30 for 30 running thread

Kevin Johnson doc scrapped:

http://deadspin.com/espn-shelves-its-kevin-johnson-documentary-1736089539

 

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Since this thread got bumped... Seems like the recent 30 for 30s aren't getting much traction. Is anyone else watching them? I admit that I kind of let them queue up now and circle back to them when I get some free time, since the subject matter hasn't been as appealing to me.

I thought Fantastic Lies was good, but hurt by the fact that most of the lacrosse players, Nifong and Crystal Magnum couldn't or wouldn't participate. Four Falls of Buffalo was really well done, but man, it was gut wrenching to watch those players watching the Super Bowl highlights. Trojan War was just OK, as again, a lot of the most connected people either weren't interviewed or clearly didn't give them much. And The Gospel According to Mac, woof.

In the queue to watch - Prince of Pennsylvania (documentary of Foxcatcher, seemingly), Chasing Tyson (about Holyfield trying to get that fight), The 85 Bears, and This Magic Moment (Orlando of the 1990s). Believeland, about the Cleveland area being sports-cursed, comes out next on May 14. The Kevin Johnson documentary still has no air date, per Wikipedia. OJ doc in June, although I wonder how much The People Vs. OJ Simpson has dampened the enthusiasm for that. Phi Slama Jama in October, and TBA, a doc by Judd Apatow on Darryl Strawberry and Doc Gooden. - 30 for 30 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Fantastic Lies was good. Can't blame Nifong for not doing an interview.
Four Falls of Buffalo was not. I learned nothing new watching that.
Trojan Wars was solid.
Chasing Holyfield, was decent, but way down the list on docs I enjoyed related to Tyson.
The '85 Bears is easily - EASILY - my favorite 30-for-30. It was awesome!

 

Except for that whole part where they completely skipped the Super Bowl Shuffle.

 

This has potential:

ESPN developing a 30 For 30 documentary on the XFL

 

I really had high hopes for the XFL, but the gimmicks didn't work for me. Will definitely watch this though.

 

Ehhh. I hope WWE and ESPN are still chummy by the time it makes the airwaves. I also don't really trust ESPN to be all that fair when it comes to the only significant (in a minor sense) competitor to the NFL in the past 20ish years or so. That could just be the conspiracy theorist in me talking though.

 

I plan to watch the one on the Magic and the dynasty that never happened. It's on Netflix.

 

Fantastic lies was good. Could see why Nifong wouldn't appear. He was completely exposed as a pompous, arrogant bag of shit who was wrong. What could he say to remedy that.

Trojan Wars was good, but think Reggie Bush in that would've helped more than Nifong in the Duke one would have.

Prince of Pennsylvania was very good. Had a buddy who competed in sambo and trained at Foxcatcher few years before Dave Schultz was murdered. When it happened I remembered my buddy saying how f'd up and disturbed DuPont was.He also said what a genuinely nice guy Schultz was.

Shaq and Penny one also good. Seems Shaq realized after leaving Orlando how Penny was not just a great player, but a real good teammate and good guy.

Haven't seen every 30for30, but the only one that was subpar was the Kansas tool who paid 4 mil for the original rules of basketball.

 

The best by a long shot was The Two Escobars. The one on Mat Hoffman was also a favorite. Even if you don't care about the subject matter, it was fascinating.