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Posted on 8/13/18 at 1:02 pm
Posted by shallowminded
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 8/13/18 at 1:02 pm
I’m sure this has been discussed, but I could not find any past topics in the search option.

Just started it, anyone have thoughts?
Posted by AU_251
Your dads room
Member since Feb 2013
11559 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 1:05 pm to
I just started it last night as well. Got through about 1.5 episodes. I like it. Mr. Peterson is guilty as sin, to me.

I don't like how much time they're spending with the defense. Would prefer more time with the prosecution but maybe that will come soon.
Posted by drexyl
Mingovia
Member since Sep 2005
23056 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 1:09 pm to
I don’t want to spoil it for you. This is one of my favorite true crime docs ever. DON’T start researching the case until your done watching.

This thing is crazy. Once it’s done start researching the other theories as to what happened.

ETA : my only comment on the doc is that jeans from the early to mid 90s were just awful. Like ridiculous clown pants level of awful.
This post was edited on 8/13/18 at 1:11 pm
Posted by tirebiter
7K R&G chile land aka SF
Member since Oct 2006
9181 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 1:11 pm to
quote:

Just started it, anyone have thoughts?


I made it through 2 eps and lost interest. That guy is so unlikable and I found it too slow and uninteresting to go 13 episodes.
Posted by AA77
Member since Jan 2016
3796 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 1:18 pm to
I finished it about a month ago. I enjoyed it.
Posted by RollDatRoll
Who Dat. Roll Tide.
Member since Dec 2010
12245 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 1:21 pm to
I enjoyed it but Jesus it takes forever. Should be 5-6 episodes.
Posted by HenryParsons
Member since Aug 2018
1546 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 1:30 pm to
It does start to drag towards the end and could have been shorter. A very interesting story though.

look-up: the owl theory
This post was edited on 8/13/18 at 1:31 pm
Posted by PortCityTiger24
Member since Dec 2006
87455 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 1:42 pm to
David Rudolf is a boss.
Posted by jdaute2
lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2012
1752 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 1:50 pm to
His attorney is amazing. But the guy himself is very strange. A lot of things went down in that trial that the judge allowed that gave the prosecution an unfair advantage. Very interesting but should’ve been done in about half as many episodes.
Posted by EyeTwentyNole
Member since Mar 2015
4199 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 2:22 pm to
I watched something about this case last year and I can't what it is was, maybe Dateline or 48 Hours, but the owl theory was pretty fascinating. People think it's ridiculous until you actually hear the guy explain it...
Posted by TexasTiger39
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 8/13/18 at 3:47 pm to
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This post was edited on 8/8/20 at 9:42 am
Posted by Dr RC
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Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 8/13/18 at 3:50 pm to
quote:

Just started it, anyone have thoughts?


I go back and forth on if he did it but this case seems like a textbook example of prosecutorial misconduct and extremely poor judicial rulings.
Posted by PortCityTiger24
Member since Dec 2006
87455 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 3:54 pm to
I don't think this is the best place to discuss that right now considering the guy who created the thread is only a few episodes in.
Posted by trillhog
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Member since Jul 2011
19407 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 4:00 pm to
i disagree, i think me and some of my buddies could have all kinds of theories thrown out there to what happened, they didn't seem that creative at all. I'd focused on her drunk and taking xanax on gone from there. The defense seemed really not that crafty imo.
Posted by PortCityTiger24
Member since Dec 2006
87455 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 4:01 pm to
quote:

I go back and forth on if he did it but this case seems like a textbook example of prosecutorial misconduct and extremely poor judicial rulings.




If anything, I think it goes to show you how much the landscape has changed regarding LGBT. Today that shite would have been tossed out the damn window after Freda Black's comments. Also I seriously doubt an all black jury would convict a gay dude even if he's white, ESPECIALLY in Durham. It goes to show you just how successful LGBT has been in pairing themselves with the plight of African Americans and social justice in general. In the late 90s early 2000s that shite would have been unheard of but now the two go hand in hand, which is nuts if you think about it. You started to see the change post 2008.
Posted by drexyl
Mingovia
Member since Sep 2005
23056 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 4:12 pm to
quote:

Freda Black's comments.
i ‘bout died in her closing remarks when she said ‘this is not a relationship....this is just any-which-a-way!’
Posted by Pectus
Internet
Member since Apr 2010
67302 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 6:20 pm to
Younger adopted daughter was fiya
Posted by GCTiger11
Ocean Springs, MS
Member since Jan 2012
45136 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 6:20 pm to
owl

thats all i'll say on the matter
Posted by VinegarStrokes
Georgia
Member since Oct 2015
13285 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 6:28 pm to
My post in the other Staircase thread from last night:

We are watching now. Fifth episode.

It's certainly dragging and hard to imagine how they stretch the original trial portion of the show out to 8 or 10 episodes, or whatever the original part of the series was.

Our biggest takeaway, other than the family being a bunch of weirdos, is that Mike looks like a complete fool smoking that pipe. Some dudes can pull it off. He cannot.

Also, if they ever made a movie about this case, here is prime candidate number one to play Peterson...



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