Collative LearningUPDATE 2017 RE: ADDITIONAL CONTENT. I have almost ten hours worth of unlisted Youtube videos that can only be viewed via their links on my website (those videos don’t appear publicly on my channel or in Youtube searches, but are still to free to watch). I no longer sell DVD sets, instead I sell digital downloads on my site – quicker and cheaper (dozens of hours worth of extra content, the bulk of my work). I also have a Patreon account for folks who are interesting in crowd-funding future videos and accessing more exclusive content. If you follow me on Facebook and Twitter you can get updates about the latest special offers and frebies. All links below. WEBSITE: http://www.collativelearning.com PATREON: patreon.com/RobAger FACEBOOK: en-gb.facebook.com/RobAgerpublic TWITTER: twitter.com/RobAger?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Would the Ludovico Technique actually work? This detailed study of A Clockwork Orange concludes that not only would it not work, but that Kubrick's film veers away from the novel with a variety of subtle clues that reveal Alex is faking his Ludovico responses throughout the story. Written and narrated by Rob Ager.
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE film analysis THE LUDOVICO LIE pt 1/2 by Rob AgerCollative Learning2012-03-15 | UPDATE 2017 RE: ADDITIONAL CONTENT. I have almost ten hours worth of unlisted Youtube videos that can only be viewed via their links on my website (those videos don’t appear publicly on my channel or in Youtube searches, but are still to free to watch). I no longer sell DVD sets, instead I sell digital downloads on my site – quicker and cheaper (dozens of hours worth of extra content, the bulk of my work). I also have a Patreon account for folks who are interesting in crowd-funding future videos and accessing more exclusive content. If you follow me on Facebook and Twitter you can get updates about the latest special offers and frebies. All links below. WEBSITE: http://www.collativelearning.com PATREON: patreon.com/RobAger FACEBOOK: en-gb.facebook.com/RobAgerpublic TWITTER: twitter.com/RobAger?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Would the Ludovico Technique actually work? This detailed study of A Clockwork Orange concludes that not only would it not work, but that Kubrick's film veers away from the novel with a variety of subtle clues that reveal Alex is faking his Ludovico responses throughout the story. Written and narrated by Rob Ager.THE THING (1982) About the frozen specimen ...Collative Learning2024-10-08 | The rarely discussed frozen specimen is worth a closer look in John Carpenter's The Thing.
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Join my FB discussion page Film, Game and Media Analysis facebook.com/groups/4637000646361309ALIEN ROMULUS is boring / bad / awful - review Rob AgerCollative Learning2024-08-19 | Boring characters, bad dialogue, excessive CGI, too much rehashing of the previous films, and a lot more fails. Alien Romulus 2024 review by Rob AgerTHE THING (1982) - 13 theories explored, you decideCollative Learning2024-07-11 | Interpretations of John Carpenter's The Thing vary wildly. This video gathers and explores all the major theories and offers some new ones of my own.
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00:00 Introduction 00:39 1. It's a girl !!! 10:05 2. Racial invaders 18:33 3. Ultimate consumer / capitalist 22:25 4. Communism / cold war 29:20 5. Spirituality vs nihilism 35:50 6. Aids / covid 39:38 7. Dangers / limits of science 47:00 8. Danger of denial 50:25 9. Power of the individual 53:52 10. Importance of responsibility 56:33 11. Tactical Intelligence 1:03:37 12. The great trust dilemma 1:11:40 13. An imitation worldRob Ager on artificial intelligence - Open source humans vs closed source A.I. programmingCollative Learning2024-07-03 | A catch 22 situation for corporate A.I. LLM systems. The closed source nature of corporate A.I. ensures that only employed programmers can update it. But this also prevents the A.I. from "learning" things that external users try to teach / inform it. This video showcases an test example of this limitation. Tons more content on psychology, movies, gaming, A.I. etc at collativelearning.com Facebook facebook.com/RobAgerpublic Twitter / X twitter.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2FRobAgerFuriosa review - no hype - by Rob Ager / Collative LearningCollative Learning2024-06-10 | The positives and negatives of Furiosa, the latest Mad Max universe movie.
