Why is this a big deal? I have no idea but some people think it is. Last night the Academy Awards was plagued by some sort of strange digital feedback that increased as the show progressed. The noise went on for two hours and for some reason they couldn’t fix it. I guess we expect one of the most important and watched shows in the US to have a working sound systems.
My favorite theory espoused by conspiracy sites is that it’s some sort of mind control. This is hysterical in more ways than one. Did it work? Anyone out there feeling different today after having watched it?
I can’t embed this so you have to go to the site and wait for commercials. Once you have patiently watched the ad, forward the video to the 1:45 mark. Listen carefully and you can hear it. It sounds sort of like digital blips. Link is here or click image. (Insert: Some of you say you can’t watch it for some reason. Here is the address to type in: http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/2012-oscars-highlights/58tkuby So far it’s the only site I can find that has the Oscars highlights. You may have restrictions in your country.)
CLICK IMAGE TO WATCH VIDEO
Okay, you must be wondering why I’m talking about this because it’s clearly just a malfunction in the sound equipment. Well maybe you’ve seen the below video from Tropicana Field in Florida from last August. It too freaked out the internet because the sound was so strange. It was blamed on lightning striking the audio equipment. Of course many people don’t believe this.
Think about how weird it is that we live in a time when malfunctioning audio equipment freaks people out. Why is this? Why are we so distrustful nowadays? Can you imagine even ten years ago people being so freaked out by such things. What has changed? Is it millennial angst?
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I think this very slow and boring movie below sums up the way some people feel. A feeling of impending doom, depression, distrust and helplessness as we watch our environment slowly destroyed.
From the YT description.
Lars Von Trier is back with his new film, officially premiered in Cannes 2011.
Described as “A beautiful movie about the end of the world”, MELANCHOLIA tells the story of two sisters (Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg), who find their relationship challenged as a nearby planet threatens to collide into the Earth.
I can’t see the first video
Same here. It opens a Bing’s search window.
cool article, very good point
me too video is there..but bing asks to install silver light…also, regarding why people are freaking out by sounds…’cos we are becoming more sensitive to things around us, which is how it should be…
humans are evolving spiritually, which results in initial depression, hopelessness etc, due to the fact, we humans are five sense beings, but when it been taken out, we feel depressed…
I’m sorry you can’t view it. I think the Academy Awards are protective of their footage and would pummel anyone who put it onto youtube. I like your theory a lot.
Irish residents’ lives wrecked by mysterious ‘humming noise’
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/
Irish Examiner – By John O’Mahony, Killarney – Thursday, March 01, 2012
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/the-hum-leaves-village-ears-ringing-185609.html
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it’s funny how everyone is freaking out about the Oscars audio but if you ever watch the Tony Awards… their audio sucks like this EVERY YEAR! lol this is just funny
in regards to the increased interest of fear, I would imagine it is caused by man’s general need for answers. with the “end of the world” being thrown at us from all directions (religion, conspiracy theorist, cultural stories, news media, movies, even commercials are now having an apocalyptic theme) and the advancement of technologies, it’s highly possible that there’s a way for messages to be sent through such a method….and what better platform than highly watched events and maybe, these smaller events are test market research to see it’s effectiveness before launching a larger campaign….just a theory
Speaking of Melancholia (the film which I loved, btw) today while my son and I were hiking, out of nowhere it began to snow, and that is exactly what I said it felt like, the scene in Melancholia. The funny thing is, the sky looked so crazy, with soupy thick and bubbly looking clouds, much like what I have seen in the videos accompanying these strange sounds from the sky, that we made a u-turn while enroute to our favorite spot and instead decided to go to where the sun was shining through all the clouds, to a trail which loops around a lake called Muddy Run (in PA).
It was a trip though, and really made us smile when the snow began to fall. However by the time we were back to the car and off the trail, it had stopped.
I actually have a love/hate thing with the movie. I think about it often but it was painfully slow. I find myself watching the trailer a lot. There is something very poetic about your comment btw.
I agree about Melancholia. It was a bit slow, as was Antichrist. I don’t know, maybe because I am old(er) I find I can sit, relax and enjoy films even when they are a bit slow. As they sure are better then the mainstream alternatives.
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