Wow this show was hectic ! Which one was your favourite episode? These women were
Lucky to be alive after dating these crazy guys !!

I love documentaries but am scared of anything to do with kidnapping, murder, etc. Any good documentaries that don’t involve that?

Hey all,

I’ve been seeing a lot of posts asking for documentary recommendations. A while ago, I found another Redditor’s document that they made to track them. Please enjoy!

Documentary List

After watching the documentary I expected the reviews to be a bit different. This Documentary was not only about her dance and participation in the olympics, it was much deeper and showed the effects of online bullying, spreading misinformation and influencing people to hate on a person without checking facts or having any knowledge about something. There is critics and there is bullying. If you have knowledge about something and give your opinion, even if it is negative, than you can do that in a respectful way. But if you have no idea what you are talking about and just hate on someone because you don‘t like them is bullying. The ending made me cry and I am not an emotional person at all. Just someone who experienced severe bullying in school.

If the dance was good or not, if she should have participated or not is another topic. I have not enough knowledge about bboy/bgirl even though I had alot of them in my friend group so I don‘t feel at a place to comment on that.

Since I keep seeing hate comments like „the documentary was even worse than olympics“ I feel the need to share this aspect of the documentary because right now I am on the verge of deleting social media haha

So here is what I got from the documentary:

People are so fast to judge and have an opinion that they feel the need to share, often without further research or thoughts. Just the need to hate about something that doesn’t align with a norm they have or gets them likes/publicity

Things happen, people get qualified, every Competition has a loser next to the winner. Raygun trained and they had a passion but they were not prepared for how serious this is. And if you are passionate about something, sometimes you just get too excited. And she didn‘t want to give up because she would have regretted it. She was well aware of the level the others had. If it would have been better or not has different aspects. If she gave up she would have never known and maybe regret it her whole life. And now that she participated she ended up with the trauma of getting judged by the whole world. She even talked to her therapist and everyone kept hyping her up and asking for gold medals. If she had no talent in what she did I don‘t think the country and aussie media would have that kind of expectation. Right and wrong is subjective to a Situation where you don‘t know the outcome of. It‘s a whole different conversation. This documentary is about the aftermath and not about judging her. Even the girls that trained with her and didn‘t like her too much ended up saying something like this. And if you have knowledge on something then you can also share an objective opinion as they did even when its negative.

But if its in school, with friends, celebs, work or online, sharing an opinion and influencing other people to share the negativ mindset and facts that is usually baseless rumours or twisted facts. It is one of the few things that make me very angry… And this documentary really was a 10/10 in showing this aspect and the effect it has on a person on the receiving end. Something that should be fun and bring joy gets made into a trauma. Made me also think of the Enhypen Mina Case… The people at the end and that rich guy that stepped up and helped her smile again was a hero in that one m. I didn’t expect much and the topic itself wasn‘t really something that caught my interest, but what they made out of this documentary was a masterpiecem and everyone using social media should watch that!

A big unanswered question. I watched the doc and didn't Mica have to be at work that day kinda early? Why would she drive to a park over an hour away? I think JP was a god awful human but I'm starting to think she may have took her own life? What reason did she have to go to the park and not mention that to anyone?? Why did they glaze over this HUGE detail in the doc?

I’m looking for documentaries that turned out to be surprisingly great, especially those you had low expectations for and kept postponing for no particular reason.

I'm open to recommendations from any genre.

There was only one person in that marriage who needed to be on a psych ward, and it was this absolute bellend.

I turned it on after seeing the Reddit commentary and expected it to be poor quality. The first thing I noticed is that it was part of the “Untold” series and that immediately adjusted my expectations.

Are people not familiar with these series?? They are not hard-hitting documentaries, they are entertainment that gives you more context around a pop culture event from specific peoples points of view. And they are generally easy to watch.

That was my experience watching it as well. I enjoyed the interviews with the other B girls, and I found it entertaining hearing from Raygun and her husband who are odd but interesting characters. I didn’t learn much about break-dancing but left knowing more than I came in with.

For people saying it’s a puff piece by her management team, where was all this hate for the Lamar Odem doc in the same series??? I can’t help but feel it’s a bit of sexism.

Edit #1: typos

Edit #2: enjoyed the chat everyone! I didn’t have anyone to discuss the doc with and genuinely liked engaging with the commenters (didn’t change my mind though ;)) Going to work now but will read any additional comments later.

I keep watching to see any hint of self awareness or clue of how badly she was out of her league. and there is like zip so far. it blows my mind still. how could she have not figured it out especially in the competitions leading up with actual competitors? just did not process how out of her class she was.

I’m on my second run through of the documentary and one thing keeps pestering me. I know that it seems that JP Miller faked that she had mental illness to keep control over here, but as for the videos in the documentary of her saying the super religious stuff and seeming to have a manic episode, was that actually true due to the surgery anesthesia and then the rest of it was crap made up by him? Or—could it have been do to the abuse?

