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  • 06-06-2020 6:53pm
    #1
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,322 ✭✭✭✭


    Kinda bizarre documentary available on sky documentaries (made by HBO).
    About the rigging of the monopoly game at mc Donald's.

    Only watched episode 1 and went in blind very interesting some characters in it!


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  • #2
    Rockbeast2
    Registered Users Posts: 798 ✭✭✭Rockbeast2


    gmisk wrote: »
    Kinda bizarre documentary available on sky documentaries (made by HBO).
    About the rigging of the monopoly game at mc Donald's.

    Only watched episode 1 and went in blind very interesting some characters in it!

    Caught it myself a few days back. Was wondering why the actor they hired to play Agent Doug was so over the top in his performance. Went to IMDb and discovered that is the actual Agent! WTF? Some character. Lol

    Will watch episodes 3 and 4 over rest of weekend. Good series so far.


  • #3
    expectationlost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,994 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    evey review of it I heard or read of is that its overly stretched


  • #4
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    Just read a ‘The Sun’ ‘article’ that gave the jist. Hopefully this thing of stretching and padding what should be a 1000 word article into a documentary will die out soon.


  • #5
    S.M.B.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,383 ✭✭✭S.M.B.


    This is on the new Sky Documentary channel in case anyone is looking for it.

    I've always been fascinated with the story but I've also read the reviews saying that it's a little over stretched and dull which is a real shame.


  • #6
    RobTheLad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 396 ✭✭RobTheLad


    Finished watching it last night, found it good but echo what's already been stated, 6 episodes was way too much, could have been done in half the amount.


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  • #7
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,465 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Ive been watching the first 3 episodes and to be honest im tired of it now.
    It just seems to be going into too much detail about each winner.


  • #8
    MargeS
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭MargeS


    I finished it a few days ago. I agree, 6 episodes could have been done in 3 or 4.
    There are some good characters in there though, there is too much padding on the winners, but overall I enjoyed it.

    I very rarely lol during tv shows or movies but Agent Doug had me laughing.
    The fax machine incident was hilarious.


  • #9
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    expectationlost wrote: »
    evey review of it I heard or read of is that its overly stretched

    This covers most American documentaries I find.

    Stretch 1 episodes worth of content over 5 or 6 "miniseries" type thing. They tend to cover the subject in the first episode then spend the rest going over and over the same thing.


  • #10
    ricero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    I enjoyed this series. It was presented in a fun way I thought but also serious at times.

    FBI agent Doug Matthews deserves his own tv show. He was hilarious.

    I really thought Frank Colombo and his wife came off the best. They seemed like decent normal people.


  • #11
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,595 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Was my apple pie win rigged :p
    https://forumofgames.com/




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  • #12
    expectationlost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,994 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    This covers most American documentaries I find.

    Stretch 1 episodes worth of content over 5 or 6 "miniseries" type thing. They tend to cover the subject in the first episode then spend the rest going over and over the same thing.
    now on netflix theres no pressure for airtime


  • #13
    The_Dave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 438 ✭✭The_Dave


    ricero wrote: »
    FBI agent Doug Matthews deserves his own tv show. He was hilarious.
    I don't know how he ended up in his career, the man is made for entertainment. He's like a child who watched cop shows growing up and decided that a career in law enforcement is for him


  • #14
    Chuck Noland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,911 ✭✭✭Chuck Noland


    Liked the show... binged it in 2 days so didn’t seem 2 stretched too me.


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