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Philosophy & Science / Images of Space/Etc/Etc
« on: December 30, 2017, 04:32:55 pm »
Really surprised this topic didn't already exist considering Wilshire's love of space. To start us off:
Our Favorite Earth Images NASA Dropped in 2017
Our Favorite Earth Images NASA Dropped in 2017
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Philosophy & Science / Top 10 Archaeological Discoveries of 2017
« on: December 30, 2017, 12:09:47 am »66
Literature / 3,500 Occult Manuscripts Will Be Digitized & Made Freely Available Online
« on: December 30, 2017, 12:08:01 am »67
Literature / Nature Asks Six SF Authors About the Future of SF
« on: December 29, 2017, 11:52:29 pm »68
The Forum of Interesting Things / The Most Heroic Earthlings of 2017
« on: December 29, 2017, 10:21:31 pm »69
The Forum of Interesting Things / Psychology: The Truth about the Paranormal
« on: December 20, 2017, 04:20:24 pm »70
Philosophy & Science / Advanced Satellite Tracks Air Pollution in Extraordinary Detail
« on: December 20, 2017, 04:12:45 pm »
Link.
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The Forum of Interesting Things / It's Time to Adapt to Megafires
« on: December 20, 2017, 04:11:53 pm »
Link, as per the conversation in Quorum the other day.
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The Forum of Interesting Things / The Most Futuristic Predictions That Came True In 2017
« on: December 20, 2017, 04:10:35 pm »73
Philosophy & Science / Neuroscience Has a Lot To Learn from Buddhism
« on: December 20, 2017, 04:09:33 pm »74
Philosophy & Science / Why Words Matter: What Cognitive Science Says About Prohibiting Certain Terms
« on: December 20, 2017, 04:08:34 pm »
Link.
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General Misc. / [!STAR WARS SPOILERS!] The Last Jedi
« on: December 20, 2017, 02:03:31 pm »
Here be spoilers!
I suppose since I'm making the thread, I'll say what was thinking during the movie:
Mark Hamill/Carrie Fisher are/were an amazing actor/actress. Rey and Luke could easily be ported to Mimara and Achamian in TJE (as someone noted either in Quorum or in the facebook group).
Also, story-telling has gotten remarkably simplistic (or I just read into narrative far too often). Movies are allowed to be subtle. We're doing story-telling and ourselves a disservice catering to the lowest common denominator rather than raising the bar. I did spoil myself before I saw the movie but - while she was awake at least - I pretty much forecast all the major beats of the plot to the SO about a quarter of the way into the (longest ever, apparently, Star Wars) movie.
Miscellaneous aside, a lot of homages by Johnson, specifically BSG and old Samurai/Westerns (I'd have to look it up again but apparently there is a person-antecedent that both Lucas and Johnson were paying tribute to).
Also, a lot of people on the internet saying that *that* lightsaber battle is the best choreographed in the entire series and that the fight in The Phantom Menace is runner up. Sorry, Anakin and Obi-Wan in Revenge of the Sith is the single best piece of choreographed lightsaber battle in the whole series, thanks very much.
Looking forward (as I know FB is, without even having seen the movie) to what Johnson is going to do with a whole trilogy - Disney made a terrible decision with this new generation trilogy letting each writer/director make their own single movie arcs and not having major plot beats planned across the trilogy.
EDIT: Also, since GJ got such a laugh when I was texting him through the movie: date night at the theater was specifically planned so that the SO could have a nap away from work and the children and I could likewise have a night out. We made out, sat in the back of the theater, she fell asleep, and I drank half a mickey
. It was great.
I suppose since I'm making the thread, I'll say what was thinking during the movie:
Mark Hamill/Carrie Fisher are/were an amazing actor/actress. Rey and Luke could easily be ported to Mimara and Achamian in TJE (as someone noted either in Quorum or in the facebook group).
Also, story-telling has gotten remarkably simplistic (or I just read into narrative far too often). Movies are allowed to be subtle. We're doing story-telling and ourselves a disservice catering to the lowest common denominator rather than raising the bar. I did spoil myself before I saw the movie but - while she was awake at least - I pretty much forecast all the major beats of the plot to the SO about a quarter of the way into the (longest ever, apparently, Star Wars) movie.
Miscellaneous aside, a lot of homages by Johnson, specifically BSG and old Samurai/Westerns (I'd have to look it up again but apparently there is a person-antecedent that both Lucas and Johnson were paying tribute to).
Also, a lot of people on the internet saying that *that* lightsaber battle is the best choreographed in the entire series and that the fight in The Phantom Menace is runner up. Sorry, Anakin and Obi-Wan in Revenge of the Sith is the single best piece of choreographed lightsaber battle in the whole series, thanks very much.
Looking forward (as I know FB is, without even having seen the movie) to what Johnson is going to do with a whole trilogy - Disney made a terrible decision with this new generation trilogy letting each writer/director make their own single movie arcs and not having major plot beats planned across the trilogy.
EDIT: Also, since GJ got such a laugh when I was texting him through the movie: date night at the theater was specifically planned so that the SO could have a nap away from work and the children and I could likewise have a night out. We made out, sat in the back of the theater, she fell asleep, and I drank half a mickey
. It was great.
