TOTAL RECALL in new version

by Len Wiseman
USA 2012
based on Philip K Dick's short story "We Can Remember it For You Wholesale"


New version seems much more aestethic and presents the mindbending idea as interesting as original 1990 movie does. Otherwise this version has a bit too much action and too little humour.




SnowBlack Movie # 1221



Beautiful role: THREE-BREASTED WOMAN (Kaitlyn Leeb)


Wise role: HARRY [Quaids FACTORY COMPANION] (Bokeem Woodbine)

Ordinary role: DOUGLAS QUAID / CARL HAUSER (Colin Farrell)

Surprising role: LORI QUAID (Kate Beckinsale)


Shy role: MELINA [RESQUES HAUSER] (Jessica Biel)

Crazy role: SLACKER [WANTS MOBILE IMPLANT] (Stephen MacDonald)

Grumpy role: MATTHIAS (Bill Nighy)

Happy role:  McCLANE [MASTER OF RECALL COMPANY] (John Cho)


3 Characters
7 Scenery
6 Camerawork

5 Thrill
4 Conflict
1 Humour

2 Psychology
7 Philosophy
5 Fantasy

5 Composition
2 Music
7 Concept

= 54


Classic version I gave 58



I now give 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 12 = 84 never exist(?)








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Lonerism with Tame Impala

This australian master piece MUST be among the 12 best albums of 2012, though # 13 on allmusic's list

Kevin Parker and his Tame Impala makes layers of music like very few has been able to since the mid 70's. Yet it feels quite new even for being now.

Reminds me most of : Lennon, Eno, Genesis, Yes, ELO, Korgis, Badly Drawn Boy



most Amusing song: APOCALYPSE DREAMS

most Beautiful song: FEELS LIKE WE ONLY GO BACKWARDS
Backwards Colours

most Sexy song: ELEPHANT
Elephant Phantasy

most Smart song: KEEP ON LYING

most Strange song: NOTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR HAS BEEN ANYTHING WE COULD CONTROL

most growing Strong song: ENDORS TOI

most Loving song: SUN'S COMING UP



Overall Album

6 compositions

7 instrumentations

6 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

4 philosophy

4 timeline (order of tracks)

7 concept (titles, cover picture)

7 historical importance

= 41


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)






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unReplaceable Sides of Parallell Borders??

different sides of nowaday movies

Triangle Drama # 89







THE EDGE OF HEAVEN
[AUF DER ANDEREN SEITE]

by Fatih Akin
Germany and Turkey 2007



most charming character : SUSANNE STAUB (Hanna Schygulla)

most provoking character : CHARLOTTE STAUB (Patrycia Ziolkowska)
even more provoking character : AYTEN ÖZTÜRK (Nurgül Yesilcay)


most honourable character : NEJAT AKSU (Baki Davrak)

most funny character : ALI AKSU (Tuncel Kurtiz)

most mystic character : YETER ÖZTÜRK (Nursel Köse)


5 Characters
6 Scenery
4 Camerawork

5 Thrill
6 Conflict
2 Humour

4 Psychology
4 Philosophy
3 Fantasy

7 Composition
3 Music
6 Concept

= 55









DESCENDANTS
by Alexander Payne

[seen his Sideways. This is less humourous, but has similarities in the ways a man tries to deal with the whole world around a lost woman]

Hawaii USA 2011



most charming character : JULIE SPEER (Judy Geer)

most provoking character : ALEXANDRA KING (Shailene Woodley)

most honourable character : SCOTT THORSON (Robert Forster)

most funny character : SID (Nick Krause)

most mystic character : MATT KING (George Clooney)


6 Characters
4 Scenery
2 Camerawork

5 Thrill
7 Conflict
3 Humour

7 Psychology
2 Philosophy
4 Fantasy

3 Composition
5 Music
6 Concept

= 54









BREATH
[SOOM]

by Ki-duk Kim
South Korea 2007


most charming character : YEON (Ji-a Park)

most provoking character : YEON (Ji-a Park)

most honourable character : YEON (Ji-a Park)

most funny character : YEON (Ji-a Park)

most mystic character : YEON (Ji-a Park)


2 Characters
4 Scenery
3 Camerawork

3 Thrill
6 Conflict
2 Humour

4 Psychology
4 Philosophy
5 Fantasy

6 Composition
5 Music
4 Concept

= 48





I now give 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 12 = 84 never exist(?)






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My White Christmas

Some Nights with Fun.

allmusic puts this as the 29:th best album of 2012. I've heard very few from that list or other lists, but anyway I would probably put Fun.'s firework highest on my top twelve...


Reminds me and not only me of Queen, Fleetwood Mac's Buckingham, Arcade Fire, The New Pornographers, Harpo, ELO, Elton John and some more 70's vibes.

This maybe superficial song I fall in love with most now:
with a toy reminding of



most Amusing song: ALL ALONE

most Beautiful song: some nights INTRO

most Sexy song: IT GETS BETTER

most Smart song: WHY AM I THE ONE?

most Strange song: STARS

most growing Strong song: ALL ALRIGHT

most Loving song: WE ARE YOUNG



Overall Album

7 compositions

7 instrumentations

5 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

5 philosophy

5 timeline (order of tracks)

5 concept (titles, cover picture)

7 historical importance

= 41


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)





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Glee Christmas Music

GLEE : THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM, volume 2
(from season 3) Released 2011
+
GLEE : THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM, volume 3
(from season 4) Released 2012




most Amusing songs:
[2] EXTRAORDINARY MERRY CHRISTMAS (Rachel & Blaine)
[3] JINGLE BELL ROCK (Sam)

most Beautiful songs:
[2] (I WISH I HAD A) RIVER (Rachel Berry)
[3] THE FIRST NOEL (Marley Rose)

most Sexy songs:
[2] SANTA BABY (Santana Lopez)
[3] FELIZ NAVIDAD (Artie Abrams)

most Smart songs:
[2] LET IT SNOW (Blaine & Kurt)
[3] HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS (Brittany and more)

most Strange songs:
[2] CHRISTMAS WRAPPING (XMAS BY MY SELF THIS YEAR) (Brittany)
[3] SILENT NIGHT in transformed melody (Santana)

most growing Strong songs:
[2] DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? (Harmony & Wade)
[3] I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (Rachel)

most Loving songs:
[2] ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU (Mercedes Jones)
[3] HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) (Finn)



