Actually, I know where they’re coming from. It’s a documentary not a slasher flick: give us detail; load us with information; show us the guts… (I am talking documentary here even if it doesn’t sound like it.)

Reality: you can only dig so far beneath the surface in five hours. And with a subject this wide and broad, that’s not very deep. It gives a perfectly adequate grounding in the subject to those not in the know. For those of us who were there, we’re already know there is more to it.

I enjoyed it for what it is. I saw things I hadn’t seen before. I remembered things I’d forgotten. I took a trip back into what was a relatively happy time in my life. Thankyou.

This is what the BBS Documentary was for me. I was very young in the 80s, that being my first decade of life, and in the neighborhood I lived in all of the guys were in either middle or high school. I used to hang out with some of these guys. One person in particular, lets call this guy Craig, had a computer. I don’t remember what it was, it may have been an Apple ][. Anyway, I would go to Craig’s house and watch him BBS, if BBS can be used as a verb. He’d explain things to me and let me play games. My point? Well, I have all of these memories, like dream fragments in my head about BBSs and computing during that time period. The Documentary helped fill in a lot of those gaps. I found myself wanting more after I finished the film. Not because I didn’t think it to be complete, but because I get easily overwhelmed when I consume media I deem as good. It makes a great starting point for personal research. Thanks Jason.