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Victoria Jean Bingham's avatar

I can't watch this without crying. It has a visceral effect on me... That big bear is our big brother, and he's just waiting to show up like this..

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H. Walther's avatar

It is from a commercially produced movie, “the bear” from about 30 years ago. It’s all totally scripted and shot for your entertainment; it is not reality.

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Victoria Jean Bingham's avatar

so what?

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H. Walther's avatar

PS I loved The Bear also when I saw it years ago. In and of itself, it’s quite a good piece of entertainment with a good message.

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Sandi Adamson's avatar

It's beautiful!

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H. Walther's avatar

For sure it’s emotive… but

It’s no more real than a Disney cartoon. Engagement in this means less engagement in reality… not a good thing for a citizen of a democratic republic. It wouldn’t matter as an occasional thing. But the cell phone brings 24 seven 365 media into our lives. It seems that Society more and more views reality as an “entertainment”. Emoting over something that was created and scripted specifically to evoke emotions in you means that YOU are being completely MANIPULATED.

Entertaining media is just the trial run and the prep for the bigger picture. Government in general and totalitarian governments In particular understand this well. So also do the larger corporations understand this. Most recently, pharmaceutical companies spend billions to create warm feelings in ME and YOU.

When Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum said recently about the future of the masses of people, “you will own nothing and you will be happy“, he was expressing the culmination of a process that you got a tiny microcosm of when you and I or anybody else emotes over “the bear“. The makers of “the bear“ only wanted your entertainment dollars. Larger powers wants your compliance with their schemes, or your unknowing subjugation to them.. so you can be one of the masses with no real agency in your own life, but will not protest because you are kept happy with entertainment.

Go back and read “brave New World” by Aldous Huxley.

That is quite a lot from a comment on a simple 30 year-old movie like “the bear”, isn’t it?

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Victoria Jean Bingham's avatar

"It’s no more real than a Disney cartoon. Engagement in this means less engagement in reality"

Huh?

From where I stand, most of us on Substack are WAY engaged in reality. The occasional fairy tale is so much Dopamine.. As it is written - 'a merry heart doeth like good medicine'.

Don't be so serious.

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Victoria Jean Bingham's avatar

Lynnette, honey, were you never a child? Do you know that to enter the Kingdom of God, we are to return to being one, as the Lord told us to.

Nobody said anything about whether the film clip was real.. For some reason you feel the need to come in here and pop the bubble for everyone else who enjoyed being 'told a story'.

No, the only suckers are folk who don't like themselves enough to want to bless others. We don't need intellect. We see where intellect got the world. We need more simple childlike compassion and awe.

That's what this film is about.

Maybe some day you'll understand.

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Victoria Jean Bingham's avatar

Taken out of context.

Now read Matthew 18:3., here I'll make it easy:

"And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven."

Be careful!

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Victoria Jean Bingham's avatar

You are a sad type of Christian. You're obviously unhappy with yourself, and as the saying goes - misery prefers company.

You won't find that company on my Stack. You can stop your sour remarks or be blocked. Case closed.

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Larry Sicard's avatar

Coleen says it is from the movie "The Bear" (1988).

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Shawn K. Younkin's avatar

It IS...

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Dee  (Mustard Seed )'s avatar

Thank you !! Isaiah 66:13: "As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you." God bless

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American Nobody's avatar

Could be AI. They are getting really good. And yea, I was crying too.

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Victoria Jean Bingham's avatar

I don’t think AI was available in 1988. There turns out to be a full length film shot in the Dolomite Mountains of Italy and Austria, which the description of how the movie was made (on Wikipedia) is worth reading!

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American Nobody's avatar

Wow. Amazing. Really cool. And you're right, if it was made in 1988, no way any way was AI involved.

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Malcolm MacPhail's avatar

Don’t think so. The cat was a Cougar or Mountain Lion, native to the Americas only. Unless the whole movie was staged using captive animals. My guess it was shot somewhere in northern or western North America since Brown Bears are not found in South America.

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Victoria Jean Bingham's avatar

methinks you're missing the whole point...

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mary-lou's avatar

this clip's opening scene / Cougar doesn't look very natural (green screen?).

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Victoria Jean Bingham's avatar

I really don't understand people who feel like they need to pick apart the film or decide that it's CGI or AI...You all are missing the whole point.

