"People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 24, 2018:

If you as an individual can make the lives 7 people in he course of your life a little happier, you've done all right. If we a s a species can do this for one another things could get a little happier all round. Unfortunately as a species and as individuals, humans tend toward being arseholes both by chance and intent and worse tend to see being such as a virtue to be aspired to.

Didnt know about this group here. Love the doctor ♥

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 22, 2018:

Beautiful picture

What do you think about sharks?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 22, 2018:

Prefer Jets

What would you think if a religious person said they did not believe in magic ?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 22, 2018:

Look, there is a big difference between Magic and Miracles.....erm.....they are spelled differently?

From a friend

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 22, 2018:

That is offensive, show me a picture of a bleeding Jewish carpenter being tortured to death at once so I can feel comfortable again.

Has anyone seen Wristcutters: A Love Story?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 22, 2018:

when I was a kid these were wrist cutters

Because god LOVES you [people.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 21, 2018:

Has anyone been able to track down who this fuck is? Old fart wants locking up.

Every time someone's life is altered because of something that they say, brings us one step closer ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 20, 2018:

Freedom of speech must apply to all. Therefore exercising YOUR freedom of speech does not mean you are Free from being answered nor are you free from the consequences of that expression.

What's the most selfless thing you've done?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 20, 2018:

If I discuss it and use it to gain the admiration of others it would no longer be a selfless action.

Is there such a thing as universal values, that all cultures share?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 20, 2018:

No.

I wonder - what is more important, The Letter of the Law or The Spirit of The Law

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 20, 2018:

Depends on if you are a lawyer or not.

Do you believe in good and bad?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 20, 2018:

Impossible to say without context. It is a purely subjective assessment.

Chain link for Toddlers: To all of you apologists, ostriches, and delight-filled drumpy lovers: you...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 20, 2018:

Trump is an advocate of the political doctrine of Problem, Reaction, Solution and oppression by common consent. When you want something controversial done that might harm your reputation you do the following PRODUCE a problem (real or fictitious it does not matter) PROVOKE a (knee Jerk) reaction (out of anger or preferably Fear) PROVIDE a solution (which of course was your actual original intent all along) It is a variation on oneupmanship, having your potential opponent do your dirty work for you and let them think it was their idea and you are just doing your job. Ignorance, fear and panic are the tools of the despot, the tyrant does not oppress unless he is asked to do do it, the trick is to make oppression seem like the preferable option. To convince the people the golden cage is there to keep THEM out, not to keep YOU in.

As a fan of indies, classics, cult movies, and more I am always looking for that gem ripe for ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 20, 2018:

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon 2006 I, Monster 1971 Staggered 1994 Kantemir 2015 Lost Highway 1997 La Cage aux Folles 1978 Targets 1968 The Last Showing 2014

It's all about "Punctuation"

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 20, 2018:

Been trying to explain that to my kids for years. Excellent post.

Such fear and hate in this world.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 19, 2018:

Sheer bigotry So much for a God of love, and following a Christ like life. Oh wait Jesus did say hate your own family, didn't he, so NOT hating her does put you in the wrong. Fuck, godbotherers are full of shit.

Loved Blade! Vampire Effect with Jackie Chan was really cool!

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 19, 2018:

John Carpenter's Vampires. James Woods is just so bad ass in that movie

I'm not really buying the idea that there is an imaginary angry man in the sky threatening to ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 19, 2018:

Oh yes there is

I'll pray for you. My Christian/Nazi acquaintance is convinced that this is how it works:

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 19, 2018:

put simply

LOL ... Spidey is my favorite!

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 19, 2018:

Lol

Aliens: Are we alone?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 19, 2018:

Simply seeking extra terrestrial life is to limiting in the search for aliens. Quantum theory would suggest at least extra dimensional life is almost an inevitability, life on other frequencies outside of the range of human perception is another possibility even alternate hominids that have simply decided to stay away from the dangerous monkeys with their bombs and pollution and stupid religions.

80 lbs in 8 months without any exercise and no dieting.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Yes I did something similar after my divorce, it fucked me up royally, my health did not recover fully for nearly a decade.

Religious Homosexuals

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 18, 2018:

I have never understood this either, why would you fight so hard for acceptance in to an organisation that hates who and what you are, claims you are a crime against nature and twice in its own sacred texts condemns you to painful inhumane execution. In another group I previously belonged to, I was on speaking terms with a well known human rights and LBGTQ activist, who was knocking himself stupid to get back in to the LDS church, who had excommunicated him for his Homosexuality. I kept asking him why and he kept saying because he WAS A MORMON, a denomination that by definition despises gays people as one of their major selling points. I know about cognitive dissonance by some people abuse the privilege.

