I would watch both, starting with the series. The show gives you some great exaggerated performances from individuals you may not have known about during the trial. Having seen the FX program first, it makes the actual individuals more identifiable and easy to digest in a long documentary.
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ESPN 30 for 30 - OJ: Made in America
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I would watch both, starting with the series. The show gives you some great exaggerated performances from individuals you may not have known about during the trial. Having seen the FX program first, it makes the actual individuals more identifiable and easy to digest in a long documentary.
CreeperBlocks
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I think watch the FX Series because it gives a bit more info and then follow up with OJ:Made in America. the FX show might be one of the best shows of 2016 so please do check it out.
VeryGooster
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Yeah I'd watch the FX show first because while you get a sense of the trial and the players albeit fictionalized the documentary is having a larger social conversation with the trial as a focal point.
Hasphat'sAnts
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Just started Pt. 3.
God the crime scene photos are so upsetting.
God the crime scene photos are so upsetting.
it's just a job. seems fairly easy to reconcile it.
VeryGooster
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I have maybe 45 minutes of part five left. Honestly after the civil trial before the Vegas thing I had no idea what this dude was up to in between but Jesus dude hit a weird bottom that's like watching a Girls Gone Wild video.
Officerrob
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You ain't seen nothing yet, wait until episode 5. The older woman juror was VERY honest
He was an egomaniac spiraling out of control. I heard about bits and pieces of that stuff, but I was shocked how much video they had of him from that time
Hasphat'sAnts
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Goddamn Johnnie Cochran.
EDIT: look at all these white people jumping at the chance to say "N*****" on this documentary.
EDIT: look at all these white people jumping at the chance to say "N*****" on this documentary.
Heisenberg
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This old lady juror in Part 3 is despicable.
TheSchwab_7
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Damn the prosecution did fucked it up.
Psychological Intellect
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yo the laywer dude explaining putting up the pics of oj with black people is hilarious.
Officerrob
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Wait until episode 5
TheSchwab_7
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lmao the defense so good
This is absolutely fascinating. I was not alive when this was going on, so I only have a vague idea at best of what happened, so it kind of feels like I'm reliving the whole event, except I'm seeing all the different sides.
The Darden-Cochran dynamic with that argument about turning the trial into a race issue was engrossing, to say the least. Both sides made really interesting and valid points, and the extra commentary really helped unravel everything.
I think this is going to win an Oscar.
The Darden-Cochran dynamic with that argument about turning the trial into a race issue was engrossing, to say the least. Both sides made really interesting and valid points, and the extra commentary really helped unravel everything.
I think this is going to win an Oscar.
Officerrob
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Are people really surprised by that? OJ was basically an arrogant rich white man with a tan at that point
VeryGooster
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Yeah hearing the two jurors they got rationalize the entire deliberation process in part 4 or 5 gave me some chills.
Psychological Intellect
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Jeeeeez, the cross section of the racist cop 👌👌👌. The Defense was really on another level.
Heavy_D206
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That was most lawyer thing ever and I laughed as well.
We would put a Pinata at the top of the stairs!
Future Foundation
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"We woulda had a Mariachi band!"
Psychological Intellect
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"We'd have a picture of OJ wearing a Sombrero!" 😂😂😂
Also how does a fucking evidence collector
FORGET TO WEAR GLOVES?????????
CitizenCope
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For some reason this blows me away. Damn I'm old. I remember vividly watching the NBA finals when the white Bronco was being followed and when the verdict was read when I was home from work for my lunch(3 hot dogs).
Yes. I was 11-12 years old when this all was happening, how could I have known?
The most I knew about OJ was he played for the Bills and was in some movies.
Psychological Intellect
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What a colossal fuck uo by the porosecution. Wow.
Heisenberg
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Was not prepared for THAT crime scene photo. Ugh.
Heavy_D206
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There's a sportscaster who met Al Cowlings and claims Al told him that OJ wanted to hear the end of the NBA Finals game on the radio before he went to jail and that's why they were driving so slowly on the freeway.
Officerrob
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Jeff Van Gundy said that:
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...tale-o-simpson-bronco-chase-article-1.2669776
Future Foundation
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Yeah, the evidence collection was fucked up. Did I mishear it, or were Ron + Nicole's bodies covered with sheets from the house?
Heisenberg
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Based on the interviews with the jurors I'm convinced the outcome of the trial was determined during jury selection. Everything afterwards was basically pointless.
For the one old lady, she clearly had her mind made up, but the prosecution and the LAPD made horrible decisions at every step of the way.
Nope, you didn't mishear. They really just grabbed a random sheet from the house.
crackhead_bob
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Will this come out on Bluray/DVD? I don't have cable and don't know of any other way of obtaining this program.
Psychological Intellect
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Psychological Intellect
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The tapes. Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
blackaroni
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Jesus...I wasn't ready for that either.
A lot of the recent 30 for 30 documentaries have been put on Netflix within a month or two of them airing on TV. Not sure if that will be the case for this OJ special as well, but there's a chance. At the very least, I'd be shocked if this didn't release on Blu-Ray/DVD at some point.
Future Foundation
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Earlier, it was mentioned that Nicole
had to have a dress that covered her neck because "her head was almost severed off"
TheSchwab_7
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OJ best actor in leading role
Heisenberg
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Yeah, I mean I knew that from the FX series and researching the case earlier. I had even come across the crime scene photos before. Never THAT photo though. Holy shit.
Officerrob
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For those who are sensitive to crime scene stuff, the worst is in episode 4
crackhead_bob
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I used to feel the same way too about being certain that everything would eventually make it onto Bluray/DVD, but we don't have Daredevil or Bojack Horseman yet. I don't have cable, so I'm hoping that this and People vs. OJ will be released on the home market.
Both of those shows are Netflix originals. ESPN has put all the other 30 for 30's on Blu-Ray.
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