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> On November 17, 2022, a docuseries about the case titled Pepsi, Where's My Jet? was released on Netflix. I think it's four episodes. The only problem is that
by stanac 3y ago
> On November 17, 2022, a docuseries about the case titled Pepsi, Where's My Jet? was released on Netflix.
I think it's four episodes. The only problem is that we know the outcome and series tries to keep you in suspense.
- styfle 3y agoThe docuseries has a lot more information than the Wikipedia article. For example, interviews with some of the people who worked on that Pepsi commercial. Not every movie is watched for the outcome alone :)
- SOLAR_FIELDS 3y agoYeah, the interviews with the Pepsi execs, most specifically the guy that was in charge of their marketing, were the actual most interesting part of that docuseries.
- jstarfish 3y agoIt also explored a related Filipino Pepsi promotion that didn't end so well. That one was heartbreaking.
- NoboruWataya 3y agoYes... it's a moderately interesting court case that has often been used to introduce law students to the concepts of offer and acceptance (and ancillary concepts like puffery), but I felt like the docuseries was trying quite hard to make the whole episode more interesting than it was. Maybe I am just jaded by all the insane financial shenanigans that have occurred since...
- epolanski 3y agoI don't think the outcome is relevant to a docuseries. It's not like we watch a 9/11 doc wondering what's gonna happen to the twin towers or one about OJ's trial wondering whether he'll be judged guilty or not.
- dooglius 3y agoThere are still central questions people may have about the historical events in both of your examples, and that a documentary may shed light on. Not so with this trial.
- pests 3y agoI think it was decent but it could have been a single episode or at least a 90 minute movie length doc. I felt like they were stretching for it to fill 4 episodes.
- Narretz 3y ago> The only problem is that we know the outcome The promotion/lawsuit happened over 15 years ago, and this event is hardly ingrained in pop culture. Not to mention the documentary is also marketed to people outside the US. What makes you so confident to say "we know the outcome"?
- behringer 3y agoI watched the series not that long ago and before that vaguely remember hearing that someone won a jet, a memory sparked by the series itself. But that's it. The series was great, kept me in complete suspense. Sometimes it pays to be uninformed!
- extraduder_ire 3y agoI found it pretty compelling, despite knowing the outcome for years. Then again, I never watched tiger king, so this style of documentary was fresher to me.