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Nice by banville	Jan 9th, 2009 06:59:11 PM
Always time for documentaries.
darkon!!! by thecrimsoncurse	Jan 9th, 2009 07:03:36 PM
i just came in my chainmail!
Dig is a good Doc by gusradio	Jan 9th, 2009 07:03:55 PM
Brianjonestown and Dandy Warhols are both pretty great
if anyone complains about the commercial "interruptions" by BadMrWonka	Jan 9th, 2009 07:09:19 PM
I will find their address and come slap them. these are great documentaries, in your computer chair, for FREE...watch a couple blackberry commercials and shut up. you know, like it used to be on TV?
What's a commercial? by -guyinthebackrow	Jan 9th, 2009 07:20:49 PM
Hey! They're trying to sell me shit while I'm watchin' this thing!
Oh, no, wait... by -guyinthebackrow	Jan 9th, 2009 07:21:18 PM
I remember those things. Yeah... I don't do that anymore. Sorry.
DIG is awesome! by FuckMichaelBay	Jan 9th, 2009 07:31:11 PM
BJM are a really good band.
can mr smith... by Juror Number 8	Jan 9th, 2009 07:33:00 PM
is a great movie. i recommend it to anyone interested in grass roots politics.
Hah, DARKON's kinda awesome. by Nordling	Jan 9th, 2009 07:35:01 PM
Spoke to my inner nerd.
Dig Is To Music What Overnight Is To Movies by Broseph	Jan 9th, 2009 07:39:57 PM
Like Public Enemy said .DONT BELEIVE THE HYPE.ESPECIALY YOUR OWN BLOATED EGO
Mr. Twist by MikeTheSpike	Jan 9th, 2009 07:51:42 PM
Damn these people, trying to recoup the costs of sending free documentaries over the Internet!
Uh, what documentaries? by L.H.Puttgrass	Jan 9th, 2009 08:09:35 PM
Sorry,but I don't see anything.
Where's the link? by L.H.Puttgrass	Jan 9th, 2009 08:13:15 PM
Or should I start googling Cinetic Media? Just wondering.
....is AICN spamming us? LOL by Mike_D	Jan 9th, 2009 08:14:12 PM
nice.
I found nothing at Cinetic Media. by L.H.Puttgrass	Jan 9th, 2009 08:21:20 PM
So what is the deal? I got nothing. No docs. Butkis! Nuttin!!
Is this working for anybody? by L.H.Puttgrass	Jan 9th, 2009 08:22:10 PM
???
Is this working for anybody? by L.H.Puttgrass	Jan 9th, 2009 08:22:29 PM
???
II''mm ssoorrrryy!! by L.H.Puttgrass	Jan 9th, 2009 08:23:48 PM
'sup wit dat.
Oh, well. by L.H.Puttgrass	Jan 9th, 2009 08:27:45 PM
I guess I'll pop a Planet Earth BluRay in my PS3 to get my doc-u-fix. Later.
Everyone watch DARKON - Now by Mr. Winston	Jan 9th, 2009 09:07:15 PM
Especially if you saw ROLE MODELS and didn't think nerds really went that far - well, they go that far. You will start off laughing at the people they profile, but by the end you'll be fully entrenched in their alternate world. And mind you this: there's one kid they follow around that, I swear to God, will make you never want to be mean to another human being again in your life. Or at least for twenty minutes, and that's a huge accomplishment for some of us. Great doc, very well shot and composed, endlessly entertaining on a slew of levels.
Can't wait to watch Darkon. by Kurutteru Yatsu	Jan 9th, 2009 09:43:30 PM
As soon as the replays of Olbermann and Maddow are done.
US ONLY! by denzacar	Jan 9th, 2009 09:51:11 PM
If you happen to be from the rest of the 500.245.370 km² of this planet - don't bother. Some will still make you watch commercials before they tell you that, though.
What? by Chicken Grease	Jan 9th, 2009 11:05:59 PM
No "Cooking with Huck Botko"?
confessions of a superhero by LordTwinkie	Jan 9th, 2009 11:06:32 PM
i live streamed that doc netflix style on my xbox360, holy crap were those guys nuts, i love the fact that the homeless black dude was the one that was the most rational of the bunch and had the most success. man that batman was really crazy, and when superman spoiler lost the contest he looked so sad lol
Who cares... by JumpinJehosaphat	Jan 9th, 2009 11:14:26 PM
...when Errol Morris will be informing our eyeballs in 2011? I'm guessing....
face-kicking action! by mrgreentheplant	Jan 9th, 2009 11:31:25 PM
everyone watch DIG!
