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personDon't believe everything you thinkThe liminal spaceVeteran
@FleaMarket said:
Was reminded of this show and might rewatch it in the future. Sort of a crime thriller comedy about reading people's microexpressions.
I really liked that show too, I was disappointed it got cancelled so soon. It set me on a brief path of learning about body language, I got a couple easy to read books on the topic. Its kind of amazing how much we communicate subconsciously through our body.
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personDon't believe everything you thinkThe liminal spaceVeteran
I liked this documentary on Netflix. It tells the story of a couple free divers and builds to a suspenseful story. I have a bit of a fascination with the topic.
@person said:
I really liked that show too, I was disappointed it got cancelled so soon. It set me on a brief path of learning about body language, I got a couple easy to read books on the topic. Its kind of amazing how much we communicate subconsciously through our body.
It really is amazing. I remember watching it back when I was interested in biofeedback. And biofeedback was an interesting topic because of free divers I'd seen on a discovery channel show or something similar. They were talking about moderating their heart beat to use less oxygen. Haven't seen the Netflix doc though, thanks for the recommendation.
I recently watched a Virtual Reality (VR) documentary in a VR dedicated cinema. You get a headset and headphones. The movie is shot in 360 degrees and wherever you move your head that's the part of the scene you see. It was VERY interesting. The technology is apparently still not perfect, since it was still a bit grainy.
I have my doubts about this technology. It will soon be so perfect that it will be difficult to distinguish between our reality and the VR one. I can already see people fleeing from their lives into this VR reality. Businesses will capitalize on this through the "Metaverse". Am I just old and sceptical of new technologies or being realistic?
You are being realistic. Augmented reality will come shortly after virtual, simulated AI realities ...
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personDon't believe everything you thinkThe liminal spaceVeteran
Just finished the 5th season of the TV show Fargo. Its similar in tone to the Cohen brothers movie by the same name, small town people get caught up in large scale criminal violence with a handful of odd ballness thrown in. It might be my favorite of the 5 TV seasons, others have been good, so maybe its just recency?
Anyway the 5th season had a theme around debt and played on it in deep and moving ways at times. The final scene was really moving, showing how kindness and hospitality can overcome pain and isolation. I'd love to go into it more but it'd be spoilery.
Alien Code (The Men) it's on YouTube...
Interesting mind trip look at living in the present moment...moment by moment...space time and dimension...Interdimensional beings.... Zenish
Worth watching, both strange, horrific, thought provoking and ultimately illuminating. We enjoyed it. But I preferred the total fantasy that is the musical 'Wonka'.
I recently watched and enjoyed "The Martian". There is always something fascinating about a struggle to survive against the odds. I felt that many years ago, as a child, while watching the "Robinson Crusoe" TV series. That feeling has never really left me.
Of course, Ridley Scott rarely disappoints.
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personDon't believe everything you thinkThe liminal spaceVeteran
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I love the Martian, its one of my absolute favorites of more recent times, maybe of all time.
The author of the book its based on posted each chapter online as he was writing to receive feedback on the practical science involved in the story. Most of it is pretty true to reality, though the initial storm is fictionalized. In truth the Mars atmosphere is so thin that wind storms can't generate enough force to do what it did in the movie.
I'd also recommend the book by the same name. It goes into more detail and has additional challenges cut from the movie.
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
Interesting Vice video ...
I'd always thought of The Netherlands as the Cannabis Capital of the world, but this was back in the 70s when visiting the legal cannabis cafes in Amsterdam...
Thailand now seems to be the Cannabis Capital ....
How times have change...
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
Quite a few states in the US have legalised…
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
MAESTRO. Stunningly good. Bradley Cooper demonstrates himself a true Master of his art. If you thought he was good in 'A Star is Born', this will astound you.
The film was wholeheartedly endorsed by Bernstein's 3 adult children.
A Must-see, available on Netflix
personDon't believe everything you thinkThe liminal spaceVeteran
Just started 3 Body Problem on Netflix and I'm instantly hooked, it hits all my buttons. Its a sciency-supernatural-mystery-thriller. A similar sort of genre to Dark if anyone is familiar with that one. On top of that the Chinese Cultural Revolution plays a part in the story, an intense part of history on the sort of scale of the holocaust but scarcely portrayed in popular media.
@person said:
Just started 3 Body Problem on Netflix and I'm instantly hooked, it hits all my buttons. Its a sciency-supernatural-mystery-thriller. A similar sort of genre to Dark if anyone is familiar with that one. On top of that the Chinese Cultural Revolution plays a part in the story, an intense part of history on the sort of scale of the holocaust but scarcely portrayed in popular media.
JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
@person said:
Just started 3 Body Problem on Netflix and I'm instantly hooked, it hits all my buttons. Its a sciency-supernatural-mystery-thriller. A similar sort of genre to Dark if anyone is familiar with that one. On top of that the Chinese Cultural Revolution plays a part in the story, an intense part of history on the sort of scale of the holocaust but scarcely portrayed in popular media.
