What an awesome article. So on point it ain't funny, James!!!!
And let me add, I've noticed that they've gone back to old movies and drawn chemtrails into the skies. Imagine that. I had the original version, but when I watched this particular movie online, there were the lines. I have been in this realm for 74 years. Growing up I saw white puffy clouds that I would attempt to discern shapes, like faces and animals.
So yeah, while they take stuff out, they put stuff in as well.
They've been actively re-writing history, right before our eyes. Once the elders of this generation leave this realm, who will be left to tell the "true" story because they were there when it happened? Sometimes I hear myself say out loud, that ain't what happened, I know what happened because I was there "when" it happened!! Moving forward, folks won't be able to verify fact from fiction, and like you said, with AI, it's really going to be hard.
Not to mention, the future generations won't even be able to read their grandparents handwriting as they are not even teaching cursive in schools anymore.
As an archivist myself, it hits hard. I too have gone the route of clicking on a link to an article and finding it not there anymore. I have a habit from way back, of saving, I used to print out every article I thought was important to save. Now, I download the website, or copy the article and save it. I won't tell you how many external hard-drives I have. In fact, I prefer saving there instead of my computer just in case my computer gets wonky.
So yeah, we are in an Information War. And if we don't save it, especially references to our posts, it may not be there when we go back to look for it.
This was a really good article, worth the save and worth the cross-post, thanks James, you kicked it out of the park with this one.
LOL, I do but it’s all messed up because of my granddaughter handling it. My computer keeps rejecting it. So I had to find a bootleg version and download it to my computer. I really liked that movie!
Many thanks. That stuff about the airplane trials is wild. I still have a bunch of DVD, so I’m going to start making more comparisons between original releases and new streaming versions.
What was / are some of the film/s you saw with these effects added?
I know there’s been a company in Australia that have specialised in super imposing product placement items into TV shows. So, for example a TV show that’s broadcast in multiple countries, may have two different brands of dishwashing powder sat on the kitchen bench in the background. Or, a different whiskey brand on the table. They just drop it in.
The idea with this technology is that it will become more personalised, so things in the background of a TV show on say Amazon Prime, could be dependent on the viewers interacts, tastes, online shopping / search histories and what they see would be different to somebody watching the same show, in a different household, on the same street.
So the technology to do this is widely available for platforms to use. It’s just another more commercial, manipulative and nefarious use of it.
The movie that I can remember at the moment was “Over the Hedge”. It’s a great movie, I watched it with my granddaughter years ago. It’s a great commentary on how we build our house where wild life lives and how it disturbs the natural balance.
These are terrific points, and absolutely need our attention
In a way this is an example of ‘what’s old is new’.
As a kid I watched films on television which had been edited for family viewing, for timing, and often for political reasons. Airlines have always done this. And the Reader’s Digest was really an early adaptor of the manipulation of ideas.
Today with streaming, algorithmic interference and AI, there may no longer be such a thing as an “original version”.
I was going to mention how things were often edited for time when I went over this again just before publishing last night.
The point I was going to make is that today, many TV shows and films are made specifically for streaming and not for linear/scheduled TV.
As a consequence, timing and length are no longer a concern. This is why many shows on platforms like Netflix can have vastly different episode lengths.
So today, when edits happen (after the initial release), they’re usually for very different reasons—typically to do with cultural sensitivity or political concerns.
I really should’ve included this, but when I went back to check the article before publishing and realised, somewhat ironically, that half my links weren’t working anymore, it turned into a significant rewrite I hadn’t planned on. In the end I just hit publish because it was late and I wanted to go to bed. 😂
I played the game "Ministry of Truth: 1974" today and decided to learn a little more about this universe, and as it turned out, we now have a lot in common with the world that was invented many years ago.
Грав сьогодні в гру "Міністерство правди: 1974" і вирішив трохи більше дізнатися про цей всесвіт, і як виявилось зараз маємо багато спільного з вигаданим багато років тому світом (
Excellent work, James! Pretty soon the only thing you’ll be able to believe is what you see when we look out the window, and even then you can’t be sure! And you had sure better not tell anyone!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer too?? I mean, DAMN!! Oy vey. I'd better hurry up and find some un-edited versious of my old favorite, Bugs Bunny, before his expression, "Whassup, Doc" gets labeled a "leftist mantra" for "anti-vaxxers" who are a "threat to public safety" for "dangerously expressing doubts" about the efficacy of doctors and the medical profession.
What an awesome article. So on point it ain't funny, James!!!!
And let me add, I've noticed that they've gone back to old movies and drawn chemtrails into the skies. Imagine that. I had the original version, but when I watched this particular movie online, there were the lines. I have been in this realm for 74 years. Growing up I saw white puffy clouds that I would attempt to discern shapes, like faces and animals.
So yeah, while they take stuff out, they put stuff in as well.
