"Documentaries", I love Deadliest Catch & Myth Busters.. what else is worth seeing?
 

"Documentaries", I love Deadliest Catch & Myth Busters.. what else is worth seeing?

the first 48

Gold Rush Alaska is pretty good i love deadliest catch and it is pretty similar

Thanks. Looks interesting.

flying wild alaska if you like sexy petite eskimo chicks

aren't those tv shows?

Yeah, I guess.. that's why I put documentaries in ""

We watch:
Ice Road Truckers - those are some hardcore fuckers, I tell ya. lol
Axmen
Swamp People
Swamp Brothers
Billy the Exterminator

My husband starts watching all of this shit and then pulls me in when he won't watch anything else and I get bored. But all of them are pretty decent, some of them funny as hell. lol

how bout american + canadian pickers

afghanistan war documentary "restrepo" was ok

:1orglaugh no way!

Hell yes way.. his list of shows like this is huge, but most I am not into at all.

Swamp Brothers is new and those two boys are hilarious. Robbie, the older brother used to be the assistant to C.C. Deville of Poison.

My personal favorites are Swords and Deadliest Catch though.

Whale Wars - new season starts Friday at 9PM

i may sample swamp peeps :)

my favorites are:

The Stoutest Norwegian
Survivor: Mogadishu
Canadian Race
Rosie O'Donnell: Behind closed doors
Keeping up with the Kristophersons

I like the first 48, outlaw bikers, underworld histories, turning points of history. I've watched them all and watch them again when they come on lol.

Coal and Swamp People are good

What an unusual collection of programmes to call Documentaries, especially Mythbusters which must rank as one of the shittiest programmes ever. I've yet to see an episode where their methods are "airtight".

Also while i'm on the subject, why are many "proper" american documentaries so liberal with facts? many of them put forward a theory only to claim it as fact later on in the programme.

I was making fun of my brother watching the stupid rednecks on Swamp People, but I watched a few shows on Netflix and got hooked. Pretty crazy shit and the characters kind of grow on you.

One of my favorite shows. I watch it every night in bed. I love real crime shows.

Pawn Stars, I love seeing them guys rip idiots off:)

There was a really interesting series about UK pawn shops following some of the customers showing how shitty their everyday decisions were and why they had become so reliant on pawning stuff.

Locked Up Abroad and How The Universe Works kicks ass.

another vote for the Ice Road Truckers is strangely addictive lol

Why Gold & Silver? - 81 Minutes
https://youtube.com/watch?v=E5VNAEmmBQM

Survivorman (Discovery show)
Everything with Ross Kemp.

That cartoon about the Federal reserve $5 submissions posted ~2 days ago.

Pawn stars
IRT (lisa kelly :) )
axmen
gold rush alaska
river monsters
dual survival
...

oh and "Masterchef Australia" :)

the real money is made off camera, the shit they show, is all fluff. A lot of the time they totally overpay for stuff, which will bring in the sheep, thinking they will get a fair shake:2 cents:

America's Hardest Prisons.... :)))

if you want to see a real documentary, check out Waterlife. Its about the great lakes.

I never understand why people take documentaries as gospel. They are usually fairly interesting and can provide some good insight, but there is always a bias and almost always money behind the project.

Oh and you guys are talking about reality shows more or less, not documentaries. They are fun and entertaining, but too much staging goes on. Reality show.

River Monsters = Awesome!

Trash TV
 

"Southern Fried Stings" is as funny as it gets. Rockford meets Jerry Springer.

http://www.spike.com/shows/auction-hunters
i love that show

that show is totally phoney. its all re-enactments that are big time embelished.

Here are a couple of good ones

Monsters inside me Is a good one
http://animal.discovery.com/tv/monsters-inside-me/

Dr G. Medical Examiner
http://health.discovery.com/tv/dr-g-medical-examiner/

Escaped
http://investigation.discovery.com/t...ped/about.html

I almost got away with it
http://investigation.discovery.com/t...-away-with-it/

They had a marathon, I didn't think it was going to be any good and ended up spending a few hours watching it lol.

Mythbusters a documentary? My god, the world is getting stupider by the second. Entertainment yes, documentary no.

Watch anything by Adam Curtis and then come back into this thread and talk about documentaries. I recommend something like "The Power Of Nightmares" as a whimsical light hearted introduction to the mans work followed by "The Trap" to fully suck you into his bleak, cynical, yet surprisingly charming world.

It's because a documentary has to form a thesis or an opinion of its own. without that you just have a bunch of clips that would make it boring as hell.. even the national geographic ones try to make a statement, despite being a bit dull and not as over the top as current doc films.

It is humorous seeing people take them as absolute fact and indisputable. Just because they have to back up their claims with some evidence doesn't mean that the evidence isn't weak or completely circumstantial. I still enjoy watching them, but I use them as an inspirational tool to read more on the subject myself and come to my own conclusions, a practice that is a dying art form I would imagine.