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Post by geode on Apr 12, 2019 14:23:01 GMT
Don't get hot and flustered.
" Use a bit of mustard - you're a hot dog ? " ...but you better not try and hurt her...
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Post by geode on Apr 12, 2019 8:14:37 GMT
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Post by geode on Apr 12, 2019 8:03:42 GMT
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Post by geode on Apr 11, 2019 20:37:06 GMT
I have one of Danny's cult books in my bathroom/library. I am reading it as leisure allows for. I think it is part 3. I will have to go back and check his intro, but Peary does like to analyze things and he is never shortage of words. I have no doubt he goes into a detailed explanation of what makes a cult film a cult film. I agree with what you say about some of DP's choices for cult status. I would say that "Carrie" is probably a cult film and "3 Women" is without a doubt a cult film. I am pretty sure he had "Badlands" on one of his lists. He did really like "3 Women", I know that for sure. It would have been fabulous if he had decided to give Duvall the Oscar in '77. But she did get his nomination.He was happy with Keaton's win for Annie Hall. She was more deserving for Goodbar though I thought and of course Duvall got a nom nod along with Spacek. I'm confused. I don't remember Duvall or Spacek being nominated that year.
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So...
Apr 11, 2019 19:38:10 GMT
Post by geode on Apr 11, 2019 19:38:10 GMT
We are going to need a shipload of inane comments to keep up with the most inane thread of all time....the other "So..." thread.
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Post by geode on Apr 11, 2019 17:11:11 GMT
I would have loved to have heard an interview with Harry Dean Stanton.
What is your sound system? How big is your 4K, I am shopping for one but still living with my 46" LCD Samsung from 7 years ago.
I go on Ebay and buy direct from overseas. The 65 inch 4k is a Hisense, which is actually one of the top brands everywhere but the US. Pretty sure I spent less than $500 dollars for it, brand new. Hisense 65 4k on Ebay
The sound system is 'old school'. I actually just replaced the Yamaha receiver (500w, I think), the old one lasted....12 years, I think? Then I have large floor speakers in the front, rears are small, bookshelf size in the back, and when I go 7? It's a set of JBLs and Yamahas. I punch in the distances of the wires to the receiver, and all that kind of stuff. Oh, a solid Yamaha subwoofer, a big one in the front. I've wrestled with putting a small one in the rear, but? 5:1 seems to get it done for me. I live in a decent size one bedroom apt, so 'double rumble' could get me in trouble with the folks around me. My center speaker is an old Sony. I really ought to replace it with something better. Cheers! They sell Hisense in retail outlets here in Thailand. It is the cheapest major brand sold here, some other Chinese brands are cheaper. My Denon receiver has been nothing but trouble, I wish I had bought a Yamaha instead. I think one subwoofer is sufficient.
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Post by geode on Apr 11, 2019 17:05:25 GMT
There was a remake??? I remember it started to get attention around the early 90s. I do not recall it ever coming up in horror movie books from the 70s or so. It was shown on A&E. Not really a remake, it basically just ripped off the title. It is best forgotten....actually it is all but forgotten.
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Post by geode on Apr 11, 2019 12:47:21 GMT
Not much of a difference between beliefs regarding ghosts and creator when it comes to Brit Christians and average Brits. However, belief in magic and the devil is considerably stronger among those who identify as Christians But a belief in after-life is stronger among non-Christian Brits. Quite surprising isn't it. I believe the survey is quite representative of the beliefs of people given its size, especially as the survey conductor is a reputable agency. Note - An average brit includes Christians and non-Christians. However, because the population size of the random survey is very large (39,000 for the control group) you can rest assure that statistics closely represents the actual population. From the graph I read just the opposite about an afterlife. More of those identifying as Christians believed in one and fewer did not. Belief in magic was very close between the two groups.