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Sandi Adamson's avatar

I'm with you, it's beautiful

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mary-lou's avatar

some of us prefer to see things as they are and do not like to be reeled in on an emotional rollercoaster (sorry). however: to each his own and... let me confess: I cried at one the scenes of Disney's 'Bambi' ;-))

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Lucas Emoto's avatar

What’s the point then?

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Victoria Jean Bingham's avatar

Something that went over your head.

And will in that Day too.. apparently

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Lucas Emoto's avatar

Definitely done using trained animals. No wild animal would ever let you get those kinds of shots.

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Victoria Jean Bingham's avatar

Lucas, Some of us have too much to do. Some have time for ocasional pointless debate.. then there’s you..

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Lucas Emoto's avatar

I’m not debating. I’m just saying it’s trained animals in response to others speculating the same thing. You said you didn’t know in your headline. I’m telling you. And then you get offended. If you don’t want this sort of commentary, pick better headlines.

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Victoria Jean Bingham's avatar

Some people miss the forest for the trees.

.Do you sit in a movie theater and watch a film looking for the details of how it's made or do you enjoy this story?.. just curious..

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Lucas Emoto's avatar

I enjoy the story. But I know it’s fiction. The problem comes when people present fiction as reality for purposes of engagement and I suspect that’s why you’re seeing so much pushback on here.

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Victoria Jean Bingham's avatar

“present fiction as reality for purposes of engagement”

Pray tell Lucas, where are the words you intepreted as - ‘This is reality’.. ?

Pushback? 5 people out of 780 is hardly pushback. NIce try though.

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Santiago Sage's avatar

Cougar and Mountain lions don't live there so did you do it just using captive animals?

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Santiago Sage's avatar

It must be ai

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American Nobody's avatar

1988 however? Not possible.

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Lucas Emoto's avatar

Trained animals.

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Santiago Sage's avatar

Well then how did they make a scene that defies gravity?

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Lucas Emoto's avatar

I don’t see any scene in that clip that defies gravity. Which part are you talking about?

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American Nobody's avatar

Not sure what you’re talking about, but the dude said it was made in 1988.

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Santiago Sage's avatar

Maybe they lied to get a cool video

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American Nobody's avatar

And maybe not. I’m not willing to research it, perhaps you are.

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Nam's avatar

Jean jacques Annaud “The Bear” 1988.. I grew up with this movie, believing that magic was real—until I grew older and faced the reality of the human world.

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Jen Fox's avatar

I remember watching this movie in the theater as a kid.

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Danielle Amory's avatar

This is part of a movie. It signifies "Do whatever it takes to survive on your own until help arrives bigger than you are."

Never give up.👍👏

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Depswah's avatar

Tears flowed from both, for all - Creator bless.

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Victoria Jean Bingham's avatar

Yes! It made me cry too!!

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Lisa’s Alternate Reality's avatar

I am crying! Awesome! Thank you! I grew up without my mom, never present, and to see this unconditional love!!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

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Shirley's avatar

You know this was from a movie, right?

It was a great flick. The big grizzly had a name Bart and was used in a number of movies.

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Victoria Jean Bingham's avatar

Yes. I found out thanks to someone commenting. though.. I don't know if I could sit through a movie that riveting!!

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Ruth J Culver's avatar

This is what I think of when I see this.

He never gives up on us.

Matthew 18

3Then Jesus told them this parable: 4“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?

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Peter Yim's avatar

So much beauty.

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Andrejka's avatar

"the gospel By which also ye are saved, [believe that] Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 1 Corinthians 15:1-4; [Jesus] Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins ..., through the forbearance of God; Romans Chapter 3:25

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ILoveLiberty's avatar

Stunning

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Larry Sicard's avatar

Here is the movie trailer, a very good analogy in light of the times we're currently living in.

https://youtu.be/S0tX2wKi6O0?si=MxFJ_2LSb7HE2xpY

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Victoria Jean Bingham's avatar

It was filmed, turns out.. in 1988. I'm surprised that I've never heard of it before. I dont' think I could watch a longer version of what I just saw.. without being medicated! Lol.

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Kathleen Pimentel's avatar

I'm gonna try to purchase dvd soon. Thanks for confirming it was 1988 film.

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Most impressive. Thank you.

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