If it was proven (somehow through science, obviously) that either Christianity or Buddism was the ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Even if Christianity were proven to be true in so far as it was all real and accurate in its tenets it would make it no less disgusting and evil and I could not in good conscience subscribe to it. I'm not sure how you would prove Buddhism was the 'real deal', since it is largely an ideology, with a few aspects and elements that do have a few supernatural elements, but they are in no way at its core.

You know what is a really underrated gem from the 70's?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 18, 2018:

It was a good enough attempt to allow the Rocky Horror Picture Show and Tommy to get a release and become the cult films of the next year. Their success is why Phantom is largely forgotten plus the fact that putting Jessica Harper in a musical lead seems to be the kiss of death to a film (Shock Treatment anyone?)

I cannot get the "children ripped from their parents" thing out of my mind.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 18, 2018:

These "holding pen" have been known about for three years, built in part in old closed down walmarts. The agenda 21 conspiracy "nuts" claimed they would be used for the control of the populous before mass exterminations of imprisonments. Trumpus maximus did not need to build these things they were already there, probably as part of FEMA? This seems to be a test run to see how they hold up, but be aware they are not just on on the Mexican Boarder they are all over the USA. www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Walmart+detention+centres

Today 19 June I opened my email to discover a friend had sent me the following missive.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 18, 2018:

I am a self identified Yeti and I find this whole "joke" offensive as for many years the term abominable snowman has been used as a derogatory term for my kind. I have called the police and informed them of your hate crime. YOU HOMONIDOPHOBE!!!!!!!

I was once President Packer's home teacher.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Did he ever advise you on your "little factory"? https://archive.org/stream/ToYoungMenOnly/To%20Young%20Men%20Only_djvu.txt

With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 17, 2018:

or alternately

Jordan Peterson VS Christopher Hitchens - Were The Nazis Atheists? Cult of Dusty [youtube.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 17, 2018:

Blimey is the cult of Dusty still about, I unsubscribed from his channel after the big bust up he had with Matt Dillahunty about five years ago, didn't like the way he turned to public name calling. seems to have matured a bit so I may rejoin. thanks for the link

Vatican police are on their way...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 17, 2018:

The Church police

Type II diabetic?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 17, 2018:

My mother in law is on Gliclazide and has been for many years without ill effects, you might ask about using that instead?

STRESS I am not sure exactly how it works, but this is amazingly accurate.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 17, 2018:

I see the emperors new clothes don't you?

What do you think about the idea that the human capacity for "Hive Mind" ?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 16, 2018:

Well the idea has been explored in science fiction (notably Logopolis), and there is some evidence that in ancient China large groups of trained Mathematicians worked with abacus to form basically organic thinking engines, for complex economic problems.

Does anyone else get this impression sometimes?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 16, 2018:

Society requires conformity to a greater or lesser degree depending on the dominant ideology, how ever all societies tolerate a degree of deviancy for the sake of negative comparison and in case of times of war.

What inspires you to keep on going ?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 16, 2018:

Duty to family and morbid curiosity.

What do you have faith in?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 16, 2018:

Depends if you are using faith as a noun or a proper noun.

I am so glad I found this god forsaken place.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 16, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtxbM7-jAD0

Why won't scientific evidence change the minds of Loch Ness monster true believers?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 16, 2018:

.It has been theorised that it does exist, but it protected from gun happy hunters by officially denying it. It has to be admitted there are sightings going back literally centuries and that it may have once existed but has since gone extinct or is a migratory species that only comes back to the loch to spawn. Similar creatures have been reported in Cornwall, Ireland, New Zealand and Scandinavia so it could well be the loch is not it's permanent home. OR it could be a tourist stunt that has proven very profitable for a couple of centuries.

So, is this like a thing?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 16, 2018:

I miss read that and thought you said you were 6'9", tall , very tall.

Haha, I almost spit up watching this. [youtu.be]

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 16, 2018:

Why would I take advice from someone who still does not know to turn a cell phone horizontal when filming?

What are your weaknesses?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 16, 2018:

Liquorice all sorts

Do You Have A Close Friend Or BFF You Can Count On Through Good Times And Bad Times?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 16, 2018:

Did have, he died in 2009

Complete the following sentence: If everyone could have more _______, _______, and ________; the ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 16, 2018:

If everyone could have more Arsenic,Strychnine, and Cyanide; the world's problems could quickly be solved.

