ESPN's 30 For 30 Series

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Mon Apr 26, 2010 4:19 pm

Watched No Crossover finally and thought it was awesome. Lotta shit I had never known before. Just top notch docu filmmaking. Possibly one of the best thing ESPN Films has ever put out.

On the other hand.......... "Silly Little Game" was a flaming turd. Possibly the worst thing they've done since casting Brian Dennehy as Bobby Knight.

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

i don't know if i'd go that far with "silly little game", but it was certainly the worst 30 for 30 yet. the first half could have been condensed into about ten minutes. the second half was interesting, but they needed to do far more explaining how football came to absolutely dominate the fantasy sports landscape.

Kingfish · **Posted:** Mon Apr 26, 2010 4:58 pm

Rick Derris Wrote:

Watched No Crossover finally and thought it was awesome. Lotta shit I had never known before. Just top notch docu filmmaking. Possibly one of the best thing ESPN Films has ever put out.

On the other hand.......... "Silly Little Game" was a flaming turd. Possibly the worst thing they've done since casting Brian Dennehy as Bobby Knight.

I think the Bobby Knight thing was better than Silly Little Game.

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

last night i got around to "guru of go." i thought they did a pretty good job of making a film about paul westhead while understanding that a lot of it would undoubtedly also be about hank gathers. that segment on gathers is still brutal, just as bo kimble shooting the foul shot left-handed is still incredible.

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:51 am

Run Ricky run was interesting but probably made me more interested yet less sympathetic to the player.

Kingfish · **Posted:** Wed Apr 28, 2010 11:55 am

Black Magic Putin Wrote:

Run Ricky run was interesting but probably made me more interested yet less sympathetic to the player.

That's why I thought it was great doc. He looked like a total self absorbed prick.

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

i went in thinking he was a self absorbed prick, and now i think much higher of him.

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

i was pretty into last night's installment: raiders' appeal to rappers, rappers influencing marketing trends, al davis' insanity, etc.

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

yeah, the raiders one was great.

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2010 7:35 pm

I had my doubts with Ice "Are We There Yet?" Cube directing but it turned out okay. Seemed to focus more on the hip hop culture. There was a clear disconnect with the players and the gangsta culture that made the logo stylish. A lot of those 70's/80's Raiders guys were animals. Wished they'd gone into a little more depth with them.

Also, Al Davis is fucking horrifying looking these days. Christ. Crypt Keeper with butter teeth.

two guns holla · **Posted:** Thu May 13, 2010 12:14 pm

I enjoyed it, but don't think Ice Cube did a great job integrating the two storylines. It came off as "Hey, the Raiders used to be in LA, and this kind of music was also happening at the same time and they used to wear Raiders logos!" The animation was a bit off too.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

I almost went to see "The Two Escobars" yesterday as part of the LA filmfest. But between the appeal of sinking into the couch after spending 6 hours in a bar watching world cup and not really wanting to pay $10 for parking on top of a ticket, I skipped it. Pretty pleased now to notice that its on TV this week as part of the 30 for 30 series

http://30for30.espn.com/film/the-two-escobars.html

two guns holla · **Posted:** Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:56 pm

The Two Escobars got into Cannes last year, so it should be pretty good

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Tue Jun 22, 2010 6:35 pm

Listened to the podcast with Jeff Zimbalist and I'm beyond intrigued for the film.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

yeah same here. got the dvr ready. of course I won't have time to watch it until mid August or so, probably.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:22 pm

rparis74 Wrote:

yeah same here. got the dvr ready. of course I won't have time to watch it until mid August or so, probably.

Yeah, I have every 30430 on my DVR but have watched exactly 3.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:27 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

rparis74 Wrote:

yeah same here. got the dvr ready. of course I won't have time to watch it until mid August or so, probably.

Yeah, I have every 30430 on my DVR but have watched exactly 3.

I have found the idea much more intriguing than the execution on 75% of these. Therefore, if I catch them, I'll watch them, but it's not something I've made a priority.

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

"the two escobars" was very well-done. top-3 30 for 30, so far.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Wed Jun 23, 2010 11:09 am

Yeah, I thought it was pretty awesome, especially their use of "Bronson-vision" and "Oakwood" filters throughout.

Some of that stadium footage was just unfuckingbelievable, like when the riot police rappelled into the crowd.

Also the Columbian goalie aka Young Rick James with his scorpion kicks and shiny jeri curl.

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Wed Jun 23, 2010 6:30 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

Also the Columbian goalie aka Young Rick James with his scorpion kicks and shiny jeri curl.

Best.

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Wed Jun 23, 2010 10:30 pm

Elvis Fu Wrote:

Yail Bloor Wrote:

Also the Columbian goalie aka Young Rick James with his scorpion kicks and shiny jeri curl.

Best.

That was the coolest thing that I've ever seen. And I couldn't believe that I recognized valderama seeing as I know nothing of soccer and certainly didn't follow it in the mid nineties.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Fri Jul 09, 2010 11:42 pm

*bump*

A bunch of these are available now (unfortunately not to stream) from Netflix. Just added the 5 that were available to the top of my queue. Been wanting to watch these.

bgl3 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:58 pm

Fall lineup announced.

Quote:

ESPN Films has announced the fall schedule for its critically acclaimed film series 30 for 30 Presented by Cadillac. The series’ remaining films will begin airing Tuesday, Aug. 24, at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN HD, and will be aired Tuesday nights throughout the fall. The schedule:

Tuesday, Aug. 24, 8 p.m. – Jordan Rides the Bus (Ron Shelton)
Tuesday, Aug. 31, 8 p.m. – Little Big Men (Al Szymanski and Peter Franchella)
Tuesday, Sept. 7, 8 p.m. – One Night in Vegas (Reggie Bythewood)
Tuesday, Sept. 14, 8 p.m. – Unmatched (Directors: Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern Winters; Producer: Hannah Storm)
Tuesday, Nov. 9, 8 p.m. – Pony Excess (Thaddeus D. Matula)
Tuesday, Sept. 21, 8 p.m. – The House of Steinbrenner (Barbara Kopple)
Tuesday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m. – Into The Wind (Steve Nash)
Tuesday, Oct. 5, 8 p.m. – Four Days in October (Major League Baseball Productions)
Tuesday, Oct. 12, 8 pm. – Once Brothers (NBA Entertainment)
Tuesday, Oct. 19, 8 p.m. – Tim Richmond: To the Limit (Rory Karpf )
Tuesday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m. – Steve Bartman: Catching Hell (Alex Gibney)
Tuesday, Nov. 2, 8 p.m. – Marion Jones: Press Pause (John Singleton)
*Saturday, Dec. 11, 9 p.m. – The Best That Never Was (Jonathan Hock) * two hours

Descriptions of each ep @ http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2010/07/espn-films-announces-%e2%80%9830-for-30%e2%80%99-fall-schedule/

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2010 2:01 pm

I think the Matt Hoffman one premier's tonight.

13 year old Yail Bloor fucking idolized that dude.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2010 2:03 pm

I'm loving them on Netflix. Wish they would make them streamable, but I'm not complaining.

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