I enjoy documentaries both for what they show as they go along and for the genre itself.
You have the British style, presented by a learned fellow in jeans walking along a beach, a meadow, a street, the dark side of the moon, whilst elucidating how the world turned out to be what it is.
Or the American style with the disembodied steroid-enhanced gravel voice (unless we're talking about Michael Moore) going through discoveries by the number until we get to the one that left the whole community of scholars, scientists, or worker termites completely flabbergasted, a discovery impeccably timed to happen right after the next advertisement break.
The journalistic variety emphasise how clandestine the program or film you're watching is. The more shaky the handheld or hidden camera is, the better the journalistic credentials.
Are there any documentaries (or dramatisations) you have found interesting, and why?
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I've seen a few 20's videos. A lot of western infrastructure was made then (or earlier, but the films/videos mostly started that decade).
I just saw Freak Out! (http://www.freakoutmovie.org/) a new Scandinavian/German documentary
and dramatisation, and it is pretty good. It spans the range of time from 1900 to today in Europe and North America, takes what would be an early 20th century upper middle class hippie commune and its connections with modern history (yes, there will be Hitler and trains). Technically the documentary has a wide range as well, in handling and combining material from past and present.
The trailer is on YouTube.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5NtT9gGsZ4[/video]
In fact the whole thing is on the Internet, if you speak German.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLS66q9ydIY[/video]
It is in English as well (http://tv.nrk.no/program/koid75006111/freak-out), but I am not sure it is available outside Norway.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDsjZXrYIZk[/video]
By dramatisation you mean those stories about dinosaurs, eg?
Yes, I should have called the thread Dinosaurs & Documentaries. Sorry, force of habit.
This one?[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFrJT8a-B14[/video]
We should do a documentary about DnD.
Since we can't have the name of all the characters, we can put just
Belfrager
and
others
The Oscar is ours. :)
Ok, I accept to negotiate the credits list...
Straight to DVD.
A D&D from another thread:
Homo they definitely were, from what we now can pick out from their bones and tools, they were something else that what came before them.
From the long-discarded idea of H. erectus as little more than a semi-monkey we have advanced to dramatisations and documentations (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=368.0) like BBC's Planet of the Apemen (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0126998) episode 1, where H. erectus, not H. sapiens, was the top dog.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7hfeICyyzs[/video]
BBC Empire (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00p1388), a five-part series on the British empire, is far too short and superficial to tackle all the upheavals this empire caused during its existence, but still valuable for its insights.
[video]http://youtu.be/T3_NICOfzTM?list=PLx6AngGF2_C77trCTuOrGlOM6qANVmDGD[/video]
The upheavals of that empire have since been well overtaken by great margins so empires are not all in history.
Among other things we've done,
BBC: Supersized Earth A Place To Live
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSCrWWUi3jM[/video]
BBC: Supersized Earth The Way We Move
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyyGjQiiQBM[/video]
BBC: Supersized Earth Food, Fire And Water
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_o7tzzcqcY[/video]
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fHLFXEkUT4&list=WL&index=4[/video]
Not bad. Public Broadcasting at its best anyway. I've always liked Nova.
I've always liked Nova.
So do I...and it's commercial free.
How Putin came to power.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpiZw1R8w-c[/video]
What this does is show a touch of hypocrisy jimbro.
You are quick enough of others including me of going on about issues to the point of hair pulling yet here again you own personal anti-Russian-Putin constant hypocrisy and constant bitching. Wouldn't be so bad if your own country wasn't so guilty all over the world. On a lesser note they are better at ceremonial than your lot of amateurs! :up: :D
On a lesser note they are better at ceremonial than your lot of amateurs!
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHZIUdHm6b4[/video]
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMwGX7ftBoo[/video]
Not meant as a burn, and I'm probably more critical after watching the Chinese show how it's done - but I expected tighter ranks in parade before the Queen. :worried:
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQlZyoKY3hw[/video]
India is nice.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uxZKQfelUk[/video]
I've always liked how Russia includes mechanized divisions in parade. Fun to watch anyway.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-oDyycnX_0[/video]
Fun to watch too. Nothing grandiose, which is apparently important. The US hell march vid was just shots of this march mixed with crap stock footage of military hardware. Worse so than the British one.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=096hnKDw5tc[/video]
Odd one here. I can't* get past the shitty camera work, or the fact they even showed the camera men getting that crap footage, to comment on the march.
You forgot the Portuguese march.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swrLNM6fr9A[/video]
I thought about a French one. With some quip about marching backwards...
..But it wouldn't be fair. They aren't here to defend themselves. :left: :right:
They aren't here to defend themselves.
And they don't do that.
I was on about routine ceremonial not that theatrical show business stuff from the US Marines. When it comes to that routine ceremonial aspect I was illustrating they don't have it I am afraid and even many small nations can do better than marching like women. What I would say is that the rifle drill was clever but in the norm? Nah.
I am afraid and even many small nations can do better than marching like women.
First off, that's incredibly sexist.
And on the other side of that, projecting military power at home isn't really American. I couldn't care less how showy they are..
I was on about routine ceremonial not that theatrical show business stuff from the US Marines.