Aw. Was hoping for "I Think We're Alone Now." by Bungion Boy	Jan 9th, 2009 11:52:27 PM
Best documentary of the year. Well... ok. Maybe that was "Man on Wire." Still, close call.
Man on Wire by Series7	Jan 10th, 2009 12:33:49 AM
Was meh? Don't get the love. Dear Zachary was much better. So was Bigger, Faster, Stronger. I'm gonna watch the Pug movie now.
by BrightEyes	Jan 10th, 2009 12:40:38 AM

confessions of a superhero by BrightEyes	Jan 10th, 2009 12:42:36 AM
is my favorite documentary of all time AND I LOVE DOCUMENTARY'S. It's not the most heavy subject matter, and crazy things are not happening left and right (although the Batman is insane, hell the superman too) It is a movie about the human spirit and our dreams and how we have to know when to come back to reality.
Here's a funny story for you... for FREE by Kirbymanly	Jan 10th, 2009 12:47:18 AM
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/47 82209/1/
Bigger Stronger Faster by Bungion Boy	Jan 10th, 2009 12:56:50 AM
Loved that movie. One of my favorite docs of the year. Dear Zachary... was good, but fell a bit short for me. Or perhaps it just depressed me. Usually not a deal-breaker for me, but it was still hard to make it through that. I've been near a similar situation. Not fun.
DIG was really good by wash	Jan 10th, 2009 01:39:16 AM
And I absolutely hate the two bands involved. Well maybe slightly less after watching it, but still it was fascinating.
Not a single word about the documentaries? by V'Shael	Jan 10th, 2009 02:52:00 AM
Not a review, or a two-line synopsis, or even a fragging TITLE? Thanks a lot for doing some work, you hack.
When it jumps to commercial by gotilk	Jan 10th, 2009 02:53:25 AM
the films just re-start from the beginning instead of continuing. If I ever see another blackberry curve, I will crush it.
Really, really frustrating. by gotilk	Jan 10th, 2009 03:03:55 AM
Made for a crappy hour before work. Sure it's free, but I didn't know it was going to be a tease. I thought (and it says) they are showing the full films. If it's a Firefox thing, hey guess what!! It's huge. Firefox is huge now. To not support it would be so stupid.
SUPERHERO - "Currently not available" by BenBraddock	Jan 10th, 2009 03:44:45 AM
But then I am in Sweden... :-(
For Love Of Water by kafka07	Jan 10th, 2009 07:00:41 AM
or FLOW, watched it last night, pretty intense and important documentary. Right now wars are about oil. But soon they'll be about water.
US Only, but still shows me the ads! by Autodidact	Jan 10th, 2009 10:40:27 AM
Thanks for the advertising!
DARKON is awesome by Eyegore	Jan 10th, 2009 10:57:51 AM
It's about live action role players. I just watched the whole thing and it was good.
Fixed it. by gotilk	Jan 10th, 2009 11:19:33 AM
There was a layer of flash content that needed to be enabled buried under the video layer. If anyone else has the same problem and you use flashblock and/or noscript, just allow everything while you're there. I usually pick and choose what auto-plays and what is allowed to run javascript (hey , LOOK! aicn has ads now! lol). Sometimes bits of important things hide behind other things.
And Superhero was GREAT! by gotilk	Jan 10th, 2009 11:21:40 AM
Now back to the new Brad Beesly (he did okie noodling, which is fantastic if you have not seen it yet) one about summer camp with the Flaming Lips music.
Watch Darkon!!! by menstrual_blitz	Jan 10th, 2009 01:13:10 PM
that is all.
Dear Zachary was heartbreaking by Broseph	Jan 10th, 2009 01:37:02 PM
As someone who always admired canada they really fucked up bad with this case.I really admire the parents for having the strength and courage to go on.it says something about the human spirit
It's so hard for docs to get viewers these days by Larry of Arabia	Jan 10th, 2009 03:53:24 PM
So who cares about the ads. If people bothered to see them in the theaters they wouldn't have to resort to that, would they? Just enjoy these great films that deserve to be seen by a broader audience. I think this is a great way to get them out there.
Drivel by evil twin	Jan 10th, 2009 05:07:16 PM
I have nothing else.
