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lawrenceyang
11-18-2010, 08:45 PM
Great sports series, anyone watch these ?
Espn's 30 For 30 Documentary Series - QuickSilverScreen Forum (http://ipb.quicksilverscreen.com/index.php?showtopic=208113)
Phlip
11-19-2010, 08:45 AM
One of the best things to happen on television in years.
I talked about it back in March.
[link] (http://callmephlip.blogspot.com/2010/03/espn-30-for-30.html)
The schedule changed since I wrote that, but my opinion has not.
tricky_ab
11-19-2010, 12:36 PM
I'm running out of PVR space! I've got quite a few saved (and I've watch every episode since it launched).
lawrenceyang
11-19-2010, 01:48 PM
ive seen quite a few of them, id say once brothers, guru of go and the 16th man were the best ive seen. guru of go made me shed a tear im not gonna lie
revat619
11-19-2010, 02:13 PM
One of the best things to happen on television in years.
I talked about it back in March.
[link] (http://callmephlip.blogspot.com/2010/03/espn-30-for-30.html)
The schedule changed since I wrote that, but my opinion has not.
I agree. One of the best things on right now.
They have all these lcd tv's mounted in our athletic center on campus and instead of doing our workouts one day after practice, a bunch of my teammates and i were caught standing around watching the one on Marcus Dupree. Our coach was annoyed at first because he thought we were just dickin around being lazy, but then he realized what we were doing and was like "oh. yeah thats a fantastic series. *he watches for a few minutes* now get back to the weights." hahaha
On a completely unrelated note, dude i didn't know you were from Greensboro?! I have A LOT of family there!
obsolete
11-23-2010, 12:41 PM
didn't realize bill simmons was responsible for the idea for the show
tricky_ab
12-18-2010, 04:43 PM
They have released the first season on DVD for anyone that's interested. Once I recover from holiday shopping, I'm planning to pick it up!
revat619
12-19-2010, 03:51 AM
They have released the first season on DVD for anyone that's interested. Once I recover from holiday shopping, I'm planning to pick it up!
haha yeah i saw it today while i was shopping. Should have bought it for myself, but i was trying to put the family first. After Christmas for sure though!
ManoNegra
12-20-2010, 08:31 PM
Thanks OP for this thread
I grabbed a bunch of eps
being a soccer fan I found The Two Escobars fascinating
love everything I've seen so far
MisawaJason
12-21-2010, 12:54 AM
Being the Sox fan that I am, I really want to see the episode about the ALCS back in '04 when the Sox were down 0-3 to the Yanks and then came back with 4 straight wins to move on to the world series and eventually win. But the episode came out after I got deployed, so I'll have to try to find it when I get back next year
tricky_ab
12-21-2010, 08:16 AM
^^ It's on iTunes and Amazon download services if you want to check it out now.
lawrenceyang
12-21-2010, 04:07 PM
^not a baseball fan but that doc. was epic. dont think it was as meaningful as say, the 16th man but still a good watch, probably more so if youre a fan of the soxs
Phlip
12-21-2010, 04:47 PM
^not a baseball fan but that doc. was epic. dont think it was as meaningful as say, the 16th man but still a good watch, probably more so if youre a fan of the soxs
That is the crazy thing about the series.
You don't have to be into the sport in question, but the human element makes it infinitely likeable.
ManoNegra
12-21-2010, 06:18 PM
Saw Kings Ransom and Run Ricky Run last night
awesomeness
tricky_ab
12-21-2010, 07:00 PM
That is the crazy thing about the series.
You don't have to be into the sport in question, but the human element makes it infinitely likeable.
Exactly, my wife loves the series and watches it with me whenever it's on. She's not a sports person at all but there's such a connection with the viewer and the story that it draws you in...
"What if I told you..."
If those words don't give you goosebumps you are missing out. This is entertainment meets documentary on a level that you rarely see on TV. Its refreshing that the directors that actually have a story to tell are being given this spotlight. Stories that appeal on all levels of the emotional spectrum.
"What if I told you, that a movie could change the way you look at sports."
run ricky run made me wanna cry, the one about the haiti under 18 womens soccer team almost made me cry. and the 2 escobars was extremely good.
I have seen quite a few of them and have been contemplating buyi9ng them since i saw they were out. But Phlip put my sentiments down first. "One of the best things to happen on television in years." If not the best to happen to sports television ever.
