Concrete Circus Ch4

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Silverbullet767

10,712 posts

207 months

Monday 15th August 2011
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Rare for me to really enjoy a TV programme anymore, but that was fantastic, the Scottish guy was the best for me, climbing those concrete blocks and riding across the rope took my breath away, the asian guy went a bit over the top with the dust effects, way to artsy for me.

Still a fantastic show. Top marks!

Drclarke

1,185 posts

174 months

Tuesday 16th August 2011
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Is it repeated?

durbster

10,284 posts

223 months

Tuesday 16th August 2011
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Have to agree with all the above, fantastic show. Even the missus stopped what she was doing when Danny MacAskill was doing his stuff, astonishing skill.

okgo

38,076 posts

199 months

Tuesday 16th August 2011
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The skater wasn't all that to be honest.

Rodney Mullen was doing that stuff ten years ago, and better too. The flatlander was decent, but not really anything above and beyond the other decent flatlanders out there. the free running thing was a bit odd, the black guy was incredible, the others were a bit meh ( I know one of them, he works as a stuntman) but Danny Mcaskill is just head and shoulders better than anyone else I've seen in trials.

raceboy

13,118 posts

281 months

Tuesday 16th August 2011
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okgo said:
The skater wasn't all that to be honest.

Rodney Mullen was doing that stuff ten years ago, and better too.
I found myself saying that, the multi board work was new...but not exactly hard, Mullen has been doing the side board slides for years, very surprised he didn't get a mention....especially from his old 'team mate' Mike Vallely.

Thought all the 'new' videos were a bit too arty...except Dannys
I just want to see the moves not a close up of a spinning wheel.
Keelan Phillips (the flatland BMX rider) original video was so much better, and a real shame to hear about his friend and director of that video.

SHutchinson

2,042 posts

185 months

Tuesday 16th August 2011
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The free running was getting a bit boring until they showed that guy slipping off the wall and almost breaking his spine.

It should be impossible to ride a mountain bike over that steel cable. That bloke is incredibly talented.

jt racing

561 posts

175 months

Tuesday 16th August 2011
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Was brilliant! Even the wife sat down and watched it after 5 mins. The skills these lads have is shocking!
I'm have never been into skateboarding, was always downhilling but that Spanish lad made it look almost poetic.
All of them though, each video had me looking amazed at what the could do.

rah1888

1,547 posts

188 months

Tuesday 16th August 2011
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Drclarke said:
Is it repeated?
You should be able to find it on 4OnDemand.

In fact, here you go: smile

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/concrete-circus...

pidsy

8,005 posts

158 months

Tuesday 16th August 2011
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pretty incredible programme tbh! lots of stuff i hadnt seen before and some stuff i didnt think was possible!

again, Danny mcKaskill was head and shoulders above the rest.

the parkour guys show no fear and are amazing street gymnasts! i think the setting fire to themselves was a bit OTT.

the skateboarder made the moves so fluid it was very impressive.

the bmx guy was clearly talented but flatland has always left me a bit cold.

torres del paine

1,588 posts

222 months

Tuesday 16th August 2011
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Wonderful to see this kind of thing on TV.

I have long admired the whole bmx/skateboarding scene - I don't know masses about it but I find it beautiful and hypnotic.

The flatland rider was excellent but a tad one-dimensional - I've seen more varied displays from pioneering riders in the States, I'm thinking the period from Kevin Jones onwards.

The skateboarder was supremely talented and fluid, even if some of what he was doing has been done before.

The trails bike rider was simply awesome. Incredible skills and the video for me was the best too - beautiful, upbeat, natural and respectful.

As I said, wonderful to see.


VEA

4,785 posts

202 months

Wednesday 17th August 2011
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One of Danny Maskils other videos

As said above he is a seriously talented young man!

http://youtu.be/ShbC5yVqOdI

WelshBoyo

1,393 posts

176 months

Wednesday 17th August 2011
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+1 brilliant TV show, utter stunning photography.

Danny MacAskill is very very talented, my favourite of his is:-
YouTube - "Way back home"

roogi

245 posts

160 months

Saturday 20th August 2011
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Just watched on 4od after seeing some of the individual films on Youtube during the week and was blown away. All these guys have phenomenal talent.

It was interesting to see the film makers as well and how many of them are using DSLRs and what they're doing with them.

Frik

13,542 posts

244 months

Saturday 20th August 2011
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roogi said:
It was interesting to see the film makers as well and how many of them are using DSLRs and what they're doing with them.
Using them to film. Or did you mean more specifically?

Agree about the skater. The film was overly cut too - couldn't actually see what was going on.