What have I seen on Netflix? Bandersnatch

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Before yesterday I finished watching Bandersnatch on Netflix and the truth is that I was very surprised when the Playstation controller (I see Netflix through a Playstation III just use it for that) began to vibrate and wondering if I had understood how the film worked, I said yes, but the truth is that I had no idea, although when I had to choose whether to have breakfast Frosties or Sugar Puff, I understood what the film was about.

I immediately thought of Julio Cortazar's novel "Rayuela", which has a similar scheme, in which you can read the chapters in the order you create and their endings will be different.

Netflix has made with Bandersnatch a risky bet, a proposal that many will like and others not so much. I'm in the middle. I admit that I liked the film, especially its interactive approach and that, somehow, you are part of the film and that the endings depend on your decisions, although the interactive game, to me at least, I get tired. I have to admit that I'm not much of a game, and maybe that's where you have to look for the answer.

On the other hand the Black Mirror series has its stamp of identity and that is none other than future technologies and their consequences and Bandersnatch moves away from this approach, although if we spin very fine we could find some fit in that stamp of identity.

So Bandersnatch is a film that has to be seen, there is no doubt about that and its lace in the series is another singing.

Source of the video: Netflix Youtube Channel

TECHNICAL DATA SHEET

Produced by: Netflix / House of Tomorrow.

Script: Charlie Brooker.

Date: 2018.

Cast: Fionn Whitehead, Will Poulter, Craig Parkinson.

Duration : 1h 30 min.

SYNOPSIS

A young programmer is making a video game in 1984 that is based on a fantasy novel, whose main argument is the multiple options you can take while reading the novel. He tries to replicate this argument in the game he's making.

Te vas

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Te vas sin apenas reconocerme,
sin quebrar mis huesos,
sin que quede una fugaz imagen en tu cerebro,
ni una sombra de mi cuerpo en tus pupilas,
sin un terremoto en tu pecho,
sin mis manos cálidas;
solo sé que te vas.

Te encontraré en las calles de la mano del extraño,
tu mirada me atravesará y llegará más allá de tus recuerdos,
me buscarás en los rescoldos de tu hoguera,
en el vertedero de las efemérides desafectadas,
en las fotografías del año que no recuerdas.

Me quedaré solo, manteniendo la mirada,
echaré el ancla para permanecer en el bancal de arena,
y no dejarme llevar por la tormenta de tu olvido perpetuo.

Entonces me sentaré a esperar a leer lo que me dice el horizonte,
a comprender los mapas de los caminos que tengo que recorrer,
sin la comprensión de tus palabras,
sin el calor de tu presencia,
tendré que romper las cadenas de tu fantasma,
y enterrarlo en el cementerio de los recuerdos.

White Tajinaste

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We are not in spring, I know, we are in the early winter, but the Canary Islands are very grateful and since a little rain falls and a pinch the sun comes out (the sun always comes out in these lands) the countryside blooms in all its splendor and the flowers do not wait for spring to show us their beauty.

Then the fields, the ravines and any place where there is a piece of land, the vegetation does not lose the opportunity and are filled with greenery.

It is true that temperature helps because in the middle of winter we rarely have temperatures below zero, if at all in the peaks it reaches zero degrees, but on the islands the temperature ranges between 15 and 24 degrees.

So the plants also have spring in winter and bloom when conditions allow it, as is the case of the white tajinastes, which, in many cases, are blooming, like this one I found along with others in the ravine of Tamaraceite.

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The tajinaste (Echium decaisnei) is a shrub endemic to the Canary Islands, there are several types and can be found on all islands and its maximum flowering is in spring, but, as is the case, can bloom in winter.

In this ravine there are many white tajinastes and all were blooming or beginning to bloom; a spectacle I say to be photographed.

¿Qué he visto en Netflix? Velvet Buzzsaw

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OPINIÓN

El pasado domingo vi Velvet Buzzsaw en Netflix y me gustó bastante, aunque tiene un arranque muy lento para mi gusto y la trama no se pone interesante hasta que no transcurrido media hora, pero esto no le resta interés.
Me gustó mucho la trama que relaciona el mundo paranormal con el comercio del arte y, al mismo tiempo, pone sobre la mesa el trapicheo que hay en el mundo del arte que, en muchas ocasiones, es despiadado y solo busca rentabilizar los beneficios al precio que sea. 
Sobre estos mimbres se desarrolla la trama principal, que resulta interesante desde que una de las protagonistas, descubre los cuadros de un pintor con un pasado turbio y trágico, que fallece por causas naturales en el edificio en que ella vive y pretende hacer negocios con las obras del pintor fallecido.
A partir de ese momento la película toma un cariz sugestivo con la aparición de las primeras muertes que hacen que te quedes a esperar cómo se resuelve y termina la película.
En definitiva, una película para disfrutar en cualquier tarde. No les defraudará.

Fuente del vídeo: Netflix

FICHA TÉCNICA

Producción: Netflix. Distribuida por Netflix.
Dirección: Dan Gilroy.
Guion: Dan Gilroy.
Fecha: 2019.
Reparto: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Zawe Ashton.
Duración: 109 minutos.

SINOPSIS

Un pintor desconocido muere por causas naturales en un edificio en el que vive una trabajadora de una galería de arte. Ella lo encuentra muerto en el rellano, entra en su piso y se apodera de todas sus obras y las pone a la venta, cuando el pintor había dejado instrucciones para que las destruyeran.

