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[pinhead1]

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this is what saturday morning for kids was like in the 70s up to 1976 then it all went bye-bye.

 

[GeorgeH]

I thought Alienoid was fun to watch. If you like scifi, you will probably like it. It was filmed in Korea but there is a dubbed free version on Tubi:

Alienoid (Dubbed) (2022)

A prison guard and his robot comrade cross paths with a Goryeo-era shaman as they jump through time in their quest to defeat a sinister alien plot.

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[spookyMoulder]

So I was looking through my social media feed last week and someone said don't watch the movie called The Substance so then obviously I had to watch it. The movie is bad it feels like if David Cronenberg directed the worst Tales from the Crypt episode. I wont give out any spoilers but if you are bored and want to see a bad movie then go see it. I can't believe they would make such a bad movie.

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

William Shatner on SNL.

Haha, IIRC he caught much hell for that.

Basically saying that Star Trek was peanuts in the scheme of things ("get a life, Trekkies!"), not unlike John Lennon saying that the Beatles were bigger than GOD/Jesus in the mid-late 60's.

Kinda reminds me of how Elvis' manager was such a cynical, profiteering asshole such that he heavily invested in both pro-Elvis and anti-Elvis merch. From what I've read, he profited heavily from all that, then proceeded to blow most of it away via casinos and hookers.

(I love Elvis, but also understand that the dude lost control at a certain point, no thanks to his manager and quack-doctor)

 

[xenonph]

Haha, IIRC he caught much hell for that.

Basically saying that Star Trek was peanuts in the scheme of things ("get a life, Trekkies!"),

I remember him saying that.
He should have just played along, and made the fans happy, like this guy in Galaxy Quest.

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

William Shatner on SNL.

I'll be honest-- it's been YEARS since I saw that, and earlier, I just sort of said 'oh yeah, that's cool,' but I went ahead and watched the whole thing just now... by gawd, that thing is hysterical. XD

So all I got for you is this:

 

[xenonph]

I'll be honest-- it's been YEARS since I saw that, and earlier, I just sort of said 'oh yeah, that's cool,' but I went ahead and watched the whole thing just now... by gawd, that thing is hysterical. XD

So all I got for you is this:

I watched this very episode a few weeks ago, and didn't realise Spock was Chevy Chase until his ears were pulled off! lol

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

Haha, that was indeed a nice touch.

(i.e. a humiliating blow to one's ego, which Chevy heavily needed, via everyone on the planet who's ever worked with the man)

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

Hmm... I would have considered it, but sadly, I don't have any kids.

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

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Hmm, I never actually saw that movie, but I remember a couple horror films from shortly thereafter that I went to see with neighbor kids at the local theatre. One of them (I think it was fairly famous, probably ~1976) featured a music box which played a haunting theme, I think. No idea what the title was, tho.

Less than ten years later the film industry in the States introduced "PG13," and I guess that was about it for young kids going by themselves to see horror films.

Funnily enough, about the Church of Satan, it doesn't actually have anything to do with "Satan" IIRC, but is more about rational thought and empathy.

 

[StevOz]

Faith is illogical...

 

[StevOz]

Maybe to those who have no faith.

Faith is not religion...

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

More about rational thought and empathy, yet they name it the church of satan?
Illogical Spock.

I'd say it's pretty logical for several reasons off the top of my head:

1) The name is a challenge to outsiders to differentiate between what's in a name, versus how a person (or organisation) actually is, a rather classical existential conundrum. Sort of an anti-Puritan kind of aim, if you follow me.

Yes, I do agree the name has a risk component, but I guess that's part of their game-- they're looking for thinkers, not people of blind faith, who get caught in the web of appearances and names.

2) The name is a direct commentary and refutation of the hypocrisy of various 'benevolent' churches whose bottom line is to manipulate, exploit and fleece people, an easy example being the parasitical, televangelical super-churches and such.

Please note that I'm not trying to put down any religion or faith here (besides televangelical super-churches), and I'm in no way a representative of the CoS. Just giving my speculation based on your words above.

 

[StevOz]

Of course thats what he would say.

Supposition.

Religion does not pass the pub test...

Age of the Universe vs the age of humanity vs the age of our newly formed Galaxy, once according to the faith, Earth was the centre of the Universe, also flat, and we are created in 'his' image...

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

Nimoy described the experience in a 2013 interview with the National Yiddish Book Center. He recalled seeing a group of men performing a prayer that included a hand gesture with the fingers split apart. He was entranced by the gesture and learned to do it himself. He introduced the gesture as the Vulcan greeting in Star Trek decades later

Some good info. I was happy to learn that he had a lot of influence in shaping the Spock character, as Roddenberry was pretty vague about Spock's background in the beginning.

 

[xenonph]

I want to apologise if I have offended anyone with my personal beliefs, or statements.
That was not my intent.
I deleted my posts.
Carry on.

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

I want to apologise if I have offended anyone with my personal beliefs, or statements.
That was not my intent.
Carry on.

I don't feel that's the case, but personally I appreciate that sentiment.

