Thor, the movie opens in 2 days

[Guardian]

I do have a WWII era katana in my closet though....

That's an interesting place to keep a katana. I've been attacked in a wide variety of places before.... but never in my closet ;D

 

[Gimpy]

I'd have to say that a light saber is my all time favorite weapon.

I have a Bastard Sword sitting about 2 feet to my right. Do you have a light saber? ;D

Ahhh yes,...weapons. Reminds me of a conversation I got roped into (no pun intended) in the office lunch room once upon a time. One of the bigger men having lunch asked me what my favorite weapon was:

a sword, or a quarter staff?

I just gave him a sweet smile and said: "My truck."

Fond memories...had to share that. And it DOES fit into the movie....not even Thor could argue with a truck. (Well, not at first anyway)

 

[ScioAgapeOmnis]

How'd I do? I'm thinking I should get major points for abandoning the fire extinguisher idea, because it would have been FUNNY ...but it had too many potential repercussions, and I didn't want to miss the movie.

I think you coulda done worse ;)

I'm NOT trying to be rude here, but I do take their recommendations on Warriorship with a grain of salt. I'm of the opinion that many cultures are wayyyyyy too tolerant of abusive and/or psychopathic behavior in a vain effort to "maintain harmony in the community/tribe" Unfortunately, being nice and polite only works with the nice and polite people. Being "nice" and "polite" with abusive people DOES NOT WORK.

I agree, although I didn't get the impression from Don Juan's description that a warrior is "nice and polite", but only when it is strategically necessary, or as you said, with those who are themselves nice and polite. As soon as the opportunity presents itself, the warrior turns the tables on the abuser. An experienced warrior is simply better at it and can recognize more opportunities and take advantage of them effectively. In the case of your example in the movie theater, proper timing happened to be right then and there, so I'd say you were pretty warrior-like. I just wouldn't go seeking out a petty tyrant as Don Juan suggests, but even in his example, the "apprentice/warrior" only did so under guidance/supervision of a teacher, not on his own. In the context of every-day life there are plenty of opportunities to work on ourselves and strive for impeccability, so rarely do we need to seek the opportunities out, osit.

The program of tolerating abuse for the sake of harmony, as you said, brings anything BUT harmony, and I don't think that those who did that were acting as "warriors" as Don Juan described the concept. They would be equivalent to new agers who only think happy thoughts and send love and light to everyone.

 

[Mountain Crown]

Fwiw, the real tyrant to be overcome was the warrior's own self-importance when dealing with a petty tyrant, requiring impeccability.

 

[RedFox]

Was originally not going to see Thor until I saw Guardians review, so went and watched it last night (2D version). Was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed it quite a lot.

If I ever need my "make nice" program beat out of me, I know just whom to ask. I think it's wise to "pick your battles", and know when to move and when to put your foot down, and both cases should be driven by external consideration. That's why when it's shyness or fear of embarrassment holding us back, it's not the right reason to hold back. Plus, the movie Thor is inspirational. The guy is a sweetheart, and yet very headstrong and compulsive. But one thing he isn't is shy, and actually now that I think about it, Guardian kinda reminds me of him :P And it would be fun to hang out with both, as long as we don't get ourselves into any wars in the process..

Ditto!

Only once has someone acted like they were going to refuse and make an issue of it, and I got the entire theater (including his own girl friend sitting next to him) laughing at him in about 15 seconds. I called him "Prince Verizon" bowed and apologized because I didn't know we had royalty among us and the rules didn't apply to him. I think I mentioned that a Prince should have at least been able to afford to buy his girlfriend a large popcorn instead of a dozen kernels in a Dixie cup, I asked her "Did you at least get a Reeses Cup out of him girl?" and when she nodded "no" "What, not even one Reeses Cup from the Prince of Verizon?" ...stuff like that. The point is to get everyone looking and laughing at the offender....which I seem to have a knack for.
Someone actually went and got an Usher that time.

Well that's pure gold right there (you've cheered me up no end with that)! Last time something like this happened to me was 15 years ago, I don't remember the film (I think it wasn't particularly good) but do remember the group of lads behind me and my friends who where laughing, talking loudly, throwing things and generally fighting amongst themselves enough for everyone to notice (they even kicked the backs of our chairs a few times).
Finally got over my 'avoid confrontation' program turned round and asked them if they wouldn't mind shutting up? Knowing they wouldn't, I turned back...waited for them to carry on and then turned round in my seat to watch them. I figured what the hell...if they want to be the centre of attention I'd sit and watch them intently (I propped myself up and made constant slow eye contact with each and everyone of them). No where near as good as Guardians method (I vote for the fire extinguisher), but it worked after about 5-10 minutes of me staring at them blankly made sure they felt nice and uncomfortable (one of them was literally squirming in his seat) before going back to watching the film

 

[Seamus]

Last time something like this happened to me was 15 years ago, I don't remember the film (I think it wasn't particularly good) but do remember the group of lads behind me and my friends who where laughing, talking loudly, throwing things and generally fighting amongst themselves enough for everyone to notice (they even kicked the backs of our chairs a few times).
Finally got over my 'avoid confrontation' program turned round and asked them if they wouldn't mind shutting up? Knowing they wouldn't, I turned back...waited for them to carry on and then turned round in my seat to watch them. I figured what the hell...if they want to be the centre of attention I'd sit and watch them intently (I propped myself up and made constant slow eye contact with each and everyone of them). No where near as good as Guardians method (I vote for the fire extinguisher), but it worked after about 5-10 minutes of me staring at them blankly made sure they felt nice and uncomfortable (one of them was literally squirming in his seat) before going back to watching the film

Its really amazing what people will do to avoid a little discomfort isn't it?