Overall Albums

7 // 7 compositions

5 // 4 instrumentations

7 // 5 playin' feeling and singin' feeling

5 // 5 philosophy

5 // 2 timeline (order of tracks)

2 // 2 concept (titles, cover picture)

7 // 5 historical importance

= 38 // 30


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)








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Crayon Angel : A Tribute to the music of Judee Sill

different nowaday covers on Sill's 70's songs
compilated 2009



most Loving song: JESUS WAS A CROSS MAKER
performed by FRIDA HYVÖNEN


most growing Strong song: THERE'S A RUGGED ROAD
performed by THE BYE BYE BLACKBIRDS


most Strange song: SOLDIER OF THE HEART
performed by NICOLAI DUNGER


most Smart song: THE PHOENIX
performed by COLOSSAL YES


most Sexy song: THE KISS
performed by & BLACK HOLE INFINITY


most Beautiful song: LADY-O
performed by TREMBLING BLUE STARS


most Amusing song: DOWN WHERE THE VALLEYS ARE LOW
performed by PRINCETON



Overall Album

7 compositions

6 instrumentations

4 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

5 philosophy

2 timeline (order of tracks)

6 concept (titles, cover picture)

7 historical importance

= 37


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)






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The Final Countdown 'n Out of This World with Europe

Both their albums of the late 80's were almost impossible to miss. The band from my home country went out to the world, possibly all the way to Venus and/or Mars. And maybe now(?) when we finally have counted down to zero(?) we are going out of this world (?) and into some other world(?).

Anyway, completing what I wasn't able to hear then... finally repeating these soft metal tracks, syntesized by Michaeli, made by Tempest. It really became a public pop combination, a solution to the polarisation between hard guitar groups and synthpopish schlagers.

Realise now Out of This World (-88) has stronger melodies and less empty space passages, though I never owned nor listened to it as much as The Final Countdown (-86) whose three first breakthrough tracks seemed enough for making a completely historic record. But if Europe would've waited two years, then melting half of each album into one - it should have been among our world's 100 greatest. Yet it probably would've been to late by then - to press the most successful keys on the universal keyboard...




most Loving songs: TIME HAS COME and OPEN YOUR HEART

most growing Strong songs: CHEROKEE and JUST THE BEGINNING

most Strange songs: THE FINAL COUNTDOWN and TOWER'S CALLIN'

most Smart songs: NINJA and SUPERSTITIOUS

most Sexy songs: LOVE CHASER and READY OR NOT

most Beautiful songs: CARRIE and COAST TO COAST

most Amusing songs: ROCK THE NIGHT and NEVER SAY DIE!


Overall Albums

5 // 7 compositions

6 // 6 instrumentations

7 // 7 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

4 // 5 philosophy

3 // 3 timeline (order of tracks)

5 // 2 concept (titles, cover picture)

7 // 5 historical importance

= 37 // 35


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)




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Garland Girl Lana Turner

SnowBlack Movie # 1216

from a Judy Garland box, but with Lana Turner as very main character



ZIEGFELD GIRL
by Robert Z. Leonard & Busby Berkeley
USA 1941

an energetic drama romantic satiric movie in dance & musical costume




Happy role:  SUSAN GALLAGHER (Judy Garland)

Grumpy role: GILBERT (James Stewart)

Crazy role: FRANK (Tony Martin)

Shy role: FRANZ (Philip Dorn)


Surprising role: MISCHA A VIOLINIST (Felix Bressart)

Ordinary role: SANDRA (Hedy Lamarr)

Wise role: PAPA GALLAGHER (Charles Winninger)


Beautiful role: SHEILA (Lana Turner)


4 Characters
6 Scenery
4 Camerawork

3 Thrill
5 Conflict
5 Humour

6 Psychology
4 Philosophy
2 Fantasy

4 Composition
5 Music
2 Concept

= 50


I now give 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 12 = 84 never exist(?)




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Lucia of Gothenburg

Martha Marcy May Marlene

escaping her eventual memories of an eventually secteristic collective



SnowBlack Movie # 1214


MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE
by Sean Durkin
USA 2011



Happy role:  ZOE (Louisa Krause)

Grumpy role: TED (Hugh Dancy)

Crazy role: MARTHA (Elizabeth Olsen)

Shy role: LUCY (Sarah Paulson)


Surprising role: MAN IN HOME # 2 (Allen McCullogh)

Ordinary role: WATTS (Brady Corbet)

Wise role: PATRICK (John Hawkes)


Beautiful role: SARAH (Julia Garner)


4 Characters
1 Scenery
5 Camerawork

5 Thrill
6 Conflict
1 Humour

7 Psychology
4 Philosophy
4 Fantasy

7 Composition
4 Music
4 Concept

= 52


I now give 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 12 = 84 never exist(?)






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Latest Story of How Santa Makes it All in Time

SnowBlack Movie # 1213



ARTHUR CHRISTMAS

UK /USA 2011
by Sarah Smith, Barry Cook, Peter Baynham




Happy role: ARTHUR the younger son of Santa

Grumpy role: STEVE the older son of Santa

Crazy role: GRAND SANTA and his real reindeer sleigh Eve

Shy role: MRS. SANTA seeing through Santa's defectiveness


Surprising role: ERNIE CLICKER getting contact with lost santas

Ordinary role: SANTA who soon will retire

Wise role: BRYONY the main little helper elf


Beautiful role: GWEN the only child who didn't got her present...?



6 Characters
7 Scenery
5 Camerawork

5 Thrill
4 Conflict
7 Humour

4 Psychology
6 Philosophy
6 Fantasy

5 Composition
2 Music
7 Concept

= 64


I now give 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 12 = 84 never exist(?)






