tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post1693177803948874917..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Monday Movie ~ Code 46 Twilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-7905146038593785612014-08-25T23:25:56.544-05:002014-08-25T23:25:56.544-05:00Kaleymorris ~ Yesterday's post?
Fitted in ...Kaleymorris ~ Yesterday's post? <br /><br />Fitted in rather well I thought. :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-20262885596650255482014-08-25T19:28:20.112-05:002014-08-25T19:28:20.112-05:00Yay for you and your Beatles reference!Yay for you and your Beatles reference!Kaleymorrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-46280462305917066322014-08-25T13:27:36.510-05:002014-08-25T13:27:36.510-05:00mike ~ Indeed - the jig-saw pieces of life are sl...mike ~ Indeed - the jig-saw pieces of life are slowly joining up to display a vision of a dystopia of sorts - our sort.<br /><br />LOL! We don't have Videodrome in our package unless our service provider slipped it in as part of a recent money-grubbing re-hash. But the movie last night sure had an eerie kind of vibe... really more of a "plus ça change" kind of feel though (film set in the 1960s) :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-71204933103034658562014-08-25T12:01:41.433-05:002014-08-25T12:01:41.433-05:00Thanks for the "David Attenborough: The Truth...Thanks for the "David Attenborough: The Truth About Climate Change"...I'll view the video very soon. Even the synopsis article about the video was interesting. I did a quick search of this video and I don't see it as a PBS "Nature" or "NOVA" program, sorry to say. I wonder why?<br /><br />Unfortunately, most of the climate change essays and videos are supportive for us believers, but the doubters don't seem to read or watch, only criticize.<br /><br />One of my neighbors recently made an anti-climate change comment, because we were discussing the recent cooler temperatures up north in the Midwest. I told her that she need only look to the melting glaciers and polar caps to discern the looming catastrophe, regardless of the Midwest temperatures. Maybe as Hunziker's article states, it's simply too overwhelming and easier to be doubtful, even when witnessing the effects staring us down. <br /><br />Climate change sorta blends right in with sundry topics waiting for us down the road. The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" and complementing "Atlantic Patch"...the Pacific patch is thought to be twice the size of the USA! Radiation from Fukushima and other repositories. Toxins galore on our land masses in the name of agriculture. Too numerous to list all of them and I suppose there are plenty that we haven't realized yet waiting to be reckoned.<br /><br />I previously thought that I'd be long gone before the severity set-in, but it seems to be crashing-in around us faster than anticipated. Words and thoughts can never convey what awaits.<br /><br />Good thing you enjoy dystopian futures, Twilight...we seem to be living a dystopic present...LOL. mike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-86159772860275856602014-08-25T11:36:18.176-05:002014-08-25T11:36:18.176-05:00On the general topic of movies - I sometimes notic...On the general topic of movies - I sometimes notice that whoever chooses the movies to be shown on HBO sometimes chooses a movie to reflect current goings-on. <br /><br />Last night HBO, among its offerings, had a 1999 movie "Crazy in Alabama".<br />http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/crazy-in-alabama-1999<br /><br />Among the mixture of craziness (which involved a decapitation of an abusive husband) was an incident involving segregation and the killing of a young black kid by a sheriff, scenes of the funeral, of MLK speaking etc. <br /><br />Today we see photos of a real funeral of a real black young man, murdered by a member of the police force.<br /><br />Hmm.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-1153697597690654412014-08-25T11:30:28.884-05:002014-08-25T11:30:28.884-05:00Sonny ~ I know the feeling you describe, being a t...Sonny ~ I know the feeling you describe, being a tad over-sensitive myself at times. <br /><br />I remember when young I wouldn't go see any movie with William Bendix in it. He really did scare me. LOL!<br />Nowadays I can watch almost any actor without bad feelings - I must have de-sensitized myself to film stars over time. Come to think of it though, I do avoid John Wayne's old movies like the plague. Never did "get" him.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-59575584196718148772014-08-25T10:42:36.724-05:002014-08-25T10:42:36.724-05:00I have'nt seen Code 46 either but I will if it...<br /> I have'nt seen Code 46 either but I will if it comes available to me.<br /> I have to admit if I don't like an actor then regardless of how great the movie may be, well, ya know:)<br /> I know I should draw line between who's portraying the part and the part itself, but some people, even in real life are tough or me to deal with- look at- or be around.<br /> Has nothing to do with looks, its just a bad feeling I get from them.<br /> I got my chart done last friday by a local gal and the term "much too sensitive" came up many times, so maybe thats what causes it.. Sonny Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06926830309207639536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-22040895184049453062014-08-25T10:38:55.027-05:002014-08-25T10:38:55.027-05:00mike ~ This is the piece re David Attenborough, no...mike ~ This is the piece re David Attenborough, not written by him but involving him:<br /><br />http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/08/22/the-current-state-of-the-planet/<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-2047996774365090232014-08-25T09:56:37.565-05:002014-08-25T09:56:37.565-05:00mike ~ I very much doubt I'll hear from anybod...mike ~ I very much doubt I'll hear from anybody who has seen "Code 46".<br />I like to keep a record of interesting dystopian movies though - and books. It's interesting to see how many ways writers can find to sketch a future world with authoritarian, totalitarian, dictatorial elements in the foreground. <br /><br />There are few stories of a future going in the other direction. <br /><br />The communal imagination must have a dark core.<br /><br />I've been a film fan all my life. as a child I collected "autographed" photographs of the stars of the day - a very young Richard Attenborough was one of them - along with Cary Grant, Margaret Lockwood, Patricia Roc, Ann Todd, Clark Gable, etc.etc.etc.<br /><br />David Attenborough comes over as such a sweet guy doesn't he? I read a piece by him just yesterday, on climate change. Used to watch his wildlife series back in the UK.<br /><br />Happy day to you too, mike. :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-83953956192167264952014-08-25T08:57:42.386-05:002014-08-25T08:57:42.386-05:00"Code 46" is a complete unknown to me an..."Code 46" is a complete unknown to me and will probably remain that way, except for your introduction. I like the cover come-on: "deeply romantic, provocative, quietly erotic, and silly witty"...qualities all of us should have...LOL.<br /><br />The Attenborough family is (seemingly) a story of successes. His parents had their own signatures on the world, as did both of his brothers. I've seen David narrate many natural science programs. I've seen several of his movies with Richard playing acted parts and several that he directed and-or produced. "The Great Escape" is excellent, but it gives me the shivers and anxiety...too suspenseful.<br /><br />Happy Virgo new Moon with Mars-Saturn conjunct (square Venus), Venus trine Uranus, and the Chiron yod! An interesting day.mikenoreply@blogger.com