Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
Nope, the fiendish plot is not original at all but daring given the corporate overlords we have nowadays. Such ideas have been attributed to the Illuminati, HG Welles also wrote about similar ideas, Bertrand Russell talked about it and of course the Club of Rome which we discussed in my SCI class and a controversial book in the 1960s about such ideas. Hopefully, the series will make its way to Netflix and other streaming services soon rather than some lame Hollywood producer wanting to create a dumbed down version for the US. In Moneyworld it's all about money and everyone seems to be desperate for it these days. I'll have to watch another episode of Cult which started out a little weak like too many cooks spoiling the soup. Second act was a little better but I'm beginning to wonder if they spent less on these series we might get better shows. Because when there is a lot of investment on the line then there are too many overlords messing with a series. Sinister released yesterday in the US on DVD and BD. I used up my last free Rebox credit on the DVD. I was not as impressed as apparently a lot of critics and audiences were. I thought the the pace was a little lacking and got tired of so many dark scenes that didn't need to be and gaffs such as an super 8mm projector (that was probably only 8mm) with sound (none of those looked like that). Like I said Thai filmmakers are better at this kind of genre. The director needed to watch more of their films. Finished up House of Cards the other night and can we say the plot sickens. On 02/20/2013 10:00 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Well, Utopia turned out to be pretty damned good. I did see the two most important aspects of the ending coming, but all in all it was a superlative effort. NOT, as originally stated, for the wussy, or for those who can't handle the truth. The basic fiendish plot revealed in episode 5 is sadly not original to the writers, because when I lived in Santa Fe several scientists up at the National Labs at Los Alamos went public and blew the whistle on similar projects they were being asked to work on, but race-specific, targeting only certain genomes. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: I just wanted to thank you again for recommending this series. I've just watched episode 5 of 6, and it just keeps getting better and better and better. The plotting is as dark as ever, but what makes it a real shame that Americans will never see this series are the performances. Stephen Rea and James Fox are their normal creepy selves as uber-villains. And Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Alexandra Roach, Nathan Stewart- Jarrett, Oliver Woollford, and Adeel Akhtar are great as the unwilling heroes on the run. But the real standout is Neil Maskell as Arby. He's turned into the most interesting character of the series. This whole series is so complex and well-done that I can already tell that I'm going to have to watch it again in a marathon session to really get it, with- out the horrible wait from week to week for the next episode. I'll almost certainly order the DVD set, so that I can see all the extras and making-ofs. If Bhairitu and I are correct, it'll never be shown in the US (and those without players that have been hacked to be region-free won't be able to see the DVDs), because most wouldn't be able to follow the accents, much less the arcane plotting. They'll probably remake it instead, starring American actors not smart enough to *read* a comic book, much less understand that one might hold the secrets to a worldwide conspiracy. Small detail question you might have read the answer to in UK papers, if you've been following this. WHERE on Earth is the office with the incredible carved panel- ing that the villains meet in? I want one. :-) The Wikipedia page on the series contains a hint that it might have been filmed at a place called Scarisbrick Hall. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 wrote: No, it's nothing pleasant but it is a UK TV show well worth checking out. Suppose your favourite comic book turned out to be true? OK if it was a Disney production but Utopia is a dark tale of conspiracy, madness, sinister genetic experiments and finally, forced incarceration in a mental hospital. Suppose you acquired the next installment and someone didn't want you to read it. Someone who would stop at nothing? http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/utopia/23988/first-full-trailer-for-channel-4-comic-book-drama-utopia Rather uncompromisingly violent but lots of fun if you've a strong stomach for that sort of thing. Buck rating: Don't even think about it.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
On 02/13/2013 02:22 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
I just wanted to thank you again for recommending this
series. I've just watched episode 5 of 6, and it just
keeps getting better and better and better.
The plotting is as dark as ever, but what makes it a
real shame that Americans will never see this series
are the performances. Stephen Rea and James Fox are
their normal creepy selves as uber-villains. And
Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Alexandra Roach, Nathan Stewart-
Jarrett, Oliver Woollford, and Adeel Akhtar are great
as the unwilling heroes on the run. But the real
standout is Neil Maskell as Arby. He's turned into
the most interesting character of the series.
This whole series is so complex and well-done that I
can already tell that I'm going to have to watch it
again in a marathon session to really get it, with-
out the horrible wait from week to week for the next
episode. I'll almost certainly order the DVD set,
so that I can see all the extras and making-ofs.
If Bhairitu and I are correct, it'll never be shown
in the US (and those without players that have been
hacked to be region-free won't be able to see the
DVDs), because most wouldn't be able to follow
the accents, much less the arcane plotting. They'll
probably remake it instead, starring American actors
not smart enough to *read* a comic book, much less
understand that one might hold the secrets to a
worldwide conspiracy.
Episode 5 was quite something and I'm looking forward to the season or
series finale. Given what's behind the conspiracy it would be hard to
dig up usual suspect sponsors in the US for the show. Perhaps it is
best like a number of other Channel 4 shows for it to be available
streaming (no commercials).
The show definitely has its commercial breaks built in but one of the
funny things about Syfy's playing of the Canadian series Continuum is
they often go right over those then break at what I would call a bad
place. Thing is that in the US all the channels even the cable ones
want their breaks at the same time so that no matter where you tune you
get a commercial. This started years ago according to a friend who
worked for a TV station. Apparently Canada has commercial different
time slots than US TV.
Anyhoo, Utopia is scheduled to release on DVD and BD so we'll see if
they release discs for the US too. But they're probably looking for a
hot deal with Syfy or some network to create a very dumbed down
version. Gotta say though that the Syfy version of Being Human is
very good and Showtime's version of Shameless is also very good. Both
of those have the original showrunners and probably writers involved
which makes a difference. There is some incredible writing with both
versions of Being Human.
Tonight Zero Hour debuts at a bad time slot on ABC. Bad because at 8
PM it will already have to be watered down. And two, it is at the time
slot which failed for the ill-fated series Last Resort which was a bit
bold for US TV. It deals with a conspiracy and stars Anthony Edwards
from ER.
Conspiracies seem to be a hot seller in the US but apparently make TV
execs and lawyers nervous. We still haven't seen all of Jesse Ventura's
Conspiracy Theories season 3 episodes and TruTV decided they wouldn't
show the episode on the TSA. I would think Alex Jone's crowd would
love Utopia but then claim it is total NWO because they are showing
you want they are going to do. That's why his show is so crazy and fun
to listen to ('cept for the Jayzuss stuff).
