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RR168 Film Review Friday; Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald

Please pardon the faux pas of my mispronouncing the name of the antagonist. Apparently I had National Lampoon’s Vacation and the Griswold’s on my mind.

2018 PG-13 2hr 14 min IMDb 6.7/10, Adventure Family Fantasy. 37% Rotten Tomatoes Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler Director: David Yates. Written by J.K. Rowling.

This movie is continuing on into what one reviewer calls the Potterverse—clever but more specifically the JKRowlingverse. It is not quite as smooth of the tongue. But this movie although is connects variables of the Harry Potter movie franchise it is a prequel. As you may know prequels are not to be relied on for the same characters and content.

Just look at the Star Trek franchises with such phenomenal misses as Deep Space Nine.

Still I adore this type of film. The fantastical world of magic and steampunk.

Be warned there is a steep learning curve on this particular film.

For instance, I was deep in the trenches of figuring out who’s who that I lost some of the content of the film. After reading one review excerpt I find that this affliction was not confined to me. This reviewer wrote “The production values are amazing ...but there are so many convoluted subplots and new characters that some wizarding favorites (creature and human) are underused”

There were too many snippets it was hard to follow and I found myself wanting more explanation on some subplots. It was a little like there were too many things going on in the film.

I suspect that this book to film conversion lost quite a bit in translation. I am certain that if you read the book it would have made more sense. I am also reasonably certain that the folks that have read the book may have been disappointed by some of the shortcomings in detail the film may have had.

This is the movie that you HAVE to pay attention to and it is best to watch it more than once because it is jam packed with info. Definitely watch it sober and when you are ready to think about the movie you are watching.

With all that said I would recommend this movie if you like steampunk, magic, prequels of phenomenal franchises. Watch this movie if you are into The Hobbit, The SpiderWick Chronicles, and Lord of the Rings.

Hopefully some of the superfluous oddities and information will be whittled down as we go. But I still enjoyed watching this movie and only regrets being able to watch it a few times in a row to (hopefully) get the full impact.

Research and Links:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4123430/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fantastic_beasts_the_crimes_of_grindelwald

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fantastic-beasts-the-crimes-of-grindelwald-2018

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RR167 Word of the Week: Reciprocity

This word is a good one to remember if you would like to have a beneficial relationship. It applies to business relationships and personal ones...even when there are amorous.

Definitions:

Cambridge: a situation in which two groups agree to help each other by behaving in the same way or by giving each other similar advantages

Reciprocal: operating for both, esp. equally or to a similar degree:

Oxford English: The practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit, especially privileges granted by one country or organization to another.

Reciprocal: Given, felt, or done in return.

Etymology: 1766, from French réciprocité (18c.), from reciproque, from Latin reciprocus, past participle of reciprocare (see reciprocal).

"moving backward and forward, alternating; mutually exchanged or exchangeable; having an interchangeable character or relation, mutually equivalent and correspondent," 1560s, with -al (1) + stem of Latin reciprocus "returning the same way, alternating," from pre-Latin *reco-proco-, from *recus (from re- "back;" see re-, + -cus, adjective formation) + *procus (from pro- "forward," see pro-, + -cus). Related: Reciprocally. The noun meaning "that which is reciprocal" (to another) is from 1560s.

Synonyms: exchange

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https://www.etymonline.com/word/reciprocity

https://www.etymonline.com/word/reciprocal?ref=etymonline_crossreference

RR166 April Fools' Day Origins and a couple epic pranks.

WARNING Expletive: Damn it

According to History.com

16th century France the Pope switched from the Julian (4713 BC) to Gregorian calendar change from April to January but there is a problem with this theory

The Julian calendar is still used today in manufacture dates of food items. The first two digits are the year the last three are the day number.

Some say Roman festivals like Hilaria centuries earlier was the inception point

Eastern cultures Holi in India festival of color. I have always wanted to participate in something like this.