It's all theatrics. I'm not impressed by a gaggle of automatons wherever they come from.
When I was in the Navy, such nonsense wasn't in vogue.
The Howie principle: if it's from the U.S., it's inferior.
It's all theatrics. I'm not impressed by a gaggle of automatons wherever they come from.
Hear, hear!
Straight to DVD.
Short to BVD?
Excuses, excuses, ensbb3. I made the reasonable and direct point that it was well executed but when it comes to an actual normal occasion they fall short
Yep, well done jimbro you got it so well done on the conception of the ceremonial aspect! :lol:
Sexist? How twee.
to an actual normal occasion they fall short
Like a kilt in the wind?
Sexist? How twee.
(No seriously. I'm from the American south and found that sexist.)
Quit you like men! Dress you like women!
Although I have always been saddened by what happened back in 1864 below the Mason-Dixon you hardly have a very good history of properness to moan about sexism have you?
That's 156 years ago. S**t happens in 156 years.
I only watch documentaries with naked women. To see if the documentary is right. Being a Latin, I'm an authority on such matters.
And others.
For the record the Mason-Dixon line had to do with state borders. Nothing to do with the civil war or slavery really. Although it is generally accepted as the border between north and south. It seems a little high to me, tbh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason%E2%80%93Dixon_line (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason%E2%80%93Dixon_line)
I only watch documentaries with naked women.
Such as "Girls Gone Wild"? :D
I only watch documentaries with naked women.
Such as "Girls Gone Wild"? :D
Never saw that particular one but if it's a California's most famous production, no thanks.
Speaking about California, why American documentaries always have that irritating like narrator's voice? Is that what the public there considers a credible voice?
Eh, jimbro? Wonder if you are an alien just landed. The nonsense is still going on over there, every week, every month and a sense of continuity.
I wrote to a US President once.
I wrote to a US President once.
An US President wrote to me once. I didn't answer.
That President did not reply to me Belfrager so wondered if I should research and see if he had any past historical family links with Edinburgh. Decades ago i wrote to the the President of the Republic of China (best known as Taiwan, Chiang Kai-Shek. At least that one was acknowledged.
I once shook the hand of Mike Ilitch who has an estimated wealth of $5.1 Billion. He's presently building a $650 million entertainment district in downtown Detroit
It didn't do anything for me. His company makes good pizza, however.
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That President did not reply to me Belfrager so wondered if I should research and see if he had any past historical family links with Edinburgh. Decades ago i wrote to the the President of the Republic of China (best known as Taiwan, Chiang Kai-Shek. At least that one was acknowledged.
So... you are the type of person that writes to presidents... worst than I thought.
A friend of mine used to work to the President's Civilian House and once he told me about the letters they constantly receive from lunatics from all around the world. One was funny, he wrote asking for the bank transfer of one million dollars to his account, according the agreements already made. :)
That wasn't you rjhowie?
So... you are the type of person that writes to presidents... worst than I thought.
:lol:
His company makes good pizza, however.
:worried: Little Caesars? Good? Interesting. :P
Eh, jimbro? Wonder if you are an alien just landed. The nonsense is still going on over there, every week, every month and a sense of continuity.
I wrote to a US President once.
He's still wondering what you were trying to say.
:worried: Little Caesars? Good? Interesting. :P
Believe it or not, there's one in Spring Hill! China, too. Sink your fangs in that gem!
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Well that President is dead now tt92 - like your ability to use the brain.
Well that President is dead now tt92 - like your ability to use the brain.
Don't use this one!
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Totally agree jimbro as it must be kept for the new person in the White House next year so there is continuity.
Need two more: A Cylon Imperious Leader has 3 brains. Of course, given the kind of decisions Imperious Leader kept making his Centurions carry out it doesn't seem that 3 brains did him a lot of good.
Still--- the sitting president should have at least as much smarts as a Cylon.
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[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWXNcbxQ76w[/video]
Rj's concerns seem to be misdirected.
John Oliver is great. I watch him every week.
Must say ensbb3 you are in a sticky corner coming from where you do. The number of people paid to influence your lot on the Hill is in army division numbers. When you elect people over there they are already financially influenced by corporates and the corruption is inbuilt. Tens of thousands on hand to influence what passes as a political system representation. I could understand a bit more if the hypocrisy was not so widespread and farcical to the point of general acceptance. That more and more ex-colonists don't bother to vote in general elctions shows the frustration and with only two corporate indulging parties to run the damn place they are frustrated. Try a proper revolution.
Here's a documentary for you and your 'friends', sir.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IUxLG-G5lc[/video]
Nah not watching the nonsense The majority did not want same sex poof marriages. Interestingly the committee in the house that takes in petitions had far more petitioners on queerdom and the stance against it but were studiously ignored. Indeed more responded to that than independence matters. Maybe you might also not that your great US pals the Saudis and the other Islamist corners are violent against qieers but you lot say nothing about it. Talk about elementary politics? Not surprising education has a problem in the ex-colonies.
That's what happens when you live in a country which is run by ex-colonial powers who don't have answer to the electorate.
Try a proper revolution.
There's no need. We have you to remind us there are worse places than here.
Well not when it comes to giant hypocrisy dear man!
