What documentaties have you recently seen?

[NeoN]

Please feel free to post any documentaries you've recently seen, or highly recommend others to watch, in this thread - which has been a long time coming.

I love my sci-fi doccies, mainly those about the cosmos. Lately though, I've been neglecting the handful I still sitting in my doccies folder.

Wonders of the Solar System (a 5 part series) is my all-time fav, hosted by Brian Cox (physicist and professor at the University of Manchester). It was presented in an interesting and exciting way, truly epic exp. Found this as part of a review on IMDb.com, that shares my feelings towards the series...

This series, describing and explaining some of the extraordinarydiscoveries made in astronomy and our explorations of the solar systemas well as our own world, ranks as one of the most entertaining andinformative series of programmes I've seen in a long life of watchingtoo much television.

Now, I bring this up as I today got my hands on two episode of Wonders of the Universe. Presented by the same dude, and thus making it a must watch. Reading up on this new show, I see that epi 3 is only coming  out on the 20th of March.

Sadly though, for some reason, no matter how fantastic the documentary is, I can't help but start falling asleep halfway through. T_T Currently I'm 26 mins into epi 1 and am forced to carry on with it tomorrow. :/

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Man, I'm gonna wake up with one monster of a headache in the morning. >_< lol

[BanzaiBoB]

Awesome idea for a topic - dunno why I didn't think of it myself, as I am a doccie monster!  BTW - wouldn't call what yer watching Sci-Fi - more Sci-fact  - however, having said that:-

Ancient Aliens - Did Aliens come to Earth thousands of years before recorded civilization? Did they help create the human race? What wondrous technology did they have? And where is the evidence? Very interesting look at some of the alternative theories out there. Takes a bit of a scientific approach to the subject - for instance, gold trinkets that could be some sort of aircraft, are built as remote-controlled models - and they actually fly!

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[NeoN]

haha... Sci-fact indeed. My bad. >_<

[NeoN]

Wonders of the Universe
101. OMW! After falling asleep again today, I finally finished the epi - woke up at the PC and noticed I fell asleep , then went to lay down for a bit, woke up 3 hours later and put this one to rest. >_<

[BanzaiBoB]

With my girlfriend having to work half-days over the long weekend, I've had a chance to catch up some of the doccies I've recorded off DSTV:-

Dogfights : The Zero Killer - story of the Grumman F6F Hellcat, the upgraded version of the F4F Wildcat, the first US plane to be able to take on the Japanese Zero and beat it. Awesome CG recreations of the battles.

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Jurassic CSI - an investigative series delving deep into the secrets of dinosaurs using high-tech scanning equipment and computer simulations.

Evolve - brilliant series on how species evolved their different characteristics, from eyes, to flight, to sexual reproduction. Reminds me of a video version of the superb Dorling-Kindersley books.

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In Pills We Trust - 3 part series on societies addiction to tranquilisers since the 1950's.

Battle Stations - series that deals with different weapons of war. I've seen the one on D-Day vehicles, the wooden ship-of-the-line, and most recently, the Martin B-26 Marauder bomber.



Chernobyl: Life in the Dead Zone - a look at the remarkable survival of numerous species living within the radio-active zone around the Chernobly disaster.

American Pickers - series about two antique archaeologists, who
"pick" through old barns, scrap heaps etc. to unearth forgotten treasures.

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[BanzaiBoB]

Trashopolis - series on the history of garbage and how it's affected the major cities of the world.

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History's Greatest Blunders - Prohibition - short doccy on the prohibition era in the US and how it led to the rise of criminals like Al Capone.

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[BanzaiBoB]

Megafactories:LEGO Goes behind the scenes of one of the world's biggest toy makers. Includes some interesting history on the company.



Tales of the Bow A history of archery and how it has shaped the world.

[NeoN]

Wonders of the Universe
102. Seems I forgot to post about this one. >_< A lil disappointed with the direction of this series (not at all what I was expecting). They're focusing a lot on  the elements the stars/supernova are composed of, like helium, hydrogen, etc. Going into detail of where the different elements are formed - interesting note, only during the biggest of supernovae, where temperatures reach the highest ever in the universe (think it's upto 100mil degrees) is the pressure high enough to create the heaviest elements from the periodic table.

[BanzaiBoB]

Frank Frazetta - Painting with Fire - awesome documentary on the life and works of one of the world's most renowned fantasy artists.

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[BanzaiBoB]

Solving History With Olly Steeds - watched 2 eps that caught my interest: the first on hidden "Nazi Treasure", mainly dealing with the missing Amber Room stolen from the Russians; and the other on "Hitler's Mummies" - the Nazi attempts to confirm the existence of the Aryan nation through the study of ancient mummies and other artifacts.

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Clash of the Gods - the series deals with the origins of mythological gods and creatures. I was particularly interested in ep 9, which dealt with the myths behind J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings saga. Brilliantly done.

[BanzaiBoB]

The Real M*A*S*H - a look at the actual M.A.S.H. (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) units during the Korean war which inspired the hit TV series.

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Man Made Marvels Asia includes an episode on the Okinawa aquarium, which has the largest free-standing aquarium viewing window in the world. They have a huge variety of species on display, including 3 massive whale sharks.

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Hitler's Secret Bunkers Revealed takes a look at the remnants of the massive bunkers built under and around Berlin during the war. Amongst others, the show takes a look at the last of 3 enourmous FLAK bunkers built to defend the centre of Berlin against air raids, and a look at the underground aircraft repair facilities beneath Tempelhof airport.

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[NeoN]

Man, that Okinawa aquarium looks epic! Puts the aquarium I saw in CT to shame - and that one blew my mind at the time. >_< lol

[BanzaiBoB]

Battlefield Mysteries - presented by military historian Norm Christie, the series looks at some of the mysteries that happen in wartime. Includes episodes on just who killed German tank ace, Michael Wittman, in WW2 and what happened to the many of the bodies of the International Brigades who fought in the Spanish Civil War.

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[BanzaiBoB]

Seeing as he stars in the new PotC movie - Blackbeard: The real pirate of the Caribbean takes a look at the life of this famous pirate, and dispels and confirms some of the myths about pirate life in general.

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James May's Man Lab attempts to re-introduce some of the things a man really should know - from laying concrete, to disarming a WW2 bomb.

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[BanzaiBoB]

The Musical Brain - it seems music is not only a way to enhance your moods, but may actually be an integral part of human development. The doccy follows some interesting research into how humans perceive music, and compares the way normal people's brains "read" music compared to the brain of a musician - in this case, Sting, who volunteered to have his brain scanned as part of the research.

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