Bout halfway into Caitlyn Jenner one on Netflix. Good 1st half on his 76 gold medal. He really had a life. _________________ GOAT MAGIC REEL SEDALE TRIBUTE EDDIE DONX!
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Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2021 7:17 am Post subject:
non-player zealot wrote:
Bout halfway into Caitlyn Jenner one on Netflix. Good 1st half on his 76 gold medal. He really had a life.
she _________________ “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel
Bout halfway into Caitlyn Jenner one on Netflix. Good 1st half on his 76 gold medal. He really had a life.
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I meant Bruce years only. I'm only halfway thru, remember. She even said when people say Caitlyn won gold, she corrects them and says Bruce did that. So she uses a line between he and she in her life even tho she talks a lot about her gender dysphoria since childhood. I suppose that's up to individual taste/personal pronoun preference. It hasn't been all that long before I started hearing college aged kids in media saying what their personal pronouns are. I didn't know that was a thing til I saw some video on Dartmouth or something. Forgot what the context was, but every kid in the video was stating their pronouns as quickly as they stated their names. It was almost like Pat Bateman saying he lived in the American Gardens Building-West before he even stated his name in his opening monologue.
The first half of that (at least) is very excellent, btw. "Untold: Caitlyn Jenner". Many levels better than the "Untold: Malice at the Palace" one, but maybe that's so since 76 was decades less recent. Highly recommended. I was in a swaddling blanket in July 76 and I hadn't seen 99% of the background that was shown there. It's excellent merely in the sense of a sports documentary and then it seems to branch off from where I left it last night. Gonna finish it now. But peep it if you can. Netflix. _________________ GOAT MAGIC REEL SEDALE TRIBUTE EDDIE DONX!
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 9:21 pm Post subject:
Watched the Vice series Criminal Planet on Hulu recently. I think it originally aired earlier this year. It was solid if you are into organized crime docs. It is not just the normal NY Mafia stuff....but explore the illegal organ black market....some new markets for the Columbian Cartels, Gangs on the rise in New Zealand, etc. etc.
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 9:32 pm Post subject:
Triumph wrote:
That analogy to hockey fights and how that is just accepted as part of the sport because it's primarily white was spot on. I understand it's different in this specific instance because fans were involved, but the difference in the way those players are treated/looked at by society (hockey tough guys/enforcers vs. NBA thugs) still stands.
I thought a lot about that, and I agree there is a difference. Still, the guys in hockey that fight are usually not the highly skilled or most valuable players, and they are often viewed as thugs or goons. I am not sure what the reaction would be if it was Sydney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon swinging at each other. Also, in a weird way hockey fights are almost organized by an unwritten code where two players drop the gloves and fight in a fairly controlled environment which does not create any level of fear of panic by teammates or fans because everyone knows they will tire out in 30 seconds and the refs will break it up. All that equipment and being on ice kind of limits any real damage most of the time. Again, I think he has a point....just not sure Hockey was the best apples to apples comp.
Just last 3 daze, I've been watching some of his reruns on YT. His voice I think is equal in value to a half a lude. When he beats the thinner off his brush, it tends to scare me back awake. Wish he didn't do that. It kills my buzz. _________________ GOAT MAGIC REEL SEDALE TRIBUTE EDDIE DONX!
That analogy to hockey fights and how that is just accepted as part of the sport because it's primarily white was spot on. I understand it's different in this specific instance because fans were involved, but the difference in the way those players are treated/looked at by society (hockey tough guys/enforcers vs. NBA thugs) still stands.
I thought a lot about that, and I agree there is a difference. Still, the guys in hockey that fight are usually not the highly skilled or most valuable players, and they are often viewed as thugs or goons. I am not sure what the reaction would be if it was Sydney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon swinging at each other. Also, in a weird way hockey fights are almost organized by an unwritten code where two players drop the gloves and fight in a fairly controlled environment which does not create any level of fear of panic by teammates or fans because everyone knows they will tire out in 30 seconds and the refs will break it up. All that equipment and being on ice kind of limits any real damage most of the time. Again, I think he has a point....just not sure Hockey was the best apples to apples comp.
I've seen two different videos of a hockey player DURING play, taking a boot blade to the throat and an instant quarter pint of blood splashes onto the ice in front of them. Then the player falls down and an expanding pool of blood starts to form.. Same exact thing as if they ran into a machete. The sport has a higher potential for serious injury and death than it derives from those BS fights. _________________ GOAT MAGIC REEL SEDALE TRIBUTE EDDIE DONX!
Netflix has been showing a series of sports documentaries. I just watched the one about the tennis player Mardy Fish. Pretty good.
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Under pressure to continue a winning tradition in American tennis, Mardy Fish faced mental health challenges that changed his life on and off the court.
Last night I watched Some Kind of Monster, about Metallica, a group that I've begun to really admire. The documentary was about one thing but veered over the cliff to become something entirely different. Think of a true, I mean true, non-scripted, guts lying on the floor, reality show. Quite good on many levels.
