Sunday, August 4, 2013

Frequency



Yes, that can mean many things such as: frequency: incidence, occurrence, rate, rate of recurrence is it in a nutshell pertaining to anything that your mind may wrap around it, from sex to urination, and everything in between, which is much too personal for me to discuss with all of you! How odd for me to say that, hmm?

Although, this use of the word is not that provocative for it has to do with radio frequency or in this case, more specifically a Ham radio: “The term "ham operator" was commonly applied by 19th century landline telegraphers to an operator with poor skills. ("Ham" was also in more general use as a slang word meaning "incompetent", as in the phrases "ham handed" and "ham actor".),”  Therefore an amateur radio operator. “Amateur radio (also called ham radio) is the use of designated radio frequency spectra for purposes of private recreation, non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, and emergency communication. The term "amateur" is used to specify persons interested in radio technique solely with a personal aim and without direct pecuniary interest, and to differentiate it from commercial broadcasting, public safety (such as police and fire), or professional two-way radio services (such as maritime, aviation, taxis, etc.).”

We had watched a movie that we were definitely happy we hadn’t missed a second time, since it originally came out in 2000, yep, over thirteen years ago! I heard about it while watching some show and when they gave us a short synopsis it whet our interest to the point of looking for it on our movie rental site and within days we received it. The cast is quite remarkable too with Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel, if anyone watches Person of Interest on CBS, he plays John on that and oddly enough that is the name of the character in the movie too… Most all know Dennis Quaid and his bodies of work. Oddly enough, Mr. Caviezel played Jesus Christ in a little known movie called the Passion of Christ, which was filmed four years after this was 2004. And due to all that controversy I never was interested in seeing it, if the truth be told, sorry to anyone who may be offended by that!

He has come a long way since then, but he was extremely noteworthy in the film Frequency where the premise is that John is in a bad place with his girlfriend walking out on him, nah why argue with the professionals so here’s their synopsis…

“A tale of time travel in which a father and a son reach out to one another across parallel universes to stop a terrible crime: For John Sullivan, there is no question. He would undo the events of October 12, 1969, when the out-of-control Bruxton fire took the life of his father, a heroic firefighter. Ever since he was a kid, John has dreamed of being able to stop the tragedy of that fateful day, which set into motion the anger and loneliness that have haunted his adult life as a cop in the 1990s. Now John may get exactly what he wished for... and much more than he bargained for.”


I hope I don’t ruin it with interjecting here but it does take many a turn in many directions that causes you to hope … well, let’s leave it that!
In my opinion though it had the feel of an Alfred Hitchcock direction/production, seriously! For the kiddies who have no idea who that is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_hitchcock

Any-who, Hubby and I highly recommend it if you haven’t already seen it, it is definitely the kind of old fashioned movie that keeps you on the edge of your seat with it’s need to know what’s next and of course the superb acting, definitely worth another look if it’s been a while since you last saw it.

On that note of a shameless plug that we had nothing financial to do with, and both gave it two thumbs up, allow me on that note of plagiarizing from two much beloved critics terminologies to be the first to wish all of you a very happy good night and ask you to kindly count all your blessings and share those overages with you know who and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear! 

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