Documentaries

rylojr · August 25, 2021

"Giger's Alien" (1979)

This is boss - a full half-hour documentary covering the Swiss surrealist oddball artist Hans Rudi Giger and his "sexoid biomechanical" set and creature design for Ridley Scott's Sci-fi chiller "Alien".

Some great rare behind the scenes footage from the set and the artist in action. Super creepy voiceover and a strange funky jazz-synth soundtrack.... definitely worth a watch this.

rylojr · August 25, 2021

Atari: Game over (2014)

A look at the rise and fall of the video game giant and the lasting impact of the "Video game crash" of 1983. Everyone my age (44) had an Atari at some point or another - they were awesome, despite the simplicity they were trailblazers for home entertainment. I wish Atari and Sega still had home consoles - Playstation and Nintendo are still great fun but it was brilliant years ago with so many systems and so much choice! Atari were the originators of an entire industry which makes more money than Hollywood these days!

RomanReigns · August 25, 2021

ste d' indica · August 30, 2021

Really enjoyed this despite understanding very little of it. Its the story of that first fuzzy image of a black hole that drew a collective 'meh' from the community of global smoothbrains. As well as more fully appreciating the incredible amount of work that went into the project I learnt many things, for example: while there are many great names in science, few are as excellent as Silke Weinfurtner. However the key lesson for me - despite having a reasonable grasp on pop astrophysics, my younger ambition to perhaps pursue a career in the field would likely have been dashed early on. Despite being a fairly intelligent person, next to these folks I'm as thick as a tyre sandwich.

Toast · August 30, 2021

ste d' indica said:
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Really enjoyed this despite understanding very little of it. Its the story of that first fuzzy image of a black hole that drew a collective 'meh' from the community of global smoothbrains. As well as more fully appreciating the incredible amount of work that went into the project I learnt many things, for example: while there are many great names in science, few are as excellent as Silke Weinfurtner. However the key lesson for me - despite having a reasonable grasp on pop astrophysics, my younger ambition to perhaps pursue a career in the field would likely have been dashed early on. Despite being a fairly intelligent person, next to these folks I'm as thick as a tyre sandwich.

What’s this on mate ?

the golden visionary · August 30, 2021

Britain's second empire on amazon prime.

About money and funnily enough, all the green countries just happen to be on the list where the tax havens are

the golden visionary · August 30, 2021

RomanReigns said:

Is this the one where ron artest invaded the crowd. If so its boss

blueconverse · August 30, 2021

Not as heavy as some of the stuff in here but Sunderland Till I Die is a boss series. If anyone hasn't seen it and wants a easy watch give it a go.

ste d' indica · August 30, 2021

Toast said:
What’s this on mate ?

Oops, on Netflix

arch stanton · August 30, 2021

ste d' indica said:
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Really enjoyed this despite understanding very little of it. Its the story of that first fuzzy image of a black hole that drew a collective 'meh' from the community of global smoothbrains. As well as more fully appreciating the incredible amount of work that went into the project I learnt many things, for example: while there are many great names in science, few are as excellent as Silke Weinfurtner. However the key lesson for me - despite having a reasonable grasp on pop astrophysics, my younger ambition to perhaps pursue a career in the field would likely have been dashed early on. Despite being a fairly intelligent person, next to these folks I'm as thick as a tyre sandwich.

will add this to watch later, cheers bro

Toast · August 30, 2021

ste d' indica said:
Oops, on Netflix

Had to jib this off.
Them boffins / nerds were too much for me.
Seemed to be sly as well, hiding stuff to take the credit for themselves.
Shame as it’s an subject of interest.

ste d' indica · August 30, 2021

Toast said:
Had to jib this off.
Them boffins / nerds were too much for me.
Seemed to be sly as well, hiding stuff to take the credit for themselves.
Shame as it’s an subject of interest.

Fair enough, definitely found the lead scientist a bit of arse.

arch stanton · August 30, 2021

Toast said:
Had to jib this off.
Them boffins / nerds were too much for me.
Seemed to be sly as well, hiding stuff to take the credit for themselves.
Shame as it’s an subject of interest.

ste d' indica said:
Fair enough, definitely found the lead scientist a bit of arse.

kinell lads, don't spoil it

RomanReigns · September 1, 2021

the golden visionary said:
Is this the one where ron artest invaded the crowd. If so its boss

Yeah it is. The latest episode about the Danbury Trashers is so good as well.

rylojr · September 1, 2021

Raiders! (2016)

This is without doubt the greatest fan-film ever made, and it's just a brilliant story in itself.

A bunch of 12 year old kids who were in awe of Spielberg and Lucas' grave-robbing Nazi-smashing bull-whipping fedora-wearing hero back in '81 set out to replicate the entire movie SHOT-FOR-SHOT. On a primitive home video camera. It took them 7 years to complete... Apart from the flying wing scene.
You really have to see the ingenuity and resourcefulness of these young film-makers - it's incredible. Almost every major set-piece is mirrored and not without humour....
You all really need to see this before you die - it's an absolute marvel.