That looked like more than six documentaries by Mockingbuddha	Jan 10th, 2009 07:55:59 PM
to me, but then, I suspect that the value of numbers changes all the time and we can't tell because our perceptions of the numbers changes too.. ummm. Darkon was very cool, I was rootin for the red and yellow guys SPOILER and they lost damn.
New Documentary: Straight To The Top. by Mr.Stiggs	Jan 10th, 2009 10:25:00 PM
Check it out on youtube! search: "Straight To The Top Trailer"
Friggin CRAP! by Deceputronixorious	Jan 11th, 2009 06:51:25 AM
US only. So it´s the USnet huh? And i seem to remember it as the INTERNET!
DARKON was disappointing by Le Vicious Fishus	Jan 11th, 2009 01:34:29 PM
The filmmakers took their subject far too seriously--almost as if they were making a commercial for live-action role playing. Would've loved to see these guys between takes screaming, "You're dead, dude! I hit you on your left arm two times!"/"Nuh-uh! You only hit me once, man!" Also, I wish they had concentrated on maybe just two subjects and given more in-depth attention to their lives and psyches (ala I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW).
DARKON wasn't disappointing by mutombo	Jan 11th, 2009 01:56:16 PM
It was soooo easy for the filmmakers NOT to take their subject seriously. In fact, they completely succeeded in taking their subject so seriously so that you, the viewer, actually gets an idea of why these larpers do what they do. After that, you can decide whether you laugh, frown or sympathize with what you see.
I disagree, mutombo by Le Vicious Fishus	Jan 11th, 2009 05:13:12 PM
The doc was thin and wasted too much time with redundant RPG-talk and not enough time getting to know the human beings and their fully understanding their motivation to spend so much time preparing and living in a fantasy world. Just my opinion...
Let's try that again... by Le Vicious Fishus	Jan 11th, 2009 05:14:22 PM
The doc was thin and wasted too much time with redundant RPG-talk and not enough time getting to know the human beings and thus understanding their motivation to spend so much time preparing for and living in a fantasy world. Just my opinion...
I see your point by mutombo	Jan 12th, 2009 04:18:11 AM
I would've liked to see more human being behind the player as well. But then again, the human being becomes the player and the lines between game and real life blur. So the game becomes their real life, and it is inside that game that their motivations become clear. Instead of following their subjects around some more, they used a couple of very strong one liners telling what they needed to tell. I kind of agree with you on that though, they could've cut away some more RPG footage and more 'real' footage. I just didn't agree with the 'taking themselves seriously' thing, because for me it was all the more painful to watch because everything was so serious. I wanted to laugh, but couldn't, which for me is a much stronger emotion than just pointing and laughing at a bunch of fat geeks.
Yes, true... by Le Vicious Fishus	Jan 12th, 2009 07:56:23 AM
I misstated myself regarding "taking the subject seriously." What I specifically meant was this: the filmmaker's could've spent less time trying to transform battle scenes from Darkon into a fully scored, half-assed Helm's Deep. I wasn't sure whether their intent was to lampoon the live action RPG or aggrandize it, but the device fell flat imo. It was amusing at first, but it got redundant quickly. Time generally wasted on the RPG itself could've been spent on a few adults who are driven to spend all this time and money on Darkon. Also, I felt like the subject was literally too serious--never saw much in the way of a sense of humor from the filmmakers or the subjects. Moreover, I'd have loved to see more interviews, for instance, of Bannor's family--particularly his hard working wife but also his mother, father and brothers. It seemed almost like the filmmaker's were intentionally skirting the central question the few times they did talk to non-Darkonites: "Why do you think 'Bannor' spends so much time playing these games?" I thought the doc was competently done, but I can't help being disappointed that the execution seemed thin.
And I agree about the ambivalence felt... by Le Vicious Fishus	Jan 12th, 2009 08:02:17 AM
My wife and I were actually kind of depressed by the end of the doc. It was--more than anything--kind of sad to us that such talented, intelligent folks should apparently live for this. OTOH, how much more sad is it that people obsess over sports (or, gulp, movies) which they don't even directly participate in? There are lots of questions and points that could've been explored to a greater extent. As a long time RPGer myself (as a child, teen and young adult) I felt superior to these guys, but at least they were being physically active! In the final analysis, these guys were arguably spending their time much more wisely than I had many years ago sitting around drinking coke and eating chips slothfully for hours on end with paper and dice. Fascinating topic in any case...

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