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End of Empire (1985)
Little-remembered, yet fantastic historical documentary series
For anyone who's interested in the current state of geopolitics and where this mess originated from, this is arguably one of the best into's. There for sure are omissions here. For example, in the episode about Iran- Norman Darbyshire
was interviewed in depth for some key information. But (allegedly) the CIA (and possibly others) demanded he be removed entirely, which he was.
Transcripts of Darbyshire's interviews still exist and were used in a new documentary called Coup 53 (2019), which details those and other omissions to the Iran episode.
In short, the series was for sure censored for one reason or another, but still is a fantastic introduction for the masses on the current state of world affairs, and why things are the way they are.
Fail State (2017)
Harsh reality?
Thanks for finally making a video that documents these atrocities, making it easier for most people, who just don't have time to do their own homework, to put everything together. These industries and government organizations are screwing everyone, and have been getting away with it for decades, right under the public's noses, while the endless complaints just continue to be ignored, especially by the VA and the DOE. There are two facebook support groups, one for Art Institute, one for ITT tech- if you've had this problem with any for profit school, you should join both, since the information found in either will be relevant.
Night of the Chupacabra (2005)
Sometimes i like to see a bad sci fi movie
I make a point to not bother to rent ones that have fake reviews, this was perfect- awful and honest. Nothing worse than a bad movie that pretends to be a 10.
The Patent Scam (2017)
Great docu, everyone should see, ignore the one star fake review
Usually fake ratings try to push the overall score higher for a crappy movie, but it's opposite this time. The one star reviewer has only reviewed one movie in his entire existence, he seems to have created an account for the sole purpose of giving this movie the lowest rating possible, and spent a lot of time with it, it's almost as if that person has a vested interest in what he's doing.
If you've heard of the faulty patent system and wondered what that's all about, this movie spells it out plainly, and doesn't sugar coat anything.
Bar Rescue (2011)
Specially edited for dramatic effect, dishonest at best.
I happened to catch this episode (i am reviewing the Portland Tonic Lounge episode) because i was in portland when they shot it.
One of the most dramatic scenes is when there were bugs EVERYwhere, some flying around, but most of them were dead, lying on countertops, on dishes, on food, on cooks' utensils in the kitchen, EVERYwhere. Later, they shine a flashlight under a bottle of gin (or something) from the bar so we can see the tonic is filled with dead bugs! Eewww.
Now for what really happened. Of course they couldn't possibly be open to the public with dead bugs everywhere. Did they plant all of these bugs to set the storyline up?
Of course not! That would be just plain.. WRONG, not to mention immoral. and unethical. Instead, they left the doors to the building wide open all night long and let the bugs fly themSELVES in and die all over everything, and then shot the video the next day. That way you see, they can't be accused of engineering any sort of story they want to- they're not like that- it was the bugs who did it.
It's a ridiculous waste of time unless you're easily amused by funny editing. But i kept watching, and the rest was filled with other distortions and manipulations of half truths, not to mention the parts where the staff got pretty heated. Sure some of it happened to one degree or another. But it's not hard to notice some of the crooked editing.- hair is a different style during the "same" conversation, you can hear the cuts when they decide to reorder parts to make them seem more dramatic and pissy. They copied the owners laugh and pasted it in awkward parts to make him laugh when he wasn't for effect. Well this is all pretty obvious to most, i just don't get why people watch this kind of stuff enough to elevate the show to where they are. OK, maybe it's the same reason i watched it.
After the TV people left, portland hated the penis room, especially the name. It was changed to The Raven for awhile, now it's back to the tonic lounge. Some of the changes made inside were OK, but everyone really liked the original format and hated to see it go, replaced by more of the same with a scary name. Some of the better ideas stayed, but mostly it's back to being the Tonic Lounge that everyone loved. In the bigger picture, the show was probably good for the Tonic, but for mostly bs reasons.
At the end the host looks like the genius bar savior that came from a far off land to save ye townfolk from thyselves, or something, along with more tricky editing to make it stick. Oh, bonkers.