Documentaries

[nietsroob17]

Not exactly documentary, but tried watching the first episode of "Running Point" on Netflix.

Produced by Mindy Kaling, with Kate Hudson essentially playing a watered down version of Jeannie Buss (who is co-producing the show with Kurt Rambis' wife and son) as the inherited president of the Los Angeles "Waves" with her brothers.

The team even has a Zen Buddhist coach that Kate Hudson seems to have the hots for, conveniently enough. And Chet Hanks (Tom's black sheep son) as the team's rebel player.

The show's already been renewed for a second season, but I don't know if I can stick with it after the awesomeness that was Winning Time, which at least had the NBA trademarks and real characters to work with (but not the Lakers' apparent endorsement that Running Point has).

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

I'm going to make a bold proclamation, and I say this as someone who neither loves nor hates Bill Simmons, but Celtics City might turn out to be better than The Last Dance.

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

Watched the Netflix documentary on the Joplin tornado the other night.

Was very haunting, especially with the amount of cell phone video and audio they had to work with. I liked the cross-section of people they checked in with who lived through it.

I remember driving through Joplin about a year after the tornado hit, and it still reminded me of what a bombed-out war zone is presumed to look like. You'd go through what appeared to be intact residential areas, with houses, full trees, etc., then all of a sudden, encounter blocks and blocks full of bare foundations where houses used to stand, and trees stripped bare or gone entirely. Very chilling.