Lately, I've watched the one about David Geffen and the one about Clive Davis, both giants in the music industry. Lastly, I watched Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love, about Leonard Cohen and his muse Marianne Ihlen, on Hulu. He was successful, of course, and, of course, with women, but it was a his slow and uneven ascent to stardom that becomes the focus. Of note, when he recorded Hallelujah, the record execs wouldn't release it. You know, record exec BS and whatnot. It did manage to finally be released, to work its way all the way up to number 59 on Billboard--that would be the re-release 21 years after the first release in 1984 that did not chart. (Leonard did not have a David Geffen or Clive Davis, obviously.)
Hallelujah. . . That Hallelujah. . . the one H.E.R. did brilliantly on the CNN tribute to 9/11. _________________ "A metronome keeps time by using a Ringo"
I'm enjoying the first few episodes ov "McCartney 3,2,1" on Disney with Paul and Rick Rubin, just started "Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror"on Nefilx. _________________ “Properly read, the bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.”
― Isaac Asimov
I'm enjoying the first few episodes ov "McCartney 3,2,1" on Disney with Paul and Rick Rubin, just started "Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror"on Nefilx.
Yes! I forgot about that one. When they are listening to While My Guitar Gently Weeps, I couldn't help but notice how it sounded different--better. I played my CD and it became obvious how the bass was leveled up in mix we heard on the show. _________________ "A metronome keeps time by using a Ringo"
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:37 pm Post subject:
Watched several 9/11 Docs this past week or so.....
9/11: One Day in America - A Nat Geo mini series - Excellent
9/11: Inside the President's War Room - Apple TV narrated by Jeff Daniels - Good....just a 1st person account from those in the Bush Administration during those 24-36 hours.
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror - Netflix - Felt is was from a specific perspective....or gave much more of one perspective.....still very good and informative.
Honestly, I kind of regret watching.....just so much emotions all come back. The Nat Geo mini series was just so very sad. Included some very disturbing video that I had not seen before....and wish I had never seen.
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:40 pm Post subject:
I have Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali (Netflix) and In the Same Breath (HBO/MAX) ready to go and hope to get to them over the next week. Anyone watched either?
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:45 pm Post subject:
ribeye wrote:
Last night I watched Some Kind of Monster, about Metallica, a group that I've begun to really admire. The documentary was about one thing but veered over the cliff to become something entirely different. Think of a true, I mean true, non-scripted, guts lying on the floor, reality show. Quite good on many levels.
Lately, I've watched the one about David Geffen and the one about Clive Davis, both giants in the music industry. Lastly, I watched Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love, about Leonard Cohen and his muse Marianne Ihlen, on Hulu. He was successful, of course, and, of course, with women, but it was a his slow and uneven ascent to stardom that becomes the focus. Of note, when he recorded Hallelujah, the record execs wouldn't release it. You know, record exec BS and whatnot. It did manage to finally be released, to work its way all the way up to number 59 on Billboard--that would be the re-release 21 years after the first release in 1984 that did not chart. (Leonard did not have a David Geffen or Clive Davis, obviously.)
Hallelujah. . . That Hallelujah. . . the one H.E.R. did brilliantly on the CNN tribute to 9/11.
Still doesn’t touch Jeff Buckley’s complete ownership of that song. _________________ “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel
Just saw Ken Burns and Rashida Ali on with Joy Reid talking about their new PBS documentary series about Muhammad Ali starting this Sunday. Just listening to Ken Burns talk about Ali made me want to watch it. One national treasure saluting another national treasure.
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Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:22 pm Post subject:
Waiting for Muhammad Ali on PBS this weekend. I don't have PBS. I hope my IPTV picks it up. _________________ Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
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Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:52 pm Post subject:
LakerLanny wrote:
jodeke wrote:
Waiting for Muhammad Ali on PBS this weekend. I don't have PBS. I hope my IPTV will pick it up.
You should be able to pull PBS off a regular antenna attached to your TV...channel 18 if I remember correctly.
I have DTV cable 18 is KSCI. On cable PBS Kids 268 PBSNET 368 NewsHour Show. _________________ Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
1. Inventing David Geffen (2021)
2. Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of our lives (2017) _________________ Nobody in the NBA can touch the Laker brand, which, like the uniform color, is pure gold.
Just saw Ken Burns and Rashida Ali on with Joy Reid talking about their new PBS documentary series about Muhammad Ali starting this Sunday. Just listening to Ken Burns talk about Ali made me want to watch it. One national treasure saluting another national treasure.
Ooh, gotta find thatn. MUUUSTT...WAAATCH... I've got a bunch of old ESPN SportCentury dox from 2000 on disc and have all the biggies in boxing. Amazing how similar some of their backgrounds were like Joe Frazier and Evander. The last excellent thing ESPN did beside 30/30 (for which both NPZ and LG were in the creds for one of them re LAL/BOS). Most sad and riveting one I've seen was on legendary wrestler Dan Gable. His Medal of Freedom ceremony with loser DT was disgusting as D put the medal on him and walked off. Ucch...
Dan Gable SportsCentury. Dennis Hastert sighting at start, btw.
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