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I binged Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal within 2 days. From a filmmaking perspective the most refreshing thing made in the past years. Warning: Though it's a cartoon this is by NO MEANS for kids. And on youtube I for once agree with the age restriction in place.
And as every summer for the past years I watch the most recent season of Alone.
And as every summer for the past years I watch the most recent season of Alone.
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I usually don’t watch commercial television very much so I had never heard of James Spader’s series, Blacklist. Not really into series either but it came up as something I might like on Netflix so I put it on a month or so ago and got addicted. Like a big soap opera-you have to find out what happens. James Spader is awesome and his portrayal of Reddington keeps me watching. Not really my cup of tea, but has become my “soap opera “ story. Guess I will keep watching until the last part of Lost in Space series comes out this year.
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I watched a documentary on WW2 last night. Specifically the absolutely incredible Festungsfront complex.
Built by the Germans tween 1933 and 1938, it is a remarkable piece of heavy over engineering. There are 22 miles of underground tunnels, 180ft under the surface that were dug through largely sandy soil and had electric trains to ferry troops and supplies all through them. You have huge bunkers fully armed with heavy calibre guns, grenade launchers and flame throwers that are so well hidden that you would not see right away, especially during a battle. You have huge rows of interlocking dragons teeth that are completely indestructable. And you have electrically operated swing bridges that only opened part way to stop anyone getting tanks from the then Russian side towards Berlin.
Engineers have estimated that the entire complex took at least 500,000 tons of concrete and would have cost millions of Reischmarks. They are still unsure who built it since the massive numbers of slave labour was not available at the time the complex started apart from possibly Dacau which was opened as a camp for political prisoners in 1933.
The strangest part is that the complex was initially built for defense against potential Russian attack in the early 1930's which never happened. So it was decided to strip out all of the artilliary and abandon it. And so it sat there, unused, unmanned and unarmed til around 1941 when the attack on the Russians began, Operation Barbarossa when it was reactivated. But for reasons unknown the original artilliary pieces were never fully reinstalled and the complex was manned by the German equivalent to the British Home Guard and they were completely outgunned by the Russians.
The complex still sits there, in what is now Poland, not a massive amount of damage thanks to it being so heavily over engineered. Seeing it on film last night, it is an incredible piece of architecture that was not only massively over done on the engineering side but also way ahead of its time in the technology used too. The Polish armed forces in recent years have tried to remove the dragons teeth but discovered they are all interlinked and moulded into heavy concrete bases packed full of rebar that are unlikely to ever be removed,
From an engineering standpoint, its a truly incredible building, most of which is 180ft underground, that spreads well over 20 miles and has trapdoors, trick bridges, dragons teeth all carefully designed to give the maximum defensive and later offensive ability without troop loss.
Built by the Germans tween 1933 and 1938, it is a remarkable piece of heavy over engineering. There are 22 miles of underground tunnels, 180ft under the surface that were dug through largely sandy soil and had electric trains to ferry troops and supplies all through them. You have huge bunkers fully armed with heavy calibre guns, grenade launchers and flame throwers that are so well hidden that you would not see right away, especially during a battle. You have huge rows of interlocking dragons teeth that are completely indestructable. And you have electrically operated swing bridges that only opened part way to stop anyone getting tanks from the then Russian side towards Berlin.
Engineers have estimated that the entire complex took at least 500,000 tons of concrete and would have cost millions of Reischmarks. They are still unsure who built it since the massive numbers of slave labour was not available at the time the complex started apart from possibly Dacau which was opened as a camp for political prisoners in 1933.
The strangest part is that the complex was initially built for defense against potential Russian attack in the early 1930's which never happened. So it was decided to strip out all of the artilliary and abandon it. And so it sat there, unused, unmanned and unarmed til around 1941 when the attack on the Russians began, Operation Barbarossa when it was reactivated. But for reasons unknown the original artilliary pieces were never fully reinstalled and the complex was manned by the German equivalent to the British Home Guard and they were completely outgunned by the Russians.
The complex still sits there, in what is now Poland, not a massive amount of damage thanks to it being so heavily over engineered. Seeing it on film last night, it is an incredible piece of architecture that was not only massively over done on the engineering side but also way ahead of its time in the technology used too. The Polish armed forces in recent years have tried to remove the dragons teeth but discovered they are all interlinked and moulded into heavy concrete bases packed full of rebar that are unlikely to ever be removed,
From an engineering standpoint, its a truly incredible building, most of which is 180ft underground, that spreads well over 20 miles and has trapdoors, trick bridges, dragons teeth all carefully designed to give the maximum defensive and later offensive ability without troop loss.
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I just watched the live action avatar (The netflix one) and it is horrible. The whole way the avatar thing works and the way bending works (For fire benders) is messed up. And the actors are not very good. And none of them have personalities. And they don't even have sokka's terrible jokes. And they pronounce half the names wrong.
