message was vital and relevant at the time, we could do with something similar again but... The Specials, with the exception of Ghost Town (which was basically Dammers genius and no one else's) were at their best on the first album and all their best tunes were someone else's. At their best they were a political cabaret band and to be honest, looking back I prefer the original tunes that the Specials covered or ripped off to the one's the Specials recorded but of course the rub there is that I possibly wouldn't have discovered the originals without them but a lot of what they did was a bit rubbish I loved going to see them live, it was great in my youth but adult me thinks the music was really a bit meh! I even went to a show on the first reformation tour and it did sort of transport me back in time to 1979 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Been watching Turning Point: 9/11 and the war on terror, on Netflix this week. It’s a well made look at how America really managed to **** Afghanistan, Iraq, themselves and the world up, post 9/11. There’s some really good footage and a few interesting things that I didn’t know. Four episodes in so I’ll try and finish it next week. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post TheAuthority Posted November 17, 2021 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted November 17, 2021 Interestingly @maqroll Edward Bernays who is quoted at the start of that doc was Sigmund Freud's nephew. Adam Curtis did a long documentary called "The Century of the Self" which focusses on Bernays. I happen to think it is Curtis's best documentary. Some of his later stuff is very rambly. I have posted it in here before but if you haven't seen it I'm sure you'll enjoy it. Here is part 1. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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