2015: A(nother) great year for movies
I've talked about a year when loads of awesome movies (or at least that's how I remember it) came out: 2006. Another year that sticks out is 2014. For me, that year was packed with unforgetta…
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RISC, 30 years ago
Heard this in a Lex Fridman interview (with George Hotz), wouldn't have believed it if I didn't find the clip. But, yes, it's true. Hackers. 1995. Angelina Jolie. "RISC architect…
Making languages
An excellent look behind the scenes, of fictional languages in popular works today. I've been curious about whether or not the new Dune movie would feature "the J-word", and looks like…
Futuristic Sci-Fi
I saw this for the first time 15 years or so ago, but the sheer shock -- of trying to reconcile what I was watching with the current time and when it was made, and everything happening at that time, a…
Treasure Island
It’s just one of those things. I had borrowed an abridged copy of Treasure Island from the library to read at home (fwiw, didn’t go down that well, will possibly try again later, or ... perhaps it’s…
Grave Robbers from Outer Space
A had a strange experience w.r.t. in-flight videos recently. I had queued up a few Youtube downloads to watch (much prefer the content there these days), but in the end thought I’d pick ONE movie to…
Defining movies
I randomly sub-tweeted this chain of "8 films to get to know me" ... ... and then realized that yes, I did list out movies that were "defining" for me in some sense. You will lea…
On “cells interlinked”
I just came across the connection between “Bladerunner 2049” and Vladimir Nabokov’s “Pale Fire”. Mind blown.…
Why Modern Movies Suck - Setup And Payoff
Watching a bunch of this guy’s vids recently, very therapeutic :-)…
Remember ...
A very memorable song from "You've got mail" (about 25 years ago):…
Folded Space
I had seen this scene, showing a Guild Heighliner, in many clips from Dune (e.g. this one), but hadn't paid close attention to its interior. I think what we're seeing (or, supposed to be seei…
Midnight in Paris- a dialogue
I had to tack on this bit of -- well, surreal -- interaction between Gil, who happens to meet, in a cafe, Salvador Dali, Luis Bunuel, Man Ray: Gil It sounds so crazy when I say it and you'll thi…