The One and Only Fyre Festival Mega-Thread Featuring JaRule
01-20-19, 04:50 PM
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Re: The One and Only Fyre Festival Mega-Thread Featuring JaRule
The doc tells the whole story, and the whole story is worse than you thought.
I watched the Netflix doc last night. It’s pretty good. I will walk back my opinion of the tents. They are decent, but not North Face expedition level quality.
One major detail that I heard for the very first time: They pitched and marketed this festival as being on a private island. And they had a private island. It really was Pablo Escobar’s fucking drug island! And for one moment the plan was to house almost everyone in a cruise ship anchored off shore. This might have worked! For one fleeting moment it might have actually worked! But they f’d it up.
They ended up not not even using that island and instead used a small corner of Exuma which is like the major main island. They promised remote and delivered urban. It was like if Burning Man pulled a switch and was on The Las Vegas Strip.
I watched the Netflix doc last night. It’s pretty good. I will walk back my opinion of the tents. They are decent, but not North Face expedition level quality.
One major detail that I heard for the very first time: They pitched and marketed this festival as being on a private island. And they had a private island. It really was Pablo Escobar’s fucking drug island! And for one moment the plan was to house almost everyone in a cruise ship anchored off shore. This might have worked! For one fleeting moment it might have actually worked! But they f’d it up.
They ended up not not even using that island and instead used a small corner of Exuma which is like the major main island. They promised remote and delivered urban. It was like if Burning Man pulled a switch and was on The Las Vegas Strip.
01-21-19, 12:22 PM
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Re: The One and Only Fyre Festival Mega-Thread Featuring JaRule
Originally Posted by TheGuy
They never really say if any acts besides Blink128 was ever actually booked.
Had no idea about the competing Hulu documentary until I saw this thread today. Gonna check that one out as well.
01-21-19, 01:53 PM
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So I guess my next question would be besides Blink128 who seemed to post at the last minute that they were not performing, did any of the other acts make such a statement? Did they even know they were booked? Do not major acts send a advance team to check the stage, sound, lights..etc are up to their standards before the act shows up? Shouldn't the acts have known a week or so in advance that this was not going to happen and let their fans know?
01-21-19, 02:33 PM
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Re: The One and Only Fyre Festival Mega-Thread Featuring JaRule
Originally Posted by TheGuy
So I guess my next question would be besides Blink128 who seemed to post at the last minute that they were not performing, did any of the other acts make such a statement? Did they even know they were booked? Do not major acts send a advance team to check the stage, sound, lights..etc are up to their standards before the act shows up? Shouldn't the acts have known a week or so in advance that this was not going to happen and let their fans know?
01-21-19, 03:09 PM
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Re: The One and Only Fyre Festival Mega-Thread Featuring JaRule
Originally Posted by TheGuy
So I guess my next question would be besides Blink128 who seemed to post at the last minute that they were not performing, did any of the other acts make such a statement? Did they even know they were booked? Do not major acts send a advance team to check the stage, sound, lights..etc are up to their standards before the act shows up? Shouldn't the acts have known a week or so in advance that this was not going to happen and let their fans know?
And load in are generally done a day before with the crew for a festival. Some times bands don't even get there until the day they perform. The festival was cancelled before it began.
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01-24-19, 03:15 PM
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Re: The One and Only Fyre Festival Mega-Thread Featuring JaRule
REVEALED: Forged docs Fyre Festival fraudster Billy McFarland used to con investors show $24M in assets, $2.5M in Facebook stock and $100M from J Lo, Selena Gomez and Drake bookings
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-2M-stock.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-2M-stock.html
01-24-19, 03:24 PM
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Re: The One and Only Fyre Festival Mega-Thread Featuring JaRule
Originally Posted by Why So Blu?
I watched them both. Rich people getting hosed? Yes, please! 
01-24-19, 03:26 PM
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Re: The One and Only Fyre Festival Mega-Thread Featuring JaRule
Originally Posted by d2cheer
Is one better than the other though? I have both services but not sure what to watch first.
01-24-19, 05:50 PM
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I think it is best to watch the Netflix one first. It has more interesting interviews and it seems a little more interesting behind the scenes stuff.
The Hulu one comes across as a Billy lovefest...until they interview him. Then the love train goes off the rails. The guy couldn't come across as more guilty or more of a piece of shit.
I didn't watch them back to back but I watched them on consecutive nights. It was addictive. If there was another competing one, I would watch it too.
The Hulu one comes across as a Billy lovefest...until they interview him. Then the love train goes off the rails. The guy couldn't come across as more guilty or more of a piece of shit.
I didn't watch them back to back but I watched them on consecutive nights. It was addictive. If there was another competing one, I would watch it too.
01-24-19, 06:24 PM
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Re: The One and Only Fyre Festival Mega-Thread Featuring JaRule
Originally Posted by Nick Danger
The movie review on NPR said that both of those documentaries are worthwhile. Then in went into the story how Hulu and Netflix are accusing each other of being unethical, with justification.
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/18/68626...-same-disaster
Mabuse, thanks for the update. I didn't know that those were top-grade tents and I'm glad your friend had a good time.
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/18/68626...-same-disaster
Mabuse, thanks for the update. I didn't know that those were top-grade tents and I'm glad your friend had a good time.
01-25-19, 09:23 PM
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Re: The One and Only Fyre Festival Mega-Thread Featuring JaRule
Originally Posted by whotony
Not yet but it’s near the top of my list.
When you do it won’t be over your head. It’s one of the more stand out moments. It’s bonkers.
01-26-19, 03:39 PM
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My wife and I were like, “What in the actual fuck?” It’s the most “that escalated quickly” moment since Ron Burgundy.
01-27-19, 02:48 PM
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Both are worth watching. Good stuff.
The Netflix one feels more "in the moment" and focused on the event, the Hulu one is more a retrospective and focuses more on Billy himself. It's impressive how much they compliment each other.
He should hook up with Elizabeth Holmes after he gets out, they could make a real winner.
The Netflix one feels more "in the moment" and focused on the event, the Hulu one is more a retrospective and focuses more on Billy himself. It's impressive how much they compliment each other.
He should hook up with Elizabeth Holmes after he gets out, they could make a real winner.
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01-27-19, 04:21 PM
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Re: The One and Only Fyre Festival Mega-Thread Featuring JaRule
Wooooow. We watched the Netflix and Hulu docs back to back and I was floored. Apparently, I kept saying, "You idiots!" all throughout both docs. If it was a drinking game very time I said it, you've been dead before the Netflix doc rolled credits.
01-29-19, 09:57 AM
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Re: The One and Only Fyre Festival Mega-Thread Featuring JaRule
Judge says Kendall Jenner and modeling agencies representing Bella Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski, can be subpoenaed in Fyre Festival case
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/28/enter...nas/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/28/enter...nas/index.html
