DannyS
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That was a great first episode. I really enjoyed it. Now we just need to get Fiddlehead beer available in Maryland.
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That was a great first episode. I really enjoyed it. Now we just need to get Fiddlehead beer available in Maryland.
Bad name for the first episode, and not the best thing to focus on either. Fennario isn't Vermont's best kept secret. Fennario is a private, exclusive, invite only course. Honestly a lame thing to be promoting IMO
The show wasn't really promoting the disc golf course....that was a small part of it. The show was about how the guy got into disc golf (a bet with another guy as to how good he could be in one year), what he is doing (brewing beer and hosting the Money Matches), and what went into creating the course. That's why they use the term Beyond Disc Golf....they are going beyond the actual playing to see how people got involved, what types of things they are doing because of disc golf, etc. We may see a show where they talk to a course designer for a pro tour course. We know there's one coming up about the making of minis - because the OP of this thread is on it.
Since the episodes all seem to have been completed before the first one 'aired', it would be nice to see an episode list. That way, we can be sure to catch the ones that really interest us.
The show wasn't really promoting the disc golf course....that was a small part of it. The show was about how the guy got into disc golf (a bet with another guy as to how good he could be in one year), what he is doing (brewing beer and hosting the Money Matches), and what went into creating the course. That's why they use the term Beyond Disc Golf....they are going beyond the actual playing to see how people got involved, what types of things they are doing because of disc golf, etc. We may see a show where they talk to a course designer for a pro tour course. We know there's one coming up about the making of minis - because the OP of this thread is on it.
Since the episodes all seem to have been completed before the first one 'aired', it would be nice to see an episode list. That way, we can be sure to catch the ones that really interest us.
It seems like they have a small group of friends that really enjoy each other's company. If they let in everyone who wanted to play it would destroy the small community they have. It would be a lot more stress and headache for the owner too.
yes, this is all true. I still don't like the idea of celebrating an uber exclusive invitation only private course as "Vermont's best kept secret". I live in Vermont and play disc golf in Vermont and this is exactly the opposite of what Vermont disc golf typically represents to me. Private vs public, exclusive vs open. Might not ever get a chance to focus on or show off Vermont disc golf (outside of worlds) like this again
You can always propose an idea to Jomez or another production company.
You never really did have this chance to focus on or show off Vermont disc golf. I'm sure every location has it's own story, but this was cool to me. I'm very interested to see what other stories Jomez has to show us.
To me this was a good glimpse at something I would never have otherwise seen. But I can see as a local how you see things different from the rest of the disc golf world. We have our own stories where I live too, and this episode helped me put things in a much different perspective.
1. I liked it overall (maybe the concept more than this particular episode). Simon is the exact personality that this kind of show needs to succeed.
2. Weird episode name/description. Doesn't seem like a secret, or well kept. It's like calling a U.S. Senator "America's best kept secret job". Exclusivity does not equal secret. Typically this kind of description would be applied to something people can do, but just didn't know about.
3. For as much as they talked about the maintenance of the course and all that...it didn't look that nice. I mean it looked fine for a guy's backyard course...but it felt like the course might have been nicer than the few shots they showed of it? Would have liked to see more of it.
4. The addition of Jeff Spring also seemed...weird. Definitely took the vibe from "cool little group of friends with their own course" to "oh, they made the episode because this guy is friends with Jeff Spring".
5. I've never heard Simon sound so fake/forced as when he was doing the narration stuff at the beginning. Simon's jam is authenticity, and it just sounded so forced and scripted. I think he even mentioned how uncomfortable the scripted parts of the show were for him on a podcast...but it showed (if only because it's such stark contrast to his normal vibe).
6. Is it me? Or did nobody on this episode really come off as likeable? Simon does (obviously, because who doesn't like Simon)...but pretty much everyone else featured in the episode seemed like someone I wouldn't really care to play a round with.
7. Best/most underrated part/why did they include this line...when the guy was talking about how the people who played there weren't really good friends or anything. I get it, I'm sure it's true. But it seemed like they were trying to paint this picture of a close-knit group of guys getting together every other Wednesday...and then the dude busts out the line about how they aren't really that good of friends, they just like to play disc golf together.
8. Like the idea of the series, looking forward to what other aspects they get into. Simon's curiosity could be a real propellant for some cool episodes.
#7. I'm okay with that. I play with a few groups and I'm not 'outside of disc golf friends' with them. I like them, they might like me, but we don't hang together outside of a disc golf round. Other than disc golf, we really don't have similar likes. But get us together for a round of disc golf and we are friends/buddies.
2. Weird episode name/description. Doesn't seem like a secret, or well kept. It's like calling a U.S. Senator "America's best kept secret job". Exclusivity does not equal secret. Typically this kind of description would be applied to something people can do, but just didn't know about.
3. For as much as they talked about the maintenance of the course and all that...it didn't look that nice. I mean it looked fine for a guy's backyard course...but it felt like the course might have been nicer than the few shots they showed of it? Would have liked to see more of it.
4. The addition of Jeff Spring also seemed...weird. Definitely took the vibe from "cool little group of friends with their own course" to "oh, they made the episode because this guy is friends with Jeff Spring".
6. Is it me? Or did nobody on this episode really come off as likeable? Simon does (obviously, because who doesn't like Simon)...but pretty much everyone else featured in the episode seemed like someone I wouldn't really care to play a round with.
7. Best/most underrated part/why did they include this line...when the guy was talking about how the people who played there weren't really good friends or anything. I get it, I'm sure it's true. But it seemed like they were trying to paint this picture of a close-knit group of guys getting together every other Wednesday...and then the dude busts out the line about how they aren't really that good of friends, they just like to play disc golf together.
5. I've never heard Simon sound so fake/forced as when he was doing the narration stuff at the beginning. Simon's jam is authenticity, and it just sounded so forced and scripted. I think he even mentioned how uncomfortable the scripted parts of the show were for him on a podcast...but it showed (if only because it's such stark contrast to his normal vibe).
It's literally 'beyond' disc golf - wouldn't more disc golf footage be counter to the point of the series?
What are some things beyond disc golf? - the friendships that only exist within the framework of the sport, the dedication and labor of things related to disc golf that don't have to do with playing or improving, and the different ways that disc golf has grown (like the DGPT).
If that's their goal, then they did it. Also, Jomez didn't need to include Simon talking about how uncomfortable he is in scripted situations - "I'm good at acting like I know what I'm doing, so I think I pulled it off." That seemed to be a nod to his role not as a voice actor but a genuine person.