I rarely watch TV but occasionally sit down with the wife who loves movies. . We watched the Demi Moore spectacle The Substance recently. OMG - Gag me with a spoon 🥶😱🤮 https://youtu.be/GGvWoLD-8LY?si=G4WaFrVK_YNmdROP
I haven't watched TV in 4-5 years (was streaming only prior to that time). I've lately started using my computer as a TV which actually relaxes me at night and (usually) gets me into bed earlier.
I watched film noires for a while...the oldies which are free. I'm now watching "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and thoroughly enjoying the experience. I've seen many if not most of the episodes from years and years ago.
The difference in my perspective is stark and interesting. Out of every season of 20 or so episodes, 3-5 of them carry such deep understanding. They relate to higher realms which we know and/or can visit while sojourning in 3D. The stories carry a higher meaning of such depth that I'm just agog at times. When I initially viewed them many, many years ago, I only saw them as TV shows. Another strange difference I noticed. The Borg used to terrify me. Now...meh. The Borg looks like an old concept. Have our times changed so much?
I get the definite impression that higher realms had a hand in this series. I realize this idea may sound peculiar, but some of the depth of these stories is beyond our currently limited material world. I don't mean surface reality portrayed but concepts of life's meaning and what being human means. Particularly, one concept which crops up continually is how we interact with robots or androids because of Data. This concept is extremely important going forward, for those being born now, as Cayce said, are reincarnating from Atlantis lives. One of the fundamental situations misused involved (according to Cayce) synthetic beings both (apparently) autonomic and chimeric (created biogenetically).
The higher realms participating are very highly angelic.
Ah, well. I lost any interest for modern-day movies long, long ago. I'm not intrigued by special effects or AI-generated content. In fact, AI-generated content really repels me. I had a subscription to Netflix at one point a number of years ago and watched some of their programs like "Dark Mirror" or something along those lines. It was ok.
There are some older series I watched as a child that always seemed clear to me. My father liked Columbo, Perry Mason and the Twilight Zone. There were a few popular series during the 1980's or so he also liked including Quantum Leap and Unsolved Mysteries. On Quantum Leap I always loved the character of Dean Stockwell, who in every single episode advised the main character with some home spun life story that helped get Dr. Beckett out of the situation. It was such a life lived and learned character I always wanted to emulate.
I never got into Star Trek per say but I've seen episodes here and there over the years and it is very memorable...
Your dad and I would have gotten along famously watching TV!! I, too, like mysteries and watched Columbo, Perry Mason, Unsolved Mysteries, etc. As another comment said, these shows seemed to imbibe a human element. People weren't judging and judged as much as, I feel, they are today. "Rules" have been placed about how we "should" view and regard people. Hollywood has taken these "rules" (like casting transgender people or people who think they're animals--I forget what they're called) and forces characters with these traits on the audience. That's not fun. Human life is fun. Propaganda isn't. Life has enough curiosities, quirks, and genuinely funny moments which shows used to include. "All in the Family" was both hysterically funny to us at the time as well as being shocking to some people. What I liked about the show was that no one was portrayed as all good or all bad...and I was extremely liberal-left at the time. Archie could be the quintessential jackass, but he could also show a lot of heart. Today, entertainment seems to want to portray anything they deem unfit as all evil and reprehensible. Nothing they do truly reflects life as we know it. Btw, I only like "The Next Generation" Star Trek; I never related to the versions which appeared afterwards.
Merry Madness Amy! I will aim to watch the Palestine doco, mainly because of how much it triggered the Ziocucked crowd. Care factor zero aside from that.
Back then, some 30 years ago, movies were made with real actors doing their work in real settings. They crashed real cars, run in real cities, visited real buildings and interiors and talked to other real actors. Actors had real faces, used real voices and were, so to say, real. The most boring series of that age, the Sopranos, was so real that everybody liked it.
Now a movie is splashed with fake actors with deepfaced young actors from that age 30 years ago, speaking fake voices, moving around fake scenarios, playing their fake roles in fake settings in some backstage buildings ornamented with special effects. The art of crafting intelligent one-liners has become extinct. Once great actors, directors and producers continue to cash in on their decaying fame, with a huge movie inflation rate resulting from extremely low production costs (combined to amazing feats of organization 30 years ago).
When a brilliant new production arrives, like “Landman”, viewers are so caught by surprise. A few real actors are still here, those who commit to their performance and actually surrender to the transformations required by the scenario. Like Keanu Reeves, a real human being temporarily having an acting job. Most of the rest simply do what they are told and go home, leaving their movie appearance in the shape that you can summarise with “What a waste of my time”.
