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  • Netflix Schumacher Documentary

    From Martin Harran@21:1/5 to All on Sat Sep 18 09:54:30 2021
    Anyone watched it yet? My daughter and her husband - who are not F1
    fans - told me last night that they had watched it and found it
    fascinating. I hope to watch it this week.

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  • From ~misfit~@21:1/5 to Martin Harran on Sat Sep 18 21:51:57 2021
    On 18/09/2021 8:54 pm, Martin Harran wrote:
    Anyone watched it yet? My daughter and her husband - who are not F1
    fans - told me last night that they had watched it and found it
    fascinating. I hope to watch it this week.

    Thanks for the reminder, will check it out.
    --
    Shaun.

    "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification
    in the DSM"
    David Melville

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  • From keithr0@21:1/5 to Martin Harran on Sat Sep 18 22:05:48 2021
    On 18/09/2021 6:54 pm, Martin Harran wrote:
    Anyone watched it yet? My daughter and her husband - who are not F1
    fans - told me last night that they had watched it and found it
    fascinating. I hope to watch it this week.

    This reviewer was not exactly impressed.

    https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/schumacher-documentary-a-disappointing-tribute-to-an-extraordinary-life-20210914-p58rk8.html

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  • From Sir Tim@21:1/5 to Martin Harran on Sat Sep 18 12:24:47 2021
    Martin Harran <martinharran@gmail.com> wrote:
    Anyone watched it yet? My daughter and her husband - who are not F1
    fans - told me last night that they had watched it and found it
    fascinating. I hope to watch it this week.


    Yes, I’ve seen it. Plenty of archive video that might might be of interest
    to the casual fan but, being family-approved it’s all pretty anodyne. No objective analysis of Michael’s character or discussion of the fact that on occasion he resorted to less than sportsmanlike tactics, and sometimes to downright cheating. The most cataclysmic event of his life is dealt with
    almost as an afterthought and, as expected, we learn nothing new about his present condition.

    --
    Sir Tim

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  • From ~misfit~@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 19 00:23:23 2021
    On 19/09/2021 12:05 am, keithr0 wrote:
    On 18/09/2021 6:54 pm, Martin Harran wrote:
    Anyone watched it yet? My daughter and her husband - who are not F1
    fans - told me last night that they had watched it and found it
    fascinating. I hope to watch it this week.

    This reviewer was not exactly impressed.

    https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/schumacher-documentary-a-disappointing-tribute-to-an-extraordinary-life-20210914-p58rk8.html

    Having just watched it I don't disagree with that review. The doco did remind me how much I
    disliked Schumacher's behaviour on-track (while admiring his skills). It also reminded me how much
    I liked Mika Häkkinen both on and off track.

    But yeah, it's an homage that requires inside info to get the most out of. Nothing new (other than
    the family movies).
    --
    Shaun.

    "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification
    in the DSM"
    David Melville

    This is not an email and hasn't been checked for viruses by any half-arsed self-promoting software.

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  • From texas gate@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 19 08:47:11 2021
    On Saturday, September 18, 2021 at 6:23:29 AM UTC-6, ~misfit~ wrote:

    Having just watched it I don't disagree with that review. The doco did remind me how much I
    disliked Schumacher's behaviour on-track (while admiring his skills). It also reminded me how much
    I liked Mika Häkkinen both on and off track.

    But yeah, it's an homage that requires inside info to get the most out of. Nothing new (other than
    the family movies).

    You have no say,
    because you pirated the documentary.
    You whiny bitch.
    So fuck off.

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  • From Phil Carmody@21:1/5 to shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com on Sun Sep 19 20:38:27 2021
    ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> writes:
    On 19/09/2021 12:05 am, keithr0 wrote:
    On 18/09/2021 6:54 pm, Martin Harran wrote:
    Anyone watched it yet? My daughter and her husband - who are not F1
    fans - told me last night that they had watched it and found it
    fascinating. I hope to watch it this week.

    This reviewer was not exactly impressed.

    https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/schumacher-documentary-a-disappointing-tribute-to-an-extraordinary-life-20210914-p58rk8.html

    Having just watched it I don't disagree with that review. The doco did
    remind me how much I disliked Schumacher's behaviour on-track (while
    admiring his skills). It also reminded me how much I liked Mika
    Häkkinen both on and off track.

    Amen. I still name Mika as my all-time favourite driver.

    But yeah, it's an homage that requires inside info to get the most out
    of. Nothing new (other than the family movies).

    TBH, I think I'll give it a skip, I trust your summary, thanks.

    Phil
    --
    We are no longer hunters and nomads. No longer awed and frightened, as we have gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization.
    -- NotSanguine on SoylentNews, after Eugen Weber in /The Western Tradition/

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  • From texas gate@21:1/5 to Phil Carmody on Sun Sep 19 10:44:55 2021
    On Sunday, September 19, 2021 at 11:38:30 AM UTC-6, Phil Carmody wrote:

    TBH, I think I'll give it a skip

    oh fucking goody for you

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  • From texas gate@21:1/5 to Sir Tim on Sun Sep 19 20:43:00 2021
    On Saturday, September 18, 2021 at 6:24:50 AM UTC-6, Sir Tim wrote:

    we learn nothing new about his present condition.

    he is not as brain dead as you

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  • From RzR-t3h LeGeNd@21:1/5 to Martin Harran on Wed Sep 22 09:55:09 2021
    On 9/18/2021 11:54 AM, Martin Harran wrote:
    Anyone watched it yet? My daughter and her husband - who are not F1
    fans - told me last night that they had watched it and found it
    fascinating. I hope to watch it this week.


    Two things I took away:
    Schumacher never thought he was wrong.
    Mika is the best person ever.

    Not in that order...

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  • From ~misfit~@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 22 23:57:16 2021
    On 22/09/2021 6:55 pm, RzR-t3h LeGeNd wrote:
    On 9/18/2021 11:54 AM, Martin Harran wrote:
    Anyone watched it yet? My daughter and her husband - who are not F1
    fans - told me last night that they had watched it and found it
    fascinating. I hope to watch it this week.


    Two things I took away:
    Schumacher never thought he was wrong.

    I noticed that the writer and director went to great lengths to portray Michael as not thinking he
    was ever in the wrong (when he obviously was, several times). I guess they needed to placate the
    family to get access to family members, family photographs and movies.

    Mika is the best person ever.

    Yep, I was a fan at the time but the doco made it very clear (as he was often in the same footage
    as Schumacher) that he was a gentleman.

    Not in that order...

    --
    Shaun.

    "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification
    in the DSM"
    David Melville

    This is not an email and hasn't been checked for viruses by any half-arsed self-promoting software.

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  • From build@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 24 08:13:37 2021
    On Saturday, September 18, 2021 at 10:23:29 PM UTC+10, ~misfit~ wrote:
    On 19/09/2021 12:05 am, keithr0 wrote:
    On 18/09/2021 6:54 pm, Martin Harran wrote:
    Anyone watched it yet? My daughter and her husband - who are not F1
    fans - told me last night that they had watched it and found it
    fascinating. I hope to watch it this week.

    This reviewer was not exactly impressed.

    https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/schumacher-documentary-a-disappointing-tribute-to-an-extraordinary-life-20210914-p58rk8.html
    Having just watched it I don't disagree with that review. The doco did remind me how much I
    disliked Schumacher's behaviour on-track (while admiring his skills). It also reminded me how much
    I liked Mika Häkkinen both on and off track.

    But yeah, it's an homage that requires inside info to get the most out of. Nothing new (other than
    the family movies).
    --
    Shaun.

    I'm glad to hear you've changed your mind about Mika.

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