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Me and my partner found it hilariously bad, it was a good watch because of it. I'm kind of disappointed there wasn't a second, I imagine they would of had me in tears =)You mean the Shyamalan movie? Bad movie indeed. And already over 10 years old.Writers and director had nothing to do with the series, so what to expect?
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Smithsonian Channel last night.....9/11 Stories in Fragments.
It was a backgound of the work done by curators at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington DC that stemmed from a request that they made regarding various items connected to 9/11 on the 10th anniversary of the tragedy.
The items sent by people who were either directly involved or were family members of those lost or those who were close by or on their way to work at the time.
Some of the items are very poignant. Mainly personal items which had been recovered from the Shanksville crash site and the WTC complex and Pentagon which had been reunited with their owners or loved ones of those lost. The families and friends who donated the items to the museum all felt that it was the right, if very difficult, thing to do.
Listening to those who donated various items just brought back everything from that day.
Other items donated were parts of the aircraft....even parts that came from the WTC complex and Pentagon were still recogniseable, they still hold a legacy of what happened that day. Several photographs and video film from the day, especially from the WTC complex, the CCTV footage from the Pentagon...and of course, the TV footage from the aftermath. The tapes from air traffic control are also in the collection too right from the first incident through to the lockdown of US airspace. People who were there either tourists or those on their way to work donated their Blackberry or their camera, little things that "were there".
All of the donations are being held in vaults underneath the museum. Each item donated holds its own story of heroism, fear, shock, pain or disbelief of what was happening.
As we approach the 20th anniversary, I personally feel that it is vital that we do not forget what happened. So many people of several nationality found themselves involved, so many different countries mourned their losses, so many families ripped apart, the tragedy of that day echoed around the world, most of us...myself included...can still remember vividly watching what was going on, thinking initially that it was a new Hollywood blockbuster....before it slowly became a realisation that this was not a film....this was very real.
Watching the footage, looking at the photos and items...listening to those who were there and those who were a distance away but still involved in a personal way.....those events of 20 years ago this September 1st, seemed like they happened just yesterday.
I suspect that as the anniversary comes closer, there will be many films and personal recollections...and that is a good thing.
As with so much of history thesedays there are those wishing to erase it cos its too repressive or uncomfortable....but IMHO...and you may agree or not....
To try to erase one's history just cos it makes uncomfortable reading doesn't just erase the bad. It also erases and dishonours the victims and the survivors too and that should never be allowed to happen. Our yesterdays are what made us who we are today and that should never be forgotten or erased.
Smithsonian Channel last night.....9/11 Stories in Fragments.
It was a backgound of the work done by curators at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington DC that stemmed from a request that they made regarding various items connected to 9/11 on the 10th anniversary of the tragedy.
The items sent by people who were either directly involved or were family members of those lost or those who were close by or on their way to work at the time.
Some of the items are very poignant. Mainly personal items which had been recovered from the Shanksville crash site and the WTC complex and Pentagon which had been reunited with their owners or loved ones of those lost. The families and friends who donated the items to the museum all felt that it was the right, if very difficult, thing to do.
Listening to those who donated various items just brought back everything from that day.
Other items donated were parts of the aircraft....even parts that came from the WTC complex and Pentagon were still recogniseable, they still hold a legacy of what happened that day. Several photographs and video film from the day, especially from the WTC complex, the CCTV footage from the Pentagon...and of course, the TV footage from the aftermath. The tapes from air traffic control are also in the collection too right from the first incident through to the lockdown of US airspace. People who were there either tourists or those on their way to work donated their Blackberry or their camera, little things that "were there".
All of the donations are being held in vaults underneath the museum. Each item donated holds its own story of heroism, fear, shock, pain or disbelief of what was happening.
As we approach the 20th anniversary, I personally feel that it is vital that we do not forget what happened. So many people of several nationality found themselves involved, so many different countries mourned their losses, so many families ripped apart, the tragedy of that day echoed around the world, most of us...myself included...can still remember vividly watching what was going on, thinking initially that it was a new Hollywood blockbuster....before it slowly became a realisation that this was not a film....this was very real.
Watching the footage, looking at the photos and items...listening to those who were there and those who were a distance away but still involved in a personal way.....those events of 20 years ago this September 1st, seemed like they happened just yesterday.
I suspect that as the anniversary comes closer, there will be many films and personal recollections...and that is a good thing.
As with so much of history thesedays there are those wishing to erase it cos its too repressive or uncomfortable....but IMHO...and you may agree or not....
To try to erase one's history just cos it makes uncomfortable reading doesn't just erase the bad. It also erases and dishonours the victims and the survivors too and that should never be allowed to happen. Our yesterdays are what made us who we are today and that should never be forgotten or erased.
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