For people with a few minutes to kill:
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/photojonny2007/Extras/Mirrorshots.jpg (http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/photojonny2007/Extras/Mirrorshots.jpg)
Just Law of Fives, or on to something?
I totally called this. The numerological significance of 11, I mean.
http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=13846.msg444632#msg444632
QuoteConcerning the Number Eleven
*A Numerological Principle*
*Wherefore, if there are exactly eleven people present at a party, it shall be nigh impossible to divide the cake into eleven pieces, making it necessary to acquire more cakes of the same size to make eleven, or some multiple thereof.
* Wherefore, be it known that eleven is therefore an impractical and awkward number to use in any situation
* Wherefore, any person interested in promoting Holy Discord should attempt to apply the number eleven as often as possible, for obvious reasons.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled :|
Eleven is my favorite number.
Quote from: Hoopla on July 16, 2008, 03:48:46 AM
For people with a few minutes to kill:
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/photojonny2007/Extras/Mirrorshots.jpg (http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/photojonny2007/Extras/Mirrorshots.jpg)
Just Law of Fives, or on to something?
On to what?
The kid is on screen for mathmatically related durations and intervals?
I'm not quite sure what you're going for here.
Just curious as to whether Kubrick did this on purpose... or not?
I'm leaning toward not, but I wouldn't put anything past Kubrick.
I dunno man, I think you might be grasping at straws here.
I tried to figure this our for exactly 1:53 minutes before I remembered that I am not good in math. (The time stamp was 3:42 pm) :42+:11
I am completely confused.
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on July 16, 2008, 09:35:41 PM
I dunno man, I think you might be grasping at straws here.
Agreed. There are other mirror scenes as well, it just looks like the person who did the photo picked some of them, counted back 11 minutes from it to try and make a point. Poorly.
FACT: I've never had cake at any party I've ever thrown. The vast majority of consumables were liquid and nobody really gave a shit if they were divided evenly after the first few.
What should you take from all this? Numerology is silly.
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on July 16, 2008, 09:35:41 PM
I dunno man, I think you might be grasping at straws here.
I have nothing to do with the theory, I just stumbled onto it, and thought it was interesting. I enjoy seeing the Law of Fives at work, which is what I suspect this is, but it also works beautifully.
If it doesn't do it for you . . . meh.
Quote from: ten ton mantis on July 17, 2008, 02:32:20 AM
FACT: I've never had cake at any party I've ever thrown. The vast majority of consumables were liquid and nobody really gave a shit if they were divided evenly after the first few.
What should you take from all this? Numerology is silly.
I like numerology in fiction, but don't have much time for it IRL.
I did see a good video on Youtube once which made the case that The Shining was filmed by Kubrick to be about the Indian genocide at the hands of American colonists. I'm not sure if you can fit an eleven into that, but feel free to try.
I thought you quit?
There ARE a lot of native american artifacts in the background of the film, so there could be something to that... I would imagine Kubrick had a lot of things on his mind...
Although I am thoroughly SICK of the "indian burial ground" concept in fiction... the population of north america doesn't seem to find native americans intimidating or powerful in any way, except in the creation of a SCARY burial ground, which I think is extremely odd.
White genocidal guilt.
I did find it amusing in Poltergiest though, that a dead Indian would spend his time moving a chair back and forth in some suburban kitchen.
Quote from: ten ton mantis on July 17, 2008, 02:32:20 AM
FACT: I've never had cake at any party I've ever thrown. The vast majority of consumables were liquid and nobody really gave a shit if they were divided evenly after the first few.
What should you take from all this? Numerology is silly.
:potd:
Quote from: LMNO on July 17, 2008, 01:55:26 PM
White genocidal guilt.
I did find it amusing in Poltergiest though, that a dead Indian would spend his time moving a chair back and forth in some suburban kitchen.
Seriously, why doesn't he just pick it up and bludgeon them all to death?
Quote from: Reverend Whats His Name on July 17, 2008, 02:07:58 PM
Quote from: LMNO on July 17, 2008, 01:55:26 PM
White genocidal guilt.
I did find it amusing in Poltergiest though, that a dead Indian would spend his time moving a chair back and forth in some suburban kitchen.
Seriously, why doesn't he just pick it up and bludgeon them all to death?
Because that would have been a short film.
in case you haven't seen it,
Here's a trailer of the Shining if it was a Feel Good movie:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=e8CwuOIimYI
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on July 17, 2008, 04:42:39 PM
in case you haven't seen it,
Here's a trailer the Shining if it was a Feel Good movie:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=e8CwuOIimYI
I love that clip.
Quote from: Hoopla on July 17, 2008, 01:28:43 PM
I thought you quit?
There ARE a lot of native american artifacts in the background of the film, so there could be something to that... I would imagine Kubrick had a lot of things on his mind...
Although I am thoroughly SICK of the "indian burial ground" concept in fiction... the population of north america doesn't seem to find native americans intimidating or powerful in any way, except in the creation of a SCARY burial ground, which I think is extremely odd.
I took a break.
And yes, the use of Native iconography in the background is pretty hard to miss. Not to mention at times his wife looks pretty Native American as well (esp. her hairstyle later in the film). The use of the symbol of a maze, and certain other things suggest (he doesn't want his wife to see his work) suggest a level of duplicity that is reminiscint of early dealings with the Native American tribes too.
I hadn't thought about that in regards to Wendy before... that's interesting.
I once printed out a stack of pages that all repeated "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" and left it out for my mom to find.
You are all wrong. The Shining is obviously about over-commercialization and the horrors of fast food.
http://biggiebat.ytmnd.com/
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on July 16, 2008, 08:21:00 PM
Eleven is my favorite number.
It is.
The number 11 is on The Wall, on 4th Avenue in South Filth, for no apparent reason, amongst the images of ghostly musicians and equally an ghostly young lady waiting at a window for her prince that will never come.
Nigel threw a joygasm over it.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 29, 2010, 06:32:02 PM
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on July 16, 2008, 08:21:00 PM
Eleven is my favorite number.
It is.
The number 11 is on The Wall, on 4th Avenue in South Filth, for no apparent reason, amongst the images of ghostly musicians and equally an ghostly young lady waiting at a window for her prince that will never come.
Nigel threw a joygasm over it.
Oh yes, yes yes yes indeed! :)