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
As I'm sure turq knows, not all American actors are dumb, eg, James Woods has an IQ of 180!! http://www.glamzzle.com/shocking-high-iq-scores-of-hollywood-celebrities.html From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 4:22 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia snip They'll probably remake it instead, starring American actors not smart enough to *read* a comic book, much less understand that one might hold the secrets to a worldwide conspiracy. snip --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 wrote: No, it's nothing pleasant but it is a UK TV show well worth checking out. Suppose your favourite comic book turned out to be true? OK if it was a Disney production but Utopia is a dark tale of conspiracy, madness, sinister genetic experiments and finally, forced incarceration in a mental hospital. Suppose you acquired the next installment and someone didn't want you to read it. Someone who would stop at nothing? http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/utopia/23988/first-full-trailer-for-channel-4-comic-book-drama-utopia Rather uncompromisingly violent but lots of fun if you've a strong stomach for that sort of thing. Buck rating: Don't even think about it.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
Channel 4 actually has a YouTube Channel and Utopia Episodes are available. So are episodes of Shameless. For Americans unless you go to the trouble of setting up a proxy that will make you look to YouTube like you are in the UK, the episodes won't play. I think there are already extras on the Channel 4 site. I haven't tried playing those but they also have episodes which of course get blocked. I mentioned Shameless since the UK version has been available for some time via DVD on Netflix and now WI. So I suspect Utopia will be available that way too. How soon I don't know. I'm figuring the commentary though would say we had Stephen Rea for one day so we shot everything he does in the series that day. So I would be surprised if you ever see him outside that room. And of course of most of America to understand a Liverpool accent when they even have trouble with high British would also keep it out of the mainstream (it's the baytols). Of course the US is beginning to look like episodes of Utopia or worse. On 02/13/2013 02:22 AM, turquoiseb wrote: I just wanted to thank you again for recommending this series. I've just watched episode 5 of 6, and it just keeps getting better and better and better. The plotting is as dark as ever, but what makes it a real shame that Americans will never see this series are the performances. Stephen Rea and James Fox are their normal creepy selves as uber-villains. And Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Alexandra Roach, Nathan Stewart- Jarrett, Oliver Woollford, and Adeel Akhtar are great as the unwilling heroes on the run. But the real standout is Neil Maskell as Arby. He's turned into the most interesting character of the series. This whole series is so complex and well-done that I can already tell that I'm going to have to watch it again in a marathon session to really get it, with- out the horrible wait from week to week for the next episode. I'll almost certainly order the DVD set, so that I can see all the extras and making-ofs. If Bhairitu and I are correct, it'll never be shown in the US (and those without players that have been hacked to be region-free won't be able to see the DVDs), because most wouldn't be able to follow the accents, much less the arcane plotting. They'll probably remake it instead, starring American actors not smart enough to *read* a comic book, much less understand that one might hold the secrets to a worldwide conspiracy. Small detail question you might have read the answer to in UK papers, if you've been following this. WHERE on Earth is the office with the incredible carved panel- ing that the villains meet in? I want one. :-) The Wikipedia page on the series contains a hint that it might have been filmed at a place called Scarisbrick Hall. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 wrote: No, it's nothing pleasant but it is a UK TV show well worth checking out. Suppose your favourite comic book turned out to be true? OK if it was a Disney production but Utopia is a dark tale of conspiracy, madness, sinister genetic experiments and finally, forced incarceration in a mental hospital. Suppose you acquired the next installment and someone didn't want you to read it. Someone who would stop at nothing? http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/utopia/23988/first-full-trailer-for-channel-4-comic-book-drama-utopia Rather uncompromisingly violent but lots of fun if you've a strong stomach for that sort of thing. Buck rating: Don't even think about it.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
I would suspect that IQs of people on FFL are a little on the high side. TM would have been something attract (or maybe trap) folks of high IQs. Sometimes TM seemed to be a way to distract people who might have gone on to be the shakers and movers of the latter 20th century. Also many people with high IQs can tend to be randoms or a bit eccentric compared to the average crowd. On 02/13/2013 07:09 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: I estimate Turq's IQ at around 90, maybe 95 (average is 85 to 110). On the other hand, I have known Mensa members, and IQ has nothing to do with emotional intelligence, so perhaps his IQ is higher, but he is emotionally retarded. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: As I'm sure turq knows, not all American actors are dumb, eg, James Woods has an IQ of 180!! http://www.glamzzle.com/shocking-high-iq-scores-of-hollywood-celebrities.html From: turquoiseb To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 4:22 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia snip  They'll probably remake it instead, starring American actors not smart enough to *read* a comic book, much less understand that one might hold the secrets to a worldwide conspiracy. snip --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 wrote: No, it's nothing pleasant but it is a UK TV show well worth checking out. Suppose your favourite comic book turned out to be true? OK if it was a Disney production but Utopia is a dark tale of conspiracy, madness, sinister genetic experiments and finally, forced incarceration in a mental hospital. Suppose you acquired the next installment and someone didn't want you to read it. Someone who would stop at nothing? http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/utopia/23988/first-full-trailer-for-channel-4-comic-book-drama-utopia Rather uncompromisingly violent but lots of fun if you've a strong stomach for that sort of thing. Buck rating: Don't even think about it.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
Guys here and across the Big Pond making me laugh this morning, gratias. Now Buck, bundle up before heading out into our frozen world. Good to avoid vitiating the vata which in turn vitiates the pitta (-: From: salyavin808 fintlewoodle...@mail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 1, 2013 6:40 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Jeesus Xmas what are you people talking about? Utopia? Utopias are fictive. We are working on a revolution here. Transformation. Here on Earth. Where the hell are you? Vacationing to London? This is science and there is great spiritual work to do here. You gawd dam sophists at a debate club here git serious and carry your fucking weight. Particularly those of you who know better.Gawd dammit Rick would you give me the gawd dammed passwords to FairfieldLife! This tripe in the face of great and spiritual work to be done is unbearble. Let me fix that. Erm, I thought you'd given up trying to persuade people of the error of their ways? -Buck --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8pvXLVu8Yk --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote: Love it Steve.  Love it.  You and your family take good care.  Emily. From: seventhray27 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 4:55 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote: The other way is through creating an auric shield. To do this, I imagine my aura growing, expanding, and sparkling. It is a protective bubble that I envision, through which negativity simply cannot penetrate. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EXkeGz8wRs
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia (for NEMO)
Dear Share Long,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO4LyKd-Hws
As her mentor, and someone who will understand why *we heart
Emily*, the committee of FFL NEMO's would like you to speak with Emily on our
behalf.
As you know, the NEMO's are group of nobody's who seem to
stick together for no other reason then to irritate hyper-cool posters who can
really type fast. We use mantras, hate koans, and believe you're enlightened if
you say you are. We laugh a lot about stuff that isn't that funny, and
exaggerate our sense of irony (which isn't hard in a place like this).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSrUFKp1qVQ
As I'm sure you're aware, Emily's posts yesterday had a
certain quality of: The Long Goodbye; don't get me wrong, I've
personally experienced much longer goodbyes, when the 4th ex's lawyer got done
with me I realized the 4th had been saying goodbye since the day we met,
fifteen years previously; but back to Emily (sorry, NEMO's tend to digress), so
before we hear those black swan wings of Emily's hitting the surface of the lake
as she soars away from FFL *in search of a meaningful existence*, the committee
of FFL NEMO's would like you to inform Emily, that we have decided that she is
exhibiting all the symptoms of someone about to *POP* into UNITY, and if this
is true, since she does not use a mantra, its obvious this onset of UNITY was
brought
on by the group DHARSHAN of the posters of FFL; we figure all that's needed to
stabilize Emily's UNITY is for her to declare her enlightenment before she
takes flight; if nothing else her declaration will help us rationalize why so
many of us are not leaving with her.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5XrjdjtSAs
And lastly, Share Long, could you please inform Emily, on
behalf of the NEMO's, that comedy is just tragedy on a controlled substance
(without
prejudice-smiley face).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98XqT4kBWT4
From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 10:27:43 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
{snip} I would hate to be forced to use Emily as a human shield; she may
not be as clueless as I am, but I'm sure she's a lot more cynical (smiley face).
