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“In a thousand years, Gandahar will be destroyed. A thousand years ago, Gandahar will be saved and what can’t be avoided will be.”

The riddle at the heart of legendary French animator René Laloux’s strangest movie is as confusing as the film itself. By the end of Gandahar, you may not understand either, but you’ll have experienced one of the most ambitious and beautiful time-travel stories ever told.

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Original in French

This video reminds me of some of my first extradimensional interludes, and my early experiments with the spore drive.

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Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence. Ain't got enough dough to pay the rent. I'm flat broke but I don't care, I strut right by with my tail in the air
Stray cat strut, I'm a ladies cat
I'm a feline Casanova, hey man, that's that
Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man
Get my dinner from a garbage can
Meow
Yeah, don't cross my path
I don't bother chasing mice around
I slink down the alley, looking for a fight
Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night
Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry
"Wild stray cat, you're a real gone guy
I wish I could be as carefree and wild
But I got cat class and I got cat style"
I don't bother chasing mice around
I slink down the alley, looking for a fight
Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night
Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry
"Wild stray cat, you're a real gone guy
I wish I could be as carefree and wild
But I got cat class and I got cat style"

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I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"

Real Genius is a 1985 American science fiction comedy film directed by Martha Coolidge and written by Neal Israel, Pat Proft, and PJ Torokvei. Starring Val Kilmer and Gabriel Jarret. The film, set on the campus of Pacific Tech, a science and engineering university similar to Caltech, follows Chris Knight (Kilmer), a genius in his senior year, who is paired with a new student on campus, Mitch Taylor (Jarret), to work on a chemical laser.

"Look at it this way. Considering the type of people you are and the environment you're in, you have to admit the strong possibility this may be the only chance you ever have in your entire lives... to have sex."

• Chris Knight

Boy, was Spielberg ever wrong. Close Encounters my ass.

• John Critchon

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All we are is dust in the wind, dude.
Όπως η άμμος της κλεψύδρας, έτσι είναι και οι μέρες της ζωής μας!

As such, be excellent to one another, and, of course, party on dudes!

Some of the craziest slide action I've ever seen on a shamisen.

Nini grew up in Taichung, Taiwan and has played and studied Chinese Traditional Folk instruments for over 20 years. She has toured Europe, the USA, Canada, China, Japan, and all of her home island playing in orchestral as well as rock settings. Nini is now on a journey to create her own unique sounds with the use of her traditional instruments and share them with the world.

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Don't panic, and bring a towel.

For seasoned galactic travelers, if you're looking for the Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which includes:

• Hitchhiker's Guide
• The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
• Life, the Universe, and Everything
• So Long and Thanks for All the Fish
• Young Zaphod Plays It Safe
• Mostly Harmless

... this wormhole should get you there.

Also, upon conferring with both Space and Ice Pirates, I've been persuaded to also provide their contribution here in honor of the late, great Douglas Adams.

Now could you guys please untie my cats and get them off the plank?

Through the mist, out of the corner of your eye, it could be hope, but it's just passin' by. If the apple's really poison, Baby I could make a pie
Cause you're my sweet darlin'
Sigh, Sigh

If the sky may split
And sea may open wide
We can hide
If the mountain peaks
Return to paper thin
We can grin
For the end of time
Is just a game to us
It's treasonous
You and i will be just fine
In what they call
A fallen world

Forgive me you know
That i can't tell a lie
Said the creature in my dream
Whеn i asked it if i'd die
Next to my lovеr
In a stoop of whiskey rye
Bubbling and giggling
High, High, High
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If the sky may split
And sea may open wide
We can hide
If the mountain peaks
Return to paper thin
We can grin
For the end of time
Is just a game to us
It's treasonous
You and i will be just fine
In what they call
A fallen world

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The Way that can be articulately described is not the Unchanging Way. The name that can be said out loud is not the Unchanging Name. With your mouth unopened, and things left undefined, you stand at the beginning of the universe. Make definitions, and you are the measure of all creation.

The Tao Te Ching (UK: /ˌtaʊ tiː ˈtʃɪŋ/,[1] US: /ˌdaʊ dɛ ˈdʒɪŋ/; simplified Chinese: 道德经; traditional Chinese: 道德經; pinyin: Dàodé Jīng [tâʊ tɤ̌ tɕíŋ] i) is a Chinese classic text and foundational work of Taoism written around 400 BC and traditionally credited to the sage Laozi, though the text's authorship, date of composition and date of compilation are debated. The oldest excavated portion dates back to the late 4th century BC, but modern scholarship dates other parts of the text as having been written—or at least compiled—later than the earliest portions of the Zhuangzi.

The Tao Te Ching, along with the Zhuangzi, is a fundamental text for both philosophical and religious Taoism. It also strongly influenced other schools of Chinese philosophy and religion, including Legalism, Confucianism, and Chinese Buddhism, which was largely interpreted through the use of Taoist words and concepts when it was originally introduced to China. Many artists, including poets, painters, calligraphers, and gardeners, have used the Tao Te Ching as a source of inspiration. Its influence has spread widely within the globe's artistic and academic spheres. It is one of the most translated texts in world literature.

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Gotta get up

Ups and downs
Never the same each day
Rolling with the plays
Never an easy way

Highs and lows
Battles in my mind each day
Rolling with the plays
Never an easy way

Gotta get up
Gotta get up
Got to, got to, got to, got to...

Feel good
Feel good
Feel good
Feel good

Tears of joy
Tears of pain
Keep moving forward
Just throw your fears away

Times you'll win
Sometimes you'll lose
Keep moving forward
Don't throw your dreams away

If it was easy... it's never easy
If it was easy the reward wouldn't be this good

Gotta get up
Gotta get up
Got to, got to, got to, got to

Feel good
Feel good
Feel good
Feel good

Gotta get up
Gotta get up
Gotta get up
Gotta get up
Got to, got to, got to, got to

Feel good
Feel good
Feel good
Feel good

If it was easy... it's never easy
If it was easy the reward wouldn't be this good

Why are you such a derelict? Such a piece of human junk? The answer's simple. You're a scanner, which you don't realize. And that has been the source of all your agony. But I will show you now that it can be a source of great power.

CW: Exploding head. David Cronenberg. Genetic manipulation. Homeless escalator acrobatics. Involuntary suicide. Thinly veiled Thalidomide allegory. Did I say exploding head? Exploding head.

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