Has anything you've watched on TV influenced your life?

heldel00 · 30-08-2015 5:51pm

The most recent documentary on Glasnevin cemetery.
The end of that was very much a sit up and say WTF type moment. That doesn't happen too often anymore because of the usual class of $hite that's on the telly.

Faith+1 · 30-08-2015 7:10pm

HalloweenJack wrote: »

Watched a Bear Grylls documentary where he did a stint in the French Foreign Legion. I was about 16 and it convinced me that it'd be a viable option. By the time I was 21, the reality of being a soldier didn't appeal to me anymore.

Haha yeah I remember one guy ringing the bell after only a few hours there! He couldn't even hack one night ffs!

DanielODonnell · 30-08-2015 7:46pm

watching the ballymena man fight the wolves in The Grey, it causes me to smirk when i go to ballymena when i see the tattooed thugs wannabee hard men outside the pubs

ablelocks · 30-08-2015 8:19pm

Gongoozler wrote: »

I watched a TV programme once about deliveries. I don't know why, apparently I have a weird need to freak myself out. They showed everything. I mean everything. For some reason, growing up I always thought I had to have children, I assumed that I would. I realised that I didn't have to at around age 12, But anyway I watched this thing that was the most disgusting, revolting, terrifying experience, that it pretty much cemented the decision that I definitely do not want children.

Seriously, I recommend not ever watching something like that.

I don't get it. How could a programme about FEDEX and UPS be so graphic it put you off children?

Rubberlegs · 30-08-2015 8:42pm

heldel00 wrote: »

The most recent documentary on Glasnevin cemetery.
The end of that was very much a sit up and say WTF type moment. That doesn't happen too often anymore because of the usual class of $hite that's on the telly.

That was one of the best documentaries I have ever seen. I had goosebumps at the end of it.

The documentary that Terry Pratchett did on assisted suicide was very thought provoking. To actually see someone calmly drinking off whatever it is that kills you , holding hands with his wife, and being gone in minutes, was one of the most surreal things I have ever watched.

NachoBusiness · 30-08-2015 9:04pm

73Cat wrote: »

To actually see someone calmly drinking off whatever it is that kills you , holding hands with his wife, and being gone in minutes, was one of the most surreal things I have ever watched.

Never seen that but I found the video footage of Lisa Lefteye Lopes's car accident to be like that, very surreal, as she is laughing, chatting and full of life and then a slight skid, scream and silence.

the_monkey · 30-08-2015 9:14pm

73Cat wrote: »

That was one of the best documentaries I have ever seen. I had goosebumps at the end of it.

The documentary that Terry Pratchett did on assisted suicide was very thought provoking. To actually see someone calmly drinking off whatever it is that kills you , holding hands with his wife, and being gone in minutes, was one of the most surreal things I have ever watched.

http://www.rte.ie/player/es/show/10449958/

is that the one ?

Rubberlegs · 30-08-2015 11:19pm

the_monkey wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/player/es/show/10449958/

is that the one ?

The Glasnevin one i watched is called One Million Dubliners.

OiL RiG · 31-08-2015 2:32am

I'd have to say the original Cosmos with Carl Sagan. It really reinforced for me my love of science and deep seated appreciation for being alive.

Still watch this clip every once in a while...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl5dlbCh8lY

CruelCoin · 31-08-2015 9:11am

I spent my childhood on Nat Geo and the discovery Channel (back when they were good, none of this newfound "TURBO EXTREME MEGA DEATH GIGA SHARK ATTACK" crap.)

I now follow everything space related very closely. I do hate how my other halfs eyes glaze over when i try chat with her about it.

valoren · 31-08-2015 9:44am

The "Dear Daughter" documentary about Christine Buckley in 1996.

The untouchable authoritative pedestal that those in the Church were on was completely smashed after watching that.

Penn · 31-08-2015 10:18am

This quote from The Office actually really helped me get out of a bit of a funk I was in and enjoy where I am in life now as opposed to wishing everything was perfect:

Tim Canterbury: I don't know what a happy ending is. Life isn't about endings, is it? It's a series of moments. And umm... it's not if, you know, if you turn the camera off it's not an ending, is it. I'm still here, my life's not over. Come back, come back here in 10 years, see how I'm doing then. Cause I could be married with kids, you don't know. Life just goes on.

Boring username · 31-08-2015 5:13pm

Probably the biggest influence I've had politically has been the following two videos, by Soviet defector Yuri Bezmenov. He was a KGB officer who specialised in propaganda and psychological warfare. If you are wondering who originally sponsored all the radical lunatics, idiot artists, halfwit politicians, anti war/anti Western groups, extremist lefties, then this is the explanation you have been waiting for.

He explains in detail how long range soviet plans involved a culture war that spent 85% of their budget attacking all aspects of Western culture and democracy, and by placing useful idiots into positions of power to subvert the system. Well worth a look:

dutopia · 31-08-2015 5:18pm

Himalaya by Michael Palin. it influenced my travels to India & Nepal which turned out to be the best travels of my life. I also met a lady in India who is now my other half:D

Mister Vain · 31-08-2015 5:37pm

MacGyver. He got me interested in science. He never carried a gun and always thwarted the enemy with vast scientific knowledge - sometimes with little more than a paper clip and duct tape in his pocket. Kick ass intro music too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNl9M5TxGC8

Aongus Von Bismarck · 03-10-2015 6:57pm

Jesus, it was difficult, but we ended up putting together a house that anyone could live in. There's something genuinely humbling about seeing the foundations of a house you built come together; cast against the profound beauty of the night sky.

Shannon757 · 03-10-2015 7:05pm

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

Jesus, it was difficult, but we ended up putting together a house that anyone could live in. There's something genuinely humbling about seeing the foundations of a house you built come together; cast against the profound beauty of the night sky.

I do love when an OP comes back and tells up what happened. Good on ya lad

sozbox · 03-10-2015 7:17pm

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

Jesus, it was difficult, but we ended up putting together a house that anyone could live in. There's something genuinely humbling about seeing the foundations of a house you built come together; cast against the profound beauty of the night sky.

Well done, that sounds amazing. Any pictures?

Aongus Von Bismarck · 03-10-2015 7:17pm

Shannon757 wrote: »

I do love when an OP comes back and tells up what happened. Good on ya lad

Cheers horse! The entire experience was a challenging one. We had a mentor, but we had to come together to create shelter; food and stories. The cabin we built is fúcking cool.

Whitewinged · 03-10-2015 7:55pm

'Apocalypto' was very moving and also 'The Road'.

nathang20 · 03-10-2015 8:51pm

Cb9 · 04-10-2015 11:45am

South park probably made me far more foul mouthed then I should have been at 6/7.

Has anything you've watched on TV influenced your life?

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