Poll: I need something to write a documentary on. The crazier the better!

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Futureman

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world of warcraft lore. cannabis. the number 42 or towels would all be gripping subjects
 

dreddfan

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Make a documentary about a documentary crew making a documentary about the documentary crew making a documentary about your documentary.
 

Mafoobula

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Mac vs. PC. Talk about the differences in image, fanbase and the products themselves. Do an image search for "linux windows mac" to see a number of comparisons between the three OSs (most Mac vs Windows though).
Here's a good one to kick things off: http://weedoom.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Linux-Windows-Mac-as-seen-by.jpg

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - I swear, there's a half-hour speech to be had out of this subject. Deconstructing the tropes and talking about the brony population will take up a good 10 minutes by itself.

Speaking of tropes, talk about tvtropes.org, and about whether or not it's beneficial to deconstruct and analyze everything from movies to music. I know Moviebob did a column on it in "Intermission" some time ago.

World of Warcraft as a study is sociology - I had a sociology professor who played a little, and considered, however briefly, finding a way to turn it into a lesson.

You would be amazed at how much mileage you can get out of hats. From assuming different identities - a trick used by acting troupes on a budget is using hats to represent the characters without having to have different costumes - to George Carlin's comment about wars being fought because one side has different hats than the other.
 

Shemming

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Make a documentary on making documentarys. Seriously, just film yourself making a documentary then, add voice overs.
 

Quazimofo

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oh i know! talk about how the space shuttle engines were influenced in design by the asses of roman warhorses back in the old Roman empire era! i am not kidding, this is true, though by a little bit of a stretch.

if you want the longer version of the story, quote me. i think it would be interesting since a great many people wouldn't believe it, but when you spring the sources on them, you can go HA!
 

The Thinker

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Quazimofo said:
oh i know! talk about how the space shuttle engines were influenced in design by the asses of roman warhorses back in the old Roman empire era! i am not kidding, this is true, though by a little bit of a stretch.

if you want the longer version of the story, quote me. i think it would be interesting since a great many people wouldn't believe it, but when you spring the sources on them, you can go HA!
...I need to read the extended version.
 

TheMann

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Do a documentary about the diplomatic breakdowns between the Allied Earth Consortium and the Martian Federation (along with the asteroid privateers they funded), combined with a robot uprising on Moon Base-7, led directly to the outbreak of the Second Lunar War (2145-2147). The history of LWII is really fascinating stuff, and many people are grossly misinformed about some of the events surrounding that conflict...

Okay, you'll probably flunk if you do that, but if you read it in front of the class they'll totally lose their shit, especially if you can say it with a completely straight face and make it sound as factual as possible, while still being totally outrageous. If that doesn't work you can always go the other way and do a snooze-fest, like the procedures of HTML tags. Either way, you sort of win in either scenario.
 

kickassfrog

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Do it about one of Dante's circles of hell.
Bonus points if you can get digs in at anyone in the room.
 

Laurie Barnes

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The obvious answer is, MLP FIM,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Little_Pony:_Friendship_Is_Magic
You could easily discuss it's bizarre level of popularity, and how the fans don't exactly line up with the target audience.
 

Blow_Pop

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I'm not voting in the poll but how about why people pay to get scared and then get pissed that you/someone else scared them?
 

toastmaster2k8

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Kamikazes and Banzi Charges from WWII, The reasons behind it and its inception in the Japanese strategies are pretty messed up.
 

Neonit

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"sex life of american squirrels"?
that should raise a few eyebrows.... and put a smile on some faces.
 

Yopaz

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One of these:
Raptors and you, how to survive for the longest time before you get eaten.

Raptor invasion and the threat this poses to you.

Raptor invasion and how likely this is to happen.

Can raptors fit into a human society? No They will eat your face.
 

Infernai

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...Why not just go for the History of the Series Berserk? That series has got some straight up hardcore shit in it but it's been going on forever now so, hey, you've got some stuff in there that can be discussed.