Documentaries

[Dana Jean]

Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti

After watching this documentary, how anyone would let their boys play full contact football is beyond me.

I think this is changing? I don't follow football, but hope that as people are learning more about traumatic brain injuries, that they are adapting the sport.

Is the risk really worth it? I guess if it isn't you or your loved ones, it is.

 

[GNTLGNT]

...equipment is adapting, but even with all the wimping down of the game-it is still a brutal contact sport and yes, those that play nowadays know what they could be facing later in their lives...concussion protocol is useless......

 

[Tery]

Newer helmets give better protection but, yes, it's still a very rough sport

 

[Dana Jean]

...equipment is adapting, but even with all the wimping down of the game-it is still a brutal contact sport and yes, those that play nowadays know what they could be facing later in their lives...concussion protocol is useless......

I'm not sure I see it as wimping down of the game. Serious intense Competition can still be had without sacrificing a future. JMO.

His son was paralyzed from the shoulders down from a football hit. He himself, a very smart man, is now sentenced to a brain and body that leave him confused, sad, and frustrated. He can no longer take care of himself without help.

When he dies, he has donated his brain to science to continue looking at CTE, and he said he would give back his Superbowl rings to see his son walk again.

Watch the documentary if you can. He was a balls-to-the-wall testosterone machine. Tough, determined, unstoppable. Now he is locked in a body where he cries wishing he was dead.

 

[GNTLGNT]

I'm not sure I see it as wimping down of the game. Serious intense Competition can still be had without sacrificing a future. JMO.

His son was paralyzed from the shoulders down from a football hit. He himself, a very smart man, is now sentenced to a brain and body that leave him confused, sad, and frustrated. He can no longer take care of himself without help.

When he dies, he has donated his brain to science to continue looking at CTE, and he said he would give back his Superbowl rings to see his son walk again.

...I meant no disrespect to him or his family, but IMO, the game is a mere shade of itself anymore-though unlike yesteryear, the players are as big as buses wearing helmets and damn near as fast....

 

[Dana Jean]

...I meant no disrespect to him or his family, but IMO, the game is a mere shade of itself anymore-though unlike yesteryear, the players are as big as buses wearing helmets and damn near as fast....

No, I understand. We're just talking here.

What keeps the game exciting and yet can offer the utmost in protection?

We all make choices in life. Football players choose to play this game knowing the risks. And still play. For the money. For the adulation. For the sheer pumped up thrill of it.

But we're smarter than this. Sometimes we are our brother's keepers and we need to protect them from themselves. We need to do better because we know better.

 

[GNTLGNT]

No, I understand. We're just talking here.

What keeps the game exciting and yet can offer the utmost in protection?

We all make choices in life. Football players choose to play this game knowing the risks. And still play. For the money. For the adulation. For the sheer pumped up thrill of it.

But we're smarter than this. Sometimes we are our brother's keepers and we need to protect them from themselves. We need to do better because we know better.

...well said...

 

[Dana Jean]

...well said...

thanks. Hope you didn't think I was being argumentative with you. Just doing a tug of war with keeping the game exhilarating, but guard against CTE.

 

[GNTLGNT]

thanks. Hope you didn't think I was being argumentative with you. Just doing a tug of war with keeping the game exhilarating, but guard against CTE.

.... not at all....we’ve been friends for to long to think that....just Beauty & The Beast batting around thoughts and opinions...and NO, you’re not The Beast....I know your heart in a lot of ways.....

 

[Dana Jean]

.... not at all....we’ve been friends for to long to think that....just Beauty & The Beast batting around thoughts and opinions...and NO, you’re not The Beast....I know your heart in a lot of ways.....

 

[Blake]

Kurt Cobain: The Early LIfe of a Legend
The Wild West: Crazy Horse.
The Civil War: John Brown.

 

[Hill lover35]

Is anyone watching that Jonestown tv show thingi that leanardo decprio produced? Is it anytood

 

[Dana Jean]

Is anyone watching that Jonestown tv show thingi that leanardo decprio produced? Is it anytood

No, but if you watch it, let us know what you think.

 

[Dana Jean]

United Skates

Wowwowwow. I learned something totally new about a big group of people.

This documentary shows how important going to the skating rink was and is to the black community. A lot of black rap stars got their start at roller rinks!!! Unbelievable. They said that if they did a good performance at a a roller rink, they knew they had made it.

And the skill, strength and talent that everyone had! Everyone! They were so expert at skating!

Part of the doc that was interesting was that the Crips and Bloods in Florida each had their own rink base. And they would go skating!!! When the Bloods home rink closed, they had to go into Crip territory to skate. AND.... they laid down their rivalry for those nights so they could all skate. Happily!!!! Having fun!!!

 

[Dana Jean]

Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics - Welcome

Great documentary on Quilting.

And while I didn't focus on this aspect, it was an interesting aspect. There are some nasty people quilting all that pretty.

 

[ghost19]

Dana Jean
Hey Deej, have you watched "Abducted in Plain Sight" on Netflix? I'm still not convinced parents could be that naive but it is a very strange story about child abduction. Definitely recommend if you haven't seen it. I spent most of the show just shaking my head wondering how parents could be that gullible.

 

[Dana Jean]

Dana Jean
Hey Deej, have you watched "Abducted in Plain Sight" on Netflix? I'm still not convinced parents could be that naive but it is a very strange story about child abduction. Definitely recommend if you haven't seen it. I spent most of the show just shaking my head wondering how parents could be that gullible.

I've seen it recommended to me but haven't watched it yet.

I love documentaries. I spend most of my time shaking my head watching them. Anyone who saw me would probably think I had Parkinsons.

 

[ghost19]

I've seen it recommended to me but haven't watched it yet.

I love documentaries. I spend most of my time shaking my head watching them. Anyone who saw me would probably think I had Parkinsons.

That one will definitely keep you shaking your head, but it's very interesting. Every time I didn't think it could get any stranger, it did...lol

 

[Dana Jean]

That one will definitely keep you shaking your head, but it's very interesting. Every time I didn't think it could get any stranger, it did...lol

I'll watch it soon.

 

[Sundrop]

Dana Jean
Hey Deej, have you watched "Abducted in Plain Sight" on Netflix? I'm still not convinced parents could be that naive but it is a very strange story about child abduction. Definitely recommend if you haven't seen it. I spent most of the show just shaking my head wondering how parents could be that gullible.

I sat there thinking that those parents have got to be the dumbest people on the face of the earth.
.....part of his therapy?.....really?
I think there is a lot more to the story. No one can be that naive.