New Steve Jobs Documentary to Air Tonight on PBS and UK's Channel 4

[daxomni]

to bad its not offered on blu-ray =(

Wouldn't that be an insult to the man who described Blu-ray as "a bag of hurt?"

No piece of television crap on Jobs is ever worth watching.

Um, maybe you should watch it first before condemning it? I'm not a huge fan of made-for-television documentaries myself, but PBS is generally better than most. I wish they had more funding and could dig even deeper and cover more people, issues, and topics. Keep in mind that this documentary may convince even more people to buy the book than would have originally.

 

[qtx43]

Can't view clips on iPhone. Irony... Too much... To handle.

I don't know why you're getting all the downvotes. I love my iPad, and rarely miss flash, but there have been several interviews and other videos about Jobs lately that have been flash only. Which is kind of annoying.

 

[liphonearth]

One last thing

I love the title of this documentary.

 

[parish]

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For those in the UK it's also on Channel 4 HD, although if a lot if it is old footage that may not make much difference.

 

[LeiQQ]

http://video.pbs.org/video/2149139529

After seeing the video above, I kept laughing at the lady that says something like I'd buy a macintosh if it looked like a computer. Maybe it should have been big boxy with a green screen? ha

 

[GenesisST]

No piece of television crap on Jobs is ever worth watching.

Get Isaacson's bio. That's the only realistic picture of Jobs in the world.

I don't think any one source of information is the real deal regarding anything...

 

[nwc12345]

Rubbish title for the UK.

 

[youknome]

Cool. Just Sky +'d it and will probably catch up tomorrow.

 

[Thetonyk123]

Put it on my DVR so i'm ready to watch it tomorrow.

 

[Macman45]

Thanks For The Info.

I will record it and watch tomorrow. Looks interesting.

 

[Deedlez]

Sky+ locked and loaded for this!

 

[NutsNGum]

I'm watching it right now, and I'm not impressed with the transitional titles - they are cringeworthy.

 

[stonewitch]

I'm watching it right now, and I'm not impressed with the transitional titles - they are cringeworthy.

watching now too, they are cringeworthy lol ! loads of ads on channel 4 too, reminds me why i hardly watch live tv haha !

 

[NutsNGum]

Final verdict: Pacing was terrible, felt very slap-dash, highly cheesy title for the UK version.

Pretty much everything that the man himself stood against, can't imagine he'd have enjoyed watching that.

 

[G4DP]

Didn't tell us anything we didn't already know.

Although I bet it'll hurt all the iSheep when the watch it and realise that without Bill Gates they wouldn't have all the iToys.

As NutsNGum said, looks like it was put together by a 5 year old.

 

[parish]

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Not as good as I hoped. Agree about the cheesy section titles - in the finest [sic] tradition of Sun/Star/Mirror headlines. Rather surprised they didn't have a contribution from Stephen Fry.

PMSL at Eddie Izzard's comments about numbers on a PC screen at startup being how much money Bill G has

 

[sananda]

I'm not impressed with the transitional titles - they are cringeworthy.

I shuddered every time one came on the screen.

 

[LondonCentral]

Final verdict: Pacing was terrible, felt very slap-dash, highly cheesy title for the UK version.

Pretty much everything that the man himself stood against, can't imagine he'd have enjoyed watching that.

I thought that too. It felt rushed and the title sequences were truly awful. I was actually going to switch off half way through!

 

[matt.ledger]

Official link

This is the 4OD link for UK viewers: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/steve-jobs-ichanged-the-world/4od

 

[twoodcc]

i'm going to record it. looking forward to watching it

 

[MacFever]

PBS documentary - Steve Jobs: One Last Thing

PBS documentary just aired tonight on Steve Jobs: One Last Thing
Probably will be re-aired a few more times...check the PBS schedule


It was excellent

Clips here:

http://www.pbs.org/programs/steve-jobs-one-last-thing/

 

[sevimli]

Just watched.

I really enjoyed his un-published interview.

 

[ArcaneDevice]

Thought the 60 minutes piece was far better. This contained a lot of fluff and cliched music interludes.

I mean Eddie Izzard? Why? They could have used that time for more interviews from people who knew him. At the least they could have asked Stephen Fry.

And then they showed the new interview footage (badly cut up) at the beginning and then at the end to fill time. The Woz segment was from a news interview so even that wasn't new.

They walked his childhood friend on camera to the spot Steve met Woz ... well, that was some good TV.

 

[ProVideo]

The only documentary that would do Jobs justice at this point is it was done by Errol Morris with interviews of the main characters throughout his life being brutally honest about Steve and his history.

 

[cg0def]

absolutely agree

The UK version was very much an amateur show. It felt rushed and cut and edited by school kids. Rather sad if you ask me but that's Channel 4 for you …

"Welcome to Macintosh" is a far far better movie than this was and yes while it does not make any mention to Steve's passing, would have done him a much greater justice. But that's just my opinion.

I wonder why they changed the title for the UK? Seems a tad unnecessary to me.