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Genesis Revisited with Steve Hackett

part 2 from 2012

Member of good old Genesis makes new covers/versions of pieces he has been co-creating with Gabriel, Banks, Collins and Rutherford mostly in the 70's. Last pieces of this double album are his own. Steve Hackett's main role here is as usual guitarist, while John Hackett plays flute. Different singers and musicians has been invited to perform.



most Loving song: AFTERGLOW
[singer John Wetton]
origin on Wind and Wuthering -77


most growing Strong song: THE CHAMBER OF 32 DOORS
[singer Nad Sylvan]
origin on The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway -74


most Strange song: SUPPER'S READY [in seven pieces] : THE GUARENTEED ETERNAL SANCTUARY MAN
[singer Simon Collins and others]
origin on Foxtrot -72


most Smart song: BROADWAY MELODY OF 1974
[singer Gary O'Toole]
origin on The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway -74


most Sexy song: SHADOW OF THE HIEROPHANT
[singer Amanda Lehmann]
origin on Voyage of The Acolyte -75


most Beautiful song: THE LAMIA
[singer Nik Kershaw]
origin on The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway -74


most Amusing song: ENTANGLED
[singer Jakko Jakszyk]
origin on A Trick of The Tail -76




Overall Album

7 compositions

6 instrumentations

5 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

5 philosophy

2 timeline (order of tracks)

7 concept (titles, cover picture)

6 historical importance

= 38


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)








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Pallace of Gothenburg Rebuilt

Killing Me Softly with Roberta Flack

Roberta is still unknown to me, but her 1973 album I've returned to. It's is a pearl of fine jazz-soul songs, of quite different kinds though all fit her well. Similar singers: Nina Simone, Joni Mithcell, Dionne Warwick. And Lill Lindfors' swedish version of the mystic title track, also made -73, was my first meeting with that intriguing lyrics.




most Loving song: JESSE [Janis Ian]

most growing Strong song: CONVERSATION LOVE [Plumeri, Seighman]

most Strange song: KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONGS [Fox, Gimbel]

most Smart song: SUZANNE [Leonard Cohen]

most Sexy song: NO TEARS IN THE END [McDonald, Salter]

most Beautiful song: I'M THE GIRL [Shelton, Shelton]

most Amusing song: WHEN YOU SMILE [McDonald, Salter]



Overall Album

7 compositions

5 instrumentations

7 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

5 philosophy

2 timeline (order of tracks)

3 concept (titles, cover picture)

4 historical importance

= 33


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)






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Beyond the Hill with Mia Martini

OLTRE LA COLLINA con Mia Martini

Since I visited Italy seven years ago for my first time
I've returned to early records she sings
This is her debut album from 1971
in fields sounding somewhere between Dusty Springfield, Jesus Christ Superstar and (a little later) Frida in ABBA or maybe Baccara.

Martini may not have the most sweet or strong voice
but anyway she brings spirit and mystery
to every kind of 70's music so tastefully arranged




most Loving song:
TESORO MA È VERO
[Piero Pintucci, Antonello De Sanctis]


most growing Strong song:

GESÙ È MIO FRATELLO
[Coggio, Baglioni, Oremus]


most Strange song:
PADRE DAVVERO
[Piero Pintucci, Antonello De Sanctis]


most Smart song:
TESTAMENTO (AU VOLEUR)
[Matalon, Musy, italian lyrics by Baglioni]


most Sexy song:
AMORE... AMORE... UN CORNO!
[Coggio, Baglioni]


most Beautiful song:
LA VERGINE E IL MARE
[Matalon, Musy, italian lyrics by De Sanctis]


most Amusing song:
NEL ROSA (INTO WHITE)
[Cat Stevens with italian lyrics by M.Martini]




Overall Album

7 compositions

7 instrumentations

6 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

4(?) philosophy

2 timeline (order of tracks)

6 concept (titles, cover picture)

5 historical importance

= 37


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)







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Sin After Sin with Judas Priest

Never really heard Judas Priest before, but I give them a chance now. This album is from -77, as they just began to get big.



most Loving song: STARBREAKER

most growing Strong song: SINNER

most Strange song: DIAMONDS AND RUST [cover of Joan Baez' song]

most Smart song: DISSIDENT AGGRESSOR

most Sexy song: RAW DEAL

most Beautiful song: LAST ROSE OF SUMMER



Overall Album

4 compositions

3 instrumentations

6 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

3 philosophy

3 timeline (order of tracks)

4 concept (titles, cover picture)

6 historical importance

= 29


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)







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Darwin! with Banco del Mutuo Soccorso

meaning "Bank of Mutual Support", a great italian band who played progressive music in the 70's, as advanced rock was suddenly growing there. And where can mystery come togehter with both power and beauty - as fine as in Italy?!?

Drawin! shall be their masterpiece, second among three first 1972-73 albums hold high, strong and varied enough to survive. Consisting of just seven tracks, but the first two fills much more minutes (in order with the spirit of that time) than the later.




most growing Strong piece: LA CONQUISTA DELLA POSIZIONE ERETTA [2nd]

most Strange piece: L'EVOLUZIONE [1st]

most Smart piece: ED ORA IO DOMANDO TEMPO AL TEMPO... [7th]

most Sexy piece: MISERE ALLA STORIA [6th]

most Beautiful piece: 750.000 ANNI FA... L'AMORE? [5th]

most Amusing piece: LA DANZA DEI GRANDI RETTILI [3rd]



Overall Album

5 compositions

7 instrumentations

6 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

4(?) philosophy

1 timeline (order of tracks)

6 concept (titles, cover picture)

7 historical importance

= 36


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)






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Movie Paradise of Pantomime Theatre

SnowBlack Movie # 1215



CHILDREN OF PARADISE
[LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS]

France 1945
portraying the 1830's Paris

dir. by Marcel Carné
written by Jacques Prévert


Regarding first part : Boulevard of Crime
By it's making during war occupation, the parts had to be presented as two different films of normal length, and then put together as one long movie back in Paris.