They've been actively re-writing history, right before our eyes. Once the elders of this generation leave this realm, who will be left to tell the "true" story because they were there when it happened? Sometimes I hear myself say out loud, that ain't what happened, I know what happened because I was there "when" it happened!! Moving forward, folks won't be able to verify fact from fiction, and like you said, with AI, it's really going to be hard.
I don't know if you've ever heard of James Corbett, but he did a really nice piece called "The Library of Alexandria is on Fire" https://corbettreport.com/episode-384-the-library-of-alexandria-is-on-fire/
Not to mention, the future generations won't even be able to read their grandparents handwriting as they are not even teaching cursive in schools anymore.
As an archivist myself, it hits hard. I too have gone the route of clicking on a link to an article and finding it not there anymore. I have a habit from way back, of saving, I used to print out every article I thought was important to save. Now, I download the website, or copy the article and save it. I won't tell you how many external hard-drives I have. In fact, I prefer saving there instead of my computer just in case my computer gets wonky.
So yeah, we are in an Information War. And if we don't save it, especially references to our posts, it may not be there when we go back to look for it.
This was a really good article, worth the save and worth the cross-post, thanks James, you kicked it out of the park with this one.
Try drip of washing up liquid on a clean sponge with warm, but not hot water. Unless it’s also really badly scratched, it may bounce back? 🤞🏼
I think that’s the same one.
I don’t have that one on DVD. 😂
LOL, I do but it’s all messed up because of my granddaughter handling it. My computer keeps rejecting it. So I had to find a bootleg version and download it to my computer. I really liked that movie!
The Animation with Bruce Willis and Steve Carell?
You would have to ask my late husband, I was never really good at that kind of stuff. He knew all the actors and read all the credits to every movie he watched, LOL. https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/7518-over-the-hedge/images/posters
Many thanks. That stuff about the airplane trials is wild. I still have a bunch of DVD, so I’m going to start making more comparisons between original releases and new streaming versions.
What was / are some of the film/s you saw with these effects added?
I know there’s been a company in Australia that have specialised in super imposing product placement items into TV shows. So, for example a TV show that’s broadcast in multiple countries, may have two different brands of dishwashing powder sat on the kitchen bench in the background. Or, a different whiskey brand on the table. They just drop it in.
The idea with this technology is that it will become more personalised, so things in the background of a TV show on say Amazon Prime, could be dependent on the viewers interacts, tastes, online shopping / search histories and what they see would be different to somebody watching the same show, in a different household, on the same street.
So the technology to do this is widely available for platforms to use. It’s just another more commercial, manipulative and nefarious use of it.
Wow!
The movie that I can remember at the moment was “Over the Hedge”. It’s a great movie, I watched it with my granddaughter years ago. It’s a great commentary on how we build our house where wild life lives and how it disturbs the natural balance.
These are terrific points, and absolutely need our attention
In a way this is an example of ‘what’s old is new’.
As a kid I watched films on television which had been edited for family viewing, for timing, and often for political reasons. Airlines have always done this. And the Reader’s Digest was really an early adaptor of the manipulation of ideas.
Today with streaming, algorithmic interference and AI, there may no longer be such a thing as an “original version”.
Fantastic points. Thank you.
I was going to mention how things were often edited for time when I went over this again just before publishing last night.
The point I was going to make is that today, many TV shows and films are made specifically for streaming and not for linear/scheduled TV.
As a consequence, timing and length are no longer a concern. This is why many shows on platforms like Netflix can have vastly different episode lengths.
So today, when edits happen (after the initial release), they’re usually for very different reasons—typically to do with cultural sensitivity or political concerns.
I really should’ve included this, but when I went back to check the article before publishing and realised, somewhat ironically, that half my links weren’t working anymore, it turned into a significant rewrite I hadn’t planned on. In the end I just hit publish because it was late and I wanted to go to bed. 😂
I played the game "Ministry of Truth: 1974" today and decided to learn a little more about this universe, and as it turned out, we now have a lot in common with the world that was invented many years ago.
Грав сьогодні в гру "Міністерство правди: 1974" і вирішив трохи більше дізнатися про цей всесвіт, і як виявилось зараз маємо багато спільного з вигаданим багато років тому світом (
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Excellent work, James! Pretty soon the only thing you’ll be able to believe is what you see when we look out the window, and even then you can’t be sure! And you had sure better not tell anyone!
Or when we all live in Bunkers. 😬
In other news:
https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/28257-is-windowless-the-future-for-passenger-aircraft-design
They could do this in houses, apartment and office buildings. Then we really wouldn't know where the hell we are, or what the real world looks like!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer too?? I mean, DAMN!! Oy vey. I'd better hurry up and find some un-edited versious of my old favorite, Bugs Bunny, before his expression, "Whassup, Doc" gets labeled a "leftist mantra" for "anti-vaxxers" who are a "threat to public safety" for "dangerously expressing doubts" about the efficacy of doctors and the medical profession.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnPRB00xgoQ