Now hear me out. I know lots of folks have noticed the references to PUTV in Mr. Robot, but all this didn't gel for me until I read Tolstoy's Resurrection. They have similiar themes superficially. Revolution against the abusive powerful.
Tolstoy was mostly interested in the meaning of life and why people harm each other. Badly. Cumlinating in the idea a meaningful life is one on which we care for someone else without being overly self-interested. Caring for others is key. Tolstoy also explores how govt/beurocracy and the rich exploit powerless people.
Back to Pump (PUTV) - tons of Elliott similiarities to protagonist, Mark Hunter. Tons of overlap w. The above themes. Radio was Mark's way of hacking society. Radio is no longer the medium to do that. Hence the redux. He also finds out he does need others after being totally isolated.
I'm going to write more on this when I get time but I can't shake this crazy idea that the narrator, prob Elliott, is watching the PUTV on a drug trip? In a coma? Is Christian Slater playing himself play a character? Because Elliott is hallucinating that the real CSlater is his dad?
If they play Everybody Knows in the finale, watch out. 👀!!!
Talk amongst yourselves.
Anyone else think ‘happyhardonhenry806’ with whom Dom is chatting in episode 4 is a reference to Christian Slater’s pirate radio station DJ character ‘Happy Harry Hard-on’ in the movie Pump Up the Volume?
I don't remember what started this rabbit hole today, but I discovered Christian Slater has a verified Twitter account (though he hasn't posted since 2018) and I could follow discretely one of the dreamiest boys from my teenage years. I had a strong desire to watch some of his flicks (I had been mainlining Hallmark holiday movies all day to help quell the current dumpster fire that is the world and I was bored). Turns out Amazon Prime has a ton of his movies available to stream now. Netflix barely has only one or two of his movies. But neither service has Pump Up The Volume.
Years ago, I ripped all my DVDs to digital and to my delight, I had PUTV, which I've just finished watching.
In 1990, when the movie came out, I moved from the US to Canada to live with my dad to finish high school as my mom kicked me out. I was terribly lonely, had no friends, and to fill time, I read voraciously, mainly Stephen King's back catalog while chain-smoking and drinking Diet Mt Dew. I wrote to all my friends back home but hardly any of them wrote me back. I think I came home once.
The movie resonated with me heavily. I remember crying in my bedroom after seeing it because someone, even a fictional character, got not only my situation but how I was feeling about myself emotionally and mentally at the time.
It seems when people list movies that describe their GenX teenage years (and overall GenX attitude), this movie is rarely, if ever mentioned. While it was well-received, it was not a commercial success, which in a way frustrates. I cannot be the only person who digs this movie, am I?
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk on Christian Slater.
Fantasy Dynasty Basketball Week 3 is complete. It's time to talk about notable player's shot attempts per game. Last year, I wrote an article highlighting the Usage Rate of players. This year, I would like to focus more on shot attempts. Below are some key components that can help gauge the positives and negatives.
Usg% - Usage Percentage (available since the 1977-78 season in the NBA); the formula is 100 * ((FGA + 0.44 * FTA + TOV) * (Tm MP / 5)) / (MP * (Tm FGA + 0.44 * Tm FTA + Tm TOV)). Usage percentage is an estimate of the percentage of team plays used by a player while he was on the floor (per Basketball Reference).
We'll have a Dynasty Basketball outlook on these players that we're going to cover and see if they can sustain this pace. Tatum, SGA, and Nunn are the players we're going to highlight on in this article. We could have used different players in this aspect, but we wanted to use a few surprising names here. Different Environments can help change a player's shot attempts. One of these players could be an outlier, but needless to say, it's worth using under this formula.
Keys to Pumping Up the Volume
Shot attempts help indicate a player's skill potential. Coaching is a Key Component. Coaching helps build the confidence of a player to look for more shot attempts through play-sets. Because of their unique skillset, the player has to score more for the team. Although a player may shoot a lot, that doesn't make them a great player. We'll talk about the downfall of it momentarily.
The More shot attempts you take, the more you have a chance to score. Points scored by a player in the 2018-2019 average were around 15.5 Points per game in 9-Cat Leagues. This means that anything less than 15.5 Points would start damaging point category value. If you are looking for Points, then pumping up the volume makes sense here. Points can come from 2pt, 3pt, and FT attempts.
3-Point Shots Made Have Increased
The 3-point shot has transcended the NBA. Likewise, 1.4 3-Point Shots made is the 9-Cat average from 2018-2019. The 2014-2015 NBA season Average was 1.0 3-point Shots made. This means that anything less than 1.4 3-point shots per game becomes a negative in category leagues due to most Players taking more 3-point attempts. Can we expect more 3-pointers made in the future?
Foul Totals Have Increased
The season is still early, but there has been a lot of fouls called over the last few years. This increases the chance to get to the foul
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Not that a reboot is necessary, but in 2015, could a film with this kind of plot (renegade pirate radio DJ inspiring local students) even make sense to teenagers?
My earliest memory of Christian Slater is from the movie Pump Up the Volume, where he plays a meek teenager who runs a pirate radio station at night. I haven’t seen anything where he personally talks about the influence his character from this movie, Happy Harry, brought to Mr. Robot, but the rant in Times Square from season one definitely reminded me of Harry, as well as the overall plot of the illicit nightlife of an otherwise quiet young man. I’ve been looking to watch Pump Up the Volume again, but I can’t find it streaming anywhere. I haven’t even seen it on Blu-Ray, just DVD.
Could interest in Mr. Robot bring renewed interest in Pump Up the Volume? Could we petition someone to bring the movie to their service? I can’t even buy this movie on iTunes ffs.
Has anyone ever seen Pump Up The Volume the musical? If so what are your thoughts about it? I have a project for a class that I need to read reviews about the musical and I have never heard of it but interested in learning what others who have seen it think about it!
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