Anyone else watched Making of a Murderer?
 

We're halfway through as I type this and completely engrossed. My wife has already screamed and cried watching it - something similar to Dassey's situation happened to her brother.

I realize that any criminal documentary is going to slant the view one way or the other just through the simple process of editing. I'm waiting until we finish to go in and look at other sources. At this point though, the fact that Mantiwoc's PD investigated Halbach's scene after being told not to and were the ones that found the damning evidence days later while losing a civil suit to Avery just seems way too convenient.

Anyone else watching???

Yup and happened in my state not far from me at all. Alot if evidence was left out when we were all following the story back then. I believe they at least deserve a fair trial and they did not get one. The key was clearly planted so that alone should get something done but it hasn't.

Watched it happen on the local news over the course of years. It's nice to have it all put into a nice package, but none of it was a surprise to me.

If you're halfway through, you haven't even got to the good stuff yet.. :D

I watched it all in almost one sitting, got through it within a day, it is quite an emotion stirring piece of work indeed.

How long is it? Happened in my state and followed it fairly closely. Don't know if I should watch that or continue with Homeland and then watch if after a season.

[url]https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/3ynmi0/anonymous_will_publish_evidence_to_help_the/[/url]

I'm about half way through...I'm pretty sure at this point that he was framed

[QUOTE=GreatAlbert;10292736]How long is it? Happened in my state and followed it fairly closely. Don't know if I should watch that or continue with Homeland and then watch if after a season.[/QUOTE]

Watch. I'm not far from you and it condenses it all into one. The court scenes drag a bit, but it's worth it. You can't really get a good sense of the whole scope of the story just by seeing it on the news over the course of months/years even like we did being local.

[QUOTE=theacox;10292774]Watch. I'm not far from you and it condenses it all into one. The court scenes drag a bit, but it's worth it. You can't really get a good sense of the whole scope of the story just by seeing it on the news over the course of months/years even like we did being local.[/QUOTE]

Sounds good. Going to finish up the last episode of Season 1 of Homeland and hopefully get this done in a day or two.

Clicking the reddit link next.

For those of you who were local to this case and have seen the series - the presentation is somewhat evenhanded?

[QUOTE=TheFrenzy;10292838]Clicking the reddit link next.

For those of you who were local to this case and have seen the series - the presentation is somewhat evenhanded?[/QUOTE]

It was so long and drawn out that it was hard to judge. You just got numbed to it by the years-long timing. It really dragged until Brendan got involved. Then, it seemed to me like things accelerated, but everything felt really dirty.

A little slow at times but was totally engrossed. Fascinating look at the criminal justice system, at least from this perspective.

[QUOTE=longisland;10292879]A little slow at times but was totally engrossed. Fascinating look at the criminal justice system, at least from this perspective.[/QUOTE]

Anyone else watched the Kids For Cash prison scandal documentary that's been on Netflix? (I don't know if it still is)

[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal[/URL]

[QUOTE=GreatAlbert;10292736]How long is it? Happened in my state and followed it fairly closely. Don't know if I should watch that or continue with Homeland and then watch if after a season.[/QUOTE]

HOMELAND is freaking phenomenal... Finish homeland and then get ready for this Netflix roller coaster :)

Just finished it.

I didn't scream or cry like I did when watching Dear Zachary, but my blood is definitely boiling right now.

Just finished Ep 4 with the big reveal at the end about the evidence from 1985. Unbelievable.

Is this show appropriate for a 15 year old girl? Looking for a new show to watch with my wife and daughter and I have heard so much about this already. I love 20/20 type stuff, but wondering if the content might be a bit much for my teenage daughter? Appreciate the insight. Thanks!

[QUOTE=pejc300;10293704]Is this show appropriate for a 15 year old girl? Looking for a new show to watch with my wife and daughter and I have heard so much about this already. I love 20/20 type stuff, but wondering if the content might be a bit much for my teenage daughter? Appreciate the insight. Thanks![/QUOTE]

It's a lot. This is a "to each his own" question, but personally I wouldn't let my 15 yo daughter watch it.

[QUOTE=TheFrenzy;10292838]Clicking the reddit link next.

For those of you who were local to this case and have seen the series - the presentation is somewhat evenhanded?[/QUOTE]

No, it is not evenhanded.

Please don't jump to a conclusion based on what a documentary shows. If the documentary was evenhanded, there wouldn't be an appeal for Netflix to show it in the first place.

About to start the 6th episode now. I am trying to reserve judgement until I have finished the entire 10 episodes. While I feel that the film is remarkably cohesive considering it covers 10 years worth of subject matter it is blatantly one sided. I am enjoying it, I am thinking constructively, I am willing to listen, but I can't help but feel that the filmmakers went to the Michael Moore school of film making.

[QUOTE=pejc300;10293704]Is this show appropriate for a 15 year old girl? Looking for a new show to watch with my wife and daughter and I have heard so much about this already. I love 20/20 type stuff, but wondering if the content might be a bit much for my teenage daughter? Appreciate the insight. Thanks![/QUOTE]

well I'm a 15 year old boy and I'm fine...It depends on how sensitive she is to touchy subjects

20 minutes into episode 6 and the obvious slant continues. A lady who extracted DNA from a bullet fragment identified Theresa's DNA profile on the bullet. In the process of creating a control environment, which is used to identify anomalies, she realized that her DNA profile was also showing up in the results. This is not uncommon nor does it rarely if ever happen. The filmmakers and the defense would have you believe that this is an egregious error. It's not. The systems that were in place worked as they were designed to do.

[QUOTE=Ray27Ray52;10294638]About to start the 6th episode now. I am trying to reserve judgement until I have finished the entire 10 episodes. While I feel that the film is remarkably cohesive considering it covers 10 years worth of subject matter it is blatantly one sided. I am enjoying it, I am thinking constructively, I am willing to listen, but I can't help but feel that the filmmakers went to the Michael Moore school of film making.[/QUOTE]

Indeed, but you have to expect that. The title of the film is "Making a Murderer". The intent is to try to prove that the Manitowoc PD made a murderer out of a man who isn't.

[QUOTE=calculusdork;10294936]Indeed, but you have to expect that. The title of the film is "Making a Murderer". The intent is to try to prove that the Manitowoc PD made a murderer out of a man who isn't.[/QUOTE]

If that be the case, then you'd hope people would see this as entertainment...which it is, and not a basis for people to make a fully informed decision...which seemingly everyone is doing.

[QUOTE=nate3579;10295008]If that be the case, then you'd hope people would see this as entertainment...which it is, and not a basis for people to make a fully informed decision...which seemingly everyone is doing.[/QUOTE]

Agreed 100%.

EDIT: Even if it is slanted, and it is .... if you decide not to make any judgments about whether or not Avery is guilty, it's still an incredibly alarming look into one local criminal justice system. I think there's zero doubt that a handful of cops in that system wanted Avery to have done it.