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Prehistoric Planet - David Attenborough is back with some seriously good CGI to make a wildlife doco on dinosaurs.

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Been watching this series on YouTube recently, called Biographics and it does a 20 minute analysis of historical figures from birth to death (covers so many from people like Hitler to like the Japanese cult leader that poisoned the subway train) and the presenter is good too. There is also a couple of other series by the same guy called Warographics and Geographics which deals with military and famous places too.

Well worth a watch if you like such topics... example below.

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If anyone is interested in anything other than entertainment, there's a 2010 docu/movie called, Inside Job. It documents, through studies and interviews, how the deregulation of the US financial markets, in 2008, brought about the near collapse of the worldwide financial markets, and has a direct bearing on what is happening today.
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I was brought up in the 1980s when there were so many iconic sci-fi films that made a big impact on a little kid. Star Wars and Star Trek mainly but plenty of others such as Back to the Future, Mad Max, The Terminator, E.T., Aliens, Tron, Bladerunner ...

This documentary, which takes a nostalgic revisit to them, was a gem for me. It is a 5-hour marathon so I broke it down covering a couple of years in a sitting.

In Search of Tomorrow
https://yts.mx/movies/in-search-of-tomorrow-2022
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Well, this has got to be one to look forward to! Begins Sunday 11/09 on BBC.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62797161

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Seriously good..... And very humbling and inspirational. Very touchy subject for a few on the forum, so my apologies for any offense (zero intended). This is however very, very good and well worth the watch IMHO.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14731254/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

https://thepiratebay10.org/torrent/5056 ... 4-GalaxyRG

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^^Why is Val Kilmer a touchy subject...? :?
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dtaai-maai wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 1:37 pm ^^Why is Val Kilmer a touchy subject...? :?
You know these Hollywood-types..... Plus back in the day :oops:
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handdrummer wrote:If anyone is interested in anything other than entertainment, there's a 2010 docu/movie called, Inside Job. It documents, through studies and interviews, how the deregulation of the US financial markets, in 2008, brought about the near collapse of the worldwide financial markets, and has a direct bearing on what is happening today.
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New David Attenborough doc, Frozen Panet II. Very good as you'd expect. On BBC i player or download for episode 1 below

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Michael Palin - Into Iraq

Whenever I watch Palin it gives me the inspiration to travel again, and this three-part road trip is no different. A good insight into a country I knew very little about, downloading his North Korea trip now.

All available on eztv - https://eztv.re/search/michael-palin
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buksida wrote: Wed Oct 26, 2022 8:39 am Michael Palin - Into Iraq

Whenever I watch Palin it gives me the inspiration to travel again, and this three-part road trip is no different. A good insight into a country I knew very little about, downloading his North Korea trip now.

All available on eztv - https://eztv.re/search/michael-palin
I went to EZTV for this and picked one of the downloads but all I got was a pop up virus. Norton, Mcfee and Guardio popups continuous and if you hit a delete button on the popups it opens a page. My Malware (free version) doesn't catch it. any suggestions welcome. I'll repeat the post under digital.
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Doesn't happen here, I just opened the torrent links with qBittorrent and all is well. Eztv is pretty safe so it seems like your browser has been hijacked by malware. Try another browser and have a look in the plugins and extensions to see if anything nasty is there. (No need to duplicate the post).

Edit: I take it you've run this? https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner
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Worked in Iraq and the site was bombed - not a place I want to revisit despite enjoying Michael Palin's shows.....
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buksida wrote: Wed Oct 26, 2022 4:06 pm Doesn't happen here, I just opened the torrent links with qBittorrent and all is well. Eztv is pretty safe so it seems like your browser has been hijacked by malware. Try another browser and have a look in the plugins and extensions to see if anything nasty is there. (No need to duplicate the post).

Edit: I take it you've run this? https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner
Got it thanks!!
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