By the way, why almost all movies on BRs have Thai dubbing? Apart from English, it seems to be the only universal language on the Earth :-)
I always seem to come across these odd things about Keanu Reeves like him riding the subway and celebrating his birthday like it was any other day. I watched two of the John Wick series on flights long ago. I could see that a lot of work was put into the fighting scenes, so I am in agreement.
Lately my Facebook page is populated by clearly AI clips of wild animals asking for help from random people. I wonder how many people see through that stuff anymore. It's probably unmemorable because so little effort went into creating it, and some part of us resonates with the thought, care and intention. That's just my guess.
I tend to buy BRs with movies only when extra materials are added. Behind the scenes, interviews, etc. This is where you can appreciate the work these people do. You can also detect how real they are in their work, or how much routine has crept in, or how truly professional some of them are.
“Nobody” is an odd movie in this respect. A brilliant comedy with a lot of human touches. The main actor trained the fighting stuff for two years before he started working on the movie, at least this is what he is saying in an interview. If this is true, yes, I want more movies from and with him - because a) he cares, b) he lets himself be transformed by what he does. Kind of role model for all of us in our respective walks of life.
As for fake clips... I see them as the worst kind of exploitation of human deepest feelings and longings. This space is and should remain secret and sacred for each of us. Profiteering from it, what an ugly thing.
Been watching old movies due to the low quality of current cinema and can’t say enough good about these 3: 12 angry men (often touted as the best film ever made) Ikiru, also on the list of best films ever made and What ever happened to baby Jane? Last one will haunt you, but not in the slasher movie way, it’s more like a Hitchcock film but better.
Can't remember the last movie I watched at home, probably a black and white French movie from the late 1970's I rented from the library. Documentaries and how to videos on using plants as medicine are my preference. I did walk out of the movie 'Get Out' in the theatre a few years ago, simply because I found it to be extremely racist and stupid. Of course it 'won awards' for being so.
Movies---I still love Terrance Malick's DAYS OF HEAVEN.
I rarely watch TV but occasionally sit down with the wife who loves movies. . We watched the Demi Moore spectacle The Substance recently. OMG - Gag me with a spoon 🥶😱🤮 https://youtu.be/GGvWoLD-8LY?si=G4WaFrVK_YNmdROP
I'm glad I passed on that one too!
I haven't watched TV in 4-5 years (was streaming only prior to that time). I've lately started using my computer as a TV which actually relaxes me at night and (usually) gets me into bed earlier.
I watched film noires for a while...the oldies which are free. I'm now watching "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and thoroughly enjoying the experience. I've seen many if not most of the episodes from years and years ago.
The difference in my perspective is stark and interesting. Out of every season of 20 or so episodes, 3-5 of them carry such deep understanding. They relate to higher realms which we know and/or can visit while sojourning in 3D. The stories carry a higher meaning of such depth that I'm just agog at times. When I initially viewed them many, many years ago, I only saw them as TV shows. Another strange difference I noticed. The Borg used to terrify me. Now...meh. The Borg looks like an old concept. Have our times changed so much?
I get the definite impression that higher realms had a hand in this series. I realize this idea may sound peculiar, but some of the depth of these stories is beyond our currently limited material world. I don't mean surface reality portrayed but concepts of life's meaning and what being human means. Particularly, one concept which crops up continually is how we interact with robots or androids because of Data. This concept is extremely important going forward, for those being born now, as Cayce said, are reincarnating from Atlantis lives. One of the fundamental situations misused involved (according to Cayce) synthetic beings both (apparently) autonomic and chimeric (created biogenetically).
The higher realms participating are very highly angelic.
Ah, well. I lost any interest for modern-day movies long, long ago. I'm not intrigued by special effects or AI-generated content. In fact, AI-generated content really repels me. I had a subscription to Netflix at one point a number of years ago and watched some of their programs like "Dark Mirror" or something along those lines. It was ok.
There are some older series I watched as a child that always seemed clear to me. My father liked Columbo, Perry Mason and the Twilight Zone. There were a few popular series during the 1980's or so he also liked including Quantum Leap and Unsolved Mysteries. On Quantum Leap I always loved the character of Dean Stockwell, who in every single episode advised the main character with some home spun life story that helped get Dr. Beckett out of the situation. It was such a life lived and learned character I always wanted to emulate.