Happy role:  HERMINE THE HOTEL HOSTESS (Jane Marken)

Grumpy role: LACENAIRE THE THIEF (Marcel Herrand)

Crazy role: LE DIRECTEUR DES THÉATRE FUNAMBULES (Marcel Pérés)

Shy role: NATHALIE THE DAUGHTER (María Casares)


Surprising role: JEAN-BAPTISTE THE MIME (Jean-Louis Barrault)

Ordinary role: AVRIL THE ASSISTANT (Fabien Loris)

Wise role: FRÉDÉRICK THE ASPIRING ACTOR (Pierre Brasseur)


Beautiful role: GARANCE THE VERY LOVED LADY (Arletty)


6 Characters
7 Scenery
6 Camerawork

2 Thrill
5 Conflict
5 Humour

4 Psychology
6 Philosophy
3 Fantasy

5 Composition
2 Music
4 Concept

= 55


I now give 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 12 = 84 never exist(?)





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Storying and Restorying

from a self-improvement practice

Wondering what my life story is, which should leap through all the other stories. Here I tried to find out, with as few words as possible:



People gives me everything, but never what I really really want, so I'll have to try to steal that from them, which hurts to go behind the back of nice persons.



Restorying:

When I can get people to understand what I really really want - and me to understand their needs - we can have a more direct relationship of giving and taking.







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It's Pony Time with Chubby Checker

Chubby sang many kinds of funny dances as the 60's was fresh, all of them seems variations on the theme of Twist. Since we on a swing school took some lessons in burlesque steps, I realise the moves 'n shimmies fits quite well with twist.

This is his third album in box "CHUBBY CHECKER : 5 classic albums plus bonus..." from Real Gone Music. Not that Chubby sings like Elvis at all, I think rather Ray Charles or Chuck Berry. But the kind of rhytm & blues accomp. close to boogie, brings back much of what Elvis also did. Even if he did everything, while Checker did "just this".




most Amusing song: PONY TIME

most Beautiful song: THE HULLY GULLY

most Sexy song: THE SHIMMY

most Smart song: DANCE THE MESS AROUND (kind of mix)

most Strange song: MASHED POTATOES

most growing Strong song: PONY EXPRESS (and/or HI HO SILVER)



Overall Album

5 compositions

6 instrumentations

6 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

3 philosophy

2 timeline (order of tracks)

4 concept (titles, cover picture)

7 historical importance

= 33


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)




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The Cars with The Cars

Trying to appreciate the ride of their 1978 debut album. Find it partly nice and interesting but in other parts a bit boring. Anyway the tracks are more complex and driven by detail than it first may seem, as their main purpose is american radio pop. Similar songmakers: Talking Heads, Roxy Music, Blondie, Boomtown Rats. Compositions by Ric Ocasek



most Amusing song: MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL

most Beautiful song: ALL MIXED UP

most Sexy song: JUST WHAT I NEEDED

most Smart song: I'M IN TOUCH WITH YOUR WORLD

most Strange song: MOVING IN STEREO

most growing Strong song: YOU'RE ALL I'VE GOT TONIGHT



Overall Album

5 compositions

7 instrumentations

4 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

2 philosophy

3 timeline (order of tracks)

4 concept (titles, cover picture)

7 historical importance

= 32


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)






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Original Total Recall

Based on short novel "We Can Remember it For You Wholesale" (1966) by Philip K Dick, the master of sci-fi about human brain and consciousness, who also wrote what transformed into movies as Minority Report, Blade Runner and A Scanner Darkly.


SnowBlack Movie # 1212


TOTAL RECALL

by Paul Verhoeven
USA 1990




Happy role: LORI (Sharon Stone)

Grumpy role: RICHTER (Michael Ironside)

Crazy role: BENNY (Mel Johnson Jr.)


Shy role: MUTANT CHILD (Sasha Rionda)

Surprising role: KUATO /GEORGE (Marshall Bell)


Ordinary role: MELINA (Rachel Ticotin)

Wise role: QUAID /HAUSER (Arnold Schwarzenegger)


Beautiful role: TIFFANY (Alexia Robinson)


5 Characters
7 Scenery
2 Camerawork

5 Thrill
4 Conflict
5 Humour

2 Psychology
6 Philosophy
7 Fantasy

4 Composition
3 Music
8 Concept

= 58


I now give 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 12 = 84 never exist(?)








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ELVIS Songs filled with most Erotic Energy

in my experience. Now I've finally come to like Elvis' earlier songs more and more, not only favourising his later, bombastic pieces, like I've done during many years. Now I love to listen to almost every song again, just like when I was a little boy (though Elvis already was dead then). Still there are so many things Elvis sang that I haven't even heard. Anyhow, now I'm a man and can feel which songs brings very sexy vibes. Although most of them I would have picked too in my youth two-three decades ago.




1
SUCH A NIGHT

by Lincoln Chase
Recorded -60


2
I GOT A WOMAN

by Ray Charles /Renald Richard
Recorded -56


3
GUITAR MAN

by Jerry Reed Hubbard
Recorded -68


4
(YOU'RE SO SQUARE) BABY, I DON'T CARE

by Leiber & Stoller
Recorded -57


5
ONE-SIDED LOVE AFFAIR

by Bill Campbell
Recorded -56


6
PATCH IT UP

by Bourke, Heard, Rabbitt
Recorded -70


7
LONG-LEGGED GIRL (WITH THE SHORT DRESS ON)

by McFarland & Scott
Recorded -67


8
ALL SHOOK UP

by Otis Blackwell and Elvis Presley
Recorded -57


9
I GOT STUNG

by David Hill and Aaron Schroeder
Recorded -58


10
STUCK ON YOU

by Leslie McFarland and Aaron Schroeder
Recorded -60


11
THE NEXT STEP IS LOVE

by Paul Evans & Paul Parnes
Recorded -70











12
HIS LATEST FLAME

by Shuman & Pomus
Recorded -61


13
DEVIL IN DISGUISE

by Kaye, Kaye, Baum, Giant
Recorded -63


14
FEVER

by Davenport & Cooley
Recorded -60


15
VIVA LAS VEGAS

by Shuman & Pomus
Recorded -64


16
BURNING LOVE

by Dennis Linde
Recorded -72


17
(LET'S HAVE A) PARTY

by Jessie Mae Robinson
Recorded -56


18
ANYTHING THAT'S PART OF YOU

by Don Robertson
Recorded -62


19
POLK SALAD ANNIE

by Tony Joe White
Recorded -70


20
KISSIN' COUSINS

by Fred Wise & Randy Starr
Recorded -63


21
I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT

by Wayne & Reichmer
Recorded -59


22
UNTIL IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO

by Buffy Sainte-Marie
Recorded -72







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Hope On The Rocks with Toby Keith

The King of contemporary country music has just released another album. A friend got me like his Honkytonk University seven years ago. Since then we've given Toby an ear or two. Maybe Keith has become too comfortable, less challenging? But he does it good! Now I get thirsty for his songs again.