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Crap! What was that?! :left::right:
The majority did not want same sex poof marriages.
Really? You have the figures to back that up I take it. Most people I know couldn't care less as it didn't affect them. Oh! and it's same sex marriages, not poof marriages, by the way. (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/253164678/rolleyes.gif)
May i remind you again Luxor steeped as you are in your Brigadoon nationalist tripe. You seems to simply ignore what does not suit you and that includes the petitions that go into the Scottish parliament. Far more responded in tens of thousands than on the independence thing yet ignored.
What we are now getting from the Sturgenite minds is a syetem that is a blight whether it is on education ouoil revenue to do wonderful things, police problems and so on. Then the further police state attitude on children. We are informed that 16 and 17 years olds are wise enough to be allowed to vote. However at the same time the actual real;l Nazis from your corner have introduced a law that says ever baby born in Scotland must have a State appointed "helper" until 18. So mature enough to vote but not for growing up? Since the Referendum the wave of people who have flocked to the tartan fanatics has included an awful lot of dodgy and ignorant people. I would say that there are many in the SNP who are of course perfectly decent people but those that hound opposing people are in far greater mode than them. The language and nastiness is something your lot should be doing more about. Oh and i know you will try and deflect y saying that unionists are level but tyey are NOT. May I remind the way that Murphy was treated in the streets which was far beyoind political games. Cursed at, accused of nasty things that were unreal and even into his face. It has been the same on the net and the Nats are by far the leaders. The attempt to get at the BBC can be added to it then just two days ago i got stuck with one of these latest imbeciles that have flocked to your side.
Coming from the Gt Western Retail park here I stood at the bus stop leaning on the waste paper bin and suddenly got a voice asking if a particular bus had passed. It did catch me on the hop as didn't know this woman was about. Mid twenties, very well, large and I pased the time of day with her. On bus routes I happened to say when she was complaining about them of local routes that had been taken off as the Scottish government had stopped a subsidy. She went into an unexpected and loud rage at my innocent comment. When I tried to be mannerly and ask her to calm down she got worse and then ranted about poverty, cut-backs and so on. When i politely disagreed with a couple of issues I was shouted at and called me an f----, b-----d, Nazi Tory. Now I had not said my political leanings but she kept saying this giving a lad about 18 or so a laugh and me shaking my head. No interest in any opinion and kept the rant up not permitting any opinion but constantly cursingand then her bus came so I smiled and said "cheerio" and got the same ranting again. Trouble is that such people are many and very rarely does the SNP say anything and in fact when this was raised before Salmond gave up he thought it all amusing.
Now I don't mind the Nats having the right to argue for their direction but at the same time they are attracting an awful lot of bad people now.
You seems to simply ignore what does not suit you and that includes the petitions that go into the Scottish parliament. Far more responded in tens of thousands than on the independence thing yet ignored.
As I suspected, you seem to be unable to back up your absurd claim that the majority did not want same sex marriages. Thought as much, talking mince as usual. A few bible thumpers were against it which was to be expected, but the majority? Not by any stretch of the imagination.
As for the rest of your post... (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/253164678/yawn.gif) Change the record, it's getting boring.
Things that are right don't need a majority, but in the US the numbers are clear.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sixty percent of Americans now support same-sex marriage, as the Supreme Court prepares to rule on its constitutionality next month. This is up from 55% last year and is the highest Gallup has found on the question since it was first asked in 1996.
Equally clear in Britain.
The latest poll made by BBC Radio in March 2014 found that 68% of the respondents agreed same-sex marriage should be permitted and 26% opposed it. The research also found that younger people were more likely to support same-sex marriage, with 80% of 18 to 34-year-olds backing it, compared with 44% of over-65s. Of those polled, women were more likely to support same-sex marriage than men, with 75% of women for it compared with 61% of men in favour.
Discrimination against Blacks was never right, nor was it against same-sex relationships. Remember the days of anti-Semitic sentiment and practices? Don't forget that Jesus was a Jew!
And never married.
Nice try Luxor but you are purely an emotional Scot of the metal kilt mob. You studiously ignored what i said about petitions sent in on indpenednece and the matter of poof marriage, etc so typical. On the broader basis you have no answers so try to fall back on self-smug satisfaction. On the police, health service, taxation, oil collapse and so on. You are attracting Scots but the bottom of the pile loud mouthed, arrogant and ignorant. You do have the majority when it comes to abuse over the net but you are good for doing a dance. The matter of State interference on families with the new-born whilst saying that 16 and 17's are capable of being able to vote. Considering that you have been like the Soviets or National Socialists interfering with the newborn until they are 18 makes the voting age laughable. So be as snooty and smug as you like because once you folk are forced out of the dreams of Jacobism you cannot answer for yourselves.