Dear Bob, my shield of human-ness has taken a lot of hits of late and I am
trying on a new reality - that of emulating Share's approach to me and all
others' she has determined are exhibiting negativity - particularly of the
nasty and sniping variety. I found this treasure tonight (under the heading
Auric Shield) on an internet healing site, so I know that it has a lot of
street cred. Share has mastered this technique and I think she may have
written these exact words, in fact (the ones in the first paragraph.)
What this means is for me is: no more attempts to creatively insult; no more
cynicism or irony; no helping others help themselves with pseudo-insightful
observations; no more self-serving, creepy humor. Now, you must realize, I've
been practicing and learning all these important skills right here, but I have
seen the gemstone of therapeutic wonderment and have had a change of being.
The heart on the sleeve shield I have been using is covered in blood spatter
and must go in for repair; the breaches in my security resulted in dramatics of
grandiose proportions over the holidays (Share, poor woman, had to weather the
bulk of my distress); I have been kicked out of the inner circle of my favorite
cute (I mean cult) leader, who has apparently retired to the sandy beaches of
somewhere for more introspection.
I am going to visualize an auric shield, as described below (paragraph 2) and
go forth into the wide world of wonderfulness; it is an apt consequence to my
many irritating digressions from love and logic that FFL so patiently and
compassionately allowed me to display, as I flailed and wallowed my way back,
these past 2 years, to a state where I believe that I may be able to act as
if, if the knowingness of my first person ontology fails me at any given time.
My astrological chart tells me that February is the month for me to move to the
front lines, go where the action is, feel the fear and do it anyway, take up
drawing, unpack the clothes, become accountable, raise my standards, take care
of business, etc., etc., etc.
I guess I say all this to say that my recovery from cluelessness and cynicism
is likely to be of painfully long duration, but I am confident that my auric
shield will protect us both, and I promise that when you call my name, I will
be there (I do tend to run a bit late, but I'll work on that too), to distract
and dramatize as needed. Love, Emily.
AURIC SHIELD
I have been working on the ability to remain unaffected by and not absorb
negative words or negative energies of other people.
One way I have been doing this is by simply not responding to comments that
annoy me. By not dignifying
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia (for NEMO)
Dear Share Long,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO4LyKd-Hws
As her mentor, and someone who will understand why *we heart
Emily*, the committee of FFL NEMO's would like you to speak with Emily on our
behalf.
As you know, the NEMO's are group of nobody's who seem to
stick together for no other reason then to irritate hyper-cool posters who can
really type fast. We use mantras, hate koans, and believe you're enlightened if
you say you are. We laugh a lot about stuff that isn't that funny, and
exaggerate our sense of irony (which isn't hard in a place like this).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSrUFKp1qVQ
As I'm sure you're aware, Emily's posts yesterday had a
certain quality of: The Long Goodbye; don't get me wrong, I've
personally experienced much longer goodbyes, when the 4th ex's lawyer got done
with me I realized the 4th had been saying goodbye since the day we met,
fifteen years previously; but back to Emily (sorry, NEMO's tend to digress), so
before we hear those black swan wings of Emily's hitting the surface of the lake
as she soars away from FFL *in search of a meaningful existence*, the committee
of FFL NEMO's would like you to inform Emily, that we have decided that she is
exhibiting all the symptoms of someone about to *POP* into UNITY, and if this
is true, since she does not use a mantra, its obvious this onset of UNITY was
brought
on by the group DHARSHAN of the posters of FFL; we figure all that's needed to
stabilize Emily's UNITY is for her to declare her enlightenment before she
takes flight; if nothing else her declaration will help us rationalize why so
many of us are not leaving with her.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5XrjdjtSAs
And lastly, Share Long, could you please inform Emily, on
behalf of the NEMO's, that comedy is just tragedy on a controlled substance
(without
prejudice-smiley face).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98XqT4kBWT4
From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 10:27:43 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
{snip} I would hate to be forced to use Emily as a human shield; she may
not be as clueless as I am, but I'm sure she's a lot more cynical (smiley face).
Dear Bob, my shield of human-ness has taken a lot of hits of late and I am
trying on a new reality - that of emulating Share's approach to me and all
others' she has determined are exhibiting negativity - particularly of the
nasty and sniping variety. I found this treasure tonight (under the heading
Auric Shield) on an internet healing site, so I know that it has a lot of
street cred. Share has mastered this technique and I think she may have
written these exact words, in fact (the ones in the first paragraph.)
What this means is for me is: no more attempts to creatively insult; no more
cynicism or irony; no helping others help themselves with pseudo-insightful
observations; no more self-serving, creepy humor. Now, you must realize, I've
been practicing and learning all these important skills right here, but I have
seen the gemstone of therapeutic wonderment and have had a change of being.
The heart on the sleeve shield I have been using is covered in blood spatter
and must go in for repair; the breaches in my security resulted in dramatics of
grandiose proportions over the holidays (Share, poor woman, had to weather the
bulk of my distress); I have been kicked out of the inner circle of my favorite
cute (I mean cult) leader, who has apparently retired to the sandy beaches of
somewhere for more introspection.
I am going to visualize an auric shield, as described below (paragraph 2) and
go forth into the wide world of wonderfulness; it is an apt consequence to my
many irritating digressions from love and logic that FFL so patiently and
compassionately allowed me to display, as I flailed and wallowed my way back,
these past 2 years, to a state where I believe that I may be able to act as
if, if the knowingness of my first person ontology fails me at any given time.
My astrological chart tells me that February is the month for me to move to the
front lines, go where the action is, feel the fear and do it anyway, take up
drawing, unpack the clothes, become accountable, raise my standards, take care
of business, etc., etc., etc.
I guess I say all this to say that my recovery from cluelessness and cynicism
is likely to be of painfully long duration, but I am confident that my auric
shield will protect us both, and I promise that when you call my name, I will
be there (I do tend to run a bit late, but I'll work on that too), to distract
and dramatize as needed. Love, Emily.
AURIC SHIELD
I have been working on the ability to remain unaffected by and not absorb
negative words or negative energies of other people.
