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About the Nightingale song and the Bentley.
Ok. I did a thing. You know that Nightingale song the Bentley plays when Crowley starts the engine. I was sure it was a reconciling message from Azi. Simply because the Bentley has been shown to be almost sentient and couldn't function as a device in which you could queue a song to play later (some summer children claim Crowley did that). She always responds to the current moment. And she's been shown to have formed a particular bond with Azi.
So there are three possible instigators of the song:
1. The Bentley herself: a) if she is that tone-deaf (which is almost impossible), b) if she is that bitch (which is possible - Crowley mentions that his car is not a fan of him living in her - but unlikely).
2. Crowley's state of mind (which kinda contradicts the seemingly obvious).
3. Aziraphale.
Now. The creators wanted to put this song there and to make it instantly recognizable so that Crowley could switch it off pretty fast but we still caught the line about the nightingale singing. So it couldn't start from the beginning, it instantly went about the nightingale (another point against the "he queued it" version).
The song has this line three times. I've never been that good at processing audio information, but after several listenings I'm pretty sure that the second one is used here.
Due to all sorts of circumstances it was technically not that easy and not at all pretty, so I'm not posting it. I had to use an old shitty phone with VPN to open the song on YouTube first, recorded it on a different phone, then recorded a video of the final minutes of the 6th episode (together with my own reflection in the screen and shaky hands). And superimposed them on each other matching that bit, which the Bentley plays. I did math first of course, so I knew what I would get, but still wanted to see it with my own eyes.
And you know what? The song starts playing when Azi asks the Metatron about the plan, the lyrics start when he gets the answer about the second coming. When Azi turns and looks at Crowley it goes "There were angels dining at the Ritz". When Crowley is getting into the car the song goes "That when you turned and smiled at me", here the Bentley picks up "A nightingale sang in Berkeley square". The last accords of the song end together with Azi's insane-ish smile followed by the blur.
Make of this what you like.
Upd: here's the video edit I made.
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Upd Aug 15, 2023. She deleted all her accusive posts :D
Dm for screencaps if you have a mighty need to cover urself in shit and discover your hero
______________________
DISCLAIMER!
Im playing this game JUST ONCE, then i go back to my hermit's cave.
Had absolutely no intention to answer to any accusations, but the situation is totally out of control now.
I have absolutely nothing to lose, bc now people even form friendships against me, and it's their right to do so.
It's my right to put a final stop and speak out. You may believe me, you may not believe me. I accept everything and i return to my cave.
What i experience now is called bullying, cyber mobbing, whatever.
The person accusing me of all seven sins, i never spoke to her in dm, i never asked her to stop doing what she was doing. I was minding my business with my adnags channel, and that's it. I have been basically detached from the community since april and wasn't going to make any new acquaintances. Any relationship is in this person's head.
I love what im doing, and i do it well. It's my passion. I edit videos, i look for rare things, archive them in the open space of yt, make memes and post news about Adam's work. I will continue to do so because i love it. It's my hobby, it's the way i choose to spend my free time.
So embarrassing, i cant believe ive been dragged into this, but do i really have to guess that someone has a problem with me if they never contacted me directly? I mean, my dm is open on every platform, i basically have an email attached to my account for all inquiries but whylisawhylisawhyyy they talk to everyone and write hashtagadamnagaitis posts for me to see how bad i am (are we the baddies? Ive been openly detached from the community since april) but never contact me directly?
ive been there. open letters fix nothing, just feed colin robinsons.
Id love to @ theunhappyaccount but it seems like im gonna violate all the laws of the universe and cause the end of the world plus to my previous sins by doing this.
Also, i sense some contradiction between the fact that i ve never been included (and im okay with it, one cannot be loved by everyone or even anyone) and the things i sometimes hear people expect from me. I don't get the concept of it.
Im sorry i cannot provide everyone reading this with a proper bucket of popcorn.
That's all, folks!
This is the last time i ever speak about it publicly.
❤️,
No grudges,
Al
Upd Aug 14,2023. I have no idea what competition she keeps talking about
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UPD! THE STARS ALIGNED :D
[all ocs for my au]
LEFT TO RIGHT: rat, doctor, burger!
Had a lot of fun drawing these guys and was GOING to wait until the speedpaint finished uploading, but it's been over an hour and it's still ""processing"" a four minute video. yippee.
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AHEM. now to ramble about them, since I don't think any of them have gotten a proper introduction yet! I'll be keeping SOME details hidden, so that they can be revealed properly later.
