From the end of the much acclaimed 1997 Sci Fi Thriller ‘Contact’: ‘You are not real, none of this real….. You are an interesting species…In all our searching all we found is each other.’ If you are a Sci Fi…
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Two Astronomers Discuss Alien Lifeforms, Science Fiction Movies and Astrophysics
Tagged with: 2001 A Space Odyssey, Alien Lifeforms, aliens, astronomers, astrophysics, Black holes, Contact, DNA, documentary, ET, event horizon, Gravity, Independance Day, Interstellar, sam Harris, Science, Science Fiction Movies, telescopes Parkes, truth, worm holes
Posted in Movies and TV, Science
Posted in Movies and TV, Science
Keep On Sleeping With Ham Sarris #1 – Against Empathy (With Plaul Boom)
I am a big fan of Ham Sarris’ podcasts and this one in particular really got me thinking: If you are after more insightful podcasts by Ham, tune into the follow up podcast with Peter Jordanson: Related Articles: 1. What…
Tagged with: Ham Sarris, Jordan Peterson, Keep On Sleeping, Paul Bloom, Peter Jordanson, Plaul Boom, podcasts, sam Harris, Waking Up Podcast
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
I Think Neil deGrasse Tyson Just Invented Intellectual Porn
Watch from 3.44 on mute… Warning the following You tube viewer comment may offend some readers: Related Articles: 1. Reflections on ‘The Many-Worlds’ Theory by Sean Carroll 2. Two Astronomers discuss Alien Lifeforms, Science Fiction Movies and Astrophysics 3. World…
Tagged with: astrophysics, Black holes, Intellectual Porn, Interstellar, Neil deGrasse Tyson, pink holes, Pornography, science fiction
Posted in Movies and TV, Science
Posted in Movies and TV, Science
The Greatest Cover up in History – The Unheralded Robert Zimmerman
Few Hollywood insiders know that Robert Zimmerman’s nuanced acting performance in The Night We Called It a Day landed him a tonne of movie scripts. If you have seen Robert in this short music video; his manner holding the gun…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, Cecil B DeMille, Don't Look back, Masked and Anonymous, Nobel Prize in Literature, oscars, Renaldo and Clara, Robert Zimmerman, Sidney Poitier
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Bridge of Spies (2015) – Steven Spielberg
Bridge of Spies is a highly engaging political-adventure based on a true story about a highly covert Spy swap deal between the CIA and KGB during the cold war. Lawyer James Donovan played by Tom Hanks is tasked to provide…
Tagged with: Bridge of Spies, Coen brothers, Cold War, Tom hanks. Steven Spielberg
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
Heaven Knows What (2014)
Every two weeks or so I check out the movie database Rotten Tomatoes which lists amongst other things – the latest DVD releases. The movie information of Heaven Knows What caught my eye. ‘Heaven Knows What blends fiction, formalism and…
The Wonder Years and ‘Catch The Wind’
In the chilly hours and minutesOf uncertainty, I want to beIn the warm hold of your loving mind. To feel you all around me,And to take your hand, along the sand.Ah, but I may as well try and catch the…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, Catch the Wind, Don't Look back, Donovan, The Wonder years
Posted in Movies and TV, Music, Reflections
Posted in Movies and TV, Music, Reflections
20 Seconds of Insane Courage
For the school social I gargled Listerine. The pain felt reassuring. I sprayed my hair with Mum’s hairspray, “Taft”. In the school hall, we shuffled to Toto’s “Africa”. Girls on the other side, giggled about stuff we’ll never be privy to.…
Another Earth (2011) What is it About?
On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident. IMDB (Another Earth) Another Earth is a highly original and thought provoking…
Tagged with: Another Earth, courage, I Origin, mike cahill, the Man from earth, we bought a zoo
Posted in Movies and TV, Science
Posted in Movies and TV, Science