One way I have been doing this is by simply not responding to comments that
annoy me. By not dignifying
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia to Buck long lost son
Maybe was your mother in another lifetime. Burning off that karma now thanks to FFL. What is winter picket relief? From: Buck dhamiltony...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 1, 2013 7:55 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: Guys here and across the Big Pond making me laugh this morning, gratias. Now Buck, bundle up before heading out into our frozen world. Good to avoid vitiating the vata which in turn vitiates the pitta (-: Om and who are you, my mother? Pitta my tail. On winter picket relief we'd sleep on the ground with our feet at the fire, horse's reins tied around a hand. Iowa winter is easy. From: salyavin808 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 1, 2013 6:40 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Jeesus Xmas what are you people talking about? Utopia? Utopias are fictive. We are working on a revolution here. Transformation. Here on Earth. Where the hell are you? Vacationing to London? This is science and there is great spiritual work to do here. You gawd dam sophists at a debate club here git serious and carry your fucking weight. Particularly those of you who know better.Gawd dammit Rick would you give me the gawd dammed passwords to FairfieldLife! This tripe in the face of great and spiritual work to be done is unbearble. Let me fix that. Erm, I thought you'd given up trying to persuade people of the error of their ways? -Buck --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8pvXLVu8Yk --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote: Love it Steve.  Love it.  You and your family take good care.  Emily. From: seventhray27 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 4:55 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote: The other way is through creating an auric shield. To do this, I imagine my aura growing, expanding, and sparkling. It is a protective bubble that I envision, through which negativity simply cannot penetrate. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EXkeGz8wRs
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia to Steve
Just to set the akashic records straight (-: I did not write the words Emily attributed to me )-: Nor do I practice any auric blauric field shield thingies dingies (-: I simply keep in mind that I have 50 posts per week and use that limitation as enjoyably as possible. Thanks for understanding (-: From: seventhray27 steve.sun...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 6:55 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote: The other way is through creating an auric shield. To do this, I imagine my aura growing, expanding, and sparkling. It is a protective bubble that I envision, through which negativity simply cannot penetrate. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EXkeGz8wRs
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia to Steve
Share, if you add to Steve at the end of the subject line, but you respond to a post I wrote, then you are still responding to *me.* I am pretty clueless, as is Bob, but not that clueless. Second, please develop a sense of humor in my absence. Of course you have not said those exact words but the theme and tone and wording isn't actually that far off. We are human remember - there aren't that many original thoughts. From: authfriend authfri...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 6:00 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia to Steve --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: Just to set the akashic records straight (-: I did not write the words Emily attributed to me )-: Let's set them records even straighter. Emily said she *thought you might have* said these words: I have been working on the ability to remain unaffected by and not absorb negative words or negative energies of other people. I suspect everyone here realizes these are damn close to words you have said, and certainly to thoughts you have expressed (if not always to behavior you have exhibited).
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
Obba! How spot on is that video...self-destruct and re-invent is the name
of the game. I turned 50 - a woman in her 50's, in menopause no less, is not
to be deterred. This was my love letter to FFL, my goodbye letter until we
meet again. I hope the gratitude came through. Love you too. Emily.
From: obbajeeba no_re...@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 4:39 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
Emily!
Keep on the thrust!
Knock em out!
One, two punch!
Brush off the knees!
Body slam!
Weary is the excuse of solitude!
I am here, baby, for you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flU8ISt40eA
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymae.reyn wrote:
P.S. If the auric shield doesn't work, there's always tequila.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote:
The other way is through creating an auric shield. To do this, I imagine
my aura growing, expanding, and sparkling. It is a protective bubble that
I envision, through which negativity simply cannot penetrate.
BZT! A bottle, I mean...What IS a bottle of Champagne?...
OK,...Spiritual Allegories for $400, Alex...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote:
{snip}Â I would hate to be forced to use Emily as a human shield; she may
not be as clueless as I am, but I'm sure she's a lot more cynical
(smiley face).
Dear Bob, my shield of human-ness has taken a lot of hits of late and
I am trying on a new reality - that of emulating Share's approach to me
and all others' she has determined are exhibiting negativity -
particularly of the nasty and sniping variety. Â I found this treasure
tonight (under the heading Auric Shield) on an internet healing site, so
I know that it has a lot of street cred. Â Share has mastered this
technique and I think she may have written these exact words, in fact
(the ones in the first paragraph.)Â
What this means is for me is:Â no more attempts to creatively insult; no
more cynicism or irony; no helping others help themselves with
pseudo-insightful observations; no more self-serving, creepy humor. Â
Now, you must realize, I've been practicing and learning all these
important skills right here, but I have seen the gemstone of therapeutic
wonderment and have had a change of being. Â
The heart on the sleeve shield I have been using is covered in blood
spatter and must go in for repair; the breaches in my security resulted
in dramatics of grandiose proportions over the holidays (Share, poor
woman, had to weather the bulk of my distress); I have been kicked out
of the inner circle of my favorite cute (I mean cult) leader, who has
apparently retired to the sandy beaches of somewhere for more
introspection. Â Â
I am going to visualize an auric shield, as described below (paragraph
2) and go forth into the wide world of wonderfulness; it is an apt
consequence to my many irritating digressions from love and logic that
FFL so patiently and compassionately allowed me to display, as I flailed
and wallowed my way back, these past 2 years, to a state where I believe
that I may be able to act as if, if the knowingness of my first person
ontology fails me at any given time.Â
My astrological chart tells me that February is the month for me to move
to the front lines, go where the action is, feel the fear and do it
anyway, take up drawing, unpack the clothes, become accountable, raise
my standards, take care of business, etc., etc., etc.Â
I guess I say all this to say that my recovery from cluelessness and
cynicism is likely to be of painfully long duration, but I am confident
that my auric shield will protect us both, and I promise that when you
call my name, I will be there (I do tend to run a bit late, but I'll
work on that too), to distract and dramatize as needed. Â Love, Emily. Â
AURICÂ SHIELD
I have been working on the ability to remain unaffected by and not
absorb negative words or negative energies of other people.
One way I have been doing this is by simply not responding to comments
that annoy me. By not dignifying the comment with a reply or a defense,
I can keep my stress levels lower. Of course, this is not easy, and it
takes a lot of practice!
The other way is through creating an auric shield. To do this, I imagine
my aura growing, expanding, and sparkling. It is a protective bubble
that I envision, through which negativity simply cannot penetrate.
From: Bob Price
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
Â
From: turquoiseb no_re
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
Love it Steve. Love it. You and your family take good care. Emily. From: seventhray27 steve.sun...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 4:55 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote: The other way is through creating an auric shield. To do this, I imagine my aura growing, expanding, and sparkling. It is a protective bubble that I envision, through which negativity simply cannot penetrate. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EXkeGz8wRs
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia to Steve to Emily
all the best Emily BTW my smiley faces mean that I was joking From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 10:38 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia to Steve Share, if you add to Steve at the end of the subject line, but you respond to a post I wrote, then you are still responding to *me.* I am pretty clueless, as is Bob, but not that clueless. Second, please develop a sense of humor in my absence. Of course you have not said those exact words but the theme and tone and wording isn't actually that far off. We are human remember - there aren't that many original thoughts. From: authfriend authfri...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 6:00 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia to Steve --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: Just to set the akashic records straight (-: I did not write the words Emily attributed to me )-: Let's set them records even straighter. Emily said she *thought you might have* said these words: I have been working on the ability to remain unaffected by and not absorb negative words or negative energies of other people. I suspect everyone here realizes these are damn close to words you have said, and certainly to thoughts you have expressed (if not always to behavior you have exhibited).
