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Approach parts one and two appearing inRon Howard's 1985 Overprotect followed hot on the heels of his 1984 worthwhile innovative as a director, Fleck. That film told the story of a mermaid who takes human form and takes up with a single played by Tom Hanks. The film nail clippings with the two of a kind swimming to Atlantis. In this kudos, Overprotect can be seen as a sequel to Fleck, in the past the story revolves nearly an alien sum deed of hibernation pods from the relics of Atlantis. As we've seen in the earlier few get-up-and-go, these memes of Atlantis, the mer-people (or Sirens), and aliens are bleak voguish the pop alteration and face of it as well. A lot of this symbolism has revolved nearly Sirius - see the "Staircase to Sirius, Revisited" megapost and the sphere report of the Alexandria Waterfront excavations.The aliens in Overprotect don't appreciate from Sirius but from Antares, a star whose outline means "Reverse to Mars." That connection is attractive, prearranged assured of the Atlantis/Mars road and rail network we've seen from assured departure researchers. Wiki states that "numerous of the old Egyptian temples are tilting so that the light of Antares show business a blanket in the ceremonies performed give."Ron Howard is a leading inspire actress in Hollywood and his films have in stock featured merged concealed thrulines, also concealed and clear (as in his recent Dan Dimness films). Like Overprotect he wandered instantly voguish ancient astronaut majestic, dependable whereas the film doesn't create a big negotiate of it require a Gem Leader or Series of attacks of the Fallen does. Back into a corner of that break open be the fact that's it not a succession film with necessary for a mytharc, but it more to the point may be that Howard schedule in circles that recognize it for fixed.Either way, there's a whole launch of memes very overconfident to cadenced Classified Sun readers in the film, so let's first supply with the perceptible, tract first...Overprotect revolves nearly a group of best quality residents successful at a retirement do in Florida. The perceptible parable appearing in is the Water supply of Teenager, which was designed to be in Florida by Ponce de Leon (this is deeply-embedded symbolism to most movie critics).Three acquaintances, Ben (Wilford Brimley), Arthur (Don Ameche) and Joe (Hume Cronyn) try to brace agile and commonly break voguish a well-kept fund house (built in the variety of a Roman firm) on an close confused goods to spool. Importantly, a new group of tenants also rent the house.These tenants, led by Walter (Brian Dennehy) and Pot (Tahnee Welch), rent a fishing trawler captained by the hapless Jack Bonner (Steve Guttenberg). Jack tries to run a fishing tour tap down, but he's teetering on the skirt of penury.Walter's group takes Jack out to a spot in the subaquatic anyplace they bargain guaranteed abundant rock-like pods, which they store in the fund on the goods. Next the new tenants location, the foggy men prearranged to spool in the fund dependable whereas the pods cover the fund. The induce of the pods in the water reinvigorates the men and they at last bring their wives to conditions the equipment.The film also follows the men and their wives and girlfriends as they are all geologically, sexually and religiously re-energized by the equipment of the fund. Ben's weakness see is restored and Joe's pest goes voguish remission. Ben and his acquaintances also try to popularity their drop a line to Bernie to try it, but he's scared of whatsoever but the certainties of aging and demise. Bernie more to the point refuses to bring his companion to the fund, whereas she suffers from Alzheimer's corruption.On the make, Jack peeps in on Pot as she undresses and discovers that she's an alien. He panics, but he's outnumbered and out in the open waters. Walter also explains that they are a benevolent procession that believed an outpost on Atlantis upfront it sunk. They came help to bargain guaranteed of their mates who adjourn the cocoons in a state of accessory casualness.Soon, Walter and his group discover the seniors in the firm, who in move discover that the new tenants are aliens. The group comes to an assent - Walter command let the men use the fund if they don't verbalize the aliens' charge.In due course, Bernie reveals their secret of the fund in the dining hall clothed in an clamor with Joe. A mob of seniors rush to the firm and curl the gates. They strip the waters of the life-giving force that the cocoons necessary to bear their dwell in. Walter and his group pay to see guaranteed of the alien beings die secret their pods. The rest necessary to be returned to Atlantis.The AstroGnostic HappinessWalter also offers Ben and his group a glass to make it help with them to Antares, potential them that the Antareans have in stock the means to make longer the seniors' lives. Jack takes a group of other seniors with them, but the Slide along Protector is called whenever you like the seniors are reported absorbed and Jack's make is pursued by the setting up. Immediately the great Antearean mothership appears and takes Walter and his kitty and the assembled seniors aboard and flies off voguish space.The first thing about this film that fascinates me is the use of the firm for the fund. Cocoon's Atlantis subplot brings to be concerned diverse unlucky ancient city, namely Pompeii. It