Many of them are about drinking, but have they mirrored that fact on the cover? No, it's just Toby walking straight with his guitar. Well chosen bonus track remixes though - should even have been a part of the main album.



most Amusing song: I LIKE GIRLS THAT DRINK BEER

most Beautiful song: HAVEN'T SEEN THE LAST OF YOU

most Sexy song: THE SIZE I WEAR (Round in the places she supposed to be round)

most Smart song: (GET OUT OF YOUR CLOTHES OR) GET OUT OF MY CAR (Bonus live track)

most Strange song: GET GOT

most growing Strong song: YOU AIN'T ALONE

most Loving song: HOPE ON THE ROCKS (BARTENDER)



Overall Album

7 compositions

4 instrumentations

6 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

4 philosophy

1 timeline (order of tracks)

2 concept (titles, cover picture)

4 historical importance

= 28


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)






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Every Time You Touch Me with Charlie Rich

Another folk country man of the 70's reminding me much of Elvis, even if it could be more the kind of songs than Presley's /Rich's actual voice. The songs are softly harsh, almost religious [most here are by Billy Sherrill and more, even Margaret Ann Rich, and Charlie himself on some]. Album is from 1975, after he already had sung about the most beautiful girl of the world.



most Loving song: SHE

most Amusing song: A MELLOW MELODY

most Beautiful song: RENDEZVOUS (when sunshine fills the room, then we'll be gone)

most Sexy song: EVERY TIME YOU TOUCH ME (I GET HIGH)

most Smart song: A LITTLE BIT HERE (A LITTLE BIT THERE)

most Strange song: PASS ON BY (Goodbye Gold)

most growing Strong song: YOU AND I (we're gonna fly)



Overall Album

7 compositions

5 instrumentations

7 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

5 philosophy

2 timeline (order of tracks)

1 concept (titles, cover picture)

2 historical importance

= 29


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)







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Canadian Cronenberg in Dead Zone

Stephen King's DEAD ZONE as Movie

directed by David Cronenberg
USA 1983

same year as he made Videodrome, also showing how a person can get psychic and by body involved in a collective matrix beyond his ordinary senses - foresight as a curse or gift??





most afflicted character: PSYCHIC JOHNNY (Christopher Walken)

most provoking character: SENATOR STILLSON (Martin Sheen)

most honourable character: DOKTOR WEIZAK (Herbert Lom)

most charming character: WIFE SARAH (Brooke Adams)

most mystic character: BOY STUART (Simon Craig) and/or DADDY STUART (Anthony Zerbe)


3 Characters
2 Scenery
2 Camerawork

5 Thrill
5 Conflict
1 Humour

4 Psychology
5 Philosophy
6 Fantasy

3 Composition
4 Music
6 Concept

= 46


I now give 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 12 = 84 never exist(?)






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Cold on the Shoulder with Gordon Lightfoot

Canada's old songmaker combines a down-to-earth sense with magical melodies and nice springy rhytms. This often results in something between country, folkie and spanish guitar pieces.

Seldom I've heard anyone making so beautiful chord shifts as Gordon. He can also really sing soft and manly at the same time, like a canadian Elvis?! (even though his voice is something else). Sometimes an almost religious steel guitar with strings or bells helps him.

The year after his official masterpiece Sundown, Lightfoot was back with a less well-known album. Today Gordon turns 74 years, while two days later I will become almost half as old. Here about Cold On The Shoulder from my year -75:



most Amusing song: BEND IN THE WATER

most Beautiful song: FINE AS FINE CAN BE

most Sexy song: RAINBOW TROUT

most Smart song: (And the foolish I would climb once more) A TREE TO WEAK TO STAND (And if trust was just a simple thing, than trusting I would be)

most Strange song: NOW AND THEN

most growing Strong song: ALL THE LOVELY LADIES

most Loving song: RAINY DAY PEOPLE (don't hide love inside, they just pass it on)



7 compositions
 
6 instrumentations

7 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

5 philosophy

3 timeline (order of tracks)

6 concept (titles, cover picture)

4 historical importance

= 38


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)






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Surviving Voyages through Alaska and Antarctica

Triangle Drama # 89

or SnowBlack Movies # 3









THE GREY

Alaska USA 2011
by Joe Carnahan



most mystic character: OTTWAY (Liam Neeson)

most provoking character: DIAZ (Frank Grillo)

most honourable character: BURKE (Nonso Anozie)

most charming character: TALGET (Dermot Mulroney)


3 Characters
5 Scenery
5 Camerawork

7 Thrill
6 Conflict
1 Humour

6 Psychology
4 Philosophy
2 Fantasy

5 Composition
3 Music
6 Concept

= 53







VOYAGE TO THE END OF THE EARTH

documentray with the team of captain Jacques Costeau
directed by Philippe Costeau


Antarctica /France 1976
(Atlantic Bluray trilogy, last part)



most mystic characters: THE GLACIERS (combined with volcanic activity)

most provoking characters: THE ICEBERGS (and their caverns)

most honourable characters: THE BOAT EXPEDITION

most charming characters: THE PENGUINS


2 Characters
7 Scenery
7 Camerawork

5 Thrill
4 Conflict
2 Humour

3 Psychology
4 Philosophy
4 Fantasy

3 Composition
5 Music
5 Concept

= 51









RUNAWAY TRAIN

Alaska USA 1985
by Andrey Konchalovsky



most mystic character: prison manager WARDEN RANKEN (John P. Ryan)

most provoking character: escaped prisoner MANNY MANHEIM (Jon Voight)

most honourable character: third passenger SARA (Rebecca De Mornay)

most charming character: train coordinator DAVE PRINCE (T.K. Carter)


3 Characters
3 Scenery
3 Camerawork

6 Thrill
6 Conflict
3 Humour

3 Psychology
1 Philosophy
2 Fantasy

4 Composition
3 Music
6 Concept

= 43





I now give 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 12 = 84 never exist(?)








