Not a skygazer ... never was but I don't begrudge those who are. Yet there are dozens of neighbors here acting like my disinterest on today's eclipse makes me weird. Go figure. Let's stare into the sky for a minute while down on terra firma, we are getting cornholed by our govt...
i guess if you've never seen one its something but once you have... i actually have no idea even when it supposed to happen but if i did and i could see it from here i'd probably check it out if i wasn't busy jerking or something important just read an article saying it starts around 11 and the path etc. strangely no mention of not staring directly at it and in fact photos of groups doing exactly that guess that whole notion was old wives shit
I dreamt I was a Mayan sacrifice, just about to have my heart cut out by a priest who as high as a kite...but as he lifted up hs obsidian knife, an eclipse started, and they stopped the sacrifice. Bad karma and all. I got up off the altar, watched the eclipse and then suddenly, I was the priest. I did my priestly duty, of course. And Dave Roberts was now on the sacrificial stone. Then I sold his heart for a signed Ohtani jersey. It's that goddam Mel Gibson's fault...
That movie is superb. Seriously, it's as good as Braveheart or Passion of the Christ. Underrated flick.
My mom made me watch the one in 1970 when I was 5. And I've seen a mess of lunar eclipses and partial solars. Like you said ... if you haven't seen the sun once, you haven't NOT seen it all ...
watched it in CR w my then gf it is a fantastic movie and btw was filmed in CR several months later i was on a plane out of Panama and Mel was on the same flight needless to say it caused quite a stir and he did his best to be an average dude through the entire process up until we arrived in LA he was behind me in customs but the security came and pulled him out only for him to have to wait for his bags it was clear he was uncomfortable with that and ended up w a large crowd around him at one end of the baggage carousel w security i stood alone at the opposite end thinking about that movie and the man and how miserable he must be he noticed me and stared for a few seconds and i smiled and shook my head it almost felt like he wished he could me anonymous man and stand unnoticed in that moment anyway i intend to watch that movie again soon
I don't know about The Passion as far as accuracy... wasn't there. But they did their homework with Apocalypto, for sure. Braveheart was total bullshit with kilts and blue wode on there faces. No way that happened then. Spin that historical costuming any way you need to! And a little drawn and quartering is a favorite martyrdom technique with Mel. Guess it looked good. My favorite part in Braveheart was when Longshanks ( Patrick Magoohan) just throws his son's annoying uberfemme boyfriend out the castle window as an insignificant gesture.
True enough on Scots history. Still a great story and a well made film. I remember seeing the opening scene in Saving Private Ryan and thinking that Spielberg copied Mel's slo-mo Wallace enters to village and gets payback for killing his wife scene ... people said I was over analyzing and there was no similarity. So I watched the director's commentary on Braveheart and Mel says how honored he was that Spielberg asked him if he could use that scene as a template for SPR opening (Clears throat, prepares to unload on my doubters) Anyway, you're correct. Apocalypto nailed it for accuracy.
ok so i actually watched Apocalypto tonight and holy shit did it take me back to a place i watched this movie huddled w a girl i loved in a place called Coronado CR way up in the mountains look it up its magical kind of don't know how i forgot what a love story it was or how out of place i was in this world still out of place but the symbolism in that movie rings strong what we all spoke of as factually correct comes down to a few minutes yet no less intense i'd share more but you wouldn't believe me also as the ending suggests there is a new beginning not sure that exists anymore
Outstanding memory, brother. Of all that stood out in that film, the guy with the net at the base of the pyramid does. Imagine a society where someone is designated to catch the lopped heads of the victims of a religious sacrifice that is actually a political power play disguised as spiritual belief. Not quite the same as the covid jab ... but anyway.