First up is Rat [it/any]! Rat is doctor's only test subject [other than himself] and has seen horrors beyond comprehension. This absolute creature of an imp is running on pure instinct at this point. LITERALLY. doctor replaced its brain with three rats [the rats are taken care of via a hatch on the back of Rat's skull].
Next is Doctor [he/him]. Doctor is a mad scientist doctor type who became obsessed with perfecting his body and becoming immortal due to events in his past. He doesn't care for morals, only the pursuit of his goal. His lower arms were stolen from an imp he killed, and they do not function properly -- they either flail aimlessly or hang limp at his sides.
AAAAAND Burger [she/they]. She's the most normal of this little gang of misfits and insists that they're only helping Doctor for the cash. She doesn't hang around the lab much, finding it gross and gory. Despite this, they have no qualms about getting 'donors' for Doctor's experiments on Rat and himself.
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Обзор Xiaomi Mi8: король хайпа 2k18
 Обзор
Мейнстрим в разы милее сердцу простого покупателя, чем крутые эксперименты с формой и содержанием линейки Mi Mix, — так утверждает статистика нашего форума. Пару дней назад в российскую розницу вышел Xiaomi Mi8 — скучный, до противного обычный и ничем не выдающийся смартфон. С другой стороны, речь о Xiaomi — китайский гигант всегда предлагает наилучший способ потратить деньги. Или это уже не так?
Формула успеха именитого бренда Поднебесной проста: взять отличное железо, написать собственный софт (в конце концов, Xiaomi с оболочки и начинала) да продавать с минимальной наценкой. Какими бы кривыми или сырыми ни были прошивки на старте, наш народ всё равно купит аппарат. Потому что конкуренты дороже, а обзор вы читаете на 4PDA, где перепрошить телефон научат на раз-два. Вот только с новинкой не всё столь однозначно.
  Его величество Конфиг
Да, железо запаковали лучшее из того, что удалось найти. И, разумеется, самое модное. Флагманский чипсет от Qualcomm (Snapdragon 845 плюс Adreno 630 в связке с 6 ГБ ОЗУ), AMOLED-дисплей с «треклятым» вырезом, быстрый накопитель, пара хороших камер, NFC и неплохая батарея. Производительность обсуждать смысла нет — на начинке не экономили. На девятой версии MIUI чуть ли не рекорды в бенчмарках, на бета-версии MIUI 10, которую ещё оптимизировать и оптимизировать, тоже всё летает. В играх нет ни намёка на тормоза, интерфейс работает идеально.
Есть пара нюансов, которые вызывают вопросы у опытного пользователя. Например: «Зачем здесь OLED-дисплей, если вырез всё ещё видно?» Да-да. Чёрный у Xiaomi Mi8 не совсем чёрный. По крайней мере, до уровня Samsung Galaxy ему как пешком до другой галактики. Южнокорейский гигант не продаёт матрицы последнего поколения всем желающим, предпоследнего — тоже. Поэтому конкурирующим компаниям достаются дисплейные модули, отстающие по характеристикам на пару-тройку лет от того, что устанавливают в Galaxy S-серии.
Вот и зачем, спрашивается, оснащать Mi8 дорогим и быстро теряющим потребительские свойства экраном? Спору нет, цветопередача хороша, диапазон доступной яркости впечатляет, но логика-то где? IPS-матрица от LG легко обеспечит те же результаты, а обойдётся дешевле.
  Синергия железа и софта
На момент подготовки обзора у пользователя был выбор, какое ПО он хочет использовать — морально устаревшее либо сырое. Оболочку MIUI 9 тестировать на таком гаджете не хочется совершенно. Работает она нормально, но по сравнению с самим смартфоном эта версия выглядит старой и неудобной: на Mi6 она как родная, а на Mi8 — уже не то.
Актуальная бета-версия MIUI 10 — совсем другое дело. Да, аппарат с ней не такой шустрый и не ставит рекордов в AnTuTu. Зато её создавали в расчёте на безрамочный дизайн и с учётом современных тенденций в интерфейсах: вместо виртуальных кнопок можно выбрать жесты, прямо как на айфо… Кто сказал, что опять всё слизали с «яблока»? Ну да, скопировали. Но работает-то круто! И хочется чтобы везде так! Новое управление настолько глубоко въедается в подкорку головного мозга, что спустя сутки общения с Mi8 на других устройствах вы автоматически будете выполнять те же свайпы. Разумеется, ничего не сработает. И будет заслуженно бесить — к удобству быстро привыкаешь.
