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[SS - Human History 1]

The guy under me KINDA has a point...

I've been with you the whole ride, and I've been a steadfast supporter of what you've been doing: Sure, you get facts wrong here and there and sometimes off and your examples aren't well developed, but a lot of the points are still interesting and its something to muse on when I'm having a dull day.

...and up until this point, the series greatest strength has been its pacing. You never really demanded we swallow too much at a time, it was all very manageable and while you did make increasingly strange points and predictions it all came at a rate that was easy to handle.

...and you just blew it all out of the water. Too much too fast in this episode, and whats worse, it has to be some of your most outlandish propositions yet. I know you began this episode with a disclaimer saying its something we had to discover for ourselves, but... it was all just too ridiculous, and way too much at a time. You force-fed me a lot of spiritual stuff and gave almost no explanation or fact behind it, just assuming we'd 'roll' with it, but... no, this was way too much, way too soon.

I know these episodes are hard to make and you have a lot you want to talk about, but when you do stuff like this, you lose most of your credibility. I was always willing to give you the benefit of the doubt, but... no, this time you just sound straight-up crazy. You didn't give us manageable bites of information, and for that, your points will suffer.

THAT said... It's still a very nice story. A fun story. Its kinda like you threw your hands in the air, said "Screw it", and you took a lot of the concepts you told us about in earlier episodes and combined them into one giant crossover story. The point where I stopped taking it as fact and instead treated it like some spiritual fanfiction, I started to really enjoy it a lot more than when you were ACTUALLY considering it a history.

...Look, I'm not saying you're wrong, necessarily, I'm not a historian or a guru of spiritual matters, but it was a lot more fun for me when I was pretending it was fake, and that doesn't bode well for a series that has "Science" in the name. If you want these to be taken with a sliver of credibility and genuine, thoughtful respect, you'll have to go slower and explain EVERYTHING... because otherwise you just sound like a very imaginative conspiracy theorist.

Bottom line: too much information this episode, slow things down a bit.

thanks

RiverJordan responds:

Yes, i understand how many people will feel this way about this lesson. You know, i don't believe i am actually covering "more" information, or "too much", but rather i am covering a different type of information.

Everything else i've talked about, has been putting the pieces together between science and religion. Over 11 lessons, i feel i've made a solid case for how dimensions work and the power that consciousness has over everything. And now, i am telling a story that nobody remembers (and there's a reason for that).

At the beginning, yeah, it'll feel that way, but by the end, you may just begin to see where we came from in a different way.

[Entertainment]

Well, lets see.

I'll be honest with you, seeing as I think you fancy yourself a moderately intellectual person.

the ideas presented in this flash are over-thought in some aspects, and not thought out enough in others. For one, any sociologist can tell you that we are influenced by our culture/entertainment: this idea is hardly radical. But you seem to be taking it another step forward by saying that EVERY form of media is made with the intention of changing how we see the world. Some sort of conspiracy, if you will.

Well, I present you this question: How would we see the world otherwise? Ignoring the whole "nature Vs nurture debate", the way we see the world has ALWAYS been influenced by the environment and the people we surround ourselves with. Entertainment changes how you see the world, as does your social circle, your family, and your religion (which one could argue is ALSO a form of brainwashing entertainment). Mulimedia Entertainment is no exception, but its certainly not the EXCLUSIVE factor to how you see the world.

The term "brainwashing" was poor, and I think intentionally so. That implies you saw the world one way before entertainment 'forced' another way on you: you have some rock-steady idea that can't be changed unless its torn down by a video game or something. Media changed the way you see the world, true. It influences thoughts and perspectives. But its not a permanent change, nor is it a BAD one. Media can inspire, bring hope, and make people happy, just as friends/family can do.

If this is some sort of calling that we need to live life free of all outside influence so as to maintain the purity of our minds, then you clearly haven't thought this out well enough. If we were to live life free of all outside influence, our race would quickly disappear off the face of the earth: because there's no way we can experience ANYTHING without being changed by it.

Also, your point about 'allowing things that would of been strange in the past' speaks more to the benefits of multimedia than the evils of it. 200 years ago, women were still considered less than men, and blacks were property. Its BAD we grew out of this?

The animation was good, I'll give you that. 5 outta 10 stars for that. But the message was ill-conceved and the voice acting contradicted the message itself: clearly, the actor was INSPIRED by modern entertainment, and you liked the idea regardless.

I figure you'll probably have something to say to this, which is fine, I love a good debate.

thanks

akoRn responds:

*yawn* thx for the long review. i aint saying that im intellectual, im juz havin fun here, with some basic ideas.. y u have to be so serious..? JEEEEEEZ

[Ask Mr. Information!]

The animation is good, as is the voices.

But the joke, I'm afraid, has been overdone far too much. It's not funny anymore.

I'm sure you can think of something more original, thou. I look forward to it!

thanks!

Billy-Chops responds:

I KNOW!!! Thanks otherwise though. The joke is the cherry on top, I only focused on the animation. This is mainly for my demo reel at my school and all they care about is the animation. Next one will be better.

[Goat 51]

Simple in its awsomness.

I love goats. and I love chaos. So this just got it with me. I love you.

Graeme responds:

Aw, I love you too!