As for True Grit, as I started thinking about it, the Indian Territories they venture into to chase Chaney is some sort of Hades or Underworld. They cross the river via ferryman (at the time I thought this was quite mythological) except for Mattie who rides Blackie through the river. The river Euridanus (sp) in the Orion Constellation must be some sort of version of the River Styx. Orion is a variation of the Egyptian god Osiris, who was god of the Underworld and transformation.
The Indian territories are lawless, dangerous, ungovernable filled with criminals, snakes, and snakepits. They come across the Bear Grit character there, after finding a body, who guides them to the dugout where some of Ned Pepper’s gang is holed up including the “Moon” character who is young ie “New Moon”???? Rooster continually mentions that Chaney could be in a shallow grave anywhere in there.
At the end, Rooster and Mattie race back to the trading post near the entrance of the territories travelling along the prarie in the dead of night and the way the film is shot makes the stars of the night appear right in the background of the characters so they appear as some sort of constellation. It’s a very strange way to film the sequence. Kind of like old fashioned movie making when the characters would be shot in a studio while a moving picture was shot on a screen behind them.
I thought it was unusual that there would be a remake of True Grit and even more unusual that the Coen Brothers would do it and both supposedly remain faithful to the book which is unusual in Hollywood, particulary with the Coen brothers. And it is strange that it would be released right around Christmas but in hindsight it makes sense as we approach 3 kings day.
It makes sense that the movie probably takes place in 1877. There was a secondary panic that year (following the 1873crash), a final C wave decline. It would also make it 133 years to 2010. And 1903 to 1969(the release date of the original movie) is 66 years. The original book was probably an ode to the demise of the 60s bull market.
The origin of the 3 kings day most likely dates to pagan times and has to do how the stars are positioned on that day. The 3 Gaza pyramids are positioned in such a way that they follow the pattern of the 3 kings stars.
The author Charles Portis has written another book called the Dog of the South which is most likely a veiled reference to the Dog Star, Sirius, which sits to the south of Orion and considered to be one of his hunting dogs. Sirius is another star that plays a big part in Insider Mythology but one would need to be a Master Mason to figure this all out. I’ll try to read the book but I doubt I will have gotten anywhere by 3Kings day—ie 1-6 or 1(3kings)6????? Miami Thrice have been trying to call themselves the Three Kings.
I try to break them into paragraphs but they still come up mangled. I guess I need to hit the return key twice. Anyway, I rushed that post yesterday and didn’t quite get in everything nor did I compose it in the best way.
The dollar index is getting killed without the usual rally.
I’m starting to get nervous for the sake of my parents. They have significant long positions in the stock market without any downside protection.
The rally in the precious metal markets just gets stronger and stronger. Platinum up $28.70, Palladium up $17.30, Gold up $16.10 and silver up 0.42 cents. These are huge moves!
I just watched Wall street, Money Never Sleeps and the 1st preview was unstoppable.
I really love your detailed posts, but they are very hard to read. Can you please break them up into paragraphs so they will be easier to read?
I’m NO English major, in fact that subject was my weakest in high school, with B’s on my quarterly report card (the rest of my subjects I was a A student… big deal). But, I keep it simple when writing my posts. Here’s how I do it…
Every 2-3 sentences I hit the return key twice to start a new paragraph. It doesn’t matter to me if I break at the proper spot or not, as I’m not a professional writer. So it really doesn’t matter if it’s the correct spot to start one or not.
But it does matter to the reader if you make it easier to read. I read all your posts but I sometimes get lost in them. The lack of a paragraph break hurts my eyes. Remember, I’m not 18 years old with perfect eye sight anymore.
Be kind to all us older readers (I’m only 46), as we read a lot every day, and having a nice flow to the post/comment/article is important to keep us interested.
So pretty please my friend… start breaking up you posts into paragraphs that are easier to read!
And Happy New Year to you! The Bear will rule next year! Go Bears!