I never got into Star Trek per say but I've seen episodes here and there over the years and it is very memorable...
Your dad and I would have gotten along famously watching TV!! I, too, like mysteries and watched Columbo, Perry Mason, Unsolved Mysteries, etc. As another comment said, these shows seemed to imbibe a human element. People weren't judging and judged as much as, I feel, they are today. "Rules" have been placed about how we "should" view and regard people. Hollywood has taken these "rules" (like casting transgender people or people who think they're animals--I forget what they're called) and forces characters with these traits on the audience. That's not fun. Human life is fun. Propaganda isn't. Life has enough curiosities, quirks, and genuinely funny moments which shows used to include. "All in the Family" was both hysterically funny to us at the time as well as being shocking to some people. What I liked about the show was that no one was portrayed as all good or all bad...and I was extremely liberal-left at the time. Archie could be the quintessential jackass, but he could also show a lot of heart. Today, entertainment seems to want to portray anything they deem unfit as all evil and reprehensible. Nothing they do truly reflects life as we know it. Btw, I only like "The Next Generation" Star Trek; I never related to the versions which appeared afterwards.
Merry Madness Amy! I will aim to watch the Palestine doco, mainly because of how much it triggered the Ziocucked crowd. Care factor zero aside from that.
I'll keep that one in mind if I ever have some free Internet to use. Happy March Madness to you as well Isaac!
Review of all movies combined:
Back then, some 30 years ago, movies were made with real actors doing their work in real settings. They crashed real cars, run in real cities, visited real buildings and interiors and talked to other real actors. Actors had real faces, used real voices and were, so to say, real. The most boring series of that age, the Sopranos, was so real that everybody liked it.
Now a movie is splashed with fake actors with deepfaced young actors from that age 30 years ago, speaking fake voices, moving around fake scenarios, playing their fake roles in fake settings in some backstage buildings ornamented with special effects. The art of crafting intelligent one-liners has become extinct. Once great actors, directors and producers continue to cash in on their decaying fame, with a huge movie inflation rate resulting from extremely low production costs (combined to amazing feats of organization 30 years ago).
When a brilliant new production arrives, like “Landman”, viewers are so caught by surprise. A few real actors are still here, those who commit to their performance and actually surrender to the transformations required by the scenario. Like Keanu Reeves, a real human being temporarily having an acting job. Most of the rest simply do what they are told and go home, leaving their movie appearance in the shape that you can summarise with “What a waste of my time”.
By the way, why almost all movies on BRs have Thai dubbing? Apart from English, it seems to be the only universal language on the Earth :-)
I always seem to come across these odd things about Keanu Reeves like him riding the subway and celebrating his birthday like it was any other day. I watched two of the John Wick series on flights long ago. I could see that a lot of work was put into the fighting scenes, so I am in agreement.
Lately my Facebook page is populated by clearly AI clips of wild animals asking for help from random people. I wonder how many people see through that stuff anymore. It's probably unmemorable because so little effort went into creating it, and some part of us resonates with the thought, care and intention. That's just my guess.
Very fewer new releases show a human touch...
I tend to buy BRs with movies only when extra materials are added. Behind the scenes, interviews, etc. This is where you can appreciate the work these people do. You can also detect how real they are in their work, or how much routine has crept in, or how truly professional some of them are.
“Nobody” is an odd movie in this respect. A brilliant comedy with a lot of human touches. The main actor trained the fighting stuff for two years before he started working on the movie, at least this is what he is saying in an interview. If this is true, yes, I want more movies from and with him - because a) he cares, b) he lets himself be transformed by what he does. Kind of role model for all of us in our respective walks of life.
As for fake clips... I see them as the worst kind of exploitation of human deepest feelings and longings. This space is and should remain secret and sacred for each of us. Profiteering from it, what an ugly thing.
May the Light be with you at all times.
Dan
Been watching old movies due to the low quality of current cinema and can’t say enough good about these 3: 12 angry men (often touted as the best film ever made) Ikiru, also on the list of best films ever made and What ever happened to baby Jane? Last one will haunt you, but not in the slasher movie way, it’s more like a Hitchcock film but better.
Can't remember the last movie I watched at home, probably a black and white French movie from the late 1970's I rented from the library. Documentaries and how to videos on using plants as medicine are my preference. I did walk out of the movie 'Get Out' in the theatre a few years ago, simply because I found it to be extremely racist and stupid. Of course it 'won awards' for being so.