Сторонний софт не всегда корректно взаимодействует с жестовым языком — то в играх случаются накладки, то движения пальца неправильно распознаются, то в мелкие кнопки по углам экрана не попасть. Чего уж говорить, сбои пока встречаются даже в родном ПО. Камера, например, вместо экспокоррекции начинает вдруг переключать режимы съёмки, а то вообще выкинет на рабочий стол — потому что смартфону показалось, что вы сделали «назад», а не врубили фронталку. Kurwa! Кстати, раз уж заговорили про камеру.
  Детали обработать напильником
Фотовозможности Xiaomi с момента выхода Mi5S — предмет жарких споров среди пользователей. С одной стороны, благодаря усилиям форумчанина BSG мы можем установить лучшее ПО из существующего: камеру от Google Pixel. С другой — «из коробки» камеры были беспомощными. С выходом Mi Mix 2S ситуация изменилась: программный автомат полностью переписали, API улучшили — качество фото выросло на порядок. Вместе с тем родной софт Xiaomi Mi8 пока не вытягивает всех возможностей железа. На момент написания обзора 100% работающей версии GCam не было, поэтому оценивать телефон приходится со стоковым приложением. Но знайте — Mi8 способен на большее. Вся надежда на официальные патчи и фанатский «напильник».
Двойной модуль камеры работает быстро и чётко. Точно определяет баланс белого, даёт корректную экспозицию по точке фокусировки, неплохо выбирает параметры светочувствительности и выдержки. Проблема в другом. Динамический диапазон матрицы не справляется с ярким июльским солнцем, а родной алгоритм HDR не спасает ситуацию: в лучшем случае эффекта практически не видно, в худшем — при попытке «объять необъятное» софт пережжёт цвета и сделает фотографию малоконтрастной и невыразительной.
При умеренных же сценариях камера в руках талантливого оператора способна на потрясающие кадры. В конце концов, 105 баллов за фото в DXO Mark гаджеты получают не за красивый корпус. Дело вот в чём: грамотное построение снимка и умение «поймать свет» творят добрую половину магии. А ручные настройки — ещё четверть.
Съёмка в сложных условиях перестала быть невыполнимой задачей. Дурацкий подход с минимальным ISO и растянутой выдержкой (было такое раньше в MIUI в «ночном» режиме) уступил разумным компромиссам по части обоих параметров. В итоге послезакатные кадры неплохо получаются даже в автоматическом режиме. На 6,2-дюймовом экране и в соцсетях выглядят привлекательно, шумов нет. Приближать и изучать фото под микроскопом не стоит: сразу станет понятно — шумодав сожрал почти все детали, а автофокус попал, да не туда… Но в Instagram этого никто не увидит.
  Даунгрейд по звуку
Аудиоподготовка просто никакая. Мини-джека у Mi8 нет, выделенного аудиочипа — тоже. Качество звука в наушниках сильно зависит от переходника с Type-C на классические 3,5 миллиметра — у ноунейм-китайцев оно непредсказуемое, а заводской, как показывает практика многих пользователей, умирает спустя несколько месяцев активного использования. Видимо, провода делает та же фабрика, что и Lightning’и для Apple.
С современными Bluetooth-гарнитурами работают все актуальные HD-кодеки — AptX HD, LDAC, AAC. И зачастую звук по радиоканалу передаётся лучше, чем то, что может выдать смартфон по проводу. Впрочем, у Xiaomi никогда не было сильной аудионачинки, в отличие от главной её соперницы по «клонированию яблок» (Meizu). И, кстати, стереодинамиков, которые были в Mi6, здесь тоже нет. Оставили один нижний. Шикарное решение! Браво!
Стороннее ПО с программным декодером отчасти может решить проблему с невнятным звуком, но о мощных наушниках с низкой чувствительностью или высоким импедансом можно забыть: силёнок раскачать катушку аудиотракту не хватит.
  Любовь толпы против здравого смысла
Как и многие смартфоны, вышедшие в 2018 году, Mi8 просто ставит жирный крест на предыдущих моделях. После вытянутого экрана и практически нулевых рамок любой — даже самый современный — гаджет в классическом оформлении покажется устаревшим. Ощущения такие, словно в 2017-м увидел авто из конца 80-х, из эпохи развития биодизайна. И это, несомненно, плюс: никто не скажет, что у вас дешёвое или плохое устройство, — выглядит «восьмёрка» круто. Беда в другом.