Oh and you no doubt had hoped for a labour minority win so you could go into bed with them at Westminster but that has fallen flat in the face and you will get nowhere. Those Scots who are dissatisfied with Labour will no doubt vote for you lot but are not of the independence mindset. When one looks at the General Election voting in Scotland how much of a deflation was that bus stop harridan? I note that around 430,000 Scots voted for the Tories which is not insignificant so that SNP fanatic must try and explain how there are so many Scots Nazis ion the country! :o :lol:
You are attracting Scots but the bottom of the pile loud mouthed, arrogant and ignorant
Nope! I think you'll find they are already members of your club. (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/253164678/rolleyes.gif)
Oh and you no doubt had hoped for a labour minority win
Nope again. I couldn't give a toss what the labour party do. (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/253164678/givefinger.gif)
I note that around 430,000 Scots voted for the Tories which is not insignificant
Yet less than they got in the 2010 election, what a shame for them. (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/253164678/CryingHankie.gif)
there are so many Scots Nazis
I think you will find that there are no Nazis in Scotland whatsoever. (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/253164678/nono.gif)
You need a history lesson obviously, try Wikipedia it should be simple enough, even for you.
(Oh, the trouble I could make! But, no, I ain't agonna do it. No sirree bob! :devil: )
This thread may be high on drama lately, but hardly on documentation.
This thread may be high on drama lately, but hardly on documentation.
DnD needs a documentary for posterity.
So, the richer boys gets the funding. I'm a very good filmmaker. And all of you are great actors. :)
Maybe we should hire Monica Belluci...
You are dead on there as a Nat Luxor and rather limited in tour corner sonny. The way you lot act it is so puffed up and arrogant. You and Labour are so hostile to each other and although labour has declined they are still about in numbers. As for the Tories you would think there were none of them in Scotland the way your propaganda works and yet and yet there are hundreds of thousands of them too! You create a national Stae police force which has been seen as a problem the oil industry is declining rapidly our health serice and education system with challenges. The matter of State interference in every child is another thing to danc round. So it doesn't matter how good a family background you have everyone having a baby must have it supervised by someone appointed by the State! What a touch of Nazi or Soviet stuff that one is. At the same time claiming that every 16 and 17 year old should be voting which kind of contradicts the government interferece in every child until they are 18. These thins must ne echoed here to others outside the country.
On a wider basis many Scots who were of the more emotional persuasion voted for you in the General Election but not for the independence waste of time but heart tugging and no practicality. Enjoy having all the MP's at Westminster but the government has a majority so you are stuck in a corner. Salmond several years ago got pally with the red socks cardinal and made it clear he was after their votes but since he had to resign being a sexual deviant that has passed.Ireland was held up as the way ahead until it went bankrupt but we don't hear about it now. Instead it is the Scandinavian slot but you cannot navigate another country tradition into your own. Declining oil, population getting older, money in an independent country would be another problem and taxes would have to rise. The more emotional Brigadoons since the General Election clap at the SNP guff about taxing the rich more to make up for things which is a neat throway but there aren't enough of them.
Those from elsewhere will note the inability to actually answer the negatives being shown by the tartan fanatics. We get dancing around the actual practicalities and that Scotland would be unlike anywhere else and be a world champion, aye right. Many of those who drifted to the SNP vote in the Election have been of a lower and scurrilous attitude and foreigners may be totally unaware of the shocking, disgusting and terrible attacks verbally that have been made of anyone who is Unionist inclined. Much of the were no doubt ex-Labour as well! So be as supercilious you want and feel self-satisfied as well but you cannot deal with the in-the-face stuff and you have well proved it.
Meanwhile I will use the words of Lord Carson in 1922 with the matter of a Border in 1922...."Not an inch!" (!). :lol:
many Scots who were of the more emotional persuasion voted for you in the General Election
Did they? I didn't even know I was standing. Jeez! I'm going to have to go see my Dr, as my memory must be worse than I thought. (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/253164678/Thinking2.gif)
Note all that he cannot answer the charges but falls back on the old thread excuse of would-be satire or scoffing. What is also laughable is that the "leader" of the Yes Referendum side claimed at one stage he was not SNP which isults the intelligence as apart from the Green Party which amounts to a corner the campaign could only go on with the Scottish Nose Pickers.
They can huff and puff all they want with the contingent in Westminster because they have been sidelined by Labour not winning the General Election. And assuming the Brigadoons do likewise with Holyrood the same applies. Oh and in passing think I might mention a passing statistic. In saying that the Conservative vote was declined in Scotland was worth replying to. Labour and the Liberal Democrats had a very obvious and noted percentage decline in Scotland but the Conservatives only went down 1% which is nothing and holding their own. The SNP in the previous Scottish Parliament time repeatedly accepted support from the Scottish Tories to get things through and still come out with this juvenile rant about that corner. Some 430,000,000 Tory voters in Scotland so what a hoot there are still so many but that is the way the nationalist emotionals rant.
So snuffingly continue the arrogant slant it is a goodly background for readers!
???
:zzz: Even the drama is fizzling.
A suitable answer for big head tt92 - :P
Note all that he cannot answer the charges but falls back on the old thread excuse of would-be satire or scoffing.
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A suitable answer for big head tt92 - :P
This is what you wrote, Rj.
"So snuffingly continue the arrogant slant it is a goodly background for readers!"
Tt92 was referring to the difficulty of figuring out what you intended to convey. I don't understand it either. What does "snufflingly" mean? I couldn't find it in any but a medical dictionary, and it doesn't seem to fit what you might have meant. Secondly, it looks like two sentences slammed together with no apparent connection.