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Post by geode on Apr 11, 2019 7:29:41 GMT
Unconditional - Not subject to any conditions. The first condition of the Abrahamic god is that you have to follow his religion. Even if you follow his religion you still have to abide by his standards. In my personal opinion, there isn't even any room for debate here. God's love (especially Abrahamic God's) love is totally conditional. It would be good to ask whether anyone's love is unconditional. My answer will remain the same. Love is always conditional. Sometimes conditions are implicit in reasons for developing love in the first place. However, I can respectfully agree to disagree with people who believe that their love for their children or parents or wife is unconditional. I started this thread because I read a comment elsewhere complaining that although most Mormons believe God's love is unconditional their top leader had just given a talk where serious conditions were applied to benefiting from God's saving grace. Like you I am not sure unconditional love exists. My mother seemed to place conditions upon love to me upon obedience. I once was watching a show around the pool of a beach resort with my girlfriend. She did not look happy and I asked her why....she replied that she was homesick. I said that was a strange comment as she had just left Scotland a day earlier to visit me in Thailand. She said, "I wish to be among people who give me unconditional love." A conversation about what that entailed began. What had triggered her was that I was following Thai cultural norms by not showing overt affection in public. I said that unconditional love didn't really exist, except perhaps in an ideal sense from God, or from your dog. But the dog knows you feed it....and God seems to require love from us in return for His love. Anyway, the relationship finally ended when she said the only way it could continue was for me to quit my job and move to Scotland so she could be with her family and friends and not quit her job. She said I didn't really have any friends but then corrected herself, maybe so, but they were not important. My job was not portable, and my chances of getting one in Scotland were slim. She could have most likely gotten a similar job to what she had in Thailand. I talked about moving there in five years when I could take early retirement. She ignored this. The girl who believed in unconditional love sure seemed to put heavy conditions on any she had to offer.
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Post by geode on Apr 11, 2019 6:40:55 GMT
Yes, that is a large reason that I am non-denominational. Guidance can be hypocritical and derisive. But often it is not. That is why it is best to adhere to the original teacher's words, those of Jesus. However, I doubt that the dear friar in this video is guilty of anything that you identify here. Why pray to any outside force for guidance when it is unnecessary? From the point of view of an atheist that is logical. Believers follow the teachings of Jesus. He taught we should pray. But as Friar Rohr says at about the 2 minute mark this should take the form of a consciousness of being in unity with God and all that surrounds us. At least to a large extent Gadreel is correct that this contemplative prayer is meditation.
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Post by geode on Apr 10, 2019 17:08:48 GMT
It is past time to talk more about this movie.
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Post by geode on Apr 10, 2019 15:49:37 GMT
But nothing about these temples? link
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Post by geode on Apr 10, 2019 15:46:19 GMT
I posted this as a preview of what responses I would get when I posted it on my Facebook page. I guess I now know. However, I probably have a dozen Mormon Facebook friends who might get indignant over the article and unfriend me. Possibly good riddance but some are "family"....well cousins anyway.
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Post by geode on Apr 10, 2019 15:40:09 GMT
Thanks for this! Haven't seen this silly movie since 1985 or so! (When I was early 20's, the target age group). Gonna get the Criterian Blue Ray, which curiously? Doesn't have any interviews with Harry Dean Stanton or Emilio. Which is OK. Looking forward to just seeing it again on a big screen 4k TV, and kick ass sound system! I would have loved to have heard an interview with Harry Dean Stanton.
What is your sound system? How big is your 4K, I am shopping for one but still living with my 46" LCD Samsung from 7 years ago.
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Post by geode on Apr 10, 2019 10:22:01 GMT
For those who believe in God (I am thinking the Abrahamic God here) do you think God's love is unconditional? For the atheists here, do you think God as a concept offers unconditional love?