 

[Guardian]

How'd I do? I'm thinking I should get major points for abandoning the fire extinguisher idea, because it would have been FUNNY ...but it had too many potential repercussions, and I didn't want to miss the movie.

I think you coulda done worse ;)

Oh yeah, if I'd done what I really wanted to do I would have sprayed him with the extinguisher then said "Bad person, BAD, drop the cell phone, DROP IT! ...then sprayed him again, and again, until he did.

If I did even a tiny fraction of the things I WANT to do to rude, abusive people, I'd be needing the FOTCM prison ministry by now.

 

[Guardian]

Fwiw, the real tyrant to be overcome was the warrior's own self-importance when dealing with a petty tyrant, requiring impeccability.

Well, I'd turned my cell phone off while we were waiting in line for our tickets. Does that count? ;)

 

[Guardian]

Finally got over my 'avoid confrontation' program turned round and asked them if they wouldn't mind shutting up? Knowing they wouldn't, I turned back...waited for them to carry on and then turned round in my seat to watch them. I figured what the hell...if they want to be the centre of attention I'd sit and watch them intently (I propped myself up and made constant slow eye contact with each and everyone of them). No where near as good as Guardians method (I vote for the fire extinguisher), but it worked after about 5-10 minutes of me staring at them blankly made sure they felt nice and uncomfortable (one of them was literally squirming in his seat) before going back to watching the film

LOL...that will work too!

 

[cubbex]

HAHAHA I thought it wasn't possible but it was

"How you dare to ..." bum, on the floor blondie!!
"There's no one more powerfull than..." ahaha

That's why I love that dude, Thor is like a celestial narcissistic send to hell so he may learn in the hard way.

 

[Approaching Infinity]

HAHAHA I thought it wasn't possible but it was

"How you dare to ..." bum, on the floor blondie!!
"There's no one more powerfull than..." ahaha

That's why I love that dude, Thor is like a celestial narcissistic send to hell so he may learn in the hard way.

Yep, it's a classic theme. Like Lucifer or G's Beelzebub. I think that's why it resonates with so many people. Thor is all personality at first, but he grows his essence through hardship and self-sacrifice, regaining the power that was always inside him.

 

[Guardian]

Yep, it's a classic theme. Like Lucifer or G's Beelzebub. I think that's why it resonates with so many people. Thor is all personality at first, but he grows his essence through hardship and self-sacrifice, regaining the power that was always inside him.

Yup, with great power comes great ego....and the power is a whole lot easier to control than the ego.

I think it's also very interesting that the "godlike" powers of the Asgard were shown to actually be very advanced technology. When Odin pulled the power cells off Thor's armor, Heimdall's sword operating the inter-dimensional portal, etc.

 

[cubbex]

Yep, it's a classic theme. Like Lucifer or G's Beelzebub. I think that's why it resonates with so many people. Thor is all personality at first, but he grows his essence through hardship and self-sacrifice, regaining the power that was always inside him.

Yup, with great power comes great ego....and the power is a whole lot easier to control than the ego.

I think it's also very interesting that the "godlike" powers of the Asgard were shown to actually be very advanced technology. When Odin pulled the power cells off Thor's armor, Heimdall's sword operating the inter-dimensional portal, etc.

Or the last guy when Nick fury showed to him that cube, like an schyzophrenic been guided by an operator from "Things and operators" lol.

 

[Divide by Zero]

Guardian, I'm interested in your reaction to the 3D technology. What was your impression?

I didn't like it at all, it was fuzzy and I think it looked much better if you do an Odin impersonation.

Yeah, I've seen one movie with that technology and hated it, so I was curious. It sounds like it might have been a distraction for you, visually - but I found it to trigger an almost instant dissociative state, more so than the usual 'movie watching dissociation' that happens, which is one of the reasons I'll avoid it in the future.

It sometimes does it for me, this time no, but I did feel uncomfortable with the glasses on as they go in front of my normal glasses. I also despise the cheesy over use of CGI to make 3d effects.

Maybe it causes issues because of the frequency. Normally a movie is at 24 frames/s, 24 hz. With these 3d glasses they run 2 separate streams of 24 fps, basically 48 hz. Each eye picks up half.


As for petty tyrants, the worst one I had in a movie theater was a girl sitting next to me who was continually blabbing and wooing loudly over a main character (some famous guy I guess, I didn't recognize him, lol).
I told her shh a couple of times but she didn't figure out the shh was directed at her, so eventually I said, please don't talk during the movie. She said, "I paid for this movie so I can do whatever I want." I told her, "so did I and the rest of the people here and we don't want to hear you". She calmed down with her talking, but still sometimes did. If only Guardian were there, lol

 

[lamalamalamalama]

Not really a spoiler, but during the scene where they show the containment facility set up all around Mjollnir, there is an overhead view that very clearly shows that the shape of the tent/facility is very sigil-like.
Does anyone recognise what the symbol was? At least from my view point it was something that was ment to be seen in that sense.