До этого все модели Xiaomi были сбалансированными и «стандартными». Вспомните линейку Mi 4, 5, 6 поколений. Компактные, мощные, за смешные (на фоне конкурентов) деньги. И при этом — полная свобода в выборе ПО. А что же Mi8? «Монобровая лопата», вобравшая далеко не лучшие тренды рынка. Цена уже не так интересна, как на прошлые флагманы. Плюс ограничения на разблокировку телефона. Не говоря о том, что в серию пошли ещё два аппарата с тем же названием. Младший брат — Mi8 SE, — который «такой же, но другой» (меньше, легче, хуже оснащён), и редкий вариант полноценного Mi8 — Explorer Edition, — с прозрачным корпусом и меньшим объёмом АКБ. Где же волшебное соотношение передовых характеристик и привлекательной цены? Где инновации, керамика, сапфировые стёкла, стереодинамики, вот это всё?
Ответ прост. Mi8 — попытка «стать большим мальчиком»: закрыть экосистему, замкнуть-таки её на себя (привет, двухнедельное ожидание на разблокировку загрузчика), поднять флагманы по цене и возможностям, чтобы играть в другой лиге. Да, топовый аппарат Xiaomi всё ещё дешевле Samsung, LG и iPhone, но при должном приложении сил и времени работает не хуже. Правда, за год вышло немало интересных устройств, которые вполне могут поспорить с Xiaomi за ваш кошелёк.
  Зачем покупать Mi8?
Если интересует только чистая производительность-на-рубль у флагмана и не пугает возня с ПО смартфона (а с топовыми Xiaomi, как водится, иначе и не бывает) — вы знаете, что нужно делать. Дочитать до конца, перейти по ссылке и заказать одну из самых выгодных новинок 2018-го по привлекательной цене. Но есть и альтернативы.
Хочется, чтобы просто работало «из коробки»? К вашим услугам Honor 10, в котором за те же деньги будет европейская прошивка с быстрыми обновлениями и столь же широкими возможностями настройки под себя. Но речь именно о возможности кастомизации, а не необходимости. 
Душа просит хороший звук? Выбор тут невелик, но он есть: либо прошлогодний Meizu 15 (UPD: ну или ждать старта продаж Meizu 16), либо LG G7. Первый слабее (и несколько консервативнее по дизайну), второй — значительно дороже.
Качество фото для вас на первом месте? Разница по цене с Galaxy S9 не столь велика, как кажется. Ну или ждите полноценный порт Google Camera с Pixel’ей, на Mi5S и Mi6 он творил чудеса — «отстойные» камеры превращал в достойные. Нет сомнений, что здесь и без того неплохой фотомодуль научится снимать превосходно.
Ну а если охота компактное и удобное устройство с полноценным набором железа и фич — таких на рынке больше нет. Либо «лопата», либо слабое железо и отсутствие NFC.
Полные характеристики Xiaomi Mi8 в DevDB
Итоги
Xiaomi хайпанула на отличненько. Взяла все тренды, что были на рынке: безрамочность, «монобровь», конскую диагональ, «подбородок», отсутствие мини-джека, красивый корпус, который быстро теряет заводской лоск, добавила топовую начинку — и предложила шикарный смартфон. За эту цену подобного набора фишек вы больше нигде не найдёте (и это чистая правда). Но и тех ощущений, что давали прошлые флагманы китайского гиганта, — тоже. Ушла золотая эпоха, когда счастье было для всех и почти даром. Теперь придётся терпеть компромиссы. И как следует раскошелиться.
Узнать цену Xiaomi Mi8
Автор текста: Иван Крылов
Фото устройства: Денис Плотников
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Here Are The Last Photos A Star-Crossed Robot Took Before Killing Itself On A Comet
In the wee morning hours of September 30, the European Space Agency crashed its Rosetta space probe into Comet 67 P, which it had orbited for about two years.
Below is the final photo the space probe took and beamed back to Earth shortly before slamming into the comet and ending its robotic life.
Rosetta joins its robotic friend the Philae lander, which accidentally bounced into a dark crevasse on the comet’s surface and was basically never heard from again.
The photo was taken from about 167 feet( 51 meters) away and covers a width of about 8 feet( 2.4 meters ), uncovering 4.6 billion-year-old stones and rubble that make up the comet.