00:00 Intro 03:28 Story structure 13:17 Characters 26:38 Action scenes 27:40 Sound and music 27:58 Visual style and CGI 33:53 Final thoughts and other content sourcesCALCULATED DANCE (by Rob Ager & Gary ODonnell) TO THE DEATH game soundtrackCollative Learning2024-05-01 | More dark music from this soundtrack on the Ager Games Channel youtube.com/@robagergames From the video game TO THE DEATH - available on Steam. store.steampowered.com/app/2758570/To_The_Death Calculated Dance original track by Rob Ager. Additional mixing by Gary O'Donnell. uk.linkedin.com/in/gary-o-donnell-58515a32Optical anxiety in ALIEN 1979 & ALIEN ISOLATION - film analysis & game analysis by Rob AgerCollative Learning2024-04-09 | Interfering with the viewer's visual cognition is a major technique used in Alien & Alien Isolation to subliminally induce a state of persistent anxiety. This video explores how Alien & ALIEN ISOLATION use this method in terms of lighting, geometric patterns and more.
00:00 Intro 03:30 Movie to game continuity 06:00 Terry Rawlings consultation 08:45 Alien features in sets 09:50 Visual cognition & survival 11:15 Optical illusion anxiety 11:45 Dark spaces & fear of falling 14:35 Hidden clutter 15:40 Sleepy lighting 16:17 Diseases in the dark 17:39 Insufficiently visible 18:30 Strobe lights 21:42 Painful light 25:40 Detail overload 33:43 Geometrical torment 44:25 Discounts 45:55 Game trailer 47:57 Visual smudging 50:53 Combined anxieties 52:11 Bloody impressive 56:10 More contentTHE SHINING - return of the hag !!! (another previously missed subliminal)Collative Learning2024-01-01 | She's back. A second scene featuring the bathroom hag, but in subliminal form.
WATCH OUR FULL 48 MIN DISCUSSION OF KUBRICK'S WORK HERE youtube.com/watch?v=pBkSx2L9tAIDecline of Youtube - blocked vids, fake reviews, shadow bans, clickbait, hidden dislikes etcCollative Learning2023-10-06 | Youtube (which now should be called AdTube or CorpTube) has been declining as a service for years. I say this as both a user and content creator. So I'm taking a hiatus to work outside the platform on some external projects, including a book and a video game.
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0:00 Intro 4:26 Animal Instincts 10:43 Men and Machines 17:58 The Enemy Is Us 25:42 Why the Hero Must LeaveCarl Jungs THE UNDISCOVERED SELF - book review by Rob Ager / Collative LearningCollative Learning2023-06-02 | More relevant than ever - exploring Jung's thoughts on the unconscious shadow, projection, individuality, spirituality and self-knowledge as presented in his book The Undiscovered Self. Written, edited and narrated by Rob Ager of Collative Learning.
00:00 Intro 00:30 Deviations from real story 02:02 Expression of Stone's Vietnam War trauma 07:26 Video author's other new works 09:00 Expression of Stone's US prison experience 11:00 Re-assessing Midnight ExpressThe DARK SIDE of ARTHUR C. CLARKE ? (a comprehensive study of allegations made in 1998 and since)Collative Learning2023-01-16 | A detailed and balanced study of the sex crime allegations made against Arthur C. Clarke in 1998 by the Sunday Mirror, followed by others. This analysis chronologically explores the published news media stories and other sources to give a comprehensive overview. This is a complex issue, involving a lot of information - hence the length of the video.
00:00 Intro 06:28 Basic Clarke biog 07:07 Clarke's sexual orientation 08:08 Clarke's lavender marriage 10:40 Possible relationship with Mike Wilson 15:20 Reasons Clarke relocated to Sri Lanka? 19:37 Sri Lanka's rep for sex tourism 23:05 Possible relationship with Hector Ekanayake 34:30 Published allegations and related info 1:54:40 Video tours of Clarke's house 2:01:04 Daily Beast article 2017 2:06:03 Peter Troyer claims in Vice mag 2017 2:13:15 Hektor Ekanayake interview 2:17:05 Final thoughtsGreatest horror scenes AMITYVILLE 2: THE POSSESSION - film analysisCollative Learning2022-12-21 | Amityville 2 is one of the most underrated horror films ever made. This video offers a detailed study of one of the film's most powerfully constructed scenes. More in-depth analysis of coming soon so subscribe and click the notification bell or you might miss it. Written, edited & narrated by Rob Ager.
