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I love spy documentaries, and WWII stuff also.
Lookin for a new series
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Just finished episode 1 of "The Missing"
Its about an English family vacationing in France with their 5/6 year old boy who becomes separated from his father while sightseeing. It becomes apparent that the boy was abducted.
So far its really intense..I give it a thumbs up for anyone interested
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Its about an English family vacationing in France with their 5/6 year old boy who becomes separated from his father while sightseeing. It becomes apparent that the boy was abducted.
So far its really intense..I give it a thumbs up for anyone interested
Saturdays at 9PM EST ..Starz
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No shit. Ever read the company or harlot's ghost or tree of smoke?
The company and harlot's ghost are especially amazing imo, tho the wife thought they were boring.
Supposedly they are more real than nonfiction is allowed to be cause there is just enough fiction included that they didn't get censored. And names are changed and people combined and whatever. Philby is in both of them. And the american counter intelligence master guy too.
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Me too, but cold war spy shit is where its at.
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Yeah man, no doubt. I love how all the Agencies from different Countries interact, especially during the Cold War.
I might seem vague and unknowing, and its because I am, but I watched a documentary about the CIA tapping an underwater cable the Russians had across the Bering Strait. It was very interesting seeing how ''things'' get done.
You know anything of that?
Edit- it wasn't the CIA, or the Bering Strait, it was the US Navy and the Sea of Okhotsk. I saw the documentary like 10 years ago so the details weren't fresh, but point remains, pretty neat.
Here's a clipping from Wiki about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Okhotsk
During the Cold War, the Sea of Okhotsk was the scene of several successful U.S. Navy operations (including Operation Ivy Bells) to tap Soviet Navy undersea communications cables. These operations were documented in the book Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage. The sea (and surrounding area) were also the scene of the Soviet PVO Strany attack on Korean Air Flight 007 in 1983. The Soviet Pacific Fleet used the Sea as a ballistic missile submarine bastion, a strategy that Russia continues.
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Yeah, thats him, Angleton
btw, I meant the company by Robert Littell
btw, I meant the company by Robert Littell
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I am on it. This book i am reading, legacy of ashes, points the finger pretty squarely at several of angleton's fuckups or misses for a lot of things, including kennedy's assassination (it implies it was orchestrated by castro)... It also describes how the cia was responsible for installing pinochet and mbutu
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ima check that out. Here is another great book, this one non-fiction - The Great War for Civilisation. Its about the history of western intervention in the middle east. Its pretty fucking amazing and give a holistic perspective of what the **** in going on there and why. Its written by a guy who covered the region for 30 years, mostly for the guardian.
The history is great and its given from a no bullshit, first hand perspective. But maybe the coolest thing thing is that the book is also a lengthy treatise on what it (used to) means to be a journalist. The author spends some pages raging about fucktard cowboy journalists that ride around with machine guns in their lap and how they endanger the lives, integrity, and impartiality of journalists everywhere.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-War-Civilisation-Conquest/dp/1400075173#reader_1400075173
The history is great and its given from a no bullshit, first hand perspective. But maybe the coolest thing thing is that the book is also a lengthy treatise on what it (used to) means to be a journalist. The author spends some pages raging about fucktard cowboy journalists that ride around with machine guns in their lap and how they endanger the lives, integrity, and impartiality of journalists everywhere.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-War-Civilisation-Conquest/dp/1400075173#reader_1400075173
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This is my first time in this thread, so not sure if this has been discussed yet, but was anyone into the Twin Peaks series from the '90s? It's become relevant again because they're developing a new one that will be aired on Showtime. For those of those that don't know, Twin Peaks (written and directed by David Lynch) was a short lived, but popular show about a detective trying to solve a murder in a small town in Washington. What I loved most about the series were the quirky characters, who seemed innocent enough at first, but you would eventually see their dark sides. There were clues revealed in every episode and it had viewers on the edge of their seats, trying to figure out who the murderer was. It was also probably the creepiest show I've ever seen on TV. I was in high school at the time and I actually had to shut off the TV a couple times if I was watching it alone. The show gained a huge cult following, and I'm looking forward to the new series.
In an amazing coincidence (or maybe not???), there was a scene where the murdered character stated, "I'll see you in 25 years." Guess what... that episode aired in 1991 and the new series will air in 2016, which is... 25 years!!
Anyway, here are a couple creepy scenes from the show.. watch it at night while you're alone... I guarantee it will creep you out. The dancing midget who speaks backwards still gets me to this day. I think I'm gonna rent/buy the series again b/c I've forgotten most of it.
[video=youtube;W9IpNxMiFIs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9IpNxMiFIs[/video]
In an amazing coincidence (or maybe not???), there was a scene where the murdered character stated, "I'll see you in 25 years." Guess what... that episode aired in 1991 and the new series will air in 2016, which is... 25 years!!
Anyway, here are a couple creepy scenes from the show.. watch it at night while you're alone... I guarantee it will creep you out. The dancing midget who speaks backwards still gets me to this day. I think I'm gonna rent/buy the series again b/c I've forgotten most of it.
[video=youtube;W9IpNxMiFIs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9IpNxMiFIs[/video]
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Just finished Falling Skies. Freakin love that show. I'm glad I'll get to see the final season live, well first run I mean.
Started watch Defiance. It's ok too. I've got Amazon prime and I'm going through a lot of the free stuff. Rewatching Carnivale too. They should have let them do at least one more season. The people had an entire six season plan.
Started watch Defiance. It's ok too. I've got Amazon prime and I'm going through a lot of the free stuff. Rewatching Carnivale too. They should have let them do at least one more season. The people had an entire six season plan.
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I am a Falling Skies fan as well... I started on it when it first premiered.
FYI you are probably gonna get a thousand "Eh it was good till Spielberg left" comments from people.
Just like how The Walking Dead is really going downhill according to some people....
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I can't get through Twin Peaks. I've tried several times. I don't know what it is. I like David Lynch (I've even hung out with him, he's nice), so it's not the Lynchiness of it. It just bores me for some reason.
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Lilyhammer season 3 is outstanding. Also, desbro i think the boss shows up in it towards the end, haven't gotten there yet
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The Walking Dead this season has been outstanding
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Myth Hunters on Netflix is pretty good.
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Im hooked on The Missing..2nd episode just aired on Starz