258 – Westworld (TV Series 2016– )

Westworld is an American science fiction western thriller television series created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy for HBO. It is based on the 1973 film of the same name, which was written and directed by American novelist Michael Crichton, and to a lesser extent on the 1976 sequel Futureworld. It is the second TV series based on the two films, the first being the short-lived 1980 series Beyond Westworld. Nolan and Joy serve as executive producers along with J. J. Abrams, Jerry Weintraub, and Bryan Burk, with Nolan directing the pilot. The first season premiered on October 2, 2016, concluded on December 4, 2016, and consisted of ten episodes.  In November 2016, HBO renewed the show for a ten-episode second season, planned for a debut in early 2018.

The story takes place in the fictional Westworld, a technologically advanced Wild West-themed amusement park populated by android hosts. Westworld caters to high-paying guests, who may indulge in whatever they wish within the park, without fear of retaliation from the hosts.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475784/

0255 – Lost (TV Series 2004–2010)

Lost is an American drama television series that originally aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) from September 22, 2004, to May 23, 2010, over six seasons, comprising a total of 121 episodes. The show contains elements of supernatural and science fiction, and follows the survivors of a commercial jet airliner crash, flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, California, on a mysterious tropical island somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean. The story is told in a heavily serialized manner. Episodes typically feature a primary storyline set on the island, augmented by flashback or flashforward sequences which provide additional insight into the involved character(s).

The television show Lost includes a number of mysterious elements that have been ascribed to science fiction or supernatural phenomena, usually concerning coincidences, synchronicity, déjà vu, temporal and spatial anomalies, paradoxes, and other puzzling phenomena. The creators of the series refer to these as part of the mythology of the series. (read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythology_of_Lost)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411008/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_(TV_series)

244 – The Putin Interviews (Series 2017– )

The Putin Interviews is a four-part, four-hour television series by Oliver Stone. It was first broadcast in 2017.

The series was created from several interviews of Vladimir Putin by Stone between 2015 and 2017.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6840134/

243 – Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

A sharp-witted knockdown of America’s love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452749-bright-sided

239 – BBC documentaries

Secrets Of Silicon Valley  

Horizon 2016 – The Mystery of Dark Energy  (on dailymotion)

This World 2013 – A History of Syria 

This World 2014 – Rwanda’s Untold Story 

This World After Brexit. The Battle for Europe – (youtube)

Our World 2017 – China’s New Silk Road 

Storyville 2017 – Silk Road Drugs Death and the Dark Web

Storyville 2017 – Oink Man Loves Pig

232 – Baby Driver (2017)

spacetime coordinates:  2017 Atlanta, Georgia.

(bad music / good people)

Baby Driver is a 2017 crime action film written and directed by Edgar Wright. It stars Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Eiza González, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, and Jon Bernthal. The plot follows Baby, a young getaway driver and music lover who must work for a kingpin.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3890160/

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221 – The Magnificent Seven (2016)

spacetime coordinates:  the mining town of Rose Creek 1879 

The Magnificent Seven is a 2016 American Western action film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Nic Pizzolatto and Richard Wenk. It is a remake of the 1960 western film of the same name, which in turn was a reimagination of Akira Kurosawa‘s 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai. The film stars Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Lee Byung-hun, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Haley Bennett, and Peter Sarsgaard.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404435/