Ok, I’ve seen the beginning of True Grit so I can do a complete review. Nothing is revealing at the beginning except that Mattie Ross arrives in Fort Smith on a train numbered 316 (136?). No date is mentioned. Of course, the standard plot is that her father has been murdered by “the coward Tom Chaney” and she has gone to Fort Smith to hire a U.S. marshall to track down Chaney and she hires the merciless “Rooster” Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) to do the job. Along the way, Texas Ranger LaBouef shows up and notifies Mattie Ross that he is tracking Chaney following the murder of a Texas state senator committed by Chaney. Mattie is determined to take part in the pursuit of Chaney so eventually all three reluctantly join together and follow Chaney’s tracks into Indian Territory………..Among the interesting highlights: we learn that Mattie’s father was a Mason. When they enter Indian territory, they come across a quirky Coen like character in a complete bear skin (Bear Grit in the casting log) who directs them to a dugout along a river where they can spend the night (the movie takes place in the dead of winter). Two members of the Ned Pepper gang are holed up at the dugout, one of them named “Moon”. Rooster decides to wait in the background for the rest of the gang to show up so he can ambush them. This is when the similarities of Orion the hunter appear. He mentions bird-dogging the bandits to flush them out. In fact, this whole quest is one big hunt. Of course, the original True Grit was released in 1969, the “Year of the Rooster”. And the Orion Constellation was sometimes associated with a rooster in Babylonian times. Orion is also associated with hunting Taurus, “The Bull” and also the Hare, or Lepus which is a Constellation beneath Orion and the river Euridanus (sp?) is also situated beneath him. In fact, from this point on the group never ventures far from the river (although I don’t recall the name). 2011 will be the year of “the Rabbit”. La Boueff pronounced laBeff, some sort of Bull??? Mattie Ross continually mentions and prods fun at his Cowlick (ie Bull getting licked???). Mattie Ross could also be Ashtaroth , a god/demon of Babylonian origin???
Anyway, there is a date/number that is referenced 3 different ways in the movie. 1) the year it takes place either 1877 or 1878 2) it is shown at the end that Rooster dies in 1903—born in 1825 and lives 78 (77?)years and 2010 is 185 years later. 3) when Rooster is first seen he is at a trial where he is asked how many people he has killed? He replies 12 maybe 15 and the defense lawyer then shows that he has killed more to which he replies with the latest two that the total is now 23….so the numbers of the sequence 12….15…23….Of course 23 years ago was 1987.
I’m going to do an new video and add to this post, so don’t everyone leave early for the New Year Yet. It will show everyone a new feature I’m adding to help solve the disqus issue (it’s no longer showing real time posts).
Give me about an hour or less and I’ll have it up for everyone. It’s a pretty cool new addon, and I think it will be well liked.
As for True Grit, as I started thinking about it, the Indian Territories they venture into to chase Chaney is some sort of Hades or Underworld. They cross the river via ferryman (at the time I thought this was quite mythological) except for Mattie who rides Blackie through the river. The river Euridanus (sp) in the Orion Constellation must be some sort of version of the River Styx. Orion is a variation of the Egyptian god Osiris, who was god of the Underworld and transformation.
The Indian territories are lawless, dangerous, ungovernable filled with criminals, snakes, and snakepits. They come across the Bear Grit character there, after finding a body, who guides them to the dugout where some of Ned Pepper’s gang is holed up including the “Moon” character who is young ie “New Moon”???? Rooster continually mentions that Chaney could be in a shallow grave anywhere in there.
At the end, Rooster and Mattie race back to the trading post near the entrance of the territories travelling along the prarie in the dead of night and the way the film is shot makes the stars of the night appear right in the background of the characters so they appear as some sort of constellation. It’s a very strange way to film the sequence. Kind of like old fashioned movie making when the characters would be shot in a studio while a moving picture was shot on a screen behind them.
I thought it was unusual that there would be a remake of True Grit and even more unusual that the Coen Brothers would do it and both supposedly remain faithful to the book which is unusual in Hollywood, particulary with the Coen brothers. And it is strange that it would be released right around Christmas but in hindsight it makes sense as we approach 3 kings day.
It makes sense that the movie probably takes place in 1877. There was a secondary panic that year (following the 1873crash), a final C wave decline. It would also make it 133 years to 2010. And 1903 to 1969(the release date of the original movie) is 66 years. The original book was probably an ode to the demise of the 60s bull market.
The origin of the 3 kings day most likely dates to pagan times and has to do how the stars are positioned on that day. The 3 Gaza pyramids are positioned in such a way that they follow the pattern of the 3 kings stars.
The author Charles Portis has written another book called the Dog of the South which is most likely a veiled reference to the Dog Star, Sirius, which sits to the south of Orion and considered to be one of his hunting dogs. Sirius is another star that plays a big part in Insider Mythology but one would need to be a Master Mason to figure this all out. I’ll try to read the book but I doubt I will have gotten anywhere by 3Kings day—ie 1-6 or 1(3kings)6????? Miami Thrice have been trying to call themselves the Three Kings.
And that print: 118.(16)
Thanks bud… I’m sure everyone else will appriciate it too. And yeah, until you just posted I also noticed that there was 111 posts on 01-01-11… LOL!
I should have the new post up within a couple of hour from now… about 9-10 pm EST. It’s very long, and should keep people busy reading for a few days.