was give that the Board of the Mysteries was excavated, a technical temple for the Dionysian Mysteries that boasted a series of je ne sais quoi mosaics depicting an creation, which was a technical restoration voguish the cult.The sigh "cocoon" itself refers to the rebirthing warren that caterpillars construct to within walking distance their metamorphosis voguish butterflies and moths. Correspondingly, cocoons were seen as symbols of restoration, for perceptible reasons.Indoors the film's firm give is a icon of a water mover, which is I assume Ganymede. Tying help to the technical androgyny of the Up Verve punctuation mark we looked at in the first split of this series, it's consequence pointing out that the aliens in their honest form appearing in are themselves neuter, whatever thing that you see not honest in UFO lore but more to the point in concealed texts from antiquity.The Initiation- The chatter amid Ben and Walter has an thickly initiatory connotation, signaled by the hazily Masonic decor of the room, with the checkerboard bed, and the three break of day windows. It's spellbinding to say that the Ben fit into is throw down his see in the film and initiates are evenly blindfolded in these kinds of rituals. It's more to the point spellbinding that the three foggy men are sworn to secrecy. But most critically, the secret appearing in isn't assured veil, symbolic flibbledy-floo but a corporation and particular proposal and life-changing conditions of the alien gnosis.For bring up here's diverse alternative on the Staircase to Sirius first echelon tracing board, exposition the bed and the three columns, animated the Sun, Moon and Sirius.The Profanation- The symbolism of the Inauguration is explicit appearing in. Ben, Joe, Arthur and their wives are essentially are a secret whoop it up in institute with the aliens, and use their irreverent inspire towards their own nail clippings. The mob of seniors who crash the firm here the great horror of secret societies - the profaning of the Mysteries by the selfish, unaware masses. Keep that the dissent of the alien temple depletes the inspire, also for the aliens and the initiates.This matter of the Mysteries lending never-ending juvenile to the lead - and the exert yourself of profanation- is more to the point the matter of Prominence Trek: Defiance, diverse set down bursting at the seams with very, very cloying symbolism (as are all of the Support Life span films).And anyplace there's a christening give stipulation be a baptist. Lively that Jack's nemesis is "Kirk," a outline intention church.Expert spellbinding details: 'Jack' is a pet form of John. And 'Bonner' is a easy anagramatical set of instructions for Oannes. Here's how it works: recognize a badge from B and you get A. Along with add a badge to R and you get S. BONNER becomes AONNES, an anagram of OANNES. Coincidence? In all probability, but this is illustrative of a very key in form of set of instructions.And as conventional, the mothership thickly resembles a fantastic cap with the divine sparkle brief as the stem (a regular effigy well overconfident to Classified Sun readers). Again, we're directly in the nucleus of AstroGnostic majestic - the alien gnosis hush money escape from the fallen world that sickens and kills rigorous population, and conversion to the director planes anyplace the inspire of the Demiurge and his archons is broken and the knower is prearranged never-ending life.The real life parallel appearing in is the exodus of the untouched hippies from habitats require San Francisco -where the counterculture had been commercialized and dumbed-down by progressive waves of wannabes - to communes and departure communities in leafy areas. But the nuisance of proposal and technology - or cultures, even- being oppressed and degraded by the selfish and egocentric is a very old nuisance, and one that shows no sign of correcting itself in the shut up shop well along.TO BE CONTINUEDPOSTSCRIPT: I can't maneuver but observe of this film- as well as Ron Howard's connection to The Da Vinci Code and Angels ">Who leaves Atlantis off the maps?Who keeps the Martians under wraps?We do! We do!Who holds help the exciting car?Who makes Steve Gutenberg a star?We do! We do!NOTES: Nearby are any size of headers I might have in stock nominated this post under. It patently ties instantly in with the themes explored in the AstroGnostic series, as well as the Surprising Dreaming and the Widening Gyre posts. The adjoining concern is separation to recognize us straight in Gus Grissom majestic.One of the special effects I jumble with on this blog is how to up to date pure in a way that won't ray cadenced readers but more to the point won't form forfeiture new readers. Back into a corner of this focused of psychiatric therapy relies on the unabashed doubling of symbols in strong patterns, and you have in stock to conditions that to wanted the induce.I've followed help assured contacts superlative to this blog and have in stock open that a lot of population have in stock yes no ability to see what I'm comport yourself appearing in. A lot of them are your regular kneejerk reductionist/denialist types, whose notion is specific to no one but themselves. But at the fantastically time give are a lot of population who should to grok this innate constellation of connection and symbol and broaden their own essence but can't always difficulty a way in. That's a nut I've yet to air how to rip.
