Notes - timelessness /

       
      Late Sunday morning. You completed your forty some minutes of exercises after a nap. Carol is cleaning out her purses. You are not sure you have a heartansoul but your mind exists. – Amorella

       1124 hours. The heart was easier to rediscover but the soul appears ---

       Later. The cat needs attention. Amorella

       1239 hours. I have thought about the books and the blog and during my break I critically watched several “X-Files” episodes and art films on Amazon Prime. The art films in particular were an agreeable counterpart to writing; each was an inspiration for further thought. The plots were also quite creatively constructed, as such; it appears that while some of the films are critically acclaimed they don’t attract the mainstream audiences who basically want entertainment first thought second. This is understandable. People spend enough time reflecting on surviving as well as they can, and a part of surviving is entertainment.

       You on the third episode of the second season of “X-Files”. The art films, in order, are: Ex Machina, Under the Skin, Coherence and Frequencies. Below are the Rotten Tomatoes results: - Amorella

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Ex Machina (2015)

CRITIC’S SCORE: 92%

Critics Consensus: Ex Machina leans heavier on ideas than effects, but it's still a visually polished piece of work -- and an uncommonly engaging sci-fi feature.

AUDIENCE SCORE: 86%

Movie Info. Alex Garland, writer of 28 Days Later and Sunshine, makes his directorial debut with the stylish and cerebral thriller, EX MACHINA. Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson), a programmer at an internet-search giant, wins a competition to spend a week at the private mountain estate of the company's brilliant and reclusive CEO, Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac). Upon his arrival, Caleb learns that Nathan has chosen him to be the human component in a Turing Test-charging him with evaluating the capabilities, and ultimately the consciousness, of Nathan's latest experiment in artificial intelligence. That experiment is Ava (Alicia Vikander), a breathtaking A.I. whose emotional intelligence proves more sophisticated--and more deceptive--than the two men could have imagined.

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Under the Skin (2014)

CRITIC’S SCORE: 85%

Critics Consensus: Its message may prove elusive for some, but with absorbing imagery and a mesmerizing performance from Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin is a haunting viewing experience.

AUDIENCE SCORE: 55%

Movie Info. An alien in human form is on a journey through Scotland.

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Coherence (2014)

CRITIC’S SCORE: 88 %

Critics Consensus: A case study in less-is-more filmmaking, Coherence serves as a compelling low-budget calling card for debuting writer-director James Ward Byrkit.

AUDIENCE SCORE: 79%

Movie Info. On the night of an astronomical anomaly, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events. Part cerebral sci-fi and part relationship drama, COHERENCE is a tightly focused, intimately shot film whose tension intensely ratchets up as its numerous complex mysteries unfold.

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Frequencies (2014)

CRITIC’S SCORE Score: 100 %

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet with only 6 reviews.

AUDIENCE SCORE: 76%

Movie Info. What if physics determined the laws of attraction? In a parallel world where human frequencies determine luck, love, and destiny, Zak, a young college student, must overcome science in order to love Marie, who emits a different frequency than his own. In an attempt to make their love a reality, Zak experiments on the laws of nature, putting in danger the cosmic equilibrium of fate and everything he holds dear. This unique and experimental drama blends science fiction and romance to create a futuristic tale where love, science, and fate collide.

Selected and edited from – rottentomatoesDOTcom

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      1557 hours. My present view: after seeing these films as well as the full first season of “X-Files” I am at the conclusion the Merlyn stories are all I have after 15 years of attempting to make a good series of fiction. I am at a loss to construct anything new. I am not sure what the original seed of these books is but I have not been able to rid myself of it no matter how many words I write and rewrite.

       You wish you could create script stories such are used in the above works. The original seed of your creative endeavors is spiritual though you are not inclined to feel this is so. You like to think you are not of this world. You like to think that human beings are not of this or any other world. Your closest doorway to an elsewhere-that-is-not-physical is with the Dead. Thus you want to show a direct connection with the Dead (the Past) with the Living (the Present) and with the Dead (the Future). When placed in a book they are bound as one and thus timeless. – Amorella

       1614 hours. This makes sense. I have the setting ‘timelessness’.

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