For example in the Wheel of Time the Aes Sedai have this breathing trick they use to not feel the cold. I tried researching that and it turns out there is some sort of Buddhist breathing technique that is similar to that described in the books. I haven’t managed to do it though.
Anyone ever look something up?
When I was like 13 or so, DBZ was a big thing on TV. There were also these things floating around of what to do to conjure/cast/etc. a Kamehameha.
So I obviously tried some of that, you know, for science.
Like the Wim Hof technique?
(Also love the Wheel of Time! Surprised there wasn’t a controversy when Peter Jackson plagiarised the opening lines Robert Jordan uses in his books for the opening monologue in Lord of the Rings.)
Yeah, I’ve also looked up tonnes of stuff, from World War 2 guns and battles (Day of Defeat, Medal of Honour, Call of Duty, Band of Brothers) to the Meiji Restoration and Satsuma Rebellion (Last Samurai, Rurouni Kenshin).
The Legend of Bagger Vance also comes to mind. We wanted to find out if its based on a true story. It turned out to be an adaptation of The Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life by Stephen Pressfield, which in itself is loosely based on the Bhagavad Gita, the Hindu scripture (mis)quoted by Oppenheimer when he said he was reminded of a line from it when they detonated the first nuclear bomb:
“Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.
That led me to an article which explained that Oppenheimer’s quote was somewhat of an oversimplification and could more literally be translated as: “I am become the world-destroying time, the destroyer of worlds.”
Most recently I read up about the persecution of Christians in Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate of the 1600s after watching Silence, Martin Scorcese’s 2016 adaptation of the book by Shūsaku Endō.
The film is an adaptation of a fictionalisation, so there is a lot of speculation used for dramatic purposes, extra characters introduced and so on, so it’s always fun for me to square that up with what we have in the historical record.
I looked up knife making after forged in fire aired.
Ended up making a couple that are nowhere near good but it was fun
I’m busy with a Japanese chefs knife but taking my time
Cool topic. I look up stuff all the time. Whether I’m reading a book, playing a game, watching a movie/series, etc., if I see something that I don’t really know or seems interesting I will look it up. E.G. I’m busy watching through a bunch of seasons of Medical Detectives and every time they mention some scientific method or whatever I will google it and read up about it. I don’t necessarily (try to) put it into practice but I do enjoy reading up on random topics.
Oh I’ve looked up plenty of things while watching or playing.
It all started with Deus Ex. There was an article in PC Format about the books that would make for great reading with the story line of Deus Ex. I read those books and made the story that much deeper.
I’ve also read up on The Elder Scrolls lore, and most real-life movies I read up on the actual events to compare how true to real life the movie was.
Im one of the few it seems that doesnt read up - unless Its a term that I dont get I dont google much. I tend to ask friends first
I looked up Sensory Deprivation chambers when I was watching the first season of Stranger Things
Looking up things and researching is like, my hobby.
Its literally what I do with 80 percent of my free time every day.
Last night I was looking up some semi-religious theory of the Nephilim.
Pretty creepy stuff really.
Jip this is me also… if something peeks my interest i will google it and read up about it as much as possible.
my main interest are history related, vikings, greek gods, languages etc
Interesting you say Greek gods because apparently there is a link between them and the Nephilim.
People believe it all whole heartedly but I think we are just dealing with an ancient version of Marvel.
Still, cool stories.
I’ve done this since college, or before.
I believe it started after I watched Die Hard 4.0 and stupid went onto a forum and asked about hacking.
Ya… you might want to avoid telling this story again… 