Posts by Ronald Flores54

jmo, let’s be real here. Have you ever absolutely trashed a movie during your childhood, only to spend years counting down the days until you could finally rewatch it, only to be met with total, crushing disappointment?
In my case, it was Boorman’s Excalibur. I first saw it back in first grade in a small town outside of Chicago, and by the end of it, I was sobbing like it was a rainy Tuesday. Fast forward to when I finally got my hands on a DVD player, and I practically sprinted to the first shop I found to grab a copy, totally primed for an emotional revisit. Well, it didn't go well. Not only was I personally repulsed by how much sheer banality was used for cheap comedic effect, but on top of everything, I had to endure the cynical commentary and muffled snickering from the man of my dreams sitting on the other side of the couch. I mean, I had specifically warned him ahead of time that we were watching "one of the greatest films ever made."
Of course, feel free to chime in if you’ve had the opposite experience—if a movie actually grew on you over time and pleasantly surprised you... though I highly doubt a change of heart can ever be quite as radical as pure disillusionment.

hollowpilot9 said:History doesn't actually start until after the Singularity; everything before that point is just a prelude. Once we hit the Singularity, there isn't even a concept of pre-history, history, or post-history anymore. There’s just one single, universal state. I guess if you're interested, I could go into more detail regarding that anticipation my favorite thinker, Ray Kurzweil, talks about? All this talk of modernism, postmodernism, transmodernism, and so on... it feels like nothing more than desperate attempts to tether tradition to a reality that’s already moved on. It just doesn't work anymore.

Man, you're really going on about the Singularity.
That whole idea was basically a massive fad back in the day with Däniken and that crowd.
Let's see what you actually know about Kurzweil; honestly, I think I might have a better handle on him than you do.😉