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Re: Tiger King

Graeme2 — Wed, 13 May 2020 03:47:32 GMT

Author: Graeme2

Posted: 05/13/2020 07:47

babyBlueSedan wrote:

I watched the entire thing on Sunday. I expected one type of crazy based on the trailer and got a whole other type of crazy. A friend binged it the day before and we spent like half an hour just going back and forth about all the insane things that happened. When the Miami drug kingpin is, comparatively, the voice of reason in your show you've got a hit.

There's rumors of an 8th episode coming out this weekend, which is big if true.

Ha yeah. I've been telling people the sanest person is the one Scarface is based on. I found the whole thing quite depressing. Still binged it mind but maybe was a tad over hyped. Not much light, just varying shades of dark. Anyone who mentions it to me, I just ask them if they've seen Making a Murderer.

Re: Tiger King

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 10:21:49 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/13/2020 14:21

Patman360 wrote:

Absolutely, there's some real dark shit in there that's almost glossed over to a certain extent (I'll hold off for now in terms of spoilers for those who've yet to get to it), at the same time, it's a numbers game and none of us would probably be here talking about it if it was set up any other way, I think the style just suits the nature of people involved and stories being told, even if underplayed the severity of some aspects, it certainly wouldn't work for every documentary but I think this is one the cases where if does fit.

Just as a reference, I recently attempted go watch the Netflix Pandemic documentary, they brought out just before all the Covid-19 things kicked off on a big scale, think it came out in January, anyway, I couldn't hack the style of it, way too sensationalist, interesting in some aspects but a lot of things were needlessly blown out of proportion and done purely to scaremonger. They had this graphic comparing the Spanish Flu's death toll to that of the World War's, which is completely unnecessary anyway and pissed me off quite a bit.

Apologies for the rant, I really had to hold back there when I remembered Pandemic.

Yeah-I think you make some good points: We would not be watching or talking about a more sober documentary about tiger captivity in the US without all the crazy antics on display! Hopefully Tiger King will help change some people's perspective on the captivity of tigers in zoos anyway-even if the level of focus on some of the characters in the series is a bit uncomfortable for me.

Surprised you had that strong reaction to the Pandemic documentary. I thought it was well made and I found a lot of the people in the doc quite inspiring. Totally respect your viewpoint though.

Re: Tiger King

Patman360 — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 21:07:57 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 04/13/2020 01:07

Absolutely, there's some real dark shit in there that's almost glossed over to a certain extent (I'll hold off for now in terms of spoilers for those who've yet to get to it), at the same time, it's a numbers game and none of us would probably be here talking about it if it was set up any other way, I think the style just suits the nature of people involved and stories being told, even if underplayed the severity of some aspects, it certainly wouldn't work for every documentary but I think this is one the cases where if does fit.

Just as a reference, I recently attempted go watch the Netflix Pandemic documentary, they brought out just before all the Covid-19 things kicked off on a big scale, think it came out in January, anyway, I couldn't hack the style of it, way too sensationalist, interesting in some aspects but a lot of things were needlessly blown out of proportion and done purely to scaremonger. They had this graphic comparing the Spanish Flu's death toll to that of the World War's, which is completely unnecessary anyway and pissed me off quite a bit.

Apologies for the rant, I really had to hold back there when I remembered Pandemic.

Re: Tiger King

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 12:17:16 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/12/2020 16:17

Just finished- it left me feeling a bit sad more than anything. Maybe, I'm being the fun police here but I feel a bit uncomfortable about the way it was presented mainly for entertainment and shock value when the story touched on such serious incidents and themes. It was certainly engrossing and an interesting story but deep down the presentation of it just didn't feel right (sorry-bit of a bummer comment but you might see what I mean).

Re: Tiger King

babyBlueSedan — Tue, 7 Apr 2020 19:59:58 GMT

Author: babyBlueSedan

Posted: 04/07/2020 23:59

I watched the entire thing on Sunday. I expected one type of crazy based on the trailer and got a whole other type of crazy. A friend binged it the day before and we spent like half an hour just going back and forth about all the insane things that happened. When the Miami drug kingpin is, comparatively, the voice of reason in your show you've got a hit.

There's rumors of an 8th episode coming out this weekend, which is big if true.

Re: Tiger King

Patman360 — Tue, 7 Apr 2020 18:17:02 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 04/07/2020 22:17

So my other half kept pushing me to watch this and now I can't stop, these people are fucked.

Re: Tiger King

Tha1ChiefRocka — Fri, 3 Apr 2020 00:20:36 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 04/03/2020 04:20

I don't think so. It's a beautiful disaster.

My buddy even remembers seeing Joe Exotic at one of our local malls back in the early 00's. I can't recall evver seeing any tigers at the mall; I think I would.

Re: Tiger King

cestuneblague — Fri, 3 Apr 2020 00:10:17 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 04/03/2020 04:10

It's like Roar meets Grizzly Man meets Animal Kingdom meets Battle Royale meets the Sopranos meets Big Love meets Life of Pi meets Macbeth meets Rhinestone meets National Geographic meets Wisconsin Death Trip. Can anything top this ever again?

Re: Tiger King

Tha1ChiefRocka — Fri, 3 Apr 2020 00:07:52 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 04/03/2020 04:07

CryingGameDahlin wrote:

Jesus Jased Christ. I think we need a groupwatch soon, preferably with a live commetary option.

It's well worth everyone's time. It's not often that midwest trash gets such a spotlight in America. I can't believe I can say I actually know (not well) people who had some high profile tigers about a decade ago. Their zoo is still open in a small town called Caney, Kansas.

Link

They were not nearly as batshit insane as the people in the documentary series though. They only had a few animals at once. Never over 200 freaking tigers like old Joe Exotic.

Re: Tiger King

cestuneblague — Thu, 2 Apr 2020 23:36:01 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 04/03/2020 03:36

Jesus Jased Christ. I think we need a groupwatch soon, preferably with a live commetary option.

Re: Tiger King

PurpleHazel — Wed, 1 Apr 2020 03:58:23 GMT

Author: PurpleHazel

Posted: 04/01/2020 07:58

Focusing on 2010s movies, but I'll try to check it out.

Tiger King

Tha1ChiefRocka — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 23:21:03 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 03/30/2020 03:21

Good lord. What a world we live in. Sometimes I'm not appreciative for the normal life I've been given.

Who's watched some of this yet? It's absolutely bonkers.