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TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 02:40 1. Interstellar travel 08:33 2. Transhumanism 15:52 3. Warless world 21:16 4. Universal equality 25:40 5. End of capitalism 30:08 6. End of child abuse 34:24 7. End of discrimination 39:57 8. Human Level A.I. 43:27 9. End of crime 48:18 10. End of offense 51:07 11. Everlasting species 54:32 12. Historical superiority 59:02 ClosureTHE EXORCIST - Death Awaits (film analysis)Collative Learning2021-12-19 | A previously unexplored, but essential theme in the horror classic THE EXORCIST - the pursuit of immortality confirmation. Film analysis / theory / meaning / review. History of possession. Rob Ager.
Excellent additional points made in the comments section ...
1) Her geekiness (glasses and pigtails) making us expect braces 2) The low resolution of old VHS copies of the film making people THINK they saw braces. (VERY STRONG POINT) 3) Though the film makers might have considered braces they could have decided against it to avoid making her too much like an actual child, given the love interest with a grown man. 4) One commenter referenced this review of the film from 1979. newspapers.com/clip/74504439/dollynobraces The reviewer says "even acquires a love interest, a small, voluptuous blonde named Blanche Ravalec. It would be a relationship made in heaven if only she wore braces." To get around that one you have to go down the route of claiming the newspaper is a fake. 5) Something I left out to try and keep the vid down to 5 mins, but has also been mentioned by a commenter, is that when dolly begins to smile in the wider shot we only see a thin sliver of her teeth because she only parts her lips slightly. This could have also given the impression of braces.
Points I disagree with and why ...
1) "The scene makes no sense if she doesn't have braces" (this seems to be parroted with near enough the exact same words - itself a kind of perceptual group think trick) ... Nope. The accentuation of her teeth with the dark lipstick and their similar slow smile establishes a connection anyway. Yes, it SEEMS like she SHOULD have braces, which is WHY we THINK we saw them. It certainly doesn't prove they were there.
2) People swearing that their memory of watching the film from decades ago is absolutely reliable. ... As stated in the video my daughter fooled by the bluray, having never seen old versions, and my belief that she had braces was not corrected by me watching the blu-ray several times. Sorry to break it to you folks but human memory is extremely unreliable, especially in the long term. And much of our perceived moment to moment reality is based on our mind filling in the blanks based on assumed content. This is how many optical illusions work. We do not live in absolute reality, we live in our brain's filtered and distorted perception of it. Stage hypnotists know all about it and use the gaps in our perception to trick us. And don't tell me hypnosis isn't real. I've studied it and learned how to do it. I've done trance inductions, it's easy once you learn the basics. And what I learned about the mind from hypnosis is part of what allowed me to notice the deceptive subtleties of this scene.
3) But everybody knew she had braces ... That's group think. Groups can get it wrong. Show a hundred people the same standard optical illusion and most will see that same illusion. It doesn't make the illusion real.
4) A TV ad starring Richard Kiel (Jaws actor) included an extra who had braces. ... Yes it did but that ad was from many years later. It doesn't prove Dolly had braces. The makers of the ad may have fallen for the illusion themselves and not double checked it, or they may have put the girl with braces in because they thought it was a good idea themselves.
5) It's a conspiracy to make us doubt reality (various versions of this theory) ... Yes there are plenty of real conspiracies and a lot of manipulation of the human mind by advertisers, news media etc. But this does not mean that every group think delusion or piece of failed memory is a conspiracy. Your mind (YES, YOURS) can be fooled circumstantially too. Ever walked into a dark room and jumped because you mistook a shadow in the corner as a figure? Ever mistaken a small dark object as an insect or spider and jerked away in response? We all have these experiences and you can't write them all off as an engineered attempt to control you. Go down that path and you'll end up with delusions far more damaging to your life than believing Dolly had braces ;)