Two Takes

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  • Intelligence Vs Emotions (short)

    In films where enhancement of intelligence happens, like Lucy, or we are infected with a parasite, like Venom, we are balancing between two extreme opposites it seems; more emotional stimulation and empathy, connecting us more with others of our kind, or the cold logical calculation of sacrificing the many for the few that will deem the ones fit to survive. Like a battle of right and left side of the brain.


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  • There Be Madness Around Lighthouses (short)

    What I have come to find is that in both the Lighthouse and in

    Annihilation, the lighthouse can be seen as something symbolic,
    presenting an almost end result to the story the characters see
    themselves in, as well as being it's own presiding presence in both
    films as the characters find themselves swallowed up in the
    happenings within and around this striking building.


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  • Parasites Everywhere (short)

    It just seems within the world of film, looking outwards with

    something like a parasite invading is still somewhat looking inwards,
    at us, at who we are. Look at the anime Parasyte, or the films
    Invasion of The Body Snatchers, to name a few. We seem to want to
    explore what makes us who we are, whether that means something
    enhancing us within or stripping it away; we find ourselves always on the brink of becoming something else, something other.


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  • "Cats are good, half in, half out anyway" (short)

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    "Cats are good. Half in, half out anyway" And what Constantine means, in so many ways, is that cats in many cultures, throughout history, represent a conduit between the spirit world and the physical world. They are the half way point connecting them together, hence why Constantine uses a cat to gain access to
    another world. Like the Cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland, the
    black cat in Coraline, or the 'deja vu' black cat featured in The
    Matrix, they are there filtering through the thin veil of worlds
    like they're simply going for a walk.


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  • Squid Game - Choice (short)

    In Squid Game, we follow the Seong Gi-hun as we delve into the crisis of the poor and the desperate as they are given a chance to earn money by playing a game, quickly realising it's their life on the

    line. It is quite clever when everything is based on choice; the
    mysteriousness of the organisation is dwindled down into shapes of a child's play thing; of the golden card with only a number to call,
    and the question of whether you wish to participate in the game. Once there, people are not people, but numbers, much like race horses and then it all boils down to strategy, team work and plain luck.

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  • The OA And Different Realities (short)

    The OA circulates around the idea that everything is connected,it

    questions the concept of multiple dimensions and whats on the other side, whether thats through the afterlife, or through another
    reality. It has made many of its audience believe in something
    better, something in themselves. Religious ceremonies, rituals, even
    in movement, have shown a blending of many aspects of the human
    psyche, such as cherishing hope and finding oneself, establishing a
    link that whatever way works best is the way forward. Most
    importantly, it branches out theory as a truth; that death is not the
    end, and like Peter Pan says, "To die will be an awfully big
    adventure".


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  • Fight Club & Cinderella Theory (short)

    There's a connection between 1950's Cinderella and Fight Club. Both the fairy godmother and Tyler Durden materialise right at the moment of the main characters almost hitting rock bottom. They create the hope for something new or something that needs to happen. In order for these manifestations to take place, whether in their minds or through magic, both their intentions are fixed on making the protagonist continue their story in a very specific way.


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  • The OA Time Loops (shorts)

    Thequote from T.S.Eliot, shared in an OA episode: "We

    shall not cease from exploration, And the end of all our exploring, Will be to arrive where we started, And know the place for the first time" It emphasises that history seems to repeat itself, but with each time the loop enlarges a bit with the added experience of the last. We (individually as well as collectively) grow a little and then come
    back to the same place, or behaviour or pattern with that little bit
    extra, which makes us experience the same situations differently. The age old saying of 'we learn from our mistakes' is not coincidental.


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  • Final Fantasy VII Theory (short)

    Final Fantasy VII also embraces the concept of Shinto, the Japanese

    religion revolving around 'kami', the supernatural beings or 'shinto
    gods' that inhabit all things considered important to life,
    such as wind, rain, mountains, trees, and rivers. There isn't really
    any fear of death either, because when humans die, they become kami and become one with the world, much like the life-force explored and explained in the film and game of Final Fantasy VII.


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  • Oppenheimer Extra (shorts)

    Why was Oppenheimer interested in Niel Bohr's work? The Bohr model of the atom shows negatively charged electrons travel in defined circular orbits around the positively charged nuclei (like tiny planets around a sun like our solar system). In this theory, electrons could jump from one orbit to another by emitting or absorbing energy. The further away the electron, the higher the energy, accounting the stability of atoms on the hydrogen-atom spectrum. This helped give birth to quantum mechanics.


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