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Beckham is a little bit before my time so I was learning a lot about his younger career from the documentary and it was really interesting to learn about his rises and falls.

I knew he was a working class lad but I had no idea that his dad was a Manchester United fanatic that basically bullied his son into becoming a footballer. You can definitely see that David's mentally has been massively impacted by his father's harsh treatment.

I lived in Madrid during Beckham's time there and went to a lot of matches and Beckham wasn't really dropped just because he was talking to LA Galaxy. It was widely spoken about and obvious to see that what David really brought to the team was he marketable name, which brough in a lot of money to the club but he wasn't actually a world class player and not really a Galactico.

Though I suppose, given the kind of person that David comes across as, he's hardly going to say I just wasn't a good enough player to play for Madrid.

That aside what stops this documentary become an 8+ show is that David doesn't really talk about his affair with Rebecca Loos. They don't even say her name in the documentary, just that the press kept writing about it.

For it to be a real documentary, David should have talked about it. If he was sorry about it, then just say that. Don't kind of mention the story but don't actually talk about it.

Overall it's enjoyable to watch but you do end up feeling like you've only heard half the story and a heavily edited one at that.

The series itself was interesting but he was way too heavily edited and way too much was cut out, which is unusual for a Netflix production.

You could see that money had just been thrown at the wrestlers to talk but that Vince et al had very clearly told them not to actually tell anything real or dark about the industry.

It's basically a pg telling of an industry that is clearly very known for abusive and abhorent behaviour. Not to mention Netflix basically just mention all the sexual harassments and rape accusations as more of a byline than actually getting into it.

In the end it's just part story of the rise of the WWF but doesn't really tell you anything shocking or groundbreaking.

Not really sure what the point of this series is because it certainly isn't to help the victims of the industry.

As many people here, grew up with the cartoon tv show but still went in with an open mind.

The majority of the cast were well picked and potray the characters pretty spot on, there are a few exceptions though.

Ian Ousley is a terrible Sokka, completely lacking any for of comedic acting ability needed for the role.

Elizabeth Yu has absolutely zero menace in her. She's portraying Azula as some whiney valley girl than an actual badass monster who is absolutely ruthless in her devoting to 'winning' and getting her fathers approval.

And whilst Paul Sun-Hyung Lee is doing well in the Iroh role, he needs to push the boat more on potraying Iroh's widsom and at times stoic demeanor. I'm hoping this is something he will work on for season 2.

Storyline wise, this season definitely needed to be 10 episodes long. There was a lot of character development storylines that were incorrectly cut and because of it the characters are becoming distortions of how they truly should be. I'm confident this is why Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko leave the show, because they knew Netflix's choice to make this incorrect cuts would negatively affect the show.

Hopefully for season 2 they come back and are allowed to fix the mistakes that season 1 made.

Obviously the show can't replace Sokka's and Azula's actors, but hopefully they can at least be given proper training into improving their acting abilities.