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Post by geode on Apr 10, 2019 10:04:33 GMT
There are multiple interpretations of what Jesus said for some verses. The Bible is plain in places and harder to figure out in other verses. Some interpretations are certainly twisted and self-serving. Jesus taught that the responsibility for being a good person ultimately rests solely on all of us as individuals. Parents and others have a role when we are young, but then it is up to each of us. It is a shame then, that the philosophy is not more generally represented in the teachings of most of the major Christian denominations. Often the guidance given by the churches is hypocritical, harmful to minorities and other religions, self serving and divisive within communities. Yes, that is a large reason that I am non-denominational. Guidance can be hypocritical and derisive. But often it is not. That is why it is best to adhere to the original teacher's words, those of Jesus. However, I doubt that the dear friar in this video is guilty of anything that you identify here.
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Post by geode on Apr 9, 2019 9:29:13 GMT
I see our describing ourselves as "theist" or "atheist" as fitting in with what Richard Rohr describes in the video as "duality" of thought which he says always leads to conflict. This is an interesting observation. I think we all should find are similarities instead of battling over our differences. He talks about the duality as thinking in strict black and white terms.
His description of "contemplation" is outward, to focus on a leaf and the like and ponder the interconnection of all. He description (at about the 2:40 min. mark) is very similar to what a Buddhist monk might tell you that meditation is all about, or how a psychologist might describe mindfulness. If we can't find what you describe as inner harmony and doing our best towards others, he seems to be saying that prayer will just be going through the motions.
He describes contemplation as a setup for prayer, that comes from within, by the Spirit.
Jesus taught that we love God by helping each other. This gets lost by far too many Christians. Jesus did not teach that we should come to the aid of just those who think like us. Christian sects get far too much wrapped up in a "clan" mentality. Jesus taught to love your enemies, and in the parable of the Good Samaritan to help others who are different.
Misguided religious leaders are why I am now non-denominational. I prefer to go back to the original source, Christ. Some authors of the Bible were not self-promoting and power hungry in my opinion. Although I am not Roman Catholic I have found strength from the Franciscans. But none of the resident Catholics here have commented.
Unfortunately, the interpretation of 'what Jesus said and meant ' is, in my view SO corrupted that I prefer my own life view where my responsibility for being a 'good' person rests solely with me. There are multiple interpretations of what Jesus said for some verses. The Bible is plain in places and harder to figure out in other verses. Some interpretations are certainly twisted and self-serving. Jesus taught that the responsibility for being a good person ultimately rests solely on all of us as individuals. Parents and others have a role when we are young, but then it is up to each of us.
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Post by geode on Apr 9, 2019 9:18:40 GMT
Yes, including the climatic Battle of Cumorah where the Nephites lose 230,000 and are wiped out. Guess they missed out on the whole 'DO NOT KILL' thing 🤔 The victorious Lamanites were not Christians, or even religious at all at that point.
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Post by geode on Apr 9, 2019 8:22:13 GMT
I dunno. But LDS say the Book of Mormon is the third part of the trilogy. Great porno could be made from Ezekiel 23:20 There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. So you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when in Egypt your bosom was caressed and your young breasts fondled.
Some Hebrew whore and her dark-skinned Egyptian lovers were hung like donkeys. In some translations it says "issues like horses". I always thought "Issue Like Horses" would make a great title. Does it have any big battles? Yes, including the climatic Battle of Cumorah where the Nephites lose 230,000 and are wiped out.
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Post by geode on Apr 9, 2019 6:44:59 GMT
8/10 Great movie with several brilliant performances. Ian McShane, Ben Kingsley and Ray Winstone all were award worthy. In fact Kingsly whom you hated was Oscar nominated. Both BK and McShane were terrifying criminals. McShane managing to be insanely menacing even compared to Kingsley's scenery chewing Don Logan. The robbery committed was merely a throwaway to set up the great performances but it would have been the centerpiece of dozens of other much less interesting movies and deservedly so. You really do have the shittiest taste in movies. You hate good stuff and love shitty stuff. Don Logan ain't got nothing on you in the unbearably annoying department. As far as your moronic rating for this movie, Don Logan said it best. I have been meaning to see this since it came out. Good grief it feels like a year of two ago I read a review....can it be 18 years?
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