Netflix’s big power clash and rivalries behind the crash

Re:Netflix’s big power clash and rivalries behind the crash by esrauch on Thursday May 05, 2022 @11:57PM (#31281152)

I feel this is just true for every non-Ken Burns documentary I've ever seen and I find it kind of annoying. They always seem to have some axe to grind and just do anything they can to support that biased thesis with no room for caveats or shades of gray.

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Re:Netflix’s big power clash and rivalries behind the crash by riffraff on Friday May 06, 2022 @02:09AM (#31281825)

while I think most documentarists have a specific point of view which comes through, some of what netflix has been peddling is way over the top.

To name one, Seaspiracy[0] is not like your friend who's from the opposite side of he political spectrum, it's more the crazy guy with "moon nazis are coming" sign.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaspiracy

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Re:Netflix’s big power clash and rivalries behind the crash by philjohn on Friday May 06, 2022 @02:53AM (#31282095)

I think this is more a feature of people flocking to more shallow documentaries, which pushes them up the recommendation funnel.

Icarus was fantastic, for instance, but of potentially limited appeal (which is a shame, as it touches on a lot of topics of broad interest from doping in sport to political intrigue).

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Re:Netflix’s big power clash and rivalries behind the crash by marvin on Friday May 06, 2022 @05:14AM (#31283044)

Icarus was absolutely amazing. I expected a subversive feel-good investigation of doping in cycling, but got something even more fascinating and disturbing.

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Re:Netflix’s big power clash and rivalries behind the crash by swivelmaster on Friday May 06, 2022 @01:33AM (#31281654)

There are myriad fascinating documentaries that aren’t about hammering home a point of view about recent political or social issues. For a very accessible list of recommendations, check out this CineFix video: https://youtu.be/0nisJRrsNmc

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Re:Netflix’s big power clash and rivalries behind the crash by bitcharmer on Friday May 06, 2022 @01:56AM (#31281759)

Have you watched his Vietnam series?

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Re:Netflix’s big power clash and rivalries behind the crash by adastra22 on Friday May 06, 2022 @05:45AM (#31283261)

BBC documentaries are really high quality and not so biased as American documentaries.

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