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Bob Sham and Angela (former Documenteers hosts)have expanded their film discussion into broader waters with MOVIEHUMPERS. This feed is the one stop shop for our classic and current shows.

We appreciate your pod consumption but if you can't wait for our episodes you kind always check them out, first, in their original format over at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuJf3lkRI-BLUTsLI_ehOsg

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Death to all traitors

Documenteers: The Documentary Podcast Bob Sham & Friends

    • TV & Film
    • 4.8 • 41 Ratings

Bob Sham and Angela (former Documenteers hosts)have expanded their film discussion into broader waters with MOVIEHUMPERS. This feed is the one stop shop for our classic and current shows.

We appreciate your pod consumption but if you can't wait for our episodes you kind always check them out, first, in their original format over at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuJf3lkRI-BLUTsLI_ehOsg

Contact us over at MOVIEHUMPERS@gmail.com

Death to all traitors

    Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

    Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

    And so it begins. We’re gonna FORCE it all down one more time. This isn’t just a casual viewing and discussion of Star Wars on a YouTube/podcast for the umpteenth time. Well, it kinda is but we’re likely never going to watch these movies ever again after this month. We have our personal place in Star Wars history. Our own generational emotional attachments. Taking it all in to this day, our personal excitement for the franchise has greatly waned. It’s probably just a natural feeling as we get older but the nostalgia dump is getting very unwieldy across several film franchises and we’re more than happy to let others get emotional about Star Wars after the month of May. So one more ride within a galaxy far far away all month long and we say it’s the final word on these movies. Empty your brain of all opinion and simply adopt our perspectives with no question. We’re going chronologically so we’re starting it off with the prequel trilogy and easily the strangest of all the Star Wars movies. We’re discussing George Lucas’s 1999 prequel to his massive sci-fi franchise called “STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE”. Even its apologist have to admit that the first foray into the story of a young Anakin Skywalker is absolutely weird and helping greatly with that feeling is the notorious alien sidekick “Jar Jar Binks”. Jar Jar isn’t the only bizarre choice for the movie but he’s definitely the hardest one to contend with. It almost seems like an Andy Kaufmanesque prank to observe this strangeness in such a major blockbuster film. We also got a messiah narrative, metachlorians, Jedi being fully complicit in slavery, pod racing and Darth Maul who you know is badass because he can get it at both ends of the lightsaber. We were chomping at the bit to watch the first Star Wars movie in 16 years. When it released, and the dust settled, many of us were more than a little confused. But it’s okay. Now we know that Jar Jar is the key to all of this.

    Here’s the making of documentary which seems very eye opening in hindsight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da8s9m4zEpo

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    • 45 min
    Deep Space Fantasy - Movie Review 6 Pack

    Deep Space Fantasy - Movie Review 6 Pack

    Deep Space Fantasy - Movie Review 6 Pack by Bob Sham & Friends

    • 1 hr 41 min
    The Idiots (1998)

    The Idiots (1998)

    We’re doing a double shot this week for our overarching, year long theme called “A DREARY YEAR OF LARS VON TRIER”. Doubling down because it may be a few months before we get back into good ‘ol Lars so what better way to lead into a May loaded with Space Fantasy than with a movie about a group of people in Denmark embarking on a social experiment by going out into everyday society and pretending to be mentally challenged? A quiet woman named Karen finds herself roped into this strange group. Karen questions the morality of behaving in such a way but Karen has also found a sense of joy and belonging with the group. Is this an anti-bourgeois act that transcends the quiet oppressions of a “civilized society” or is it all just one big goddamn joke? Lars von Trier’s contribution to the Dogme 95 manifesto, “THE IDIOTS” (or “IDIOTERNE” if you’re nasty) from 1998 is #2 in the Dogme series and though we keep saying this…this one has definitely gotta be Lars von Trier’s most light hearted film. We feel pretty confident about the claim this time. Lot’s of nudity and some f*****g. Just reporting that for you Mr. Skin types out there.

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    • 29 min
    Breaking The Waves (1996)

    Breaking The Waves (1996)

    Breaking The Waves (1996) by Bob Sham & Friends

    • 41 min
    Hamlet 2 (2008)

    Hamlet 2 (2008)

    Hamlet 2 (2008) by Bob Sham & Friends

    • 32 min
    The Master Of Disguise (2002)

    The Master Of Disguise (2002)

    The Master Of Disguise (2002) by Bob Sham & Friends

    • 24 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
41 Ratings

41 Ratings

cowboyplanet ,

Changing minds, changing lives

I watch documentaries because I love to see new perspectives. Be that as it may, I'm difficult to sway into entirely new positions and approach new information with what I would call a cautious curiosity, especially online. I didn't expect a podcast with such a simple, broad premise to convince me of radical ideas.

Or, I guess, one radical idea: That the song "I Think We're Alone Now" - every version, throughout all eras, by all artists - is the single most miserable piece of audio ever commited to record. It is the nadir of auditory expression. The Jonestown Tapes are a horror to sit through, but they at least convey human and historical context to a significant event from which most people are divorced.

FIVE OUT OF FIVE, NATURALLY.

bad app le ,

SICK DOC’s BRO

Love the show! Great group of peeps discussing mostly great content. Keep on Doc’n in the free world!

#mmmyeahh ,

Documen-oh-yeah-baby!

Who cares that you're stuck in rush hour when you are hanging out with Bob Sham and friends!

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