tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post7897801720679640269..comments2024-03-20T06:35:39.421-07:00Comments on hidden experience: Christopher Knowles on the Elusive Companion HypothesisMike Clelland!http://www.blogger.com/profile/11369575898695154728noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-26047251850082064542011-06-01T16:47:56.069-07:002011-06-01T16:47:56.069-07:00@ Brizdaz:
Yeah, I'm aware of Kubrick's s...@ Brizdaz:<br /><br />Yeah, I'm aware of Kubrick's subliminal message of showing the cinema screen as the monolith —brilliant idea, of course :)<br /><br />And re. The Shining, it doesn't surprise me King would say that, considering how much Kubrick changed the story —like the part in the book where the hedges are 'animated' by the boy, and all that— but the movie's plot needed to be 'tighter'.Red Pill Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14738203580562140501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-85952509526093423022011-06-01T04:49:09.987-07:002011-06-01T04:49:09.987-07:00I've got to say that as much as I liked readin...I've got to say that as much as I liked reading <br />"The Cryptoterrestrials" by Mac Tonnies,something inside my head just couldn't except the word Cryptoterrestrials.I kept thinking of mummies coming out of their tombs,when I read the word Cryptoterrestrials.<br />I like Elusive Companions a bit better,but then again Cryptoterrestrials don't have to be your companions,either.<br />So maybe the <br />Elusive Entities Hypothesis might be a better term.<br />Instead of ETs we could have EnTs .-)Brizdaz (Darren)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-20304612736710452362011-05-31T04:17:55.791-07:002011-05-31T04:17:55.791-07:00RPJ,
You have to remember that Stanley was mainly ...RPJ,<br />You have to remember that Stanley was mainly responsible for interpreting 2001 for the screen <br />(don't forget,the Monolith was a translucent crystal in the book,while in the film it is the same dimensions as a cinema screen and is black,hence when the movie starts,you're supposed to be looking at the Monolith),while Arthur C. Clarke was mainly responsible for where the books went with the story.<br />"The Shining" is a good example of how director and author can take the same story and interpret it differently,to each others disgust. <br />Stephen King has been quoted as saying that although Kubrick made a film with memorable imagery, it was not a good adaptation of his novel,and is the only adaptation of his novels that he could "remember hating"Brizdaz (Darren)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-51961093584008867012011-05-30T21:17:37.762-07:002011-05-30T21:17:37.762-07:00The New Jersey meteor story.
http://www.youtube.c...The New Jersey meteor story.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSTV-VfkmPI&feature=player_embedded<br /><br />Chris and I talk about this. The day he coined the ECH.Mike Clelland!https://www.blogger.com/profile/11369575898695154728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-17770762405582573082011-05-30T20:40:36.687-07:002011-05-30T20:40:36.687-07:00But here's the deal on Floyd if we continue in...But here's the deal on Floyd if we continue in this Apollo vein- Floyd's daughter is played by Kubrick's daughter. Floyd takes the team to the Monolith to have it what?-- photographed. Floyd keeps his mouth shut under very intense scrutiny.<br /><br />Some projection on Kubrick's part?The Secret Sunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09676425268231171924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-37733902458940663942011-05-30T20:05:34.775-07:002011-05-30T20:05:34.775-07:00OK, he *was* the villain in 2001. But in 2010 he s...OK, he *was* the villain in 2001. But in 2010 he seeks atonement by risking his life and flying to Jupiter in search for Bowman and the Discovery. <br /><br />I'm just a sucker for redemption stories, you know --probably the reason why I kept watching Dragon Ball Z as a kid :PRed Pill Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14738203580562140501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-48834806524738155362011-05-30T18:19:17.351-07:002011-05-30T18:19:17.351-07:00No sympathy for men wearing suits that tow the par...No sympathy for men wearing suits that tow the party line. Haywood Floyd was toady for THE MAN. He's a villain, albeit a charming one - but a villain none the less.<br /><br />I wonder if he ever got his daughter a bush baby?Mike Clelland!https://www.blogger.com/profile/11369575898695154728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-75008184179185399182011-05-30T17:50:52.604-07:002011-05-30T17:50:52.604-07:00It's funny how I strongly disagree with Chris&...It's funny how I strongly disagree with Chris' assertion that Floyd is "the bad guy" in the 2001 movie, even though it's a perfectly logical conclusion. <br /><br />I guess that my viewpoint is colored by the sequels (movie & books) to 2001 —specially the movie 2010: The Year We Make Contact; obviously not on par with Kubrick's masterpiece visually and narratively, but in my mind I'll always remember fondly of Floyd, because he was brilliantly personified by the late Roy Scheider... who, oddly enough, looked *a lot* like Ufologist (and contactee) Ray Stanford.<br /><br />PS: Hey Mike, ever tried to do some "channeling" doodles of your own? ;)Red Pill Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14738203580562140501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-70409742778949523562011-05-30T13:50:46.237-07:002011-05-30T13:50:46.237-07:00Neil A. sees alien.
(a palindrome)Neil A. sees alien.<br /><br />(a palindrome)Mike Clelland!https://www.blogger.com/profile/11369575898695154728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-12726299548643467142011-05-30T13:42:57.001-07:002011-05-30T13:42:57.001-07:00Great stuff as always, Mike. Keep up the good wor...Great stuff as always, Mike. Keep up the good work!Rajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12817085450834465555noreply@blogger.com