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia to Steve to Emily
Yay! The meaning of the smiley face. I think you and I knew each other in a past life - I'll check my version of the Akashic records, but I think you were a priestess and I was your faithful and humble servant. From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia to Steve to Emily all the best Emily BTW my smiley faces mean that I was joking From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 10:38 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia to Steve Share, if you add to Steve at the end of the subject line, but you respond to a post I wrote, then you are still responding to *me.* I am pretty clueless, as is Bob, but not that clueless. Second, please develop a sense of humor in my absence. Of course you have not said those exact words but the theme and tone and wording isn't actually that far off. We are human remember - there aren't that many original thoughts. From: authfriend authfri...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 6:00 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia to Steve --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: Just to set the akashic records straight (-: I did not write the words Emily attributed to me )-: Let's set them records even straighter. Emily said she *thought you might have* said these words: I have been working on the ability to remain unaffected by and not absorb negative words or negative energies of other people. I suspect everyone here realizes these are damn close to words you have said, and certainly to thoughts you have expressed (if not always to behavior you have exhibited).
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia to Steve to Emily
Dear Barry, ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha; bha ha ha ha ha ha ha; bwha ha ha ha ha. Yes, yes, I hear you. I was thinking today, on my walk with my intrepid dog through the wetlands and fields of a nearby regional park, that FFL has restored my sense of humor - about myself, about others', about life, about love, about it all. I literally spent months and months and months laughing and giggling...all day affairson and on and on..I laughed and laughed and laughed and cried and laughed and cried and paced and laughed and cried and so on. I lost a couple of inches around my waist. Might have started with Ravi posting Osho's rendition of George Carlin's meaning of the word fuck or it could have started with one of Bob's stories, but I couldn't stop it. And I assure you, that at the end of every reactive state I express is a good laugh. A full belly laugh, an inclusive laugh, a laugh of acknowledgment, a laugh at you and a laugh at me. Tee Hee. From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 11:38 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia to Steve to Emily From: Share Long BTW my smiley faces mean that I was joking --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote: Yay! The meaning of the smiley face. While I seriously doubt that you understood this meaning, I shall riff on it anyway, just for FUN. :-) The smiley face is an artifact of the early days of what we now know as the Internet. Back in those early days, for those who were not There Then, it was called Arpanet, and it was populated by people who were mainly programmers, and thus somewhat...uh...humor-deprived. Those who were...uh...somewhat *less* humor-deprived found that people were reacting Seriously to things they had said that were on the other side of the galaxy from anything they considered Serious, and sought a remedy for this perplexing problem. And thus was born the smiley face. The smiley face is a remedial educational device, designed to remind people who take themselves Far Too Seriously that not everyone shares their particular sense of humor or lack thereof. Its creator cites its creation as a fed-up reminder that, Hey...I'm having FUN here...why aren't you? The original smiley face paradigm was meant as a reminder that people may say things that make you completely uptight and that plunge you into a reactive state in which you get perturbed or angry or whatever and feel that you have to get All Serious On Their Asses in reply...uh...that you don't necessarily have to Be That Way. The original smiley face paradigm was supposed to be interpreted as an indication that the poster was having FUN while posting the things you found so objectionable, and that if you just Lightened The Fuck Up, you might be able to have FUN with them, too. Then, as now, it is often misinterpreted. The Lightened Up tend to use it anyway, as part of their compassionate Bodhisattva Vow-like quest to help others Lighten Up, too. Now you know. :-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
this is by simply not responding to comments that annoy me. By not dignifying the comment with a reply or a defense, I can keep my stress levels lower. Of course, this is not easy, and it takes a lot of practice! The other way is through creating an auric shield. To do this, I imagine my aura growing, expanding, and sparkling. It is a protective bubble that I envision, through which negativity simply cannot penetrate. From: Bob Price To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia  From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 2:21:14 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote: On 01/30/2013 12:52 PM, turquoiseb wrote: The Killing was SO much better in its Danish original that it makes the American remake pale by comparison, and I actually *liked* the remake...for what it was. The best TV series I saw last year, The Bridge, or Bron/Broen, also from Denmark, looks as if it will never get an American release. Instead they are going to remake it. I shudder to imagine the result. Both of these series were *enormous* hits in the UK, although subtitled. The thing is, the American networks somehow believe that Americans are too stupid to follow even the Brit accents in English-language UK series (and they might be right), so they remake *them*, too. This one (Utopia) is quite interesting, at least judging by the first episode that I just watched. You'd really enjoy it. A pity that it will probably be remade for the US market as well... The American general public unless it's PBS or BBC America can't tolerate accents much at all. So the remakes. Yup, dumbing down for the stupid. They don't like subtitles either so The Killing got a remake. People are going to think I'm being cynical when I say this, but I really don't think I am. I believe that the primary reason that subtitled movies have lost their market in the US is that many Americans, as many as 50-60%, simply can't read well enough or fast enough to enjoy a subtitled movie. ***BP: As a committed member of the great unwashed, is it me or did one the above informants, who appears to watch television a lot, call Danish an accent; and another informant, who also appears to watch a lot of TV, not only agreed, but also informed us that the reason viewers in America won't watch programming with Danish accents is that they can't read well enough? As a side bar, I consulted my thesaurus and for the life of me I couldn't find cynical as a synonym for *clueless*. Now, Share Long, if I've been ironic inadvertently, behaved like an attention vampire, or, much worse---violated the bounds of Whimsical Wednesday, please don't come after me, as I would hate to be forced to use Emily as a human shield; she may not be as clueless as I am, but I'm sure she's a lot more cynical (smiley face). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRR5YrpbBe4   ÂÂ
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
that my recovery from cluelessness and cynicism is likely to be of painfully long duration, but I am confident that my auric shield will protect us both, and I promise that when you call my name, I will be there (I do tend to run a bit late, but I'll work on that too), to distract and dramatize as needed.  Love, Emily.  AURIC SHIELD I have been working on the ability to remain unaffected by and not absorb negative words or negative energies of other people. One way I have been doing this is by simply not responding to comments that annoy me. By not dignifying the comment with a reply or a defense, I can keep my stress levels lower. Of course, this is not easy, and it takes a lot of practice! The other way is through creating an auric shield. To do this, I imagine my aura growing, expanding, and sparkling. It is a protective bubble that I envision, through which negativity simply cannot penetrate. From: Bob Price To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia  From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 2:21:14 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote: On 01/30/2013 12:52 PM, turquoiseb wrote: The Killing was SO much better in its Danish original that it makes the American remake pale by comparison, and I actually *liked* the remake...for what it was. The best TV series I saw last year, The Bridge, or Bron/Broen, also from Denmark, looks as if it will never get an American release. Instead they are going to remake it. I shudder to imagine the result. Both of these series were *enormous* hits in the UK, although subtitled. The thing is, the American networks somehow believe that Americans are too stupid to follow even the Brit accents in English-language UK series (and they might be right), so they remake *them*, too. This one (Utopia) is quite interesting, at least judging by the first episode that I just watched. You'd really enjoy it. A pity that it will probably be remade for the US market as well... The American general public unless it's PBS or BBC America can't tolerate accents much at all. So the remakes. Yup, dumbing down for the stupid. They don't like subtitles either so The Killing got a remake. People are going to think I'm being cynical when I say this, but I really don't think I am. I believe that the primary reason that subtitled movies have lost their market in the US is that many Americans, as many as 50-60%, simply can't read well enough or fast enough to enjoy a subtitled movie. ***BP: As a committed member of the great unwashed, is it me or did one the above informants, who appears to watch television a lot, call Danish an accent; and another informant, who also appears to watch a lot of TV, not only agreed, but also informed us that the reason viewers in America won't watch programming with Danish accents is that they can't read well enough? As a side bar, I consulted my thesaurus and for the life of me I couldn't find cynical as a synonym for *clueless*. Now, Share Long, if I've been ironic inadvertently, behaved like an attention vampire, or, much worse---violated the bounds of Whimsical Wednesday, please don't come after me, as I would hate to be forced to use Emily as a human shield; she may not be as clueless as I am, but I'm sure she's a lot more cynical (smiley face). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRR5YrpbBe4   ÂÂ
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
Dear Ravi, you have a special place in my heart - you saved me from an
uncertain present to deliver me to an uncertain future...another repeat of an
oldie but goodie...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5ntc4OQ2JAfeature=related
From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
Yes !!! As in - No Please stay (smiley face).