Rowan Atkinson in 'We are most amused' - YouTube

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 16, 2018:

Funny guy

"During many ages there were witches.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 16, 2018:

-Many people throughout the world still believe in witches, and in many cases torture, exorcise them, jail then and kill them. The last witch trail in the UK was in 1954, witchcraft only ceased to be illegal in the USA in 1973 and in Australia it was repealed as a crime to tell fortunes in 1979. Islam still condemns witches and magic users in Saudi Arabia you can still be executed for it, in India it is the same as Hinduism also condemns witches, there are five other countries Christian and otherwise were witchcraft is a capital offence, In Romania it is a taxable and licensable occupation, Iran has laws forbidding witches from interfering in government and politics, it is not a capital offence but you can be imprisoned for it, it is illegal in almost every African country to be a witch and in the Central African republic flying a broomstick in a designated commercial airspace is an offence for which you can be imprisoned. Most Christian church denominations still acknowledge practising witchcraft as a forbidden activity, tantamount to apostasy and in many including Catholicism and Mormonism with be considered grounds for excommunication. The Torah acknowledges the existence of witches and forbids their presence in Hebrew communities. Other capital scriptural offence still proliferate all over the world, mostly to do with adultery, homosexuality and Blasphemy.

'Drill rap gang banned from making music without police permission in legal first' - The Independant...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 16, 2018:

“Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.” ― Plato, The Republic This applies to all creative expression equally, it is why the state has always tried to control taste and creativity.

How many of you like movie soundtracks?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 15, 2018:

I have a lot of James Horner sound tracks, the guy is really good.

What is your version of “There’s two types of people in this world…”?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

There are two kinds of people in this world, idiots and bastards, if you are unaware into which category you would best be classified you're probably not in the latter denomination.

My dads entire life he was an Atheist.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

She is an idiot who thinks a magic bath will make someone live forever, her delusion makes no difference to your Dad, laugh it off, all she has done is make a fool of herself.

Can you be an atheist and believe in karma and the teachings of Buddhism

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

All it takes to be an atheist is to not believe in a god or gods. Other than that you can believe whatever the hell you like. Personal I find Karma to be just another term for The Law of Reciprocity and for Newton's third law, For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Hillariously Terrible Christian Parodies - YouTube

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

Dead link

In honor of Father's Day coming on Sunday in the U.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

**Why do all the animals leave the jungle at 5 o'clock?** *That's when the elephants jump down out of the cherry trees* **Why do Cobra's have flat heads?** *They didn't get out of the jungle at 5 o'clock.* **Why did the psychopathic hedgehog cross the road?** *'Cos it had nailed itself to the chicken!* **Why did the elephant fall out of the cherry tree?** *Because the psychopathic hedgehog, threw a dead chicken at it!!!!*

Just discovered that I have a better chance of dating Taylor Swift than I do of dying from Bird ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

Bring on the dead swan

What is your go to site for movie information, reviews, and trailers?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

Yes imbd is the go to site, unless you're looking for something genre specific, or based around one star.

Quotes on Academia by Boyd K.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

I hated Boy Fudge packer as you may realise, he was a despicable , it is sobering to think that if the old bastard had not died last year he would now be prophet of the church. Personally I'm convinced this was why Monson kept being dragged back from deaths door.

How many of you liked John Wayne and what was your favorite film. I liked all his western films.??

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

He was a despicable man, that fact taints my enjoyment of many of his Films. However "The Quite man" is a wonderful movie in spite of his being in it. *John on the Oscar nominations for 1970* Midnight Cowboy, a story about two fags, qualifies? *John On civil rights* I believe in white supremacy, until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don't feel guilty about the fact that five or 10 generations ago these people were slaves. It's just a fact of life, like the kid who gets infantile paralysis and has to wear braces so he can't play football with the rest of us. There's no doubt that 10 percent of the population is black, or colored, or whatever they want to call themselves; they certainly aren't Caucasian. I've directed two pictures and I gave the blacks their proper position. I had a black slave in The Alamo *John On Native Americans* I don’t feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them, Our so-called stealing of this country from them was just a matter of survival. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.