Now this might seem kinda wild, but what the hell.
My own personal journey has been kinda interesting:

- Baptised a Roman Catholic
- 'Switched sides' (via mom & grandparents) and attended a Methodist church as a kid
- Came to the conclusion that there was no evidence whatsoever for the existence of "God" by around age 9 or so
- Considered myself a strict atheist for many years afterwards
- Then, in my early-mid 20's, I watched Joseph Campbell's amazing The Power of Myth series (btw, the word "myth" is NOT meant to mean "false" right there), and it changed my whole perspective
- Began to realise and understand that all religions and beliefs have common roots, which tended to make me much more accepting and cool with any particular belief system, and for example the simple fact that every single individual has their own personal belief system that answers their highest needs
- Came close to death a couple times, once by serotonin syndrome, and another time by severe head-fever in S. America, where I was writhing and screaming in to my pillow in my moments of wakefulness
- The above two were kinda my personal equivalent of an 'LSD trip,' even though I've only ever had weed, not any other recreational drug
- When I had my serotonin trip in particular, I honestly felt like god was talking and moving through me for a couple weeks, there. I wasn't socializing too much at the time, so it was moreso a crazy internal dialogue going on inside my head, in which I felt the usual 'Ike's thoughts,' but now there was a NEW voice, which honest-to-heck felt like GOD's voice (seriously!)
- Now I didn't go out and do anything crazy, nor attempt to collect followers, altho I did kind of feel like that if there was any moment in my life for such, NOW was the time
- For example, I went back to the local hospital where my mom had recently passed away (and YES, that adds a certain wrinkle), thanked some people for their dedication & help (mainly nurses in the ICU), but... something was different. I felt a certain 'draw' towards me that wasn't quite the physical draw I'd had when I was young and good-looking to the extent I was, haha. It was like... people both listening to my words and wanting my attention.
- Sure, I reckon most of us dudes here have had their classic 'chick-magnetism' prime, but this was different. This was more like an aspect of being able to make up whatever nonsense I wanted, and have other people believe, due to my persuasive performance.
- Which is pretty godamn scary to me, because I don't believe we humans are meant at our core to mesmerise other people in to following a single person and doing their will. That kind of thing is frankly pretty disgusting and abusive to me.
- Indeed, from all of what I've read upon anthropology and human history, we are tribal-social creatures who got where we did because our highest priority was to cooperate and help each other survive the various threats to our existence

Eh... haha, sorry for the notes-turned-essay.

I guess if I have a point here, it's that it's good to understand who we are, where we came from, and what our needs are. I also think it's good to think of god, religion, faith, belief, ritual, and spiritualism as part of our common human experience that helps us deal with our basic fears, keep our sanity, and retain a certain relationship with the universe, best-case scenario.

 

[pinhead1]

pluto.com
"on demand" "last chance to watch" section
-a simple plan---found $5million in cash in a crashed plane...the plan is too wait....some get impatient and start spending it.
-serpico--1973--
there are more goodies in there
check the "leaving soon" section in Tubi.tv for more goodies

 

[pinhead1]

a few more good flicks at tubi.tv...."leaving soon"

side effects---experimental pharmaceutical drugs....
A woman suffering from depression is prescribed a new drug by her psychiatrist, leading to deadly side effects that expose a tangled web of lies.

hard times, Xllnt flick.....charles bronson has a good game on as a bare knuckle fighter in depression era america.

 

[RabidUrko]

Charles Bronson in the Death Wish films i like, could watch them over and over.

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

Charles Bronson in the Death Wish films i like, could watch them over and over.

Was it him or Steve McQueen? Bronson had that series of films, but McQueen had those iconic roles, what think?

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

And.. admit it, Ike, just admit it! I liked Elvis!!

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

Oh, and the SW sequence I was talking about the other day:

I honestly don't know if that was perfect canon, or rescored with new music, or what. Just that I LOVED IT.

 

[xenonph]

Oh, and the SW sequence I was talking about the other day:

I honestly don't know if that was perfect canon, or rescored with new music, or what. Just that I LOVED IT.

Remember we were trying to remember Christopher Lee's name?
I can't believe we couldn't think of his character name on Star Wars.
You said it started with Darth, and that threw me off.
It was Count Dooku, also known as Darth Tyranus!
We better not sign up for Jeopardy! lol

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

Remember we were trying to remember Christopher Lee's name?
I can't believe we couldn't think of his character name on Star Wars.
You said it started with Darth, and that threw me off.
It was Count Dooku, also known as Darth Tyranus!
We better not sign up for Jeopardy! lol

Very good character, but I kinda think he won too easily in his earlier fights, and then lost too easily against Anakin at the very end. Obi-Wan also kind of came off looking like a chump in his fights against Dooku, so I didn't enjoy that too much. The fact is, I just didn't enjoy the prequels too much other than some key scenes I guess, altho I'd say the third one was the strongest and it was satisfying to see things being wrapped up like that.

The Disney movies weren't even as good I don't think, trying so hard as they did to replicate the amazing early chemistry between Hamill, Fisher and Ford, but also sticking with the same ol' battle against the emperor or his pawns type of scenario. The fact is, the six later films were nowhere near as successfully creative as the originals IMO.

That said, there was still some gold to be mined from the Disney stuff. For example, I like how fans enhanced the Rae vs. emperor's clone showdown, better emphasizing how the force ghosts helped her take him down:

Funnily enough, I thought the TV series were vastly more interesting and creative, probably because the producers had a much larger leash to play with, and much less money invested. I like the animated Clone Wars one because it gave a cool look in to what it was really like being clone soldiers from their POV. In the movies, they're barely treated as more than faceless robots for the most part.

Also, there was another animated one (oops, I guess it was still Clone Wars) where we follow Yoda for a while, and I thought they did a great job putting him in scenarios where he faced surprising challenges even being a jedi master. Here's him facing off Darth Bane's tomb, a major sith lord who had a lot of impact in the way the later siths handled things:

Darth Bane

Darth Bane was a legendary human male Dark Lord of the Sith and the sole survivor of the destruction of the Brotherhood of Darkness at the hands of the Jedi Order during the Jedi-Sith War a thousand years before the Clone Wars. As the only surviving Sith, Bane recognized that Sith infighting had...

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