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10-29-2010, 12:57 AM
I like Vanguard on CurrentTV
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10-29-2010, 01:42 AM
Insomniac is great but I dont know where to find it.
Human Weapon and Fight Quest are about travel + martial arts, available on youtube. I personally like Human Weapon better.
There are also back episodes of Anthony Bourdain's old show that was on the Food Network, which is more or less like a poor man's No Reservations. Also available on youtube.
I want to start making my own travel documentaries but I don't know anything about filming and I can't decide which aspect of my travel life I want to focus on. Anyone here make documentaries?
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10-29-2010, 06:08 AM
Michael Palin did a 6-7 episodes series on eastern-europe. He did a shitty job with the balkans if you ask me (interviewing for example bulgaria's most famous gay gypsie). but still worth skimming through if you're not too familiar with the region as he rapidly hits about 20 countries. It's called "new europe".
Otherwise, no reservations and three sheets are also my favorites.
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10-29-2010, 11:24 AM
Three Sheets is def one of the best shows ever
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10-29-2010, 02:21 PM
An Idiot Abroad is a new show in the U.K. and I have always been a huge fan of the Globe Trekker series. julian and camilla's world odyssey is also pretty good.
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10-29-2010, 07:13 PM
Does anyone know of any shows integrating the whole "travel playboy" lifestyle we all subscribe to?
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10-30-2010, 12:04 AM
No, there is definitely some pickup documentary where the guy tries to get a date in every city he goes to. I forget what it is but it's there, I"ve seen it before. He's not very good but at least it's entertaining.
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10-31-2010, 01:53 PM
For travel shows, my fav so far is Departures, a Canadian show, about 2 20 something friends travelling the world and filming it. They're on their 3rd season now. I also aspire on doing my own film documentary series but with a very specific niche in mind. I think to succeed in this very competitve field (like any field in business really) you must focus on a specific niche and build on it.
For playboy traveling, there is a show which was mentioned on these forums not long ago, but can't remember the name at this time.
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11-19-2011, 07:43 AM
Those Vice Travel videos are good. There's one on Poland that needs to be in the Poland thread. Has a young guy going around the 2 major cities and not doing the typical tourist shit.
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11-19-2011, 06:33 PM
Trabant Trek is the one I've enjoted most recently. I read the book years ago in Cambodia and it's just finally been shown on The Travel Channel in the UK. It's a self shot docu following a convoy of 3 groups driving Trabants (old, plastic East German cars - total rust buckets) from Germany to Cambodia for charity through Central Asia, China etc. Took 6 months, cars break down couple of times a day, group gets smaller and smaller as the weeks go on. Not the best quality as filmed on handheld cameras by the guys themselves but enjoyable.
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11-19-2011, 07:01 PM
When I was younger Michael Palin was my inspiration. Now it's Pierre Woodman
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11-19-2011, 08:56 PM
Samantha Brown is an idiot. I don't know why she's got her own show.