Famous pranks

1957 BBC fooled folks into believing Switzerland grew spaghetti trees

1998 left handed burger

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https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/april-fools-day

https://www.infoplease.com/calendar-holidays/major-holidays/april-fools-day-origin-and-history

https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/16/world/april-fools-day-fast-facts/index.html

Elaborate corporate pranks: https://www.dogonews.com/2019/3/30/beware-april-fools-day-is-on-monday

https://www.thereadystore.com/food-storage/3330/how-to-figure-out-your-food-storage-manufacture-date/

https://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/JulianDate.php

Fun short video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhVCTkpVX2Y

https://www.dictionary.com/e/fool/

RR165 Friday Film Review: Aquaman

(click on the podcast title to listen)

WARNING Expletives Kick Ass(sort of) S-H-I-T and M-F not said but spelled out. And the word God

Episode 165 - Rental Movie Review: 19. 0329

Aquaman

2018 PG-13 2hr 38 min IMDb 7.2/10, Action Adventure Fantasy. 65% Fresh Tomatoes Action Adventure Science Fiction Fantasy Starring: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe with Patrick Wilson Nicole Kidman and Dolph Lundgren Director: James Wan. Written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick et al.

PG-13 for sequences of SciFi Violence and action and for some language

I watched this movie primarily because there was a two for one special at Redbox. It had not been on my list of must see movies. After watching it I must admit my gut was right on this one.

This movie was horrendously long and did not blow my skirt up. Some of the amusing bits of this movie were not from the movie itself but the silliness of his alter ego name of Arthur and how the true king is the only one to pull the sword from the stone; I mean trident from the previous king.

This goes back to my belief that all stories stem from but about a dozen. Almost every story is an incarnation/iteration of a previous one...or perhaps some sort of mashup.

While I can admire that lean and length of Aquaman’s physique I don’t get how some women are swooning over this guy. Maybe it is me...I have never been a swooner.

Things I liked:

Mera’s superpower; it was really cool that she was able to manipulate water in a such a way.

The costumes were fabulous for the most part

The sets and venues were pretty stinkin’ cool

The fact that there were a few fun moments in the film particularly some which were unexpected.

Things I did not like:

Too much CGA, a good part of this movie was a cartoon and I find that bothersome.

The fight scenes’ choreography was lack luster and tipped into boring at times.

The green outfit that Mera was wearing....

The shade of red Mera’s hair was, silly I know.

Overall this movie was okay and I am glad I did not pay full price at the theater or at Redbox to watch it.

I found it a little too hokey for my taste. Sometimes I like hokey but yesterday.

Watch this movie if you are a DC comic fan

Watch this movie if you are the person who likes eye candy

Watch this movie if you are okay with a lot of computer generated animation.

Watch if you are good at suspending your disbelief.

Can you tell I was less than thrilled with this movie?

That is all I have for this one

Links to reviews and ratings are absent because my internet went down thanks to the City digging on my property. I will add them as soon as I can.

Thank you all for your patience and patronage.

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Research and Links:

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RR164 Word of the Week: Extrapolate

I have no idea why this word came into my head...wait I watched Orville; don't all those SciFi space travel shows talk about extrapolating data?

In any event, the etymology is a little long on this one but I still break it down into layman's term as much as possible.

Cambridge: Extrapolate-to guess or think about what might happen using information that is already known.

Etymology: 1867, noun of action from extrapolate by analogy of interpolation; original sense was "an inserting of intermediate terms in a mathematical series." Transferred sense of "drawing of a conclusion about the future based on present tendencies" is from 1889.

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https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/extrapolate

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/extrapolate

https://www.etymonline.com/word/extrapolate

https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/extrapolate

https://www.powerthesaurus.org/extrapolate/antonyms

RR163 Subject: Nootropics

Could NZT be real...or some form of it? Nootropics are smart drugs.

When I watched the movie Limitless I fantasized about being able to recall all my knowledge and memories at a moment’s notice when I wanted it.