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Songs of Love And Hate with Leonard Cohen

Seems I keep returning to this every november, to get a real grip of my bitter emotions and bring them up to something spiritual. Leonard sings more intense and flaming aggressive on this third album (1971) than the more melancholic and dark frostiness he use to possess.

Even though I've not dived really close into Cohen's lyrics, as should be extra necessary for this masterpiece, I feel the deep of the deep of the deep. Longing for very much snow this year!



most Loving song: (And the rain falls down on) LAST YEAR'S MAN

most growing Strong song: DRESS REHEARSAL RAG (Wasn't it a strange way down?)

most Strange song: FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT

most Smart song: LOVE CALLS YOU BY YOUR NAME (people you became)
Love L

most Sexy song: AVALANCHE

most Beautiful song: JOAN OF ARC

most Amusing song: (There are no) DIAMONDS IN THE MINE



Overall Album

7 compositions

3 instrumentations

7 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

7 philosophy

4 timeline (order of tracks)

5 concept (titles, cover picture)

7 historical importance

= 40


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)










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What if not Why more than What-if...?

...after trying to listen to Igor Ledochowski version of (his old teacher's version of) the four learning styles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_styles


Interesting how he seems to me to describe the learning process as: "Why?" as a quite unconscious, emotional motivation, "What?" as rather conscious dealing with information, and then "How?" as testing all this in a more concrete way, to maybe at last reframe one's concepts by opening for other "What if...?", which to keep inspiring demands some kind of new motivation and so on...


-What if I learn best by being a what-if?! /an Accomodator?!
= the only style I haven't really imagined for myself yet :-)

Then more specifically it would be the negative type of "what if?"... And it's by this division Igor "gives me" insight. In a similar way to the 6th filter of the enneagram circle, the negative what-if:ers seems scanning after what could go wrong, how to problemizing things, instead of just listening. However maybe still realtively positive, to problemizing further and find some solution?



Igor speaks in a super-fast way difficult to hear every word. Well, as following I hear the mind-bending information about the possible Accomodator [though he never uses that term]:

"Finally the What-if-people, these are people who - once the information is being presented, they need to make connections to it, like projecting "What if this happens? What if that happens? Can I use it here? Can I use it there?". And there's two types of what-if-people. There's the negative what-if's, which is "What if it fails? What if it goes wrong here? What if it goes wrong there?". Right?...

...And inspectors/expectors //expect us(?) there's not a problem, you just inspect//expect them(?) and think you can handle(?). It's very simple. Right? The other ones are the positive what-if:ers. That's kind of a little bit of what I am, which is "Can I use it here? Can I use it there? What about if you do this(?) but a bit here and a bit there??" Start adding more connections...!"



Later Ledochowski even speaks of "to assimilate" as an important part of the what-if learning process, but I never hear him mention that word in relation to What?-peoples which Colb and others calls the Assimilators

= which I very first thought I was, before mentally collaborated on the material like the Converger my friend says I must be, and finded myself that I mostly get stucked/focused in the motivation phase, and realised why not then being more of a Diverger...?



Like humans we naturally possesses a bit of every type/style - but important question could be which is our everyday focus and/or most effective for each of us to really learn?!?








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PROMETHEUS the postume predecessor to Alien

SnowBlack Movie # 1210




PROMETHEUS

by Ridley Scott (who also made the first Alien-film)

UK /USA 2012




Happy role: JANEK (Idris Elba)

Grumpy role: FIFIELD (Sean Harris)


Crazy role: HOLLOWAY (Logan Marshall-Green)

Shy role: MILLBURN (Rafe Spall)


Surprising role: WEYLAND (Guy Pearce)

Ordinary role: DAVID (Michael Fassbender)

Wise role: ELIZABETH (Noomi Rapace)


Beautiful role: MEREDITH (Charlize Theron)


4 Characters
7 Scenery
6 Camerawork

5 Thrill
6 Conflict
2 Humour

3 Psychology
5 Philosophy
5 Fantasy

6 Composition
5 Music
7 Concept

= 61


I now give 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 12 = 84 never exist(?)







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2112 with Rush

Canadian band somewhere between Zeppelin-metal and progressive Yes-style

2112 was made in 1976, so we maybe shall wait for yet another century - to hear if there were a hidden message - as if not enough with 21/12 2012 :-)

This third album by Rush opens with one mega-track on first side (consists of 7 parts, each has an undertitle) and five shorter pieces on the other side.



most Loving song: SOLILOQUY [part 6]

most growing Strong song: DISCOVERY [part 3]

most Strange song: THE TWILIGHT ZONE (of imagination)

most Smart song: (You won't get) SOMETHING FOR NOTHING

most Sexy song: PRESENTATION [part 4]

most Beautiful song: TEARS (What would touch me deeper?)

most Amusing song: THE TEMPLES OF SYRINX [part 2]



Overall Album

3 compositions

5 instrumentations

7 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

5 philosophy

5 timeline (order of tracks)

6 concept (titles, cover picture)

5 historical importance

= 36


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)






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MERLIN and Whole Kingdom

SnowBlack Movie # 1211




MERLIN
movie in 3 tv-episodes

the Arthurian legend retold through Merlin's life

UK /USA 1998

director: Steve Barron
writers: Barnes, Stevens, Kharma





Happy role: SIR BORIS (Roger Ashton-Griffiths)

Grumpy role: QUEEN MAB (Miranda Richardson)


Crazy role: MORGAN LE FEY (young Alice Hamilton, grownup Helena Bonham Carter)

Shy role: NIMUE (young Agnieszka Koson, grownup Isabella Rossellini)


Surprising role: FRIK (Martin Short)

Ordinary role: KING ARTHUR (Paul Curran)

Wise role: MERLIN THE WIZARD (young Daniel Brocklebank, grownup Sam Neill)


Beautiful role: GUINEVERE (Lena Headey)


5 Characters
6 Scenery
6 Camerawork

2 Thrill
5 Conflict
2 Humour

3 Psychology
5 Philosophy
4 Fantasy

6 Composition
2 Music
7 Concept

= 53


I now give 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 12 = 84 never exist(?)






