Faux Documentaries ("Mockumentaries")
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Anonymous
| I happen to be watching the Discovery show, "Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives" when my kids walked in. They are obsessed with sharks. Now I am stuck trying to explain the concept of a "mockumentary" to my 5 year old. Why is Discovery doing shows like this (also the Mermaid one)? People lack basic science knowledge, why make things worse?! |
Anonymous
| Why are you blaming Discovery for your inability to talk to your children and/or control what they watch? |
Anonymous
Why shouldn't they watch shark documentaries? I don't have an issue with that. Discovery channel normally airs documentaries. The Megalodon was a shark, a prehistoric shark. They are presenting as a real living shark. I just think they have sunk to a new low because they are presenting *science* but fiction. |
Anonymous
Just tell them it's not real or don't let them watch it. Obviously Discovery makes them because people watch them. |
Anonymous
| I don't get it, some of these shows are interesting like the Weather Channel shows that talk about NYC being submersed in hundreds of feet of water or another devastating earthquake in CA. You obviously turned it on because you were interested. Isn't any show about dinosaurs a mockumentary? Just don't get where you are coming from at all. At the very least, you can explain "historical fiction." |
Anonymous
| Super volcano is my absolute favorite! |
Anonymous
This one is fascinating. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbre_Vieja |
Anonymous
| Bummer, I thought we were going to talk about Spinal Tap and Best in Show. |
Anonymous
Borat! |
Anonymous
| Does anyone remember the one--I think done in black and white--about the Italian spaghetti trees? OMG hahhahahha |
Anonymous
| We loved the mermaid one. Creepy |
Anonymous
| My all time favorite is Incident at Loch Ness (Werner Herzog) |
Anonymous
| Each time I read "Dinosaurs love underpants" to my kids (5&7) I remind them that dinosaurs and cavemen didn't exist at the same time. They don't seem to have a problem understanding. |
Anonymous
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spinal tap started it all.
Also love a mighty wind and waiting for guffman. |
FruminousBandersnatch
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That puts your kids ahead of the curve. There's a whole group of adults at the Creation Museum who haven't figured this out. |