The shot is blurry because the image was taken by a wide-angle camera that’s designed to take photos from farther away TAGEND
The last photo taken by the ESA’s Rosetta comet probe.ESA/ Rosetta/ MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/ UPD/ LAM/ IAA/ SSO/ INTA/ UPM/ DASP/ IDA
In 2014, the tormented love story of Rosetta and Philae gripped the world.
After a 10 -year journey, billions of miles through the solar system, the two spacecraft parted styles as Philae chased its goal of becoming the first spacecraft to land on a comet.
Things got worse when, upon separation, Philae’s harpoons and thruster failed, causing it to ricochet and tumble into a crack cut off from sunlight. The lonely probe was forced to go into hibernation, unable to glean solar energy and communicate with Rosetta except for fleeting moments in June and July 2015.
Scientists could narrow down Philae’s location to a zone of about 100 feet on the icy, Central Park-sized comet.
But earlier this month, Rosetta finally spotted Philae, tucked quietly into a dusky nook with its limbs in the air.
And now, only weeks after finally spotting its lost companion, Rosetta has joined Philae in eternal sleep on Comet 67 P.
Rosetta slowly crashed into a pit on Comet 67 P, and in the process collected some unprecedented data about the comet as it sacrificed itself in the name of science.
In addition to the final shooting above, below are some other photos Rosetta took, which we first ensure at Universe Today.
They present the probe descending towards the comet, starting at about 14 miles( 22.9 kilometers) away TAGEND
ESA/ Rosetta/ MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/ UPD/ LAM/ IAA/ SSO/ INTA/ UPM/ DASP/ IDA
About 11.2 miles( 18.1 kilometers) away TAGEND
ESA/ Rosetta/ MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/ UPD/ LAM/ IAA/ SSO/ INTA/ UPM/ DASP/ IDA
About 10 miles( 16 kilometers) away TAGEND
ESA/ Rosetta/ MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/ UPD/ LAM/ IAA/ SSO/ INTA/ UPM/ DASP/ IDA
About 3.6 miles( 5.8 kilometers) away TAGEND
ESA/ Rosetta/ MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/ UPD/ LAM/ IAA/ SSO/ INTA/ UPM/ DASP/ IDA
About 0.75 miles( 1.2 kilometers) away TAGEND
ESA/ Rosetta/ MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/ UPD/ LAM/ IAA/ SSO/ INTA/ UPM/ DASP/ IDA
And again, about 167 feet( 51 meters) away TAGEND
The last photo taken by the ESA’s Rosetta comet probe.ESA/ Rosetta/ MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/ UPD/ LAM/ IAA/ SSO/ INTA/ UPM/ DASP/ IDA
To crash into its final resting place, Rosetta’s operators on Earth utilized a short series of thrust maneuvers to turn its elliptical orbit into a crash course.
“Although we’ve been flying Rosetta around the comet for two years now, keeping it operating safely for the final weeks of the mission in the unpredictable surrounding of this comet and so far from the sunlight and Earth will be our biggest challenge yet, ” Sylvain Lodiot, ESA’s spacecraft operations administrator, said in a press release issued before impact.
ESA, image by AOES Medialab
As Rosetta approached the active cavities of the Ma’at region, it snapped high-resolution images and investigated gas and dust spit up by the pits in airplanes. It targeted one cavity including with regard to, called Deir el-Medina, which might disclose some of the geological history of that region of the comet.
“The heat of the sunshine, spreading through the comet, warms underground deposits of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide ice, ” Mark McCaughrean, a senior science adviser at ESA, told The Guardian earlier this month. “These deposits then evaporate, leaving caverns whose roofs breakdown. Inside them, you can see features we call goosebumps or dragon’s eggs that could be primordial objects from which the comet formed. So we’re taking Rosetta down to study these.”
Single-frame NavCam image of comet 67 P/ C-G imaged on February 6, 2015. ESA/ Rosetta/ NAVCAM CC BY-SA IGO 3.0. Edit by Jason Major
Rosetta’s descent started at a slow crawl of about 12 inches per second, tripling in speed as it gets closer to the weak tug of the comet’s gravitation, and eventually fell to the comet’s surface, where it now rests with its long-lost soulcraft, Philae.
