Avatar Movie

Friday night I saw Avatar. Did critics call it predictable and formulaic? I’m not even gonna look. I figure if Avatar hadn’t used the old themes it couldn’t comment on them. It certainly seemed to be building on old material. (I wish I could be more specific but, to do that, I’m afraid I’d need a second viewing. Right now I’m going on a general impression.) Much appreciated is Avatar’s reliance on subtext. They don’t tell you those creatures are telepathic, but by the time it matters, you know they are.

Kromkowski -- Name that Bass Line!

I used to occupy an office that shared one wall with that of John David Kromkowski, Esquire (real name -- why not?)and at night he would often crank up the stereo. The low notes made it through the wall beautifully, so much so that I would play a rousing game of Name that Bass Line while working in the next room.

pursuant to previous post -- keeping you posted

I learned some physics, relegated chaos theory to the realm of intuition. (Intuition was made for that, right?) And then I started learning and reviewing some history -- history that really affected my generation X -- history that fits my memories and the premise of my new project. And of course the project is the reason I undertook these studies.

Quotes from Star Trek 28 The City on the Edge of Forever

Capt. Kirk: Arrives where? Honolulu, Boise, San Diego? Why not Outer Mongolia, for that matter?
Spock: There is a theory. There could be some logic to the belief that time is fluid, like a river, with currents, eddies, backwash.
Capt. Kirk: And the same currents that swept McCoy to a certain time and place might sweep us there, too.
Spock: Unless that is true, Captain, we have no hope.

In the New move Star Trek by Bad Robot, they really took this and ran with it. You could almost see the currents and eddies. And all the sky-diving and beautiful atmouspheric footage hinted at the analogy.

What I'm trying to do in my new project is to take this and run in a slightly different heading. It's time to review the language of chaos theory. I'll keep you posted.

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