Dr. Chuckles & Mr. Howard ('Fantastic Beasts' & Doctor Strange)

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I agree with the review and comparison of the films: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and Doctor Strange (2016), presented verbally by Dr. Chuckles and Mr. Howard.

These are the two latest films I have viewed in the theatre. Both with magical, supernatural themes. Both in part, featuring the occult in fiction.

I make a definite, distinction between reviewing concepts in our real, non-fictional world as an academic theologian, philosopher of religion and scholar; and reviewing as art and philosophy, concepts within fiction. I can enjoy some fantasy films that feature occult themes, without supporting the occult in my non-fictional, real world.

I agree both films featured some fine, often British, actors.

Dr. Chuckles and Mr. Howard preferred the writing in 'Fantastic Beasts' to Dr. Strange. I can grant that point.

I think the 'Fantastic Beasts' film better handled the fictional interaction between the supernatural and natural world represented. In other words, the supernatural interaction with the natural reality depicted seemed more reasonable and consistent in 'Fantastic Beasts' than in Doctor Strange. It was more difficult to understand in Doctor Strange when a character might be bodily injured or die, whereas in 'Fantastic Beasts' it seemed easier to reasonably follow.

Goth & The Munsters

Saturday night while on a tasks, coffee and prayer run

We see this obsolete hearse in parked on the side of the road in the 'shady' part of Maple Ridge, late Saturday evening. This decades old, outdated vehicle, we presume is now licensed as a regular domestic vehicle in British Columbia.

We first drive by to make sure no one is sleeping inside or worse, etcetera. I then quickly take this photo.

Paraphrased: My friend Walter Thomas Franklin:

Who the heck would want to drive around in a hearse!?

My interpretation which he agreed with:

Who the heck would want to drive around in a former commercial vehicle that transported dead bodies?

His statement cracked me up. We see weird things in this part of town, often.  It is good to ponder on death, however. Thankfully, in Jesus Christ and the biblical God we do have the hope of resurrection (1 Corinthians 15, Revelation 21-22).

This vehicle struck me as Goth & The Munsters. This not out of place for downtown Maple Ridge.

Cookies on demand?

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Being the super-swell son I am, I recently upgraded, for less monthly cost, from Shaw to Telus, for Optic television and internet. I now receive far more channels with better quality digital picture. I also help out my dear ol' Mother, that I homecare for that lives downstairs, by receiving far more movie channels for her to view. Mother has significant health issues and stays at home. I also now receive more UEFA football coverage, but that is another story.

I knew there was no hope in Hades, that dear ol' Mother would be able to figure out the newer and more complex Telus channel system. I tried to write out key channels she views on a whiteboard for her, but to little avail.

Turns out that for the ol' Boss, it was easier to push that big black button in the middle of the remote controller that I now know states 'On Demand'. It was easier for dear Mother to choose through those pretty, colourful DVD covers and select than to attempt to figure out the 100 to 900+, Telus channel, universe.

No harm?

Sixteen films ordered and $59 cost for the month. This done mainly when I am out at night. I caught it near the end and informed her it was pay television and that instead she needed to choose from our subscribed to movie channels ranging from channels 400-500. Mom does not listen to me often. She keeps telling the evening homecare workers how I was adopted when I was ten days old. Is she implying I am still a baby?

Ernest Angley: 'Say baby'! Will that get me any homemade cookie 'cred' out there? Besides other, I am in the market for a grandma, as both grandmothers have passed away and I need a new one...

The good news is that the bill I received stated the cost of the 'On Demand' films is covered by charges I paid when I changed providers. My cost is zero, but I lost half my Telus credit.

The remote has now been placed 'elsewhere'.

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The Party (1968) Etc.

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Arne Kaare Novik I finally watched The Party...a bit slow in the beginning of the film but more interesting in the ending...funny film

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Arne Kaare Novik I found it on youtube

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Russ Murray Arne, I remember you told me about the film, The Party (1968), during the Pitt Meadows Secondary School, era, before you moved back to Norway. You also told me about the first two Pink Panther films from the 1960's; I had viewed only the films from the 1970s as a child and teenager. I did not see The Party, which is a classic, until the 1990s, or it might have even been the 2000s, when I returned from the United Kingdom. 

Disappointingly, there were not many Peter Sellers films featured when I lived in Manchester and attended Manchester-Wales, Universities. There was too much 'He's a lady' Tom Jones in the media. I remember one or more 'live' shows with Tom Jones in an adult jumper, with women of various ages 'swaying'. I think 'sex bomb' was big hit at that time. Tom Jones is very famous in England-Wales. I even met someone in the Christian Union whose Mother had dated Tom Jones and called him a four letter word, as a result. The man can sing, though.

United Kingdom television at the time, although generally more entertaining than North American television, featured, very weird European erotic-horror films, with vampires after 10 pm, some nights.

I now have a DVD copy of The Party, and it is one of the very few films I watch every year. When we meet in the future, we should watch it. Interesting how you joked about the film so much, but you had only seen and heard clips. But media was more difficult to come by in the mid 1980s. The film was made in 1968. 

I think for many of us, the film features the type of party we would like to go to and laugh at. But not in our house. It is like someone else's classic 'train-wreck'. Laugh at it and then quickly leave, after thanking the host.

By biblical principles, I would not be involved in a wild party. But this film is not 'R' rated at all. It is light and classically amusing.

Galatians 5:19-23 New Living Translation (NLT)

19 When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, 21 envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!

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Funny, I can remember you visiting me at the house in 1985 and the New York Islanders lost game five of their playoff series to the Philadelphia Flyers, ending the series. Just looked it up, it was Sunday, April 28, 1985. I had a brand new Telefunken, German television. Excellent picture for the era.

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