"Perhaps if you in any intention got the same idea to leave for a weekend what did he want."
Something like the above.
Luxor is in the same mind limitation as tt92 and shows his self-aggrandisement. But the inability to answer as a would-be smug way says more. He will not quote any poll that does not fit into his nationalist tartan mind. For example the Smith Commission polls. It was discovered that most Scots did not know what it was even though it was setting the basis for wider powers. Then again a poll said they were not satisfied with what the same Commission was coming up with! It is the old story of ignoring anything one does not like to hear and try and be pompous and sigh. People can get carried away with emotion rather than sense and it is a nationalist trait and the vast majority of those that are carried away with such whilst the more intelligent in that camp of course ignore such.
My supermarket cafe has free newspapers daily on a rack and often puts up that National newspaper of the independence corner. Farcical as it is in the face political and they don't put up the other equivalent the "Morning Star" of the Communists. The thing that keeps the National afloat is the money from dedicated advertisers but it doesn't reach many as the circulation is way, way down. Good news and time for a glass of Irn Bru to celebrate!
Some 430,000,000 Tory voters in Scotland so what a hoot there are still so many but that is the way the nationalist emotionals rant.
I had no idea there's nearly as many Tory voters in Scotland as the combined population of the US and Mexico.
Some 430,000,000 Tory voters in Scotland so what a hoot there are still so many but that is the way the nationalist emotionals rant.
I had no idea there's nearly as many Tory voters in Scotland as the combined population of the US and Mexico.
Considering that the population of the entire UK is between 65 and 70 million, they must be importing Tories in vast numbers.
Funny thing, that. People raise a fuss if Chicago allows a few dead people to vote--- but just look at RJH's numbers----there aren't enough buses to bring in people from out-of-town to vote the right way on that level.
Funny thing, that. People raise a fuss if Chicago allows a few dead people to vote--- but just look at RJH's numbers----there aren't enough buses to bring in people from out-of-town to vote the right way on that level.
In Scotland they ain't dead. Didn't you ever see that documentary about all of those immortal MacLeods chopping people's heads off?
Haha! Good to know there is a Yank who picks oddities up mjsmsprt4)!
Considering that the population of the entire UK is between 65 and 70 million, they must be importing Tories in vast numbers.
Okay, I have to confess. I went to the Strip one fateful night and had one to many with the servers handing out free drinks left and right and all that. Unfortunately, I gambled away my money, maxing out my creditcards in the process. This guy named Vinnie loaned me some money at a 300% interest rate while offering me a pair of cement shoes and a "swim" in Lake Mead if I was unable to pay. So I had to take a bribe to go to Scotland and vote as a Tory to pay off my debt :(
In Scotland they ain't dead. Didn't you ever see that documentary about all of those immortal MacLeods chopping people's heads off?
The Scottish Maiden is on display at the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. This is only one reason that Mr. Howie dislikes the city.
(https://dndsanctuary.eu/imagecache.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emersonkent.com%2Fimages%2Fthe_maiden.jpg&hash=f49cccec72aebb8f6a54ee9971567b07" rel="cached" data-hash="f49cccec72aebb8f6a54ee9971567b07" data-warn="External image, click here to view original" data-url="http://www.emersonkent.com/images/the_maiden.jpg)
And now, the first UK moon landing.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1W8gJ1PkBw[/video]
Amazing that was kept from us jimbro. But in reality if not true he could join the queue of Republicans wanting to be President....?
And now, the first UK moon landing.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1W8gJ1PkBw[/video]
Haha! Uk's spacesuits are amazingly advanced. :P
Amazing that was kept from us jimbro. But in reality if not true he could join the queue of Republicans wanting to be President....?
There are never enough Republicans in the queue.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8585/15834442837_cf625c7505_b.jpg)
This cannot be good. I suddenly get the feeling that all the candidates have never known anything except automatic transmissions--- and the GOP Clown Car is equipped with a 3-speed manual. Column shift.
Silly boy. The car comes with a driver.
Can anyone explain me why Republicans uses an elephant and Democrats a donkey? I can understand (well, doing a lot of effort...) that Republicans may want to convince fools that they are strong and big... but Democrats and donkeys??
Since when that happens?
Probably because of the simplicity of the corporates being able to do mind control and simple images would work wonders! :lol:
Can anyone explain me why Republicans uses an elephant and Democrats a donkey?
It makes sense. Donkeys are strong-willed yet loyal and hardworking and will only bite and kick when provoked. Elephants are big clumsy oafs that destroy everything in their path. They just rip the branches off trees paying no mind to the innocent monkeys and other animals that made their home there and carelessly stomp their way across the savanna, crushing dozens of other creatures under their feet without even realizing wanton destruction they cause.
Can anyone explain me why Republicans uses an elephant and Democrats a donkey?
The now-famous Democratic donkey was first associated with Democrat Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign. His opponents called him a jackass (a donkey), and Jackson decided to use the image of the strong-willed animal on his campaign posters. Later, cartoonist Thomas Nast used the Democratic donkey in newspaper cartoons and made the symbol famous.