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Old New Borrowed and Blue with SLADE

Too long since I listened to Slade! Even this album feels fantastic, though allmusic gives it much less stars than Slade in Flame from same year -74 and their earlier efforts from that 70's which they glisten with. When I only knew them as funny characters at "film star" idole small pictures...

Seldom has glam rock felt so really rock'n'roll as by Slade, at the same time touching metal. Of course they were in good company by many bands as Sweet, Mott The Hoople and later Smokie. Also now realise how close to Beatles that Slade sound, Nodder shouting like Lennon sometimes, even if The Who is a better comparision as a whole. In fact they already existed in -66 under another identity, but maybe wasn't mature enough before -72.



Most compositions by Noddy Holder and Alvin Lee

most Amusing song: FIND YOURSELF A RAINBOW

most Beautiful song: WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE OUT

most Sexy song: DO WE STILL DO IT

most Smart song: MY FRIEND STAN
Stan

most Strange song: KILL 'EM AT THE HOT CLUB TONITE (Bonus track)

most growing Strong song: WE'RE REALLY GONNA RAISE THE ROOF

most Loving song: MILES OUT TO SEA
Sea


Overall Album

6 compositions

7 instrumentations

7 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

4 philosophy

3 timeline (order of tracks)

5 concept (titles, cover picture)

5 historical importance

= 37


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)







And so two very estetically good videos with -71/-72 pieces:

Look What You Dun
Piano Pinup

Mama, We're All Crazy Now
Mirror Hat







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EROTIKON a Swedish Silent Movie

made in 1920
by Mauritz Stiller




most mystic character: BARON FELIX played by Vilhelm Bryde

most estetic character: IRENE CHARPENTIER played by Tora Teje

most charming character: MARTHE played by Karin Molander

most honourable character: LEO CHARPENTIER played by Anders de Wahl

most provoking character: PREBEN WELLS played by Lars Hansson

most funny character: PROFESSOR SIDONIUS played by Torsten Hammarén



6 Characters
7 Scenery
7 Camerawork

2 Thrill
3 Conflict
3 Humour

2 Psychology
5 Philosophy
4 Fantasy

3 Composition
5 Music
5 Concept

= 52


I now give 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 12 = 84 never exist(?)






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Photos Found of me in PRAGUE

THE THING

by John Carpenter
USA 1982


seen it two or even three times before
gets better every time
has a more condensed atmosphere than I remembered
also more people /potential things



most provoking character : DR. BLAIR played by Wilford Brimley

most honourable character : R.J. McREADY played by Kurt Russell

most afflicted character : WINDOWS played by Thomas G Waites

most charming character : NAULS played by T.K. Carter

most estetic character : THE COMPUTER played by different games

most mystic character : THE THING played by something like...


4 Characters
7 Scenery
3 Camerawork

7 Thrill
5 Conflict
1 Humour

4 Psychology
2 Philosophy
6 Fantasy

5 Composition
7 Music
7 Concept

= 58


I now give 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 12 = 84 never exist(?)





Movies which I think have a similar concept or feeling or environment or process:

ALIEN
Ridley Scott 1979

JAWS
Steven Spielberg 1975

THE FLY
David Cronenberg 1986

SOLARIS
Andrei Tarkovsky 1972

THE SHINING
Stanley Kubrick 1980





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SABOTAGE with Black Sabbath

made in 1974, with probably both lyrics and arrangements more creative than any of their other albums, I keep realizing




most Strange song: SYMPTOM OF THE UNIVERSE

most Smart song: DON'T START (TOO LATE)

most growing Strong song: MEGALOMANIA

most Sexy song: AM I GOING INSANE? (RADIO)

most Beautiful song: THE WRIT (especially later part)

most Amusing song: THRILL OF IT ALL



Overall Album

5 compositions

6 instrumentations

6 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

6 philosophy

3 timeline (order of tracks)

7 concept (titles, cover picture)

6 historical importance

= 39


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)






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Twelve Revolve : my Tenth top of 2012

Old Songs going for another Round and another Round



0

THE SNOWS

with The Pentangle
traditional

from Solomon's Seal -72


1

JUDAS' DEATH [some different numbers reappearing]

with Carl Anderson and more
by Rice & Lloyd Webber

from Movie original soundtrack -73
Judas Death



2

GOLF GIRL

with Caravan
by Sinclair, Hastings, Hastings, Coughlan

from In The Land of Grey And Pink -71
Golf Girl Caravan


3

MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL

with The Cars
by Ric Ocasek

from The Cars -78


4

DANN TRÜGT DER SCHEIN ["Then The Light Blinds"]

with Peter Schilling
by Peter Schilling

from Fehler im System [Error in System] -82
German Space



5

TIME AND TIME AGAIN

with Mike Rutherford (baseplayer of Genesis)
by Mike Rutherford

from Small Creep's Day -80


6

SILLY LOVE SONGS

with Wings [McCartney & McCartney]
by Paul McCartney

from Wings at The Speed of Sound -76

and/or
with The Warblers
from Glee season 2 episode 12



7

FÉNIX

with Blue Effect [Modrý Efect]
by Hladík, Rytir

from Meditace -70


8

LASIHELMIPELI

with Tabula Rasa
by Mikko Altalo, Jarno Sinisalo, Heikki Silvennoinen

from Ekkedien Tanssi -76



9

NO QUARTER

with Led Zeppelin
by Jones, Page, Plant

from Houses of The Holy -73


10

TRAUMRAUM

with Klaus Schulze
by Klaus Schulze

via Historic Edition, Studio -73


11

SURPRISE, SURPRISE (Didn't we Believe we were More?)