Now we have something called nootropics. I came across on craigslist. *** NEW COFFEE CREATING MINI and MA$$IVE INCOME STREAMS ***and this one ** NOOTROPICS CREATING MA$$IVE SHORT TERM and LONG TERM INCOMES **

Of course as usual with this type of subject I took a stroll into the rabbit hole. Supplements, coffee, individual creams and the like, regulations and warnings and the inevitable snake oil salesmen.

It looks like nootropics are not FDA regulated as drug or supplement. “...nootropics require no clinical trials, no proof of safety or effectiveness, no FDA approval and no prescription from the doctor. A broad regulation directed at supplement makers is that they can’t claim to cure or treat a disease. If companies take care not to run afoul of marketing regulations, they can sell their products online and on store shelves”

But as you may know In order for a supplement to pass FDA they do not have to be effective; they only need not to kill or damage you.

This leaves us in a position to do our own legwork and know what is going on with our own bodies including how it reacts to what we ingest.

Natural supplements and drugs can interact with your current medications and physiology. Just because something is natural does not mean it is safe. Brain and body chemistry are complicated.

Plus supplements can be a waste of money. A big waste of money....

Alpha GPC increases acetylcholine which causes bradycardia.

substances like aniracetam, piracetam, pramiracetam, and adrafinil, billed as a cousin to the alertness drug, modafinil are illegal in some countries.

Too much DMAE raises blood pressure which can put someone in risk of stroke.

Nicotine is addictive as is caffeine

Too much of most of these can hurt you

If they work it can take many months

Your body adapts and it is no longer useful

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https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-1087/alpha-gpc

https://www.verywellhealth.com/dmae-what-should-i-know-about-it-89941

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0364772277900467

https://www.opss.org/faqs/what-are-nootropic-supplements-and-are-they-safe-and-effective

https://www.mindlabpro.com/blog/nootropics/legal-nootropics-guide/

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/taurine/faq-20058177

https://www.homegrounds.co/best-nootropic-coffee/

https://www.highya.com/kimera-koffee-reviews

https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2015/12/flying-under-journalists-radars-brain-enhancing-supplements-dubbed-nootropics/

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/nootropics#section15

https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm631065.htm

https://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/ucm630753.htm

https://www.fda.gov/food/dietarysupplements/

https://www.fastcompany.com/90305275/fda-supplement-crackdown-these-12-companies-warned-over-dubious-claims

https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/ama-confronts-rise-nootropics

https://smartdrugsmarts.com/faq/nootropics/

https://smartdrugsmarts.com/faq/nootropics/

https://health.usnews.com/wellness/mind/articles/2018-09-27/what-are-nootropics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nootropic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneliu_E._Giurgea

RR162 Film Review Friday: The Circle

2017 PG-13 1hr 50 min IMDb 5.3/10, Drama SciFi Thriller. 15% Rotten Tomatoes Drama Mystery Suspense Starring: : Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, John Boyega Director: James Ponsoldt. Written by James Ponsoldt (screenplay by), Dave Eggers (screenplay and novel)

A movie about how a single company will be the catalyst in the loss of privacy of all humans in it’s effort to connect us. The author of the book Dave Eggers denies the book is about Apple, Google, Facebook or any other social media giant. But you can’t help but see the similarities in the obtrusive and sometimes obnoxious nature of the digital world that fills our existence.

The creepiness you may feel after you see an ad on Facebook for a bed after your Google search for a bed.

I could not help but to be reminded of Steve Jobs when I saw the first scene with Tom Hanks on the stage in his black sweater.

“...it never quite finds a groove, or even a mode, and it ends in an abrupt, unsatisfying way.” Robert Ebert

Not really a suspenseful flick. It is comprised of broad strokes and has not real meat. Some of the sequences seemed to be there simply to make the movie longer.

