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Great vid Bloodboal! That was awesome and that music works a lot better than what ended up in film. I really enjoyed it so thanks for that! And I've got to say, the visuals don't look as poor as I remember them (aside from Azog), some of it actually looks rather impressive.

There's no easy way out of those montages.

I read it as films that make you question and think. Once Upon A Time In The West is my favorite film but I would never call it inspirational. Maybe on a technical and filmmaking level but in terms of existentialism, not so much. LOST is sort of the epitome of inspiration personally. It's themes and ideas cover a large canvas of philosophies and thoughts and emotions. It made me think about religion, science, free will vs. fate, relationships, bonding, devotion, the ability to change; and even on a technical level it inspired me to write. The whole shebang.

By that definition, for me it's the Lord of the Rings trilogy and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Some of the biggest influences on who I am today. Of course, 2001: ASO is up there too but mainly because the aesthetics inspire awe which is a very powerful emotion (the sublime) . It hasn't put as many thoughts into my head as Blade Runner though. Alex

Quint go see the first episode, it contains some of the overall themes and style of the show (it's 13 episodes). Probably the moment it ends you'll be like "I want more".

Be careful when praising the original series creator for getting more control over his or her franchise. Sometimes it doesn't turn out as well as you'd hope.

Some of the effects and their use look a bit cute today, but that doesn't hurt the viewing experience. It's documentary making on an artistic level that makes it highly watchable. Sagan's passion and skill in painting on an imaginary canvas, combined with great music choices (with lots of Vangelis matching the visuals and atmosphere perfectly) turn this from "just" a documentary series into (as the subtitles say) "a personal voyage", in a highly emotional way. Some of the science may be outdated, but most of it still largely applies, and that's only part of the fabric anyway - first of all it's Sagan conveying a mindset and a passion for science. It inspired me when I saw it as a kid, and it still did when I re-watched it last year. I have high hope for the upcoming remake/sequel, but even if it should be on the same level as the original (which would be a major accomplishment), Sagan's version will always remain worthwhile. It might be the single most inspiring thing I've ever experienced.

That's what I was thinking. Include everything, then delete what isn't needed (or just fill in the empty space with an "Information unavailable" placeholder or something similar). Absolutely—I would rather we use organizational elements like tables and charts. I missed seeing that we had this template available. I was going to add a bit of info to the cue list itself (the date each piece was recorded, for example), but that should be as easy as adding another "extra_column" preset in the right place. I'll need a little time to reorganize the info onto this template, but I'll get it done. (Thanks for the reminder!) UPDATE: Done and done. A bit of a pain, but knowing this template exists going forward I'll have an easier setup ready to go and it'll be much smoother sailing. - Uni

Not a single film, but I would say the Up! series of documentaries by Michael Apted, as a whole, is the most inspiring I've seen. The ability to roughly trace fourteen lives, their personalities from childhood to adulthood, their idiosyncrasies, their thoughts and opinions, their dreams and disappointments, over the course of now almost 40 years, that's a real gift that only the movie camera can bring, so vividly. The early Lumiere/Edison silents are also very inspiring to me, for similar reasons. Seeing those always puts the invention of the motion picture camera into a cultural, social, and historical perspective for me, and makes me realize what an amazing thing it is that we can look back and see Gandhi, Hitler, Martin Luther King Jr, The Beatles, Elvis, Olivier, Chaplin, Marilyn Monroe, FDR, JFK, Nixon, Churchill etc. as they actually were and not have to construct imagined versions of them through photographs, writings, and paintings, and people hundreds of years from now will always be able to see and hear them preserved, along with all of our contemporary giants, milestones, catastrophes. Even the little things, people in the year 3000 will be able to see "Charlie Bit My Finger" and laugh at two little boys from 2007. I like to think about who and what we might have been able to see today if the movie camera had been invented 100, 500, 1000 years earlier, what more we'd be able to learn, and of course how they would have expressed themselves and responded to the world around them through filmed narratives. What kinds of movies would they have made? Where would movies be today? Of course, it also gets a little depressing when I think of some poor future anthropologist stumbling on an episode of Jersey Shore....

Yup, I think she's interested in writing a screenplay and this really is a nice way (for her of starting it) as stated she doesn't work for money anymore. She doesn't need to.It could be fun, it could be great, or it could be absolutely terrible it's far to early to tell. Put me down in the intrigued pile.

Source? Rumour grew of a shadow in LA, whispers of a nameless fear. And the AFM perceived its time had now come.