Nast invented another famous symbol—the Republican elephant. In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled “The Republican Vote.” That's all it took for the elephant to become associated with the Republican Party.
That's true, too even if my explanation remains 20 percent more correct. Republicans do scare very easily. "Queer couples can marry now!?! They're gonna take my religious freedoms! :cry: "
:devil: Life is hard! :devil:
Yes it is but at least Edinburgh is nearly 50 miles a way so a passing sigh of relief!
Can anyone explain me why Republicans uses an elephant and Democrats a donkey?
The now-famous Democratic donkey was first associated with Democrat Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign. His opponents called him a jackass (a donkey), and Jackson decided to use the image of the strong-willed animal on his campaign posters. Later, cartoonist Thomas Nast used the Democratic donkey in newspaper cartoons and made the symbol famous.
Nast invented another famous symbol—the Republican elephant. In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled “The Republican Vote.” That's all it took for the elephant to become associated with the Republican Party.
I actually started to post that same quote. I'm just not sure it's completely accurate. The "Republican vote" is actually the Democratic-Republican party (Federalists) which A. Jackson split from creating the Democrats. But here's the cartoon...
(https://dndsanctuary.eu/imagecache.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fgdb.rferl.org%2F46FE1647-0F72-448A-B354-414E4D554B80_cx0_cy7_cw0_mw1024_s_n_r1.jpg&hash=a4118f2059a9e20732805153e2443ca2" rel="cached" data-hash="a4118f2059a9e20732805153e2443ca2" data-warn="External image, click here to view original" data-url="http://gdb.rferl.org/46FE1647-0F72-448A-B354-414E4D554B80_cx0_cy7_cw0_mw1024_s_n_r1.jpg)
Well jackasses and donkeys are still pretty evident in the political system so quite appropriate..... :D
We have ours, you have yours.(https://dndsanctuary.eu/imagecache.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.thesun.co.uk%2Faidemitlum%2Farchive%2F01305%2FSNA0702V2-682_1305587a.jpg&hash=32eae333ee5e1746f808b880310a0d0e" rel="cached" data-hash="32eae333ee5e1746f808b880310a0d0e" data-warn="External image, click here to view original" data-url="http://img.thesun.co.uk/aidemitlum/archive/01305/SNA0702V2-682_1305587a.jpg)
Elephants are big clumsy oafs that destroy everything in their path. They just rip the branches off trees paying no mind to the innocent monkeys and other animals that made their home there and carelessly stomp their way across the savanna, crushing dozens of other creatures under their feet without even realizing wanton destruction they cause.
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Badmouthing those poor elephants. :P
We are still a long way behind what your country produces as politicians and head shaking to be blunt. A Trump or McCain would get nowhere here.
We are still a long way behind what your country produces as politicians and head shaking to be blunt. A Trump or McCain would get nowhere here.
. A Trump or McCain would get nowhere here.
When you say "here" do you mean Glasgow?
Glasgow IS nowhere.
That's not true. A septic tank is somewhere....
I don't mind you being stupid tt92 and you are of course maintaining your smugness but incapable of answering anything. You would have some basis if America WAS a democracy.
I have enjoyed the brain (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brain_with_David_Eagleman) recently.
This is an appropriate place to add the worst film ever produced.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24xqRhEwvWQ[/video]
Haha. Really brilliant for a laugh there jimbro. Makes you wonder even back when made how they could come up with something like it. For a moment I wondered if the creator had links with Edinburgh! :lol:
But the movie "Ed Wood" gave Martin Landau his only Oscar…! Surely, that was worth the effort?!
"Ed Wood" was mostly fiction. It could have been made even if "Plan 9" hadn't.
It could have been made even if "Plan 9" hadn't.
That's quite funny: The story could have been told without having a story to tell… :)
Yes, funny how Plan 9 got told even though it had not been told before. Go figure.
I take it, you were not a Lugosi fan… :)
I am!
https://beladraculalugosi.wordpress.com/category/clara-bow/ (https://beladraculalugosi.wordpress.com/category/clara-bow/)
And then there's Boris Karloff!
http://www.oldradioworld.com/media/Boris%20Karloff%201957-12-20%20The%20White%20House.mp3 (http://www.oldradioworld.com/media/Boris%20Karloff%201957-12-20%20The%20White%20House.mp3)
And Karloff (and Peter Lorre) proved to be wonderfully adept at comedy! Such talent.
PBS' First Peoples (http://www.pbs.org/first-peoples/home/) is a pretty neat and updated introduction to early living, in Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia and the Americas.
https://youtu.be/wlb5O7uKT-g
Blah blah blah about Neanderthals. Rousseau's "Good savage" is returning in a society of paramecium like people.
I just noticed that you can watch a variety of Arte (http://www.arte.tv/) documentaries online. While their main focus is obviously French and German, there also seem to be an English and Spanish selection.
For instance, they're peddling this playlist with a historical focus (http://www.arte.tv/guide/fr/plus7/?country=BE#collection/PL-013066/ARTETV), although many of the videos come with a friendly "Cette vidéo n'est pas disponible dans votre pays." Luckily, as is often the case with these kinds of blocks, youtube-dl doesn't care. Find an individual video, for instance the one on Alexander the Great. Then use youtube-dl on it:
youtube-dl http://www.arte.tv/guide/fr/050298-000-A/alexandre-le-grand
And presto, one geo-blocked video is parked on your HDD.
