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Old 02-21-2017, 01:06 PM
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You can also order the DVD if you don't have Amazon Prime for streaming...

https://www.amazon.com/The-Porsche-9.../dp/B01BPYDFWO
Meh. Save your money. Definitely not worth $30. A couple interesting things but mostly old footage and banal street interviews with joe q Porsche owner.
Old 02-21-2017, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by -Ryan-
Meh. Save your money. Definitely not worth $30. A couple interesting things but mostly old footage and banal street interviews with joe q Porsche owner.
If you have Prime, it doesn't cost a penny more to stream. Halfway through it now...started episode 2!
Old 02-21-2017, 03:48 PM
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If you have Prime, it doesn't cost a penny more to stream. Halfway through it now...started episode 2!
Yep, had to watch both before turning in last evening.
Old 02-21-2017, 03:49 PM
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I have watched both too... nothing to write home about, but definitely more interesting than most garbage you find in TV, specially if you are a prime member and it is for free
Old 02-21-2017, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by -Ryan-
Meh. Save your money. Definitely not worth $30. A couple interesting things but mostly old footage and banal street interviews with joe q Porsche owner.
It isn't a masterpiece but considering how I would rather watch this much more than a fantastic documentary on a more popular subject, I rated it 5 stars. My hope is that if enough people watch it and rate it highly, it might influence future programming. I don't know if I would pay $30 either.

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If you have Prime, it doesn't cost a penny more to stream. Halfway through it now...started episode 2!
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Thanks for this - good show!
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Yep, had to watch both before turning in last evening.
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I have watched both too... nothing to write home about, but definitely more interesting than most garbage you find in TV, specially if you are a prime member and it is for free
Yes! I enjoyed watching it and wanted to share. I'm glad it's being enjoyed.

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I came across this by accident and it failed to connect with me. The writing is awful. It feels like an amateur documentary.
Old 02-21-2017, 07:11 PM
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It's mediocre at best. Mostly interviews at car shows with overly enthusiastic people who also seem a bit eccentric. How hard is it to make an interesting film when your subject material is sports cars and racing? Well, they made it boring.
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Originally Posted by kayjh
Can't get this in Canada
On Amazon Prime?
Old 02-22-2017, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Grunty
I came across this by accident and it failed to connect with me. The writing is awful. It feels like an amateur documentary.
Lol - anything with 911's going down the road captures my attention. After reading Randy Leffingwell's "Porsche 911: 50 years", this filled in with some good visual stuff.
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Watched it last night, it's worth a view for us since we're 911 enthusiasts. Otherwise the writing was pretty poor, jumped all over the place..
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Free on Prime... It's quite a trip.... Probably directed in Europe and translated for us...
Choice moments:

Some older woman showing the Porsche tattoo an inch above her crack, proud and all, with her husband smiling to the camera. Classy !

Other interviewee: "Driving a Porsche is better than sex: Put it in first, you shoot your wad, it's beautiful" - I $%t you not, this show is weird !

Or " From behind it looks like a woman's butt, we are hard wired to respond to its eroticism".

Seriously amateurish but free... Marcel (from excellence and Easrly 91s) is featured...



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