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The ‘Up’ Series : Seven Up, 14 Up, 21 Up, 28 Up, 35 Up, 42 Up, 49 Up, 56 Up - A Surreal Experience if Binged in One Sitting
First rented one of the videos in this series several years ago from the library, and then, this spring, me and my wife sat down to watch the entire sequence this past winter. I wrote several reviews for Spout at the time, and I'll collect them all here in this posting:
March 10, after watching 49 Up:
Over the past month, my wife and I have been watching this series from the beginning thanks to the box set. Last night we got completely caught up by watching the latest installment, 49 Up. (search my previous blogs for a more comprehensive overview of the previous films, all conveniently located in a single filmblog). Simply put, one of the most moving and fascinating documentaries I have seen in years. While there is a lot of repetition from film to film (unavoidable really, when you have to recapsulate each of the subjects lives from age 7), it is still worthwhile to revisit the old familar clips, which more often than not, either get more meaningful over the years, or more revealing of each of the character's personalities, or make interesting contrasts with the changes that each of them go through. How Neil remarks quite innocently when he is seven and fourteen how he wishes to be a 'coach driver' and travel all over the countryside and tell the people on his bus what sights they are seeing, and to see him as an adult, and in an abstract way, this is precisely what he has become with his political work, and in a way, through this documentary. One of the more interesting segments of this most recent film I thought, was the discussion that Jackie has with the director about how she has been portrayed throughout the series, and the director's expectations of how he thought she would turn out. Also included on the disc is an interesting interview with the director where he discusses the series as a whole, the inevitable topic of death in future installments (either one of the subjects, or even possibly Apted himself), and the different reactions people have to the series, whether they have grown up with it over the years, or have digested the entire series in a short span of time thanks to the dvd collection (a topic I have mulled over quite often while watching it the past month). Next one is due sometime in 2011, looking forward to catching up with my old friends (and odd how you feel that way, even though I've known them now only about a month at the most)
February 24, after watching the collected Seven Up through 42 Up box set:
Picked up a compilation disc of the 'Up Series' (includes through 42 Up) at the library yesterday afternoon. This is a series I'd long wanted to watch in its entirety. I'd seen bits and pieces of some of the later ones before, and it always intrigued me. Yesterday evening and afternoon we watched the first two entries (Seven Up and 7 Plus Seven), and hope to watch the remaining episodes over the next week or so.
Very interesting, especially the contrasts among the different classes and upbringing, the differing attitudes towards wealth and life goals, love, education, hopes and dreams. Some of the kids you will take a liking too (I'm already quite fond of Tony the boy who wants to be a jockey), and some you will take a dislike to, others you will be puzzled by, and some you will worry about where they are headed in life.
Fascinating idea of checking in on the same kids every seven years, I have noticed in my own life how the seven year cycle seems to bring distinct changes. These kids are roughly five years older than I am, so their experience is really not so removed from my own (aside from the different country of origin).
I imagine it was a quite different experience in viewing these documentaries as they were released, a feeling of revisiting old friends to see how they were 'getting on'. I've read that many of the subjects become quite well known in the U.K. to the point where some of them have dropped out of the project due to the unease with the public scrutiny of their lives. (frankly, speaking for myself, this is my biggest antagonistic attitude towards 'high school reunions', being a rather private person). Viewing them back to back like I am doing, however, gives one a very melancholy feeling of time passing much too quickly.
The 7 Plus Seven documentary catches up with the kids at 14. A few are starting to get very self concious about the camera, some in an uncomfortably shy way, and a few of them in almost a self serving way, very aware at this young age how they are being perceived and worried about appearances. Tony has started training to be a jockey, some of the upper crust chaps are preparing for higher education and careers in law and politics - Neil and Suzy seemed the most uncomfortable with being filmed (I read later that Suzy's parents had just gotten divorced, which may explain her attitude) and I'm really starting to worry about Neil (perhaps it is because I had a glimpse of his future in one later episode I had seen).
Fascinating stuff, well worth your time.
Addendum: Watched 21 Up this morning. Still pretty interesting stuff. I was confusing Neil with Nick (from my spotty memory of having watched one of the later episodes before). Tony's dreams of being jockey have died after three races, and he seems to accept his fate with a shrug and a toss of the head, now he looks forward to getting his taxi license, and has an interesting attitude towards life in general "be a pest, and eventually you'll get what you want just because people are sick of you". Neil seems to be starting to drift a bit. John continues to become more and more of a snobbish prig and sheltered wealthy suburbanite Suzy remains an enigma. Two of the trio of public school girls (Jackie Lynn and Sue) are already married and starting to settle down. I'm reminded of myself at that age, arriving at 'adulthood', but would still not know any sort of real direction for another ten years.