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 2:43 PM, obbajeeba no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:
Nooo!
Please stay!
NOo!
Don't go!
N!
You are my anchor! I shall drift until you return. :) Smiley face is a real
happy smiley face and knows you are an awesome being.
LOVE OBBAJEEBA (did I spell that correctly?)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote:
Obba! Â How spot on is that video...self-destruct and re-invent is the
name of the game. Â I turned 50 - a woman in her 50's, in menopause no less,
is not to be deterred. Â This was my love letter to FFL, my goodbye letter
until we meet again. Â I hope the gratitude came through. Â Love you too. Â
Emily.Â
From: obbajeeba
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 4:39 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
Â
Emily!
Keep on the thrust!
Knock em out!
One, two punch!
Brush off the knees!
Body slam!
Weary is the excuse of solitude!
I am here, baby, for you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flU8ISt40eA
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymae.reyn wrote:
P.S. If the auric shield doesn't work, there's always tequila.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote:
The other way is through creating an auric shield. To do this, I
imagine my aura growing, expanding, and sparkling. It is a protective
bubble that I envision, through which negativity simply cannot
penetrate.
BZT! A bottle, I mean...What IS a bottle of Champagne?...
OK,...Spiritual Allegories for $400, Alex...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote:
{snip} I would hate to be forced to use Emily as a human shield;
she may
not be as clueless as I am, but I'm sure she's a lot more cynical
(smiley face).
Dear Bob, my shield of human-ness has taken a lot of hits of late
and I am trying on a new reality - that of emulating Share's approach
to me and all others' she has determined are exhibiting negativity -
particularly of the nasty and sniping variety.  I found this
treasure tonight (under the heading Auric Shield) on an internet
healing site, so I know that it has a lot of street cred.  Share
has mastered this technique and I think she may have written these
exact words, in fact (the ones in the first paragraph.)ÂÂ
What this means is for me is: no more attempts to creatively
insult; no more cynicism or irony; no helping others help
themselves with pseudo-insightful observations; no more
self-serving, creepy humor.  Now, you must realize, I've been
practicing and learning all these important skills right here, but I
have seen the gemstone of therapeutic wonderment and have had a
change of being. ÂÂ
The heart on the sleeve shield I have been using is covered in
blood spatter and must go in for repair; the breaches in my security
resulted in dramatics of grandiose proportions over the holidays
(Share, poor woman, had to weather the bulk of my distress); I have
been kicked out of the inner circle of my favorite cute (I mean
cult) leader, who has apparently retired to the sandy beaches of
somewhere for more introspection.  ÂÂ
I am going to visualize an auric shield, as described below
(paragraph 2) and go forth into the wide world of wonderfulness; it
is an apt consequence to my many irritating digressions from love
and logic that FFL so patiently and compassionately allowed me to
display, as I flailed and wallowed my way back, these past 2 years,
to a state where I believe that I may be able to act as if, if the
knowingness of my first person ontology fails me at any given
time.ÂÂ
My astrological chart tells me that February is the month for me to
move to the front lines, go where the action is, feel the fear and
do it anyway, take up drawing, unpack the clothes, become
accountable, raise my standards, take care of business, etc., etc.,
etc.ÂÂ
I
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
On 01/30/2013 12:52 PM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: On 01/30/2013 11:14 AM, salyavin808 wrote: No, it's nothing pleasant but it is a UK TV show well worth checking out. Suppose your favourite comic book turned out to be true? OK if it was a Disney production but Utopia is a dark tale of conspiracy, madness, sinister genetic experiments and finally, forced incarceration in a mental hospital. Suppose you acquired the next installment and someone didn't want you to read it. Someone who would stop at nothing? http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/utopia/23988/first-full-trailer-for-channel-4-comic-book-drama-utopia Rather uncompromisingly violent but lots of fun if you've a strong stomach for that sort of thing. Buck rating: Don't even think about it. Wonder when it will make it across the pond? Too British in style often means it may be available on Netflix and other streaming services. OR ... the bad... remade as a US series and the Channel 4 version kept out of the US as part of the deal. Something like this happened with The Killing which the original is still not available for streaming or even purchase in the US, but a third season has been green lit by AMC after a fan uproar. Or it might wind up on Syfy as a summer series. Would rather have it streaming and uncut. It really is sad how the Brits audiences are so much smarter than the American ones. I think that may be the limitation that keeps UK and Danish producers from holding out for a direct release or a subtitled release in the U.S. The Killing was SO much better in its Danish original that it makes the American remake pale by comparison, and I actually *liked* the remake...for what it was. The best TV series I saw last year, The Bridge, or Bron/Broen, also from Denmark, looks as if it will never get an American release. Instead they are going to remake it. I shudder to imagine the result. Both of these series were *enormous* hits in the UK, although subtitled. The thing is, the American networks somehow believe that Americans are too stupid to follow even the Brit accents in English-language UK series (and they might be right), so they remake *them*, too. This one (Utopia) is quite interesting, at least judging by the first episode that I just watched. You'd really enjoy it. A pity that it will probably be remade for the US market as well... The American general public unless it's PBS or BBC America can't tolerate accents much at all. So the remakes. Yup, dumbing down for the stupid. They don't like subtitles either so The Killing got a remake. They also don't like dubbing which is kinda funny as they denounce 1970s Italian films not knowing that all languages including Italian got dubbed so they didn't need to stomp carpenters on the adjacent set to stop hammering why they shot a scene. The money is to be made on the stupid when it comes to advertising. However some of the foreign languages and UK series do wind up on Netflix.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