Report: Anti-Intellectual Christian Terrorists Destroyed Classical World

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

Quotes on Academia by Boyd K. Packer. Apostle of the LDS Church former head of church History and education I have a hard time with historians because they idolize the truth. The truth is not uplifting; it destroys. Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting. *Faithful History: Essays On Writing Mormon History, * Some things that are true are not very useful. [H]istorians who are Latter-day Saints write history as they were taught in graduate school, rather than as Mormons...That is not scholarship. (secular) History can be as misleading as gossip Teaching some things that are true, prematurely or at the wrong time, can invite sorrow and heartbreak. The Lord made it very clear that some things are to be taught selectively, . Those who have carefully purged their work of any religious faith in the name of academic freedom or so-called honesty ought not expect to be accommodated in their researches. *“The Mantle Is Far, Far Greater Than the Intellect,” Boyd K. Packer. 1981 *

"Humanism is the transformation of this Christian doctrine of salvation into a project of universal ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

1st Christian: Hey look a good idea 2nd Christian: Let's steal it and say it came from God.

Letting Go of Toxic People is a Step Towards Happiness

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

Agreed

The latest proposals from our government will see us gaoled for up to 20 years for protesting on the...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

Government of the people ~~By the people For the people~~ er that's it

Making friends after 30.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

I had a good friend, we knew one another and worked together for 30 years, he died at the age of 52 under sad circumstance in a foreign country under circumstance I found pathetic taken to as a means of combatting loneliness and against my advice. Friendship is over rated, especially in an age where being someone's friend is measured by how much you will allow them to put on you, while expecting nothing at all back. Most friendships I know are the user and the used, I don't use people and I will not be used, I have more self respect. I have a lot of acquaintances we chat, share a drink, even bond a little, but I get no closer than that. I will do anyone a favour once, if when I ask a favour back they say no, then I am unavailable the next time too, even if I am not. Friendship among children is easy, friendship among young people is often a cause of tension and jealousy, friendship in adults is great but you are lucky if you find only one or two good friends in your whole life and luckier still if they don't shit all over you when something “better” comes along.

It does not take much to ruin reputations built on the willingness of past generations to defend ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

.Col. Jessup: ..my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, *saves lives*. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall. You need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it! I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand a post. A Few Good Men (1992)

Give me gnowledge or give me ether...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

Very clever but I would have used aether to be more in line with gnowledge

"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering." - Friedrich Nietzsche

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

The quote is not from any of Nietzsche's philosophical works it is from a letter to his sister, and is an encapsulation of his liking for Buddhist attitudes (though not the ideology) that life is suffering, but when understood suffering can be a source of will, the odd phrasing is because unlike Nietzsche himself his sister still held some Christian religious sensibilities which he chose to respect.

Does observation alter an event?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

Yes.

Why does there have to be a reason for everything? Is even asking the question paradoxical?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

It is a bastardisation of the law of cause and effect. Every effect has a cause and every cause is an effect. However using the word reason as a simile for "cause" can be easily equivocated by confusing the various meaning of "reason". Everything has a cause, but that cause may not necessarily be reasonable or have any reason other than it being the effect of something else.

When did you realize that there is no such thing as a supernatural being that people call God?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

When I applied the same reasoning that got me out of the LDS to religion generally. It was just differing levels of the same cesspit.

Do You Remember The First 45 You Ever Bought?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2018:

I think it was If You Gotta Go, Go Now by Manfred Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YBcZPtxwzk

This last year I've been reading lots by Annie Besant , H.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Theosophy is a fascinating area of occult study, but there are some wildly differing schools of thought, from Donston and his entourage to Eliphas Levi, the Thule society and their association with Dietrich Eckart and hence to the founding of the German nazi party and the countering of their occult leanings by the Occult Bureau under Dennis Wheatley in London. My favourite character from the whole era, is Austin Spare, the perfecter of so called western siegel magic.

Faith... is it good?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2018:

A Christian has faith in his version of the god myth A Jew has faith in his version of the god myth A Muslim has faith in his version of the god myth A Hindu has faith in his version of the god myth They all claim they are right because of their faith They all claim the others are wrong because of their faith Therefore faith can lead to both right and wrong conclusion Therefore faith is an unreliable way of determining anything Therefore faith is useless and dangerous.

It is Not Necessary to Believe in God to be a Good Person Pope Francis

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Still thinks non believers deserve Hell though even if he reportedly has said it does not exist, but then reportedly said it did, but that good people, even atheists, won't go there** if** and ## it is a big if # **if** they repent first and totally submit to the will of his monsterous "god"

Star Wars or Star Trek? Please explain why... Discuss...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Like both of them, but was always a Doctor Who fan myself. When it came to space opera's I always found Blake's 7 and Lexx more interesting story wise than either of the above

Favorite Band/Musician?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Janis Ian

Anyone seen Star Trek Voyager Episode 8 "Emanations"?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Is that the one when Nelix has a near death experience?