ManoNegra
12-22-2010, 10:10 AM
Caught The Band That Refused to Die and Without Bias last night
didn't dissapoint, excellence
tricky_ab
12-24-2010, 12:35 PM
I got off of work super early today and caught "Pony Express". Damn what a great episode! I even paused it to make popcorn HAAH! Those Texas boosters sure know how to buy a winning team!
Phlip
12-24-2010, 12:57 PM
I got off of work super early today and caught "Pony Express". Damn what a great episode! I even paused it to make popcorn HAAH! Those Texas boosters sure know how to buy a winning team!
I caught that one last Tuesday night, the lady and I were laughing at Eric Dickerson's Jheri Curl.
codyace
12-24-2010, 01:10 PM
I got off of work super early today and caught "Pony Express". Damn what a great episode! I even paused it to make popcorn HAAH! Those Texas boosters sure know how to buy a winning team!
That was a great one. It's amazing to see how that all worked out...I mean that was from the top to the bottom of the Texas 'world'
lawrenceyang
12-24-2010, 01:53 PM
watched the one about mj's baseball career, was pretty informative about his career but wasnt the most impactful video ever
tricky_ab
12-24-2010, 04:46 PM
I caught that one last Tuesday night, the lady and I were laughing at Eric Dickerson's Jheri Curl.
Don't hate on the 80's style ;)
That was a great one. It's amazing to see how that all worked out...I mean that was from the top to the bottom of the Texas 'world'
The best part was during the credits that more schools were caught doing worse things and they did not have their football programs cut in the least. I also loved when they interviewed a few of the boosters!
watched the one about mj's baseball career, was pretty informative about his career but wasnt the most impactful video ever
Yeah, it wasn't the best, but it was still quite entertaining. It would have been crazy to see the jumpman playing ball the following season (If there was not a strike that year). It still burns me that there was one that year BTW. The Expos' were going to win it all :(
Upcoming Episode on the The Fab 5 Michigan basketball team. Should be good. Airs March 13th 9PM EST. Set your DVRs. ;)
benniev
03-05-2011, 09:44 PM
I'm all about the U.. My favorite episode.
I'm a football guy at heart, Pony Excess was a good one too.
The whole series is a winner in my opinion.. ESPECIALLY Reggie vs. the Knicks LOL
tricky_ab
03-06-2011, 07:12 AM
Upcoming Episode on the The Fab 5 Michigan basketball team. Should be good. Airs March 13th 9PM EST. Set your DVRs. ;)
Sweet! I'm checking it out for sure!
frsh4
03-08-2011, 06:10 PM
My favorite was the one on Reggie Milller.
Winning Time.
I guess reggie boy has tiger blood too haha
lawrenceyang
03-09-2011, 03:27 PM
My favorite was the one on Reggie Milller.
Winning Time.
I guess reggie boy has tiger blood too haha
"there is a time to play and there is a time to win. what you do in winning time, that differentiates between just a regular player and superstar."
out of all the 30 for 30s ive seen ive watched this one the most. just really well made and enjoyable to watch. not too serious either
frsh4
03-09-2011, 07:50 PM
"there is a time to play and there is a time to win. what you do in winning time, that differentiates between just a regular player and superstar."
out of all the 30 for 30s ive seen ive watched this one the most. just really well made and enjoyable to watch. not too serious either
"cheryl! cheryl! cheryl! cheryl!"
hahaha.
i like how they talk about reggie miller being the villain.
Wow, the Fab 5 episode was awesome. I didn't know about the story. I have newfound respect for Jalen Rose and sympathy for Chris Webber.
SimpleS14
03-14-2011, 07:32 PM
Wow, the Fab 5 episode was awesome. I didn't know about the story. I have newfound respect for Jalen Rose and sympathy for Chris Webber.
Agreed, it was a great documentary. I didn't know the story as well and it must suck for Webber to have those events looming over his head.
ManoNegra
03-14-2011, 10:10 PM
no cable for me so I'll have to wait till it's airing on torrents
really looking forward to it
recently seen: Jordan Rides The Bus, June 17th, 1994, Into The Wind and The Birth of Big Air
all great, especially TBOBA
tricky_ab
03-15-2011, 07:07 PM
Agreed, it was a great documentary. I didn't know the story as well and it must suck for Webber to have those events looming over his head.
I still have to watch this episode...Good to know that people enjoyed it.
lawrenceyang
03-16-2011, 04:58 AM
theres probably not a lot of celtic love on this forum but theres a great series about their season from espn.