However, it seems youtube-dl defaults to downloading German-language videos. I think it'd be better if it defaulted to the original language or something. To figure out the available languages, use the --list-formats option:
$ youtube-dl --list-formats http://www.arte.tv/guide/fr/050298-000-A/alexandre-le-grand
[arte.tv:+7] 050298-000-A: Downloading webpage
[arte.tv:+7] 050298-000-A: Downloading player page
[arte.tv:+7] 050298-000-A: Downloading JSON metadata
[arte.tv:+7] 050298-000-A: Checking HLS_XQ_1 video format URL
[arte.tv:+7] 050298-000-A: Checking HTTP_MP4_MQ_1 video format URL
[arte.tv:+7] 050298-000-A: Checking HTTP_MP4_HQ_1 video format URL
[arte.tv:+7] 050298-000-A: Checking HTTP_MP4_MQ_2 video format URL
[arte.tv:+7] 050298-000-A: Checking HLS_XQ_2 video format URL
[arte.tv:+7] 050298-000-A: Checking HLS_SQ_2 video format URL
[arte.tv:+7] 050298-000-A: Checking HLS_SQ_1 video format URL
[arte.tv:+7] 050298-000-A: Checking HTTP_MP4_SQ_2 video format URL
[arte.tv:+7] 050298-000-A: Checking HTTP_MP4_HQ_2 video format URL
[arte.tv:+7] 050298-000-A: Checking HTTP_MP4_SQ_1 video format URL
[arte.tv:+7] 050298-000-A: Checking HTTP_MP4_EQ_1 video format URL
[arte.tv:+7] 050298-000-A: Checking HTTP_MP4_EQ_2 video format URL
[info] Available formats for 050298-000-A:
format code extension resolution note
HLS_XQ_1 m3u8 1280x720 VF, Français (Doublé) 2200k
HLS_XQ_2 m3u8 1280x720 VA, Allemand (Doublé) 2200k
RTMP_HQ_1 flv 720x406 VF, Français (Doublé) 800k
RTMP_HQ_2 flv 720x406 VA, Allemand (Doublé) 800k
HTTP_MP4_HQ_1 mp4 720x406 VF, Français (Doublé) 800k
HTTP_MP4_HQ_2 mp4 720x406 VA, Allemand (Doublé) 800k
RTMP_MQ_1 flv 384x216 VF, Français (Doublé) 300k
RTMP_MQ_2 flv 384x216 VA, Allemand (Doublé) 300k
HTTP_MP4_MQ_1 mp4 384x216 VF, Français (Doublé) 300k
HTTP_MP4_MQ_2 mp4 384x216 VA, Allemand (Doublé) 300k
RTMP_EQ_1 flv 720x406 VF, Français (Doublé) 1500k
RTMP_EQ_2 flv 720x406 VA, Allemand (Doublé) 1500k
HTTP_MP4_EQ_1 mp4 720x406 VF, Français (Doublé) 1500k
HTTP_MP4_EQ_2 mp4 720x406 VA, Allemand (Doublé) 1500k
HLS_SQ_1 m3u8 1280x720 VF, Français (Doublé) 2200k
HLS_SQ_2 m3u8 1280x720 VA, Allemand (Doublé) 2200k
RTMP_SQ_1 flv 1280x720 VF, Français (Doublé) 2200k
RTMP_SQ_2 flv 1280x720 VA, Allemand (Doublé) 2200k
HTTP_MP4_SQ_1 mp4 1280x720 VF, Français (Doublé) 2200k
HTTP_MP4_SQ_2 mp4 1280x720 VA, Allemand (Doublé) 2200k (best)
Here we see why it picks German; it's considered "best". Quality-wise it's obviously equivalent to the French one, so if you want that one instead you have to copy the relevant quality string:
youtube-dl --format HTTP_MP4_SQ_1 http://www.arte.tv/guide/fr/050298-000-A/alexandre-le-grand
Slightly roundabout, I admit. I'm thinking of writing a quick shell script to download the high res video in one language, the low res in another (assuming the audio quality never changes) and to merge it all together so you can switch at will. That's what I'm used to on Arte via sat,
après tout.
Edit: alas, no such luck.
$ ffmpeg -i Alexandre\ le\ Grand-050298-000-A-french.mp4
[…]
Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 125 kb/s (default)
$ ffmpeg -i Alexandre\ le\ Grand-050298-000-A-low.mp4
[…]
Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 61 kb/s (default)
Edit 2:
Also, they don't have separate subtitles. I noticed some videos have subtitles, but they're encoded into the video.