with Caravan
by Pye Hastings

from For Girls Who Grow Plump in The Night -73


12

SOUP

with CAN
by Leibzeit, Schmidt, Suzuki, Karoli, Czukay

from Ege Bamyasi -72













13

THE END

with Nico
by Krieger, Densmore, Morrison, Manzarek

from The End -74








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Brain Games Exercises

www.lumosity.com


my favourite Brain Games to play seems to be


1
SPACE JUNK
Attention


2
FACE MEMORY WORKOUT
Memory


3
COLOR MATCH
Flexibility


4
MEMORY LANE
Memory


5
KOI
Attention


6
ROUTE TO SPROUT
Flexibility


7
TOP CHIMP
Attention


8
FAMILIAR FACES
Memory

would've been better if one could get further levels than 8


9
WORD BUBBLES RISING
Flexibility


10
CHALKBOARD CHALLENGE
Problem Solving


11
BRAIN SHIFT
Flexibility


12
MONEYCOMB
Memory


13
ROTATION MATRIX
Speed





In one way or another almost every game has to do with the speed of memory and then estimation of positions. So how they have encircled these five excercising areas confuses me a bit, especially since some fields contains much more different games. But it's very good brain exercise anyway, when you develope yourself from day to day.


my Training Results so far



TOTAL

1124
= percentile 77.8

352 game rounds played

Attention [peripheral vision, picking out things after short glimpses]

1036
= percentile 70.0

96 game rounds played




Memory [of faces, names, positions, relations and more]

1395
= percentile 92.2

95 game rounds played




Speed [reacting to pattern shifts]

1060
= percentile 62.9

46 game rounds played

Problem Solving [mostly pure calculation]

879
= percentile 60.9

46 game rounds played

Flexibility [between brain halves, not letting one aspect confuse the other]

1254
= percentile 86.3

63 game rounds played

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People Split in Four Directions or more

Yet Trying to interRelate



BABEL

Big movie by Alejandro González Iñáritu
Mexico/USA, France 2006

located to Morocco, USA, Mexico, Japan




most unexperienced character : YUSSEF played by Boubker Ait El Caid

most provoking character : SANTIAGO played by Gael García Bernal

most honourable character : AMELIA played by Adriana Barraza

most afflicted character : SUSAN JONES played by Kate Blanchett

most charming character : CHIEKO WATAYA played by Rinko Kikuchi

most estetic character : DET. KENJI MAMIYA played by Satoshi Nikaido

most mystic character : ZOHRA played by Wahiba Sahmi

most soulful character : MIKE JONES played by Nathan Gamble



4 Characters
5 Scenery
5 Camerawork

7 Thrill
7 Conflict
1 Humour

6 Psychology
3 Philosophy
4 Fantasy

6 Composition
3 Music
7 Concept

= 58


I now give 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 12 = 84 never exist(?)








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Czech World Searching (?) with Blue Effect

album SVET HLEDACU
[including some kind of apostrophes I don't find]

released 1979
by by then czechoslovakian band Blue Effect [Modrý Efekt]




Live version of RAJKY

The pieces are progressive rock
thereby processing many themes...


The three pieces I so far find most spiritually upliftning, containing  both beautiful and exciting moments are:

ZMOUDRENÍ BABÍM LÉTEM (track 4)

[composed by Lesek Semelka, one of the keyboardists]

ZÁZRAK JEDNÉ NOCI (track 5)


NERAD MÁM RÁNO DÝM (bonus 9)



Overall Album

5 compositions

7 instrumentations

6 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

3(?) philosophy

2 timeline (order of tracks)

5 concept (titles, cover picture)

7 historical importance

= 35


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)






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Why Wasn't it named "THE SHARK"?

not seen in a long time




JAWS

directed by Steven Spielberg
based on novel by Peter Benchley

USA 1975



most charming character : QUINT played by Robert Shaw

most provoking character : VAUGHN played by Murray Hamilton

most honourable character : BRODY played by Roy Schneider

most funny character : HOOPER played by Richard Dreyfuss

most mystic character : THE SHARK played by something



4 Characters
5 Scenery
6 Camerawork

7 Thrill
5 Conflict
4 Humour

4 Psychology
2 Philosophy
4 Fantasy

4 Composition
3 Music
5 Concept

= 53


A bit better than I remembered
but # 138 of the world is true in just a few aspects (even if they are enough).


I now give 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 12 = 84 never exist(?)






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Strange Days with The Doors

Didn't thought I was going to open The Doors again. They never broke through to my full appreciation, but now it seems they do?! (not only the winding organ of Manzarek). Even if publically overshadowed by their first mythical masterpiece, this second album I think feels more spiritually uplifting.



most Strange song: I CAN'T SEE YOUR FACE IN MY MIND

most Smart song: LOVE ME TWO TIMES

most Sexy song: STRANGE DAYS

most Beautiful song: YOU'RE LOST LITTLE GIRL

most Amusing song: PEOPLE ARE STRANGE

most growing Strong song: WHEN THE MUSIC'S OVER



Overall Album

5 compositions

7 instrumentations

6 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

3 philosophy

4 timeline (order of tracks)

6 concept (titles, cover picture)

7 historical importance

= 38


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)








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Jesus Superstar The Movie

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

by Jewison & Bragg
built on Lloyd Webber & Rice

in fact the movie also is a musical
USA 1973
3 years after original soundtrack

Now I really hear the late 60's soul roots of this music
conducted by André Previn




most soulful character : JUDAS ISCARIOT played by Carl Anderson

most provoking character : JESUS CHRIST played by Ted Neeley

most charming character : KING HEROD played by Josh Mostel

most estetic character : CAIAPHAS played by Bob Bingham

most honourable character : MARY MAGDALENE played by Yvonne Elliman

most mystic character : PONTIUS PILATE played by Barry Dennen

most musical character : SIMON ZEALOTES played by Larry Marshall



4 Characters
7 Scenery
4 Camerawork

2 Thrill
5 Conflict
1 Humour

3 Psychology
6 Philosophy
3 Fantasy

5 Composition
7 Music
6 Concept

= 51


I now give 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 12 = 84 never exist(?)






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Aelvina found again from ten autumns ago