From what I read this movie is the result of death by cinema which many books are relegated. Apparently, characters who were pivotal and important in the book end up having parts so small that one writers surmised the character would turn out to be a ghost.

This movie did not blow my skirt up. In fact, after watching this movie my husband was the one who stated “that’s two hours of my life I am not going to get back.” It also appears not many cared for this film either...Budget of 18M and USA gross 20.4M

This how technology is going to take over our lives genre of movie often misses the mark. A few reviewers mention it is or could be a satire but I am unsure if that was the goal.

The Net and The Truman show had more substance and were more entertaining in my opinion...that is saying a lot because the Truman Show did not blow my skirt up.

Now that I think about it many scenes in this movie reminded me of scenes in other movies or even real life tidbits. Almost as if this movie is a mashup of borrowed scenes from so many other sources.

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Research and Links:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4287320/

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_circle_2017

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-circle-2017

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/apr/27/the-circle-review-emma-watson-dave-eggers-tom-hanks

https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/28/15464118/the-circle-movie-review-emma-watson-tom-hanks-patton-oswalt

https://www.indiewire.com/2017/05/the-circle-emma-watson-tom-hanks-james-ponsoldt-dave-eggers-john-boyega-anatomy-misfire-1201811227/

https://www.bustle.com/p/is-the-circle-based-on-a-real-company-the-cautionary-tale-takes-inspiration-from-all-over-silicon-valley-53315

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Circle_(2017_film)

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RR161 Word of the week (WOW): Inverse

When I was searching for info on if tinnitus can be mitigated by hypnosis I found a reference to an ncbi study on the inverse relationship between caffeine and tinnitus. As it turns out the article seemed to spin the story a bit on the conclusion and methodology of the study.

But I was able to identify our word for this week. So that is a plus!

Give a listen and find out about this word and some of its relationship to mathematical equations.

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/inverse

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/inverse

https://www.etymonline.com/word/inverse

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6213338/

RR160 Healing Time After Surgery

Why does it take so long to heal? I am wondering about this since my movement it still compromised since my surgery.

The body cannot multitask. If your body is fighting a bug, bacteria, or virus other repair mechanisms are compromised. I read a book that talked about how when you ingest food you are allergic or intolerant to will result in compromising your ability to fight disease.

Think of it this way if your troops are out protecting you from eating something it doesn’t like they are not going to be available when the bacteria gets into your body because you have touched your face after being around someone who is sick.

You are not sleeping or eating well. Food and sleep are the inescapable requirements of being human...along with eating.

You might need to move more. I know it is hard to get motivated when you feel like dog doo doo but movement helps your body in so many ways. It elevates endorphins, it gets your blood circulating, it shifts your mood.

Oh yeah and I have no idea why I got so many How to heal your broken heart hits...

Take your time. In this hustle and bustle 24 hour a day grind we think we can will ourselves back to our old self. THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE. The mind is very powerful and it plays a big part in how you feel but it needs your cooperation. Understand and listen to your body when it beckons to you to rest.

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Research and Links:

https://www.netdoctor.co.uk/healthy-living/wellbeing/a27353/injury-that-wont-heal/

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/how-long-it-takes-to-heal-inflammation

https://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/features/rehab-mistakes#1

Danna Pycher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erpPQDSWD0k

https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_wolpert_the_real_reason_for_brains?language=en#t-118862

RR159 Friday Film Review: Christopher Robin

This movie started out slow for me and I feared that I would have to abandon it but after about thirty eight minutes I was delightfully enamored by the Pooh Bear view point.

Christopher Robin

2018 PG 1hr 44 min IMDb 7.4/10, Animation Adventure Comedy. 72% Fresh Tomatoes Action Adventure Comedy Kids & Family Starring: Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael Director: Marc Forster. Written by A.A. Milne (based on characters created by), Ernest Shepard

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4575576/

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/christopher_robin

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/christopher-robin-2018

https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/13/18264402/christopher-robin-netflix-winnie-the-pooh-movie