*WARNING: RANT IMMINENT*
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-Let me start by saying, I love sci-fi. Like all nerds, I yearn for escapism. Most sci-fi tales (most hero tales in fact) center around someone being or feeling out of place, only to learn they're not only different, but special. As someone who's been an outsider for a long time, this is a very seductive concept. The things that separate them from normal society end up being their strength. What once alienated, now empowers. Some examples: The Matrix, Star Wars, Dune, Men in Black 2, The Last Starfighter, and so on. Also, my parents were really into sci-fi, so I'm sure that helped.
Now, that's just the intro. My father also turned me onto a book called "Chariots of The Gods" by Erich Daniken, which starts to tetter between sci-fi, and science theory. This was a pivotal moment, because it started to blur lines for me, in a good way. I started to realize that sci-fi was reflective, and often used as a metaphor (Robocop, Blade Runner, etc.). I love science anyway, but when I started to dig deeper, I found some amazing shit was going on, not too far from the stories and concepts I'd read about and seen in movies. It made me hungry for more information. Then I discovered Quantum Physics. This is some of the coolest shit I've ever heard. It deals with the fabric of space-time, and how we experience it. Some real life, science-non-fiction. Theory, yes, but still real science. With all of the data being collected from the Hadron Colliders, and current tech, we've started to realize that, some of the ideas from sci-fi may be more accurate than we thought.
This is one main reason I love J.J. Abrams. He incorporates real science theory into his stories, which I appreciate on many levels. For instance, in his remake of 'Star Trek', when Scotty is given the theory for Warp-Drive (which had not yet been discovered) he comments: "". I'm no astro-physicist, but I've done some research. And, this is, in fact, an ACTUAL theoretical concept for warp-travel. We can't move past the speed of light (c = 186k/mps), and even if we could move that fast, we still couldn't reach the closet neighboring galaxy in our lifetime. Black holes, or Worm Holes, were the model, the problem is if an organism (human for instance) tried to pass through an event horizon, we'd be torn apart from the sheer energy. But...if we can warp space-time AROUND an object, it could move anywhere in what would feel like an instant. This, gives me a nerd-gasm.
With all of that said, in my research, I've stumbled upon people, realistically discussing Time Travel. Now, this is no surprise, from as far back as H.G. Wells, people have thought about this. And whether considered crazy or not, scientists have explored this fringe notion for a while. But, only now are we starting to have a firm grasp on how truly relative it all is. Time is relative to a center of gravity. An object further from the center of gravity experiences time differently than objects closer to the center. So, if I went into space for an extended period, when I got back to Earth, I will have aged slightly less, and it will be as if I travelled into the future. The question is, where does that flexibility end? Some theorists have said, time doesn't exist at all! It's like space, it all exists as constant, we just move though it, as we do space, like moving from one end of a room to another. The other side is still there, I'm not. So we move, not time. It's our brain, and our rationale, that give us a coherent linear story, so we can function, instead of overwhelming ourselves with infinite stimuli. Which, ties nicely into quantum theory, which says everything that can happen, does, and we happen to be experiencing this particular one. At first, this made my brain spasm. "No time?! And, you make sense?! WTF!?" Then, it made me feel aware. This is tapping into a universal truth. The big one. What is it all about? I don't think I'm any closer to knowing, but in a time when exploitation and corruption are rampant, and money is worth more than life, we are also at a critical juncture as a species, and we may be on the verge of discovering some of the most mysterious and wonderful secrets of our Multi-verse. If any of this makes any sense, check out Michio Kaku, and the series "The Universe" from the History Channel... It'll stimulate your mind grapes. Or break them...
Love,
-R*
Monday, July 18, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
My Directorial Work...
This is really just to have it all in one place... So, here it is:
Enjoy ;)
Love,
-R*
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