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kirbyddd · 9 months

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i see documentaries these days with "with david attenborough" on them like it's a selling point

every documentary ive ever seen with his voice has been nothing but foley sound effects over footage with the real audio removed and gradeschool level filler narration, zero educational value and pure entertainment, like the documentary equivalent of mcdonalds

seeing a documentary with like "whales with david attenborough" on it is like seeing a billboard that says "fish tacos with ronald mcdonald" like yeahhhh i think I'll pass

#documentaries with foley sound effects are the close cousin of comedies with canned laughter #obviously the guy probably usually doesnt even see the scripts before he's in the studio but #??? all the more reason like ????#im just wondering how bbc and natgeo and whatever tackle such grand subjects and yet impart absolutely nothing of substance #meanwhile this low budget 20 minute show on a fishing co op in some village somewhere captures and shares something that touches your life #i guess because one is a consumer-targeted display contrived and staged with a screenplay written by some big headed media influencer #while the other is a raw slice of the real world that has zero profitability yet captures and shares something absolutely priceless

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