I’m watching it too… slowly in 20-minute segments…
Just watched this YouTube video ...It brought back memories...
Alice Springs - Mparntwe (pronounced m'barn-twa)
The Aboriginal Arrernte (pronounced arrunda) people are the traditional custodians of Alice Springs and the surrounding region.
What goes on down under, ...down under out of sight...
I was a teenager when I moved to Australia, I was fortunate in that I made friends with some Aboriginal teens as well as European Australians ... One friend in particular was a girl who was mixed race, she had been adopted by a white Australian couple back in the mid/late 1950s...Years later I heard about the Stolen Generation
Numerous 19th and early 20th century contemporaneous documents indicate that the policy of removing mixed-race Aboriginal children from their mothers related to an assumption that the Aboriginal peoples were dying off. Given their catastrophic population decline after white contact, whites assumed that the full-blood tribal Aboriginal population would be unable to sustain itself, and was doomed to extinction. The idea expressed by A. O. Neville, the Chief Protector of Aborigines for Western Australia, and others as late as 1930 was that mixed-race children could be trained to work in white society, and over generations would marry white and be assimilated into the society.
Some European Australians considered any proliferation of mixed-descent children (labelled "half-castes", "crossbreeds", "quadroons", and "octoroons", terms now considered derogatory to Indigenous Australians) to be a threat to the stability of the prevailing culture, or to a perceived racial or cultural "heritage". The Northern Territory Chief Protector of Aborigines, Dr. Cecil Cook, argued that "everything necessary [must be done] to convert the half-caste into a white citizen".
It's sad that many indigenous people around the world due to racism, discrimination & poverty have become second class citizens in their own countries, where drug taking and alcoholism -a form of escapism from their daily struggles, is a big problem...
Back in the late 1970s some of my Aboriginal friends were Aboriginal rights activists who lived in the Sydney suburb of Redfern (back then there was a large Aboriginal community living there-I think the area as changed a lot since then) ...
It's interesting when I think back to my travels around Europe back in the early 1970s...I met a lot of young Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians and Americans backpackers...All except one were of European descent, the one exception was a young Australian Aboriginal guy I met in a youth hostel in Hamburg...He told me that most people he met had met many Australians but had never met an Aboriginal person before...
Back in the early 70s my cousin and her partner were into Scientology...I was going through a drug related mind warp at the time, and they recommended I attend one of their sessions (just like the one at the beginning of the Going Clear video), they got me to hold the two devices while they asked me a series of questions...
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I really liked that show too, I was disappointed it got cancelled so soon. It set me on a brief path of learning about body language, I got a couple easy to read books on the topic. Its kind of amazing how much we communicate subconsciously through our body.
I liked this documentary on Netflix. It tells the story of a couple free divers and builds to a suspenseful story. I have a bit of a fascination with the topic.
It really is amazing. I remember watching it back when I was interested in biofeedback. And biofeedback was an interesting topic because of free divers I'd seen on a discovery channel show or something similar. They were talking about moderating their heart beat to use less oxygen. Haven't seen the Netflix doc though, thanks for the recommendation.
I binged on the Netflix miniseries, PainKiller. It's about Oxycontin and Purdue Pharma.
5 stars
Sobering.
Pretty Baby: The Brooke Shields Story.
Although I guess it qualifies more as a documentary.
Pretty disturbing stuff in some parts.
Bodies (time travel murder mystery ) on Netflix
This is coming out in cinemas here on the 26th of December. So looking forward to a new Studio Ghibli movie by Hayao Miyazaki!
Quite an arty film. Not sure if it was worth my time but then I am not the only viewer
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13049968/
Preferred this ...
Hope this is an interesting documentary about the Mayan Shamanic tradition in USA
Hope this is an interesting documentary about the Mayan Shamanic tradition in USA
I recently watched a Virtual Reality (VR) documentary in a VR dedicated cinema. You get a headset and headphones. The movie is shot in 360 degrees and wherever you move your head that's the part of the scene you see. It was VERY interesting. The technology is apparently still not perfect, since it was still a bit grainy.
I have my doubts about this technology. It will soon be so perfect that it will be difficult to distinguish between our reality and the VR one. I can already see people fleeing from their lives into this VR reality. Businesses will capitalize on this through the "Metaverse". Am I just old and sceptical of new technologies or being realistic?
You are being realistic. Augmented reality will come shortly after virtual, simulated AI realities ...
Just finished the 5th season of the TV show Fargo. Its similar in tone to the Cohen brothers movie by the same name, small town people get caught up in large scale criminal violence with a handful of odd ballness thrown in. It might be my favorite of the 5 TV seasons, others have been good, so maybe its just recency?
Anyway the 5th season had a theme around debt and played on it in deep and moving ways at times. The final scene was really moving, showing how kindness and hospitality can overcome pain and isolation. I'd love to go into it more but it'd be spoilery.
Alien Code (The Men) it's on YouTube...