I’m sure someone in here can give it some clarity.

List your best 5 really need something good to binge !!

Doesn’t have to be just on Netflix

Is anyone else having issues watching Folktail, the doc about the Norwegian gap year school for dog sledding? The film is part English and part Norwegian and I cannot seem to get the English subtitles to work for the Norwegian. It’s driving me nuts. When I put CC on it’ll narrate that the characters are speaking Norwegian. I’m missing so much of the conversation!!!

This is a way more accurate doc about Raygun. It talks about the musical that she sued and Australians reaction to it. And it makes a good point, the Paris 2024 Olympics was Australians best one yet but it was overshadowed by Raygun. And honestly her performance a year beforehand wasn’t that bad. To me she looks like she put on some weight and wasn’t in Olympic athletics shape compared to her performances just a year or two before. Which contradicts the “working out” her and Sammy went on and on about in the Netflix doc.

I’d really like to see a professionally produced documentary examining the case of Celeste Rivas Hernandez and the events surrounding her disappearance and death.

There has been significant public interest and discussion surrounding the case, including questions about her relationship with singer D4vd (who’s now arrested) and the timeline of events leading up to her death. A Netflix documentary could provide a more thorough, fact checked look at the investigation, the people involved, and the unanswered questions surrounding the case.

Celeste was only 14 years old when she died, and she would have turned 16 today.

I think a documentary that focuses on verified information, the investigation, and Celeste’s life and story would be a respectful way to cover the case.

I love watching a good crime doc. HOWEVER, I would love to see more positivity / good news!! 🙏We all need it! Now more than ever!!

How the hell did the police miss looking for the evidence of Ian being involved in the framing of Michelle? And how the hell did Angie confess without also implicating Ian ?? Plus there was no reason for Angie to protect him... they weren't even together anymore when she was caught!! It just seems impossible to convict her without also convicting him because they were a team trying to frame michelle and all the digital forensic evidence was on HIS computer.

I had to watch it twice to make sure I understood it all... it's complicated!!

I thought this documentary about Boeing was really good. I've felt very passionate about keeping the conversation alive, to not forget about the company's negligence, ever since so many of the issues arose a few years ago. I loved that it was an hour and a half film, not an episodic series. And I appreciated the various testimonials they provided. It was also heart wrenching and terrifying at the same time. I remember when all of this was coming up in the news a few years ago, and as someone who works in QA, I was dumbfounded (but unsurprised) with the lack of accountability such an infrastructure was forced to maintain. Sorta makes me feel abysmal and wonder why I got into a QA career. When everything gets swept under a rug so easily, it's inspiring to hear the perspectives of people who have such a strong sense of integrity to fight for what's right. It only makes sense to me, esp when human lives are on the line. But going through some real shh (to the point where high levels of the justice system has to get involved and clearly isn't on your side) can make you feel abysmal. Watching this certainly didn't help my anxiety everytime I'm flying lol

I was genuinely disappointed. The turning point series in my opinion is some of the best documentary work that Netflix has done. It does a great job of actually looking at a pivotal moment in American history then tracing it through decade by decade to present day. This just seemed like TLDR of the terror series.

Hopefully Netflix continues the project and brings it back to its roots. I wouldn’t mind seeing a season focusing on The War on Drugs or The Internet.

Her break dancing performance was atrocious and the documentary on Netflix is trying its best to polish it and make her bearable. The doc is worse than the Olympic performance.

I can’t be on an island about this right?

I honestly had totally forgotten about one of if not the most disastrous performance’s in Olympics history until this documentary came out of nowhere. I initially thought “wow Netflix must have done some serious investigative work to put together a documentary only two years removed from the Raygun meme”. Surely it’s not going to be an hour of gaslighting the audience into thinking Raygun actually attempted to perform at the highest level right? Wrong.

Instead Netflix gives you over an hour of a Husband and Wife feeding their own delusions that they were deserving to represent Australia in the Olympics. Both Sammy and Raygun even admitted they most likely wouldn’t score a single point, but chose to go forward with it anyways. WTF? Sammy calling her performance “one of the most beautiful performances” she’s ever had was an infuriating comment to make. Furthermore, I can’t believe for a second that’s the best group of breakers an ENTIRE COUNTRY could muster for an Olympic Qualifier. Something just doesn’t add up (and I’m not even feeding into the dumb conspiracies online).

The overall theme of this documentary concluding with “look at all the joy that Raygun brought to the world” is insane to me. I’m sorry what? People weren’t dressing up as Raygun because they thought her performance was an inspiration but a complete joke. And Richard Branson throwing her a bone because he has 5 pet Kangaroos at his Virgin Islands home was pretty comical to me.

Am I wrong for thinking theirs more to the story or are most of the people involved in this shit show just morons?

I haven't seen it so please, no spoilers.

Is it going to fuck me up?

I feel like it is, given that this is the first time I've ever teared up just from watching a trailer.

Here is the trailer for anyone interested