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Izzhov posted:I never listened to Serial, but everyone says it's a big deal, hugely important for the history of true crime dramas... but no one ever says if it's *good*. Season 1 is good, OP. I would recommend watching the HBO series "The Case Against Adnan Syed" after you listen to the first season of Serial to get another perspective on the case. https://www.hbo.com/the-case-against-adnan-syed
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i thought it was boring and never finished it but i did watch "the night of" with john turturro and riz ahmed and enjoyed that
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Lol Adnan walked free today
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I was on the fence until the very end when the co-host did a little review of "He really would have to be the unluckiest guy ever," especially with the lack of explanation of the "butt dial." The totally did it. That said S-Town is better.
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Sep 19, 2022 22:58
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Mu Zeta posted:Lol Adnan walked free today He’s so guilty, lol
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Sep 19, 2022 23:05
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They never solved the real mystery, who was the girl who said "Mail Kimp"?
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Sep 19, 2022 23:44
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Ok I totally think he did it and I feel like I’m in crazy town that the majority of people think he’s innocent.
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remigious posted:Ok I totally think he did it and I feel like I’m in crazy town that the majority of people think he’s innocent. 
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remigious posted:Ok I totally think he did it and I feel like I’m in crazy town that the majority of people think he’s innocent. He 100% did it. They often ask variations of the same question "why would a teenager trying to cover up a murder do that? It doesn't make sense!" That hypothetical is not exonerating. Teenage boys are morons and famously not forward thinking. Listen to enough of an episode to get the vibe and then go watch Only Murders In The Building and laugh at Tina Fey's
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Sep 20, 2022 00:34
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Adnan very much did it and it was very obvious if you have Canadian sensibilities.
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Sep 20, 2022 00:36
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Oh did they catch her real ex-boyfriend?
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white women have done it again
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TK8325 posted:i thought it was boring and never finished it but i did watch "the night of" with john turturro and riz ahmed and enjoyed that That’s a real good show
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remigious posted:Ok I totally think he did it and I feel like I’m in crazy town that the majority of people think he’s innocent. I wouldn't be surprised but also recognize I've been prejudiced by listening to Koenig's "ok all the evidence is highly damning but would a real convicted killer be polite and cute and have sad eyes???" defense of the guy
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Sep 20, 2022 01:24
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Imagine listening to someone farting into a microphone for 30 minutes at a time, op.
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I enjoyed it for the time but probably would be disgusted if I tried listening again. I remember thinking the prosecution was hosed and he deserved another trial but that he still probably did it. I remember the alternative killers theories they brought up sounded really dumb. SeANMcBAY fucked around with this message at 01:34 on Sep 20, 2022 |
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Sep 20, 2022 01:31
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My favorite Serial memory was where SK asks "What about that bad thing you did with the mosque money?" and he manipulates her into never suspecting him again. Also she casually drops somewhere that they had 60 hours of phonecalls every week
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S Town is way better if also very guilty of the narcissism, vocal fry poo poo mentioned ITT
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Nooner posted:Ya its pretty good OP, i like golden grams you made me want golden grahams now bitch!!! ty gonna grab some tomorrow now 
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The Onion's "A Very Deadly Murder" Is a fantastic send up of these types of podcasts, highly recommend
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Revins posted:you made me want golden grahams now bitch!!! gently caress sake guess im on the train too. Its the best cereal for outside breakfast time imo.
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canyoneer posted:He 100% did it. They often ask variations of the same question "why would a teenager trying to cover up a murder do that? It doesn't make sense!" That hypothetical is not exonerating. Teenage boys are morons and famously not forward thinking. Tina Fey made a whole sub-plot on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt about how a credulous true crime sucker helped to free the guy who had kidnapped and imprisoned the Kimmy Schmidt character for most of her life. I think Fey has a particular axe to grind with this type of media.
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Adnan did it and now Sarah Koenig is free to bang him like she obviously wanted all along.
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Sep 20, 2022 05:25
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It doesn't matter if it holds up because there'll be another one right after it.
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It’s overpriced but the generic stuff is actually tastier.
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bar88537 posted:Serious post: I noticed that Serial started a trend where the narrator tells the story of how they discovered and felt about the story and it's about the experience of the narrator rather than the story itself. I hate this. I hate it when a good podcast starts turning this way as well, becoming more focused on the hosts as their popularity increases, making it about themselves as I guess its easier than putting in the effort of making good episodes which is what made them popular to begin with. Unfortunately the para-social aspects of online celebrity make podcasts like this viable.