Peculiar to the UK [facebook.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2018:

That's the way to do it , ooooooo naughty, naughty, naughty!

Hi happy pride month...very glad to find this goup!

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Nice

I'm wondering about this Jesus thing, He was born and it was celebrated and they still celebrate it.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Jesus the supposed truth 1 Virgin Mother alleged to have been raped by a god 2 Born 4bce and 8ce 3 Family ran away to Egypt, or didn't 4 At twelve years ran away from home, got lost in Jerusalem, found again 5 at about 30 became an itinerant preacher, conjurer, healer and story teller 6 associated with known terrorists pissed off the Romans 7 Preached heresy pissed off the Jews of every denomination 8 Assaulted legitimate business people in the Temple pissed of the secular government 9 Refused to lead a revolution and pissed of some of his own followers 10 Was betrayed by his own people 11 Tried and executed by crucifixion 12 Probably poisoned to spare him pain 13 Buried and body snatched 14 Someone started claiming to be him come back from the dead, but unrecognisable even to twin brother. That's it, and that is stretching it a bit making some supposition, induction and deduction.

One of my all time favorite scenes with the great Robert Duvall. [youtu.be]

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Loved him in the Godfather movies

Are there any other theories aside from the mainstream big bang theory that you think is a likely ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2018:

I'm something of a fan of version of the anthropic principle based upon the Heisenberg uncertainty principle and Niels Bohr, conception that physical existence is reliant on measurement and observation, therefore physical existence and consciousness are reliant on each other. That which is observed requires an observer in order to be observed and therefore exist, the observer requires an observer in order to exist and observe. Therefore self awareness of being is the root of everything, Awareness is observation Observation is measurement Measurement brings about existence (including time and space) Existence becomes aware The circle is complete. The most efficient way to achieve this is Sentient Life.

Another thread that raised the issue of Incels led me to a line of thought: What research has been ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2018:

My wife worked as a carer for for the elderly and infirm before she was injured, she often commented on how a lot of the elderly (women especially) choose never to marry again after being widowed. Also a large proportion of those in residential homes have never married for various reasons, marriage or partnership it seems is just too much of an intrusion for some people.

Favourite classic movies?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2018:

I love Arsenic and old Lace, I actually have written a musical version of it, set in 1980's London, hope to get it produced one day. Double Indemnity is a true classic and the quintessential film Noir. I would add to the List The Postman always rings twice (original version) Gun Crazy (original version) The Haunting (original Version) The Great Escape London Belongs to me 7 Days till noon.

Suicide: a cowardly move? True or false?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Committing suicide (that is actually killing yourself intentionally) is in my opinion a desperate action and though selfish is ultimately very brave act. *Attempting suicide with no real intention of actually dieing is a pathetic selfish cry for attention, done to take away from yourself the responsibility for dealing with your own problems and blame shifting. It impacts negatively on those around you and is the height of cowardice.* **Becoming suicidal, facing it, admitting you have a problem and seeking help either alone or with others is an act of unselfish bravery**

What's Your Favourite TV Theme Tune?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Theme from the Prisoner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE-EMinj69o

Anyone a fan of Korean Movies?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 12, 2018:

More in to Japanese movies but yes some good stuff comes out of Korea, film and TV wise. The original version of Shutter is a great film

This looks like it might be a great movie go see. [facebook.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 12, 2018:

What movie is it? I don't want to have to open a facebook account just to see the trailer

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, have any of you seen it?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 12, 2018:

My Mother's favourite movie of all time.

"The Ghost and Mrs Muir" This is going to be a mild rant about several issues.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 12, 2018:

I actually first came a cross "The Ghost and Mrs Muir" as a radio play, in the 1970's with James Robertson Justice as Captain Gregg, which lead me to find the film and as I have said before I watched it on the premise that George Sanders for me never made a bad film. I did watch the TV series later, and I'll be honest Edward Mulhare was an excellent Captain Gregg, though the writing and production was not up to much having come wholesale from the Doris day show, (Though the Waldman Brothers did write a couple of episodes before finding success writing the later Pink Panther films) and updating the setting was just a simple economy done for no other reason than to save money. The series was really a show piece for under rated comic genius Charles Nelson Reilly as Captain Gregg's foppish grand Nephew, but for me he will never be anyone but Hoodoo Voodoo in Lidsville.

