"Sports" but the Manti Te'o story on Netflix was just insane. Manti is a real class act.
Poor dude became a laughing stock and had his life ruined because Deadspin couldn’t be bothered to wait long enough to do a fact check."Sports" but the Manti Te'o story on Netflix was just insane. Manti is a real class act.
Yeah the Deadspin folks sucked although it was going to be bad no matter what and honestly Naya does not seem particularly remorseful and I'm pretty sure she also wrecked Diane O'Meara's life for a few years too (and spinning it as her own finding herself redemption tale is going to do massive harm to that community). It was sad listening to Manti talk about the imposter syndrome type mental and physical effects he had upon entering the NFL and just the entire toll it took on him and yet he seems to have forgiven everyone.Poor dude became a laughing stock and had his life ruined because Deadspin couldn’t be bothered to wait long enough to do a fact check.
I agree with you about the Alanis Morrisette doc. Was really well done, lots of nostalgia and made me remember just how phenomenal that Jagged Little Pill album was.I also watched Netflix's Woodstock thing, at first I was like "why do we need another W99 feature?" and I think HBO's/The Ringer is the one to watch (also their Alanis Morisette feature on Jaged Little Pill is thumbs up) but I did like the formatting of this as kind of an hour by hour foray into the growing disaster. I think it also paints a nice picture of where Limp Bizkit was in relation to everything as well which sort of shows the lame excuse that it was all Fred Durst's fault for what it was.
So if you have time for both, or you watched the other one a few years ago, this is a nice supplement. Otherwise watch the HBO/Ringer docs instead.
I hadn't realized it but I was right in the middle of a job transition during W99 and prepping to head to Vegas to open the Alladin (I think?) casino/resort (I did the steakhouse and Eiffel Tower restaurants). I thought I was at my previous job where it was like a frathouse everyday until it dawned on me when the exact dates were up. I turned 25 a few days after the event so W94 was much closer to my heart.I agree with you about the Alanis Morrisette doc. Was really well done, lots of nostalgia and made me remember just how phenomenal that Jagged Little Pill album was.
Maybe it’s because I watched the Netflix Woodstock doc first, but I preferred it over the HBO/Ringer version. I was 21 when that festival took place and remember watching lots of MTV coverage of it. A couple years prior in the summer of 96 I attended the Tibetan Freedom Concert organized by the Beastie Boys that took place in Golden Gate Park over 2 days. Was a much smaller scale than Woodstock but some similarities in behavior, for sure. Hard to believe that it’s been 26 years![]()
Just watched both episodes. Damn. How Manti can forgive Naya is something I would never be able to do. So much damage caused by that one person who as you said, doesn’t come across as very remorseful whatsoever."Sports" but the Manti Te'o story on Netflix was just insane. Manti is a real class act.
As nice as Netflix were for NOT pulling a deadspin and running a story without input from the subjects, they could have condensed her journey into "I didn't know it in 2009 but I have come to terms with my identity as a woman" rather than giving her the "I realized I am a woman and my pretend life as a female online that lead to me catfishing this poor dude and ruining his whole life was just part of my process and look at me I'm a beautiful butterfly now!" edit. Maybe some of that time could have been spent on what this did to Diane as well?Just watched both episodes. Damn. How Manti can forgive Naya is something I would never be able to do. So much damage caused by that one person who as you said, doesn’t come across as very remorseful whatsoever.
"Sports" but the Manti Te'o story on Netflix was just insane. Manti is a real class act.
Loving She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
"Based on the first episode" is a bit of a misnomer: the show got review-bombed by a bunch of people who didn't actually watch the first episode. Many of those negative reviews were posted before the first episode was even released. The chances that this is not part of a coordinated online hate campaign are next to zero.I've seen that there are a lot of 1-star reviews based on the first episode. Some folks really need to get a life....
Ah - I hadn't read the details and saw the news blip after the first episode was released. Thanks! Sounds an awful lot like Captain Marvel, IIRC."Based on the first episode" is a bit of a misnomer: the show got review-bombed by a bunch of people who didn't actually watch the first episode. Many of those negative reviews were posted before the first episode was even released. The chances that this is not part of a coordinated online hate campaign are next to zero.
Ah - I hadn't read the details and saw the news blip after the first episode was released. Thanks! Sounds an awful lot like Captain Marvel, IIRC.
To be fair, The Eternals was actually a bad movie. Ambitious but bad.And Ms. Marvel.
And The Last Jedi.
And The Eternals.
And Ghostbusters 2016.
If only these fans could use their powers for the collective food like the fictional heroes they claim to admire.
Um, Ghostbusters 2016 was pretty bad (outside Chris Hemsworth). Eternals was better on a second viewing. It still wasn't good by any means, but it wasn't as bad as I first thought.To be fair, The Eternals was actually a bad movie. Ambitious but bad.
every other one of those movies absolutely did nothing to warrant the hate they got.
To be fair, The Eternals was actually a bad movie. Ambitious but bad.
Loving She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. Still early in the series but, so far, it's exactly what I was hoping it would be: a low-stakes law "dramedy" (but with superpowers), that pulls heavily from the Dan Slott run in the comics. As a big fan of the title character, it does bug me a little bit how many people are openly (and very loudly) saying that they're only watching the show for the guest stars, but whatever gets the clicks, I guess.
Watched the first episode tonight. It also suffers at times from the ending of GoT - too dark. At times it's hard to see what's on the screen. Throw a couple more candles or torches in these scenes, people!House of the Dragon gets right to it in episode 1. Definitely set the tone for the series
Watched the first episode tonight. It also suffers at times from the ending of GoT - too dark. At times it's hard to see what's on the screen. Throw a couple more candles or torches in these scenes, people!
I've never seen a show that heavy on spoilers for another show before.Welp, I hope nobody was watching this show who hadn't seen The Sopranos before, and was still planning to?