On 01/30/2013 02:21 PM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: On 01/30/2013 12:52 PM, turquoiseb wrote: The Killing was SO much better in its Danish original that it makes the American remake pale by comparison, and I actually *liked* the remake...for what it was. The best TV series I saw last year, The Bridge, or Bron/Broen, also from Denmark, looks as if it will never get an American release. Instead they are going to remake it. I shudder to imagine the result. Both of these series were *enormous* hits in the UK, although subtitled. The thing is, the American networks somehow believe that Americans are too stupid to follow even the Brit accents in English-language UK series (and they might be right), so they remake *them*, too. This one (Utopia) is quite interesting, at least judging by the first episode that I just watched. You'd really enjoy it. A pity that it will probably be remade for the US market as well... The American general public unless it's PBS or BBC America can't tolerate accents much at all. So the remakes. Yup, dumbing down for the stupid. They don't like subtitles either so The Killing got a remake. People are going to think I'm being cynical when I say this, but I really don't think I am. I believe that the primary reason that subtitled movies have lost their market in the US is that many Americans, as many as 50-60%, simply can't read well enough or fast enough to enjoy a subtitled movie. They also don't like dubbing which is kinda funny as they denounce 1970s Italian films not knowing that all languages including Italian got dubbed so they didn't need to stomp carpenters on the adjacent set to stop hammering why they shot a scene. The money is to be made on the stupid when it comes to advertising. However some of the foreign languages and UK series do wind up on Netflix. Lucky for you that they are. Some of the best UK series, not to mention Danish and Swedish, that I've seen in the past few years have still never appeared on US TV (or even on DVD/BR, according to my friends), except as remakes. Some folks order the DVDs and play them using a multi-region player. Or just rip them to files and play them. The French cop series I talked about recently, Braquo, is headed for a remake, too, which means that Americans will miss out on some *superb* performances by the French actors. I'll bet that there hasn't even been an American release of one of the best UK series of past years, The Shadow Line, right? Some episodes showed up on YouTube but I liked Luther better. I swear some of the BBC America offerings are more for Brits in the US not Americans especially their cooking and variety shows. A number of the sci-fi productions still wind up on Syfy.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
On WHAT broadcast stations? I watched some of the Swedish version of Wallander on Netflix. There was a UK remake with Kenneth Branaugh on PBS (KQED). On 01/30/2013 04:30 PM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: Seen any of these European mystery series? Don Matteo (Italian) Wallander (Swedish) Commisario Brunetti (filmed in Italy, spoken in German, subtitled in English) Maigret (French) The Octopus (Italian) The Young Montalbano (Italian) I watch them all the time, for free, on broadcast TV, here in the illiterate United States, bozo. :-) PS You are making a lot more unfounded assumptions than usual, these days - anything the matter?? Ever since I openly declared my enlightenment, you have seemed...agitated, and quick to make ridiculous claims. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: On 01/30/2013 12:52 PM, turquoiseb wrote: The Killing was SO much better in its Danish original that it makes the American remake pale by comparison, and I actually *liked* the remake...for what it was. The best TV series I saw last year, The Bridge, or Bron/Broen, also from Denmark, looks as if it will never get an American release. Instead they are going to remake it. I shudder to imagine the result. Both of these series were *enormous* hits in the UK, although subtitled. The thing is, the American networks somehow believe that Americans are too stupid to follow even the Brit accents in English-language UK series (and they might be right), so they remake *them*, too. This one (Utopia) is quite interesting, at least judging by the first episode that I just watched. You'd really enjoy it. A pity that it will probably be remade for the US market as well... The American general public unless it's PBS or BBC America can't tolerate accents much at all. So the remakes. Yup, dumbing down for the stupid. They don't like subtitles either so The Killing got a remake. People are going to think I'm being cynical when I say this, but I really don't think I am. I believe that the primary reason that subtitled movies have lost their market in the US is that many Americans, as many as 50-60%, simply can't read well enough or fast enough to enjoy a subtitled movie. They also don't like dubbing which is kinda funny as they denounce 1970s Italian films not knowing that all languages including Italian got dubbed so they didn't need to stomp carpenters on the adjacent set to stop hammering why they shot a scene. The money is to be made on the stupid when it comes to advertising. However some of the foreign languages and UK series do wind up on Netflix. Lucky for you that they are. Some of the best UK series, not to mention Danish and Swedish, that I've seen in the past few years have still never appeared on US TV (or even on DVD/BR, according to my friends), except as remakes. The French cop series I talked about recently, Braquo, is headed for a remake, too, which means that Americans will miss out on some *superb* performances by the French actors. I'll bet that there hasn't even been an American release of one of the best UK series of past years, The Shadow Line, right?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 2:21:14 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: On 01/30/2013 12:52 PM, turquoiseb wrote: The Killing was SO much better in its Danish original that it makes the American remake pale by comparison, and I actually *liked* the remake...for what it was. The best TV series I saw last year, The Bridge, or Bron/Broen, also from Denmark, looks as if it will never get an American release. Instead they are going to remake it. I shudder to imagine the result. Both of these series were *enormous* hits in the UK, although subtitled. The thing is, the American networks somehow believe that Americans are too stupid to follow even the Brit accents in English-language UK series (and they might be right), so they remake *them*, too. This one (Utopia) is quite interesting, at least judging by the first episode that I just watched. You'd really enjoy it. A pity that it will probably be remade for the US market as well... The American general public unless it's PBS or BBC America can't tolerate accents much at all. So the remakes. Yup, dumbing down for the stupid. They don't like subtitles either so The Killing got a remake. People are going to think I'm being cynical when I say this, but I really don't think I am. I believe that the primary reason that subtitled movies have lost their market in the US is that many Americans, as many as 50-60%, simply can't read well enough or fast enough to enjoy a subtitled movie. ***BP: As a committed member of the great unwashed, is it me or did one the above informants, who appears to watch television a lot, call Danish an accent; and another informant, who also appears to watch a lot of TV, not only agreed, but also informed us that the reason viewers in America won't watch programming with Danish accents is that they can't read well enough? As a side bar, I consulted my thesaurus and for the life of me I couldn't find cynical as a synonym for *clueless*. Now, Share Long, if I've been ironic inadvertently, behaved like an attention vampire, or, much worse---violated the bounds of Whimsical Wednesday, please don't come after me, as I would hate to be forced to use Emily as a human shield; she may not be as clueless as I am, but I'm sure she's a lot more cynical (smiley face). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRR5YrpbBe4
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