Madagascar Vinca

Yesterday I told you that my sisters, my son and I visited the Charco Azuland on the way I came across some flowers, but above all this white flower with its pink center caught my attention. Isn't it beautiful? 

Yes, there is no doubt that it is; that unpolluted white color that contrasts with the pink that is in its center, as if the pink, through a magical process, were transforming into the white of its petals.

Well, for those reasons, don't hesitate to take a picture of it. As I told you yesterday, the day accompanied the clear sky without a cloud, the ideal temperature to walk and, why not, to take out my mobile phone and immortalize some flowers. The blasted sky contributed to the fact that light was not a problem, but a necessary collaborator for the photograph to go well.

The good thing is that this beautiful flower, the Vinca de Madagascar (Catharanthus roseus), was in a place in the shade, so it did not get direct light and allowed me to get a close-up with the light needed for this purpose.

Photos taken with an Acer Liquid Z630 mobile phon

Un paso, luego otro

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Su recuperación era cuestión de tiempo, de ir cerrando las heridas, de omitir los errores del pasado y, también, de dejarse llevar, como una rama que baja por un riachuelo sin saber dónde irá a parar. Yo sabía de su energía, de su fuerza por seguir luchando, por conseguir los objetivos que se había propuesto, que su parada era solo para coger fuerzas y seguir avanzando. 
Aquella mañana le regalé una flor, una margarita salvaje que crecía en nuestro jardín. La saqué con cuidado con todas sus raíces, con algo de tierra y la trasplanté a una maceta. Se la regalé porque sabía que le gustaría, que le levantaría el ánimo tener aquella flor salvaje en su habitación. Ella la cogió en sus manos, me sonrió y la colocó junto a la ventana. Ahí encontrará la armonía necesaria para crecer, me dijo. 
Luego bajamos a desayunar y se sentó junto a mi lado. 
—¿Ya estás preparada? 
—No lo sé. Nunca se está preparado para comenzar un nuevo camino. Además, después de dejarlo todo, no es fácil empezar de nuevo.
—Ya sabes eso que dicen, un paso y luego otro. No hay otra manera de empezar.
—Sí, la teoría la sé, pero lo complicado es dar ese paso. A veces tengo la sensación de tener los pies clavados al suelo.
—Entonces tendrás que comprarte un martillo de orejas.
—No te entiendo. 
—Sí, para quitarte los clavos.
—Es una metáfora.
—Sí, lo sé, mi martillo también lo es. Los clavos necesitan martillos y en tu caso solo tienes que buscar la herramienta adecuada que te ayude a dar ese primer paso.
—Está claro, en la vida hay que tener herramientas. Si tienes herramientas estamos salvados.
—Hoy podría ser ese día; el día que das el primer paso. Podrías empezar por borrar los primeros diez artículos de tu blog, después, al día siguiente, seguir con otros diez, hasta que no quede ningún artículo.
—Y cuando acabe con todo, ¿a qué me voy a dedicar? 
—A vivir, que no es poca cosa. A levantarte por las mañanas a dedicarte a la vida contemplativa. 
—No sé si podré. Son muchos años escribiendo todos los días.
—Vivir no necesita entrenamiento. Solo necesitas vivir. Tienes que dejar atrás lo que no te satisface. Siempre podrás volver a escribir. 
—Bien, eso haré.
Terminó su desayuno, se sentó delante de su portátil y borró sus primeros artículos. Se levantó y vi que lloraba. Luego salió al jardín y se sentó en una tumbona. Había dado el primer paso de su nueva vida.

Walk to Charco Azul

A few months ago I was in the Charco Azul, a place that I had heard of, but had never visited. It was a family visit, since we were my two sisters, the oldest and the youngest, and my son. 

El Charco Azul is near the Risco, a town that belongs to the municipality of Agaete and you will meet him on the way to the village of the village of San Nicolás. 

We arrive at Risco before eleven in the morning. The day accompanied because it was sunny, there was no wind and the temperature was about twenty degrees. Perfect for a walk without complications and very easy to do, although, with rainy weather, you have to be cautious and leave it for another day because when it rains, those ravines have a lot of strength and can be dangerous.

We crossed the Risco neighborhood and, following the directions of the friendly neighbors and the signs, we arrived at the path that would lead us to our destination. The first thing that surprised us was the green of the vegetation and the flowering of some plants and it is that our land is grateful; I remembered that last November it rained with enthusiasm in Gran Canaria and its result was the explosion of nature that we were attending.

When we arrived at the base of the ravine we already began to hear the sound of the water and we could see the streams of crystalline water that ran down the ravine as a result of past rains.

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We continued climbing up the ravine, following the path and with our destination always in sight, because we had it located, in the form of a white cliff that could be seen in the background. 

Halfway we sat down to enjoy the sound of the water running through the streams, which is not very common in our islands, and the song of the birds, especially the song of the Canario del Monte which was wonderful.

Then we continued, always accompanied by the small streams of crystalline water, then we passed the most difficult area and, finally, we arrived at the Charco Azul which was at the base of a large cliff called Tamadaba.

The Blue Pond was full and overflowing because water kept falling from the peaks. We were thinking of taking a bath, but we touched the water and it was very cold, so we let it be. We stayed there for a while to recharge our batteries, drink water, eat some nuts and enjoy the incredible scenery that nature offered us.

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When we finished enjoying the prize for our morning walk, we decided to return and continue our way to the village of San Nicolás