The Association: Episode 1 - Boston Celtics Blog - ESPN Boston (http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/celtics/post/_/id/4678578/the-association-episode-1)
highly recommend it to any sports fan
SocalCirca
03-16-2011, 05:08 AM
The Vladi Divac/Drazen Petrovic story was amazing. I shed a couple tears at the end when Divac hit Petrovics memorial site. This series has me hooked!
The two Escobars was legit as well. A robin hood story with a devastating twist.
DrftSLowHomIe!!
03-16-2011, 11:34 AM
The Escobar episode was on point one of my favorite ones
tricky_ab
03-16-2011, 06:27 PM
I just finished watching the Fab 5! What a GREAT episode!!! It really showe'd them for who they are. Good or bad, they did it their way...I thought it was weak that Webber didn't do the documentary. But there's a reason...According to Jalen Rose on that Simmons podcast he leveled some really harsh allegations at the booster who gave him a loan. Rose had nothing but nice things to say about that guy, but apparently Webber hit him up for a 5-figure loan right before the draft and then stiffed him once he got paid.
Then the fallout of the Final Fours being rescinded came along.
Rose said the booster wasn't 'rich-rich' and he looked out for all the local poor kids, and said that Webber acting the way he did almost ruined their friendship.
IMO it's a pretty shitty guy who takes a $10k + loan and then sells you out all the while riding to the bank.
codyace
03-16-2011, 10:59 PM
IMO it's a pretty shitty guy who takes a $10k + loan and then sells you out all the while riding to the bank.
I too thought that was very odd.
Rewatched 'The U' last night...man I love that one... a true decade of decadence!
lawrenceyang
03-18-2011, 03:49 PM
Video: The Association, Episode 4 - Boston Celtics Blog - ESPN Boston (http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/celtics/post/_/id/4681818/video-the-association-episode-4)
damn this ones really sad....
Phlip
03-18-2011, 06:41 PM
no cable for me so I'll have to wait till it's airing on torrents
really looking forward to it
recently seen: Jordan Rides The Bus, June 17th, 1994, Into The Wind and The Birth of Big Air
all great, especially TBOBA
I had more than half the eps downloaded before the DVD sets came out.
I don't use torrents...
I REFUSE to believe that every episode was not available as a torrent within an hour of airing.
ManoNegra
03-18-2011, 08:46 PM
I had more than half the eps downloaded before the DVD sets came out.
I don't use torrents...
I REFUSE to believe that every episode was not available as a torrent within an hour of airing.
PM me the source if you don't mind
Newsgroups are letting me down
really want to see the Fab Five
edit
found a torrent will all 30 originals
filling in the gaps of the eps I'm missing
Fernando Nation should be waiting for me tomorrow morning
Fab Five was great, Im glad I caught it.
I like the ones that have happened in my lifetime because I remember how I felt when i was actually watching it go on.
the fab five, The U, I remember watching them both on TV when I was a kid and I loved it then. Its great to be able to see the back story and emotional standpoints from the people actually living it.
ManoNegra
03-18-2011, 11:30 PM
Eps I would want to see done:
Christian Hosois vs Tony Hawk - they used to battle for skateboard supremacy back in the day. One became a household name, the other went to jail for smuggling drugs.
Lance Armstrong - cancer, doping, Tour de France wins... would make a good doc.
Maradona - the life, triumphs and failures of the "Hand of God".
(one on Pele would be cool too)
FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid - doc on the history of rivalry.
Sebastian Loeb - record number of WRC titles
Michael Schumacher - the best F1 driver ever?
(one on Senna would rock aswell)
Iron Mike Tyson
write espn right now and give them that list!
Actually, it might be better to tweet Bill Simmons the producer. ;)
Bill Simmons (sportsguy33) on Twitter (http://twitter.com/sportsguy33)
Fab 5 rebroadcast Sunday 8PM EST
tricky_ab
03-19-2011, 10:08 PM
Fab 5 rebroadcast Sunday 8PM EST
If anyone missed this, then set your PVR's as this was a great one to watch!
NissanEnthus
03-19-2011, 10:36 PM
My favorite was Marcus Duprees story "The best that never was"....
ManoNegra
03-20-2011, 12:16 AM
watched The U and Trials of Allen Iverson today
first was very good but the Iverson one put me to sleep
to add to the list of wishes:
doc on Rodney Mullen - freestyle skate god and inventor of the majority of modern street tricks
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