I love quirky, non-mainstream movies like A Man Called Ove Still Life (not the mystery) Like ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Lindsay Anderson is the god daddy of the offbeat film, If, Britannia Hospital, Oh Lucky man, to name only three, but also look at the (early) films of Ken Russel However one film I would recommend to anyone looking for a work of surreal genius is The Ruling Class (1972)

I've just finished watching Season 1 of Westworld and thought this was beautifully and cleverly ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 11, 2018:

Had Michael Crichton still been alive I doubt very much this series would ever have been made.

Watched "Dorian Gray" last night (the newer one) and enjoyed it.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 11, 2018:

Love The Picture of Dorien Grey 1945 version (I will watch anything with George Sanders in it ) and it is amazing to see Angela Landsbury so young. The New version is okay, but the original benefits from being in black and white, it gives it a timeless feeling appropriate to the subject matter. By the way did anyone ever notice that the picture when revealed in the 1945 version is the basis for the make up used for Father Jack in later episodes of "Father Ted"? Also I suggest you read "Family Portrait" by Graham Masterton, an interesting retelling of the story.

How many have seen this movie?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 11, 2018:

Yes, not a great Westerns fan though, apart from "High Noon" and "the singer not the song"

If you had a nonreligious close friend who decided to become a believer and practice their faith ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

So long as they respected my desire to to hear about it or were willing for me to disagree openly with their expressed opinions. However if they start telling me I am going to hell, or am a sinner, then we will have a problem.

The Jews today refuse to believe that Jesus was the Christ or gods son.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

There is also a current theory, among some theologians, that Jesus was never actually a Jew at all, hence his being so willing to disregard tradition and teachings. If he existed he is widely credited as having been raised in Egypt until the age of twelve, and though there were Jewish settlements in Egypt they were not Orthodox, but were so called "mystery" sects, Gnostics, Essenes and Israelites (as opposed to the tribes of Judah and Benjamin alone). It is obvious from the scriptures themselves that Jesus was aware of other religions and even openly refers to Buddhist Prayer wheels so may well have been exposed to their teachings. Some even suggest that Jesus was a Hermetic, hence the the mention of three wise men at his birth being a Christian tradition even though it is not in the bible, Three wise men= Trismegistus as in Hermes Trismegistus the mythical ancient Egyptian mystic and scientist.

The Jews today refuse to believe that Jesus was the Christ or gods son.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

In Jerusalem alone at the time of the Supposed Jesus Christ there were two other messiahs, one was Jesus Barabbas a terrorist and the other was John the Baptists as the latest leader of a heretic Jewish sect . John who was considered such a political threat to both the Jews and he Romans that Flavius Josephus spends a whole chapter describing his life ministry and death by execution, where as he spends on one verse on Jesus and that is widely believed to be a forgery. Oddly the version of John in Josephus is very different from the version in the bible and where it does agree with the bible it is not in the gospels but in the Acts of the apostles where Simon Magus is named as John's successor and the leader of a flourishing protoreligion.

Every time I see people online bashing the LGBT community they seem to be religious folks citing the...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Hatred of gay people has it's roots in any religion, ideology, political movement or other organisation that relies in the long term on children being raised to be life long members, until recently gay people did not have children, therefore were not people farmers for these control freaks, so making them miserable and frightening people in to leading a life of lies was good for the cause.

Can you believe how many fucking churches there are?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

at least two

College Kids React To The Greatest Speech Ever Made (The Great Dictator) - YouTube

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

The first time I ever saw this film, and experienced this climax, which is in itself effective, but in the context of the entire movie is mind blowing, I was raised to a whole other level of consciousness. Even if you don't agree with him, Chaplin is so impassioned, so powerful a speaker and such a charismatic character, you are compelled to listen to him, consider his words and start thinking,

What's the mechanism by which an otherwise intelligent person believes in blessed trinities, virgin ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

A mix of Brainwashing and infant indoctrination by terror. It is hard to break out of it without help, especially when part of the indoctrination is to be indoctrinated at a VERY young age in to believing that even doubting the indoctrination will result in your burning in agony forever.

Any one into B movies ?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Of course the definition of a B movie has changed over the years, originally it was a film never intended to be a main feature, just a supporting film, theses days when supporting features don't exist anymore it is any film with a low budget. The masters of the true B feature were guys like William Castle, Roger Corman, Dan Curtis, Albert and his son Charles Band, Bilson and DeMio. Today these are usually see as straight to video movies or cable TV movie, the best being Asylum Studios who on nothing budgets turn out some good old fashioned kick ass sci fi and fantasy.