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BJ Novak just released a movie called Vengeance exploring that complaint. It's about a podcaster investigating a death he cares nothing about. I didn't like the movie but it certainly feels well timed.
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Cubone posted:I love season 1, I think it's great, I've listened to it three times This. I wouldn't say Serial was great but thought it was good and it would be interesting to listen to it now. Some random thoughts: * it's got a very This American Life style, where it's more about the investigation of the story rather than the story itself, with a slightly naive reporter thinking out loud, color commentary on the details of the production, endless what-if questions put to the audience, diversions into quirky side stories and characters, etc. And that middle-aged hipster This American Life audience lapped it up. * on that point, It's an interesting study in how the true crime community reacts to and processes stories. Spoiler, it turns out that most armchair detectives are complete idiots * maybe it wanted to be a murder mystery / crusading reporter solves crime story, maybe it started out as that but mostly what it's about is, as Cubone said above, just how tangled and weird the world is and how can we possibly solve crime in that world. Can you really rely on witnesses? What would your memory be like of a random day 4 weeks ago? Do people do things for a reason or just because? Is the law even consistent? Why can't we tell if a simple payphone was present and working at tha given location? * on balance, I feel that Syed probably was involved but there's so much ambiguity and evidence cherry picking that no outcome would surprise me * I enjoyed season 2 but it's a different type of story and i suspect a lot of people found the protagonist hard to like
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Child Trebuchet posted:I hate this. I hate it when a good podcast starts turning this way as well, becoming more focused on the hosts as their popularity increases, making it about themselves as I guess its easier than putting in the effort of making good episodes which is what made them popular to begin with. I've abandoned so many podcasts as they slowly edged over into the 20 minutes rambling about catch-ups, what they did this week, what they're eating and drinking, callbacks to some performance they did at a Williamsburg bar, then the sponsor break, 10 minutes of content, 10 of heartfelt admissions about their lives and losses, then 20 more minutes of promoting their side projects, books, selling tickets to shows, etc. Like, I listen to you for amusing reviews of bad movies, not to hear about your divorce and a sales pitch for a show in San Diego.
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I had zero interest in Serial and never listened to it but watched the HBO documentary. Why are so many people convinced here so convinced he did it?
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Strange Poon posted:I had zero interest in Serial and never listened to it but watched the HBO documentary. Why are so many people convinced here so convinced he did it? Because he very probably did it.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Because he very probably did it. thanks for the effortpost
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nonathlon posted:I've abandoned so many podcasts as they slowly edged over into the 20 minutes rambling about catch-ups, what they did this week, what they're eating and drinking, callbacks to some performance they did at a Williamsburg bar, then the sponsor break, 10 minutes of content, 10 of heartfelt admissions about their lives and losses, then 20 more minutes of promoting their side projects, books, selling tickets to shows, etc. y'all need 250+ episode The History Of podcasts with bad to appalling production value.
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War and Pieces posted:y'all need 250+ episode The History Of podcasts with bad to appalling production value. Honestly, I love a podcast (or audiobook) with the audio quality of AM radio.
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Strange Poon posted:I had zero interest in Serial and never listened to it but watched the HBO documentary. Why are so many people convinced here so convinced he did it? Someone had to have done it and there are no other plausible suspects. Which shouldn't be enough to convict, but is enough to draw a conclusion.
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I glanced through the posts here, did...everyone miss that Syed's conviction was overturned and he's being released?quote:Adnan Syed, center, leaves the Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, in Baltimore. A judge has ordered the release of Syed after overturning his conviction for a 1999 murder that was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.” (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
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mobby_6kl posted:I glanced through the posts here, did...everyone miss that Syed's conviction was overturned and he's being released? This is one of the reasons I was asking, wasn't looking to argue if he did or didn't but if there was something especially damning that maybe was in Serial? It's been awhile since I saw the Docuseries so I could be mis-remembering but there seemed to be a definite case to be made that the police were railroading him. I didn't walk away with the impression that he was definitely guilty at all.
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Kirk Vikernes posted:Imagine listening to someone farting into a microphone for 30 minutes at a time, op. Are we talking a single 30 minute fart or like 30 minutes of normal farts with gaps in between?
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Flowers for QAnon posted:He’s so guilty, lol
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I get all my true crime from The Internet Historian. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh9KBwqGxTI
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