Addendum Again: Continuing to catch "up" with the 14 children this evening with 28 Up. This was the longest of the films so far. Interesting how each of them, despite their differences in goals and expectations and present situations, for the most part, seem quite content with their lot, as I suppose we all are to a certain extent. A mixture of regret and resignation and rationalization in equal parts. Starting to find myself looking back at my own (and my wife's) lives at each of these arbitrary turning points, where I was at 7, at 14, at 21, at 28 (or for that matter, my son has passed two of the milestones already, and is rapidly approaching the third, talk about time passing much too quickly), and the recurring questions that keep popping up in the series : "Can you see in the person you eventually turn out to be in the child?" "Where do you see yourself in seven years?" "Do you envy those who had more advantages than you did?" . . . A lot to chew over.
And Again: Having an 'Up' marathon this weekend (Library discs are 'one week rentals', so want to fit them all in before the deadline). Watched 35 Up on Sunday afternoon before the oscars. On one hand, seeing the same clips over and over from previous shows gets a little tiresome when you are watching them back to back like we are doing, although if I were to skip over them to get to the 'present day' I'd be missing a lot of interesting juxtaposition. We always start out with Tony, still a cabbie, part time actor with modest goals and ambitions, and some interesting revelations this time. You wonder if he and his wife are sticking together for the sake of the program or for the kids. You also wonder if he would have taken up acting if he hadn't been involved in this project, and so obviously enjoying the limelight - . . . . John returns after skipping the last segment, and he hasn't gotten any less annoying. His pleas for 'the unfortunates in Bulgaria' seem very self serving ("Look at me with all these poor people"), like a politician or celebrity with a pet cause. He's obviously done well in the Thatcher years. . . and in direct contrast, Bruce, while much less flamboyant and charismatic, seems to be truly making a difference with the less fortunate on a more personal level. . . . Neil still is struggling with poverty and mental difficulties, although he seems to be making strides in finding a niche for himself in local theatrical productions . . . Notably absent is Peter in this segment, and Symon (although Symon will be back in 42 Up) . . . Suzy remains sheltered and out of touch but pays lip service to wanting her children to 'get a wider view of the world' but I somehow don't believe they will end up any different. . . Nick still lives in Wisconsin, and seems to be pretty well adjusted overall, and in this episode gives us a little more glimpse behind the mask than he has in previous chapters. There seem to be a lot of tears in this one, a lot of parents passing away, missed opportunities, regrets. Par for the course at this age I suppose.
And Again: Watched 42 Up yesterday evening (DVD series is due back to the library tomorrow). Still a lot of 'rehashing' of old clips, although they do try to edit them a bit more this time. Some very interesting connections to what the kids say in the first couple sessions to how their lives eventually turned out. A nice surprise about Neil (its the last segment, and I won't spoil it for those that haven't seen it, but it is the best part of the whole series I thought). Symon returns in this episode, Paul is gone again, Peter is still missing. Some of the participants are looking sort of tired of the whole project, while others seem to really enjoy participating in it. I probably would have ended up being one of the 'drop outs' if I had the misfortune of being dragged into it at seven years of age. Regardless, it has been an interesting series of documentaries. Looking forward to catching up with these folks in the next film.
UPDATE 2013: Caught up with '56 Up' on Netflix streaming sometime in the fall of the year. More and more these documentaries seem less about 'universal truths' of being a certain age, than it is about dealing the whole phenomenon of being a part of this 'Up' series, and the problems that arise from unintended celebrity, and the feeling like you need something 'new to report' each time the documentary crew comes around. I was surprised to see this time that two of the individuals had struck up a friendship (two of the unlikely ones, I thought, Suzy and Nick), and it was a bit discomforting to see the interviewer call Tony on the carpet about his racist comments. Otherwise, it felt nice to catch up, but there weren't too many new things that had happened in the last seven years. Getting nervous about the next one, as I'm sure we'll end up with a few deaths, of either the subjects or the filmmaker, who is getting on in years.
5 Stars
Released 1964, 1970, 1977, 1984, 1991, 1998, 2005, 2013 -- First Viewing: I’m guessing sometime around the mid 90′s with gradual updates since, the latest being in 2013, and it looks as if I’ll be looking for another one around 2020.
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