I live in a valley so can't get any OTA signals (Over The Air). But KCSM channels are on Comcast but I haven't paid much attention to the sub channels. I had a Terk that I lent to my nephew who doesn't know where it is. It had an amp on it. I need to take my laptop with the cheap K-World USB tuner up to Starbucks at the top of the hill and see how many Sacramento stations I can get with the little antenna. The smog check place had a converter and rabbit ears and were getting most of the valley stations. The tuner works with QAM (cable) too. On 01/30/2013 07:49 PM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: KCSM - 60-2 (San Mateo) MHz network, out of DC. Get a good strong antenna (Terk seems to have monopolized the market), and aim it towards San Mateo and points north. I get about 65 broadcast channels, overall. Maybe 20 worth watching. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: On WHAT broadcast stations? I watched some of the Swedish version of Wallander on Netflix. There was a UK remake with Kenneth Branaugh on PBS (KQED). On 01/30/2013 04:30 PM, doctordumbass@... wrote: Seen any of these European mystery series? Don Matteo (Italian) Wallander (Swedish) Commisario Brunetti (filmed in Italy, spoken in German, subtitled in English) Maigret (French) The Octopus (Italian) The Young Montalbano (Italian) I watch them all the time, for free, on broadcast TV, here in the illiterate United States, bozo. :-) PS You are making a lot more unfounded assumptions than usual, these days - anything the matter?? Ever since I openly declared my enlightenment, you have seemed...agitated, and quick to make ridiculous claims. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: On 01/30/2013 12:52 PM, turquoiseb wrote: The Killing was SO much better in its Danish original that it makes the American remake pale by comparison, and I actually *liked* the remake...for what it was. The best TV series I saw last year, The Bridge, or Bron/Broen, also from Denmark, looks as if it will never get an American release. Instead they are going to remake it. I shudder to imagine the result. Both of these series were *enormous* hits in the UK, although subtitled. The thing is, the American networks somehow believe that Americans are too stupid to follow even the Brit accents in English-language UK series (and they might be right), so they remake *them*, too. This one (Utopia) is quite interesting, at least judging by the first episode that I just watched. You'd really enjoy it. A pity that it will probably be remade for the US market as well... The American general public unless it's PBS or BBC America can't tolerate accents much at all. So the remakes. Yup, dumbing down for the stupid. They don't like subtitles either so The Killing got a remake. People are going to think I'm being cynical when I say this, but I really don't think I am. I believe that the primary reason that subtitled movies have lost their market in the US is that many Americans, as many as 50-60%, simply can't read well enough or fast enough to enjoy a subtitled movie. They also don't like dubbing which is kinda funny as they denounce 1970s Italian films not knowing that all languages including Italian got dubbed so they didn't need to stomp carpenters on the adjacent set to stop hammering why they shot a scene. The money is to be made on the stupid when it comes to advertising. However some of the foreign languages and UK series do wind up on Netflix. Lucky for you that they are. Some of the best UK series, not to mention Danish and Swedish, that I've seen in the past few years have still never appeared on US TV (or even on DVD/BR, according to my friends), except as remakes. The French cop series I talked about recently, Braquo, is headed for a remake, too, which means that Americans will miss out on some *superb* performances by the French actors. I'll bet that there hasn't even been an American release of one of the best UK series of past years, The Shadow Line, right?
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{snip} I would hate to be forced to use Emily as a human shield; she may
not be as clueless as I am, but I'm sure she's a lot more cynical (smiley face).
Dear Bob, my shield of human-ness has taken a lot of hits of late and I am
trying on a new reality - that of emulating Share's approach to me and all
others' she has determined are exhibiting negativity - particularly of the
nasty and sniping variety. I found this treasure tonight (under the heading
Auric Shield) on an internet healing site, so I know that it has a lot of
street cred. Share has mastered this technique and I think she may have
written these exact words, in fact (the ones in the first paragraph.)
What this means is for me is: no more attempts to creatively insult; no more
cynicism or irony; no helping others help themselves with pseudo-insightful
observations; no more self-serving, creepy humor. Now, you must realize, I've
been practicing and learning all these important skills right here, but I have
seen the gemstone of therapeutic wonderment and have had a change of being.
The heart on the sleeve shield I have been using is covered in blood spatter
and must go in for repair; the breaches in my security resulted in dramatics of
grandiose proportions over the holidays (Share, poor woman, had to weather the
bulk of my distress); I have been kicked out of the inner circle of my favorite
cute (I mean cult) leader, who has apparently retired to the sandy beaches of
somewhere for more introspection.
I am going to visualize an auric shield, as described below (paragraph 2) and
go forth into the wide world of wonderfulness; it is an apt consequence to my
many irritating digressions from love and logic that FFL so patiently and
compassionately allowed me to display, as I flailed and wallowed my way back,
these past 2 years, to a state where I believe that I may be able to act as
if, if the knowingness of my first person ontology fails me at any given time.
My astrological chart tells me that February is the month for me to move to the
front lines, go where the action is, feel the fear and do it anyway, take up
drawing, unpack the clothes, become accountable, raise my standards, take care
of business, etc., etc., etc.
I guess I say all this to say that my recovery from cluelessness and cynicism
is likely to be of painfully long duration, but I am confident that my auric
shield will protect us both, and I promise that when you call my name, I will
be there (I do tend to run a bit late, but I'll work on that too), to distract
and dramatize as needed. Love, Emily.
AURIC SHIELD
I have been working on the ability to remain unaffected by and not absorb
negative words or negative energies of other people.
One way I have been doing this is by simply not responding to comments that
annoy me. By not dignifying the comment with a reply or a defense, I can keep
my stress levels lower. Of course, this is not easy, and it takes a lot of
practice!
The other way is through creating an auric shield. To do this, I imagine my
aura growing, expanding, and sparkling. It is a protective bubble that I
envision, through which negativity simply cannot penetrate.
From: Bob Price bobpri...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 2:21:14 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote:
On 01/30/2013 12:52 PM, turquoiseb wrote:
The Killing was SO much better in its Danish original
that it makes the American remake pale by comparison,
and I actually *liked* the remake...for what it was.
The best TV series I saw last year, The Bridge, or
Bron/Broen, also from Denmark, looks as if it will
never get an American release. Instead they are going
to remake it. I shudder to imagine the result. Both
of these series were *enormous* hits in the UK,
although subtitled.
The thing is, the American networks somehow believe
that Americans are too stupid to follow even the Brit
accents in English-language UK series (and they might
be right), so they remake *them*, too. This one (Utopia)
is quite interesting, at least judging by the first
episode that I just watched. You'd really enjoy it. A
pity that it will probably be remade for the US market
as well...
The American general public unless it's PBS or BBC America
can't tolerate accents much at all. So the remakes. Yup,
dumbing down for the stupid. They don't like subtitles
either so The Killing got a remake.
People are going to think I'm being cynical when I
say this, but I really don't think I am. I believe
that the primary reason that subtitled movies have
lost their market in the US