Interesting mind trip look at living in the present moment...moment by moment...space time and dimension...Interdimensional beings.... Zenish
Worth watching, both strange, horrific, thought provoking and ultimately illuminating. We enjoyed it. But I preferred the total fantasy that is the musical 'Wonka'.
I recently watched and enjoyed "The Martian". There is always something fascinating about a struggle to survive against the odds. I felt that many years ago, as a child, while watching the "Robinson Crusoe" TV series. That feeling has never really left me.
Of course, Ridley Scott rarely disappoints.
I love the Martian, its one of my absolute favorites of more recent times, maybe of all time.
The author of the book its based on posted each chapter online as he was writing to receive feedback on the practical science involved in the story. Most of it is pretty true to reality, though the initial storm is fictionalized. In truth the Mars atmosphere is so thin that wind storms can't generate enough force to do what it did in the movie.
I'd also recommend the book by the same name. It goes into more detail and has additional challenges cut from the movie.
I agree, The Martian was an excellent film.
I watched "Pan's Labrynth" last night. Absolutely marvelous.
Do you like dogs, horror and a feral upbringing ...
... well I enjoyed it [I have no excuses]
Hope to watch this soon …
Have been enjoying this in fifteen minute fragments from Netflix…
Interesting Vice video ...
I'd always thought of The Netherlands as the Cannabis Capital of the world, but this was back in the 70s when visiting the legal cannabis cafes in Amsterdam...
Thailand now seems to be the Cannabis Capital ....
How times have change...
Quite a few states in the US have legalised…
MAESTRO. Stunningly good. Bradley Cooper demonstrates himself a true Master of his art. If you thought he was good in 'A Star is Born', this will astound you.
The film was wholeheartedly endorsed by Bernstein's 3 adult children.
A Must-see, available on Netflix
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Christspiracy: The Spirituality Secret is in UK cinemas from 20 March
There is a new film about the life of Scotsman Bob Marley
and a new Marvel film which got poor reviews but I watched and enjoyed
This really touched me… about Graham Hancocks work on ancient civilisations, myth and Hopi prophecy
"Madame Web" was the Marvel film I could not remember the name of ...
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Just started 3 Body Problem on Netflix and I'm instantly hooked, it hits all my buttons. Its a sciency-supernatural-mystery-thriller. A similar sort of genre to Dark if anyone is familiar with that one. On top of that the Chinese Cultural Revolution plays a part in the story, an intense part of history on the sort of scale of the holocaust but scarcely portrayed in popular media.
Altered Hours Sci fi ...Mind Travel/Tripping ...
Same here....it's interesting ..
May watch ... again ... (based on true FAQS) or the story of Bhutan Buddhism ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monk_and_the_Gun
I’m watching it too… slowly in 20-minute segments…
Dear movie buffs,
I am saving the second episode of the three Buddhas problem [sic] for watching with a sibling ...
enjoyed ... very funny
gonna have to watch his earlier film
Lunana: A yak in the classroom
I am looking forward to a new film (based on a true story with Hilary Swank)
"Ordinary Angels"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinary_Angels_(film)
Really enjoying 'The 3 Body Problem' It is 'Reality Based Science Fiction'
Just watched this YouTube video ...It brought back memories...
Alice Springs - Mparntwe (pronounced m'barn-twa)
The Aboriginal Arrernte (pronounced arrunda) people are the traditional custodians of Alice Springs and the surrounding region.
What goes on down under, ...down under out of sight...
I was a teenager when I moved to Australia, I was fortunate in that I made friends with some Aboriginal teens as well as European Australians ... One friend in particular was a girl who was mixed race, she had been adopted by a white Australian couple back in the mid/late 1950s...Years later I heard about the Stolen Generation
It's sad that many indigenous people around the world due to racism, discrimination & poverty have become second class citizens in their own countries, where drug taking and alcoholism -a form of escapism from their daily struggles, is a big problem...
Back in the late 1970s some of my Aboriginal friends were Aboriginal rights activists who lived in the Sydney suburb of Redfern (back then there was a large Aboriginal community living there-I think the area as changed a lot since then) ...
It's interesting when I think back to my travels around Europe back in the early 1970s...I met a lot of young Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians and Americans backpackers...All except one were of European descent, the one exception was a young Australian Aboriginal guy I met in a youth hostel in Hamburg...He told me that most people he met had met many Australians but had never met an Aboriginal person before...
"We do not own the land...The land owns us"
Watched the Documentary "Going Clear" about Scientology. Fascinating.
It looks interesting...Thanks @lobster
Back in the early 70s my cousin and her partner were into Scientology...I was going through a drug related mind warp at the time, and they recommended I attend one of their sessions (just like the one at the beginning of the Going Clear video), they got me to hold the two devices while they asked me a series of questions...
Anyhow the first session was free, I only attended one session and that was enough... A fat lot of good it did me, look how I turned out
...Sell crazy someplace else... We're all stocked up here