$ youtube-dl --list-formats http://www.arte.tv/guide/fr/058948-000-A/tchernobyl-fukushima-vivre-avec
[…]
HLS_XQ_8 m3u8 1280x720 VOF-STMF, Version française - ST sourds/mal 2200k
RTMP_HQ_8 flv 720x406 VOF-STMF, Version française - ST sourds/mal 800k
HTTP_MP4_HQ_8 mp4 720x406 VOF-STMF, Version française - ST sourds/mal 800k
RTMP_MQ_8 flv 384x216 VOF-STMF, Version française - ST sourds/mal 300k
HTTP_MP4_MQ_8 mp4 384x216 VOF-STMF, Version française - ST sourds/mal 300k
RTMP_EQ_8 flv 720x406 VOF-STMF, Version française - ST sourds/mal 1500k
HTTP_MP4_EQ_8 mp4 720x406 VOF-STMF, Version française - ST sourds/mal 1500k
HLS_SQ_8 m3u8 1280x720 VOF-STMF, Version française - ST sourds/mal 2200k
RTMP_SQ_8 flv 1280x720 VOF-STMF, Version française - ST sourds/mal 2200k
[…]
I wish youtube-dl worked with Yle.fi like this. Is there a way to suggest to them to add support to some sites? Most likely yes, when you provide the support patch yourself.
It's already been requested: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/1574
That, in turn, revealed the existence of a dedicated program: https://github.com/aajanki/yle-dl
That, in turn, revealed the existence of a dedicated program: https://github.com/aajanki/yle-dl (https://github.com/aajanki/yle-dl)
The next logical step would be to merge them. How hard can that be? (Real question, because I never tried.)
It would be a non-trivial effort, even more so because of the PHP dependencies. From a youtube-dl perspective it saves the effort of backwards engineering, but likely little more.
yle-dl has some dependencies unique to it...
And Karloff (and Peter Lorre) proved to be wonderfully adept at comedy! Such talent.
Could hardly beat this!
(https://dndsanctuary.eu/imagecache.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Flegendsrevealed.com%2Fentertainment%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F08%2F0012_lugosi_bela_afiche_dracula_01.jpg&hash=8320161f21cdb03c47ab1004bfaa6d04" rel="cached" data-hash="8320161f21cdb03c47ab1004bfaa6d04" data-warn="External image, click here to view original" data-url="http://legendsrevealed.com/entertainment/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/0012_lugosi_bela_afiche_dracula_01.jpg)
Lugosi is my favorite Hungarian actor.
At the same time, Aljazeera has been conveniently merged, but it works intermittently. No news or weather, but you can download some programmes.
Never very keen on horror pictures and mostly boring as being in Edinburgh on a wet day.
Even for those who don't speak French or German, this could potentially be interesting for the pretty pictures. I'm quite pleased with my earlier discovery that you don't need a satellite dish anymore in order to watch Arte.
http://www.arte.tv/guide/de/044036-001-A/unsere-ozeane
http://www.arte.tv/guide/de/044036-002-A/unsere-ozeane
http://www.arte.tv/guide/de/044036-003-A/unsere-ozeane (there's some very cool video material of hunting cuttlefish starting around 27:50)
http://www.arte.tv/guide/de/044036-004-A/unsere-ozeane
Also, it taught me about the existence of marine iguanas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_iguana).
(https://static-cdn.arte.tv/resize/6rBE5yVPoVdltEmAQumuFZz0H-c=/940x530/smart/apios/Img_data/6/044036-004-A_unsereozeane4_02.jpg)
This is a dramatization of your foot in a shoe.
https://youtu.be/LQ6aYRaJWAk
Not exactly a documentary, only a short five minutes vid. I hope you enjoy it. :)
video.mp4 (http://www.xup.in/dl,75914329/NatGeogr.mp4/)
Pandora's box - "The Worm is loose!"
Alex Gibney's ZERO DAYS is a documentary thriller about warfare in a world without rules— the world of cyberwar.
Zero Days (http://casa97.com/all/movies/1295419-zero-days)
I made several movies with 8mm and super 8.
Unlike video I had to think everything very well before recording.
Then, send the movie to Kodak in Holland and wait three weeks for receiving it.
Those were the times for "Dramatisations & Documentaries".
Jesus didn't even bother to write an essay… The message matters.
Touche!
Were I a slightly different kind of person, I would've squealed for joy over the Bayerischer Rundfunk (http://www.br.de/) website. While I'm used to workarounds to get the content I like in a sane format, their website comes with built-in download links for your convenience. The sheer quantity of choices is somewhat excessive, but why not I suppose.
XXL 3,8 Mbit/s für > DSL 6000 69 MB
XL 2 Mbit/s für > DSL 2000 33 MB
L 1,2 Mbit/s für > DSL 1500 21 MB
M 600 Kbit/s für > DSL 1000 10 MB
S 370 Kbit/s für UMTS 5 MB
XS 180 Kbit/s für EDGE 3 MB
On a separate note, Arte destroyed their website. It's borderline impossible to find nice things.
FiFA winner Zhu Xiao-Mei: How Bach Defeated Mao (http://accentus.com/productions/zhu-xiao-mei-how-bach-defeated-mao) comes highly recommended
A taster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUJxk3cwyxg
A little horse history.
Horse history seems to be a highly mobile field, so don't get carried away.
The second half largely covered the
Yamnaya (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamnaya_culture) and the Indo-European languages.
Oh, and while this Nova documentary, First Horse Warriors (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/first-horse-warriors/), is from 2019 and thus positively ancient in the history of horses, it tells a similar story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I74S96TMMLM