Happy 1-1-11 everyone and I see there are 111 posts.
I try to break them into paragraphs but they still come up mangled. I guess I need to hit the return key twice. Anyway, I rushed that post yesterday and didn’t quite get in everything nor did I compose it in the best way.
You ain’t lying about the bears taking over.
The dollar index is getting killed without the usual rally.
I’m starting to get nervous for the sake of my parents. They have significant long positions in the stock market without any downside protection.
The rally in the precious metal markets just gets stronger and stronger. Platinum up $28.70, Palladium up $17.30, Gold up $16.10 and silver up 0.42 cents. These are huge moves!
I just watched Wall street, Money Never Sleeps and the 1st preview was unstoppable.
Geccko…
I really love your detailed posts, but they are very hard to read. Can you please break them up into paragraphs so they will be easier to read?
I’m NO English major, in fact that subject was my weakest in high school, with B’s on my quarterly report card (the rest of my subjects I was a A student… big deal). But, I keep it simple when writing my posts. Here’s how I do it…
Every 2-3 sentences I hit the return key twice to start a new paragraph. It doesn’t matter to me if I break at the proper spot or not, as I’m not a professional writer. So it really doesn’t matter if it’s the correct spot to start one or not.
But it does matter to the reader if you make it easier to read. I read all your posts but I sometimes get lost in them. The lack of a paragraph break hurts my eyes. Remember, I’m not 18 years old with perfect eye sight anymore.
Be kind to all us older readers (I’m only 46), as we read a lot every day, and having a nice flow to the post/comment/article is important to keep us interested.
So pretty please my friend… start breaking up you posts into paragraphs that are easier to read!
And Happy New Year to you! The Bear will rule next year! Go Bears!
Red
Ok, I’ve seen the beginning of True Grit so I can do a complete review. Nothing is revealing at the beginning except that Mattie Ross arrives in Fort Smith on a train numbered 316 (136?). No date is mentioned. Of course, the standard plot is that her father has been murdered by “the coward Tom Chaney” and she has gone to Fort Smith to hire a U.S. marshall to track down Chaney and she hires the merciless “Rooster” Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) to do the job. Along the way, Texas Ranger LaBouef shows up and notifies Mattie Ross that he is tracking Chaney following the murder of a Texas state senator committed by Chaney. Mattie is determined to take part in the pursuit of Chaney so eventually all three reluctantly join together and follow Chaney’s tracks into Indian Territory………..Among the interesting highlights: we learn that Mattie’s father was a Mason. When they enter Indian territory, they come across a quirky Coen like character in a complete bear skin (Bear Grit in the casting log) who directs them to a dugout along a river where they can spend the night (the movie takes place in the dead of winter). Two members of the Ned Pepper gang are holed up at the dugout, one of them named “Moon”. Rooster decides to wait in the background for the rest of the gang to show up so he can ambush them. This is when the similarities of Orion the hunter appear. He mentions bird-dogging the bandits to flush them out. In fact, this whole quest is one big hunt. Of course, the original True Grit was released in 1969, the “Year of the Rooster”. And the Orion Constellation was sometimes associated with a rooster in Babylonian times. Orion is also associated with hunting Taurus, “The Bull” and also the Hare, or Lepus which is a Constellation beneath Orion and the river Euridanus (sp?) is also situated beneath him. In fact, from this point on the group never ventures far from the river (although I don’t recall the name). 2011 will be the year of “the Rabbit”. La Boueff pronounced laBeff, some sort of Bull??? Mattie Ross continually mentions and prods fun at his Cowlick (ie Bull getting licked???). Mattie Ross could also be Ashtaroth , a god/demon of Babylonian origin???
Anyway, there is a date/number that is referenced 3 different ways in the movie. 1) the year it takes place either 1877 or 1878 2) it is shown at the end that Rooster dies in 1903—born in 1825 and lives 78 (77?)years and 2010 is 185 years later. 3) when Rooster is first seen he is at a trial where he is asked how many people he has killed? He replies 12 maybe 15 and the defense lawyer then shows that he has killed more to which he replies with the latest two that the total is now 23….so the numbers of the sequence 12….15…23….Of course 23 years ago was 1987.
Refresh Page for new cool plugin, video tutorial.
I’m going to do an new video and add to this post, so don’t everyone leave early for the New Year Yet. It will show everyone a new feature I’m adding to help solve the disqus issue (it’s no longer showing real time posts).
Give me about an hour or less and I’ll have it up for everyone. It’s a pretty cool new addon, and I think it will be well liked.
🙂
Thanks Richie, and a Happy New Year to you too!