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A collection of interesting quotes about the great director. I think, in addition to the personal qualities I mentioned, there is the basic psychological, unconscious identification with Alex. If you look at the story not on the social and moral level, but on the psychological dream content level, you can regard Alex as a creature […]
Here’s an interesting review I found for the movie Stargate by an IMDb user. After IMDb’s disgusting decision to remove the forums from their site earlier this year, I have taken to adding reviews or sections of reviews which I like in case the bastards decide to remove them as well. On this site you’ll […]
The Sioux are the “good” Indians, the Pawnee, enemies of the Sioux, are the “evil” Indians, and the American soldiers (except for Lt. Dunbar) are all complete buffoons who make the Keystone Kops look like models of professionalism. The reality, of course, is that cruelty, violence, and imperialism were practiced not only by the white […]
The 1976 remake of King Kong has always been dear to my heart. I was hugely obsessed by it as a kid and loved the promotional artwork to death. Collected the bubble gums and anything else Kong related I could get my hands on. John Barry is one of my top 3 or 4 film […]
A collection of notes on the topic of art. Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas.[1][2] […]
My collection of notes about all things related to science. In quantum mechanics, the uncertainty principle, also known as Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle or Heisenberg’s indeterminacy principle, is any of a variety of mathematical inequalities[1] asserting a fundamental limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties of a particle, known as complementary variables, […]
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.
Collected notes supporting the position that Free Will is ultimately an illusion.
Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, and intentions to non-human entities and is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology.
The name-letter effect is the tendency of people to prefer the letters in their name over other letters in the alphabet. Whether subjects are asked to rank all letters of the alphabet, rate each of the letters, choose the letter they prefer out of a set of two, or pick a small set of letters […]
Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published in 1953. It is regarded as one of his best works. The novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and “firemen” burn any that are found.
Brave New World is a dystopian novel written in 1931 by English author Aldous Huxley, and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State of genetically modified citizens and an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific developments in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation, and classical conditioning that are combined to make […]
Politics is the process of making decisions that apply to members of a group.
This is a compiled version of Review: ‘Prometheus’ is a Visually Stunning Epic Failure that trashes the movie like there is no tomorrow! Links to more good articles follow. Scott’s latest film, Prometheus, pulls back the curtain on this 33-year old mystery, and what is revealed is truly horrifying: a thoroughly vacuous prequel to the […]
Compiled notes.
Postmodernism describes both an era and a broad movement that developed in the mid to late 20th century across philosophy, the arts, architecture, and criticism which marked a departure from modernism.
A linguist is recruited by the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecrafts land around the world.
Lyrics and compiled interpretations for World Party – Ship Of Fools “Ship Of Fools” as written by and Karl Edmond De Vere Wallinger….
