#the dark fields

[ladyhaylo]

What I thought taking Adderall would be like: Limitless

What taking Adderall is actually like: That scene in The Good Place where Chidi gets 300 years worth of memories back and suddenly becomes like, super chill and shit

[soikka80]

My yesterdays haul from Finncon

[authorizedpope]

It never failed to strike me as astonishing that what is depicted on screen - that day, those very moments - actually happened, and that the people in them, the extras, the folks who passed fleetingly before a camera and were captured on film, subsequently went on about their daily lives, walked inside buildings, ate food, had sex, whatever, blissfully unaware that their jerky movements, as they crossed over some city street, for instance, or got off a tram, were to be preserved for decades, and then aired, exposed and re-exposed, in what would effectively be a different world.

The Dark Fields, Alan Glynn

I consider this a lot. As somebody who will hopefully work in film and television I find these ideas particularly fascinating. The idea that long after you die some whisper, a shadow, a reflection of what was a full and complex existence can live on. It’s a beautiful concept that Alan Glynn has so eloquently conveyed.

[blogoludayocreates]

Blog 9 - The Dark Fields> "You know how they say we can only excess 20% of brain, this will make you excess all of it"

(Book cover of "The Dark Fields" image provided by http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Dark-Fields-Alan-Glynn/dp/0751530832)

Alan Glynn creates a world of possibilities were everything you’ve ever wanted to accomplished can be done in the space of a day, via the use of a drug that makes your brain function with perfect efficiency, unleashing all the knowledge you have acquired in your life active and passive. Glynn has somehow managed to create a drug that seems to solve all of our fundamental human problems; the drug somehow manages to make you focused, charming, fast, and even attractive. The story centres on Eddie Spinola, the “lucky punter” to par-take in this drug called MDT-48; it is referred to as “Viagra for the brain” the designer drug that's redesigns his life. However like the saying “Be careful for what you wish for” this drug that provided Eddie with the kind of success you could only “wish for”, begins to chip away at his sanity leading to splitting headaches, spontaneous blackouts and violent outbursts. And now what was once a dream becomes a nightmare, when his supply starts to run low thus leading him down a dark past to feed his nasty habit. In some way I think Glynn is telling us that we should thank God for us being “average”, being isn’t wrong its right and in this novel that seems to be a pursuit that is most desired strangely. 

(Movie trailer of "The Dark Fields", renamed as "Limitless" clip provided by youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0l1hVMJs-Q)

               (Alternative book cover image provided by http://neighborhoodhalfwits.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/alan-glynn-the-dark-fields-2001/)

[cobainlennonphoenix]

Thoughts on Limitless (and The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn)

I'm a very inexpensive person, and I am not the type to strive for power. If the drug allowed you to excel on that which you were I would love to open my mind so fully, but being that you become what the drug creates I would opt out and remain content with my poetry and reading.

[lil-k-movies-and-more]

Limitless

First time I watched this movie, it was in the sneak, now a year later it's still really cool!

"Limitless" is directed by Neil Burger and starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro. The movie is based on the novel "The Dark Fields" by Alan Glynn.

Eddie Morra: You see that guy? That was me not so long ago. What kind of guy without a drug or alcohol problem looks this way? Only a writer.

Edward Morra is a poor author who has to get some money, but has no idea for a book or just can't start writing his thoughts. One day he meets the brother of his ex-wife called Vernon and gets a drug named "NZT-48".

This drug allows to use 100% of the brain, so someone who takes the drug knows everything he or she heard or read in his or her whole life. Also it's easier and faster to get to know new things etc.

Eddie Morra: Hotel rooms were no longer an option. What I needed was a bunker.

After taking NZT Eddie helps his neighbor to write a work for her law study, tidies up his whole apartment and starts writing his book. The next day he shows the beginning of the book and the publishers likes it and wants to publish it after Eddie finish the book.

Eddie Morra: For a guy with a four digit IQ, I must have missed something. And I hadn't missed much. I'd come this close to having an impact on the world. And now the only thing I'd have an impact on was the sidewalk.

On the same day Eddie tries to get more NZT, but he has to do some things for Vernon. After finishing this and returning to Vernons apartment, Vernon is dead. Eddie finds a package of NZT and takes it with him.

Some time later other people try to get the NZT of Eddie and other problems arrives, which Eddie has to solve. To get to know more, you should watch the movie.

Edward Morra: You'll always follow me. Never more than fifteen steps behind. And never stand too close together. I wanna be able to look behind me if the opportunity presents itself. And don't wear the same color suits. This isn't The Matrix.

It's a really cool story, especially in this time, where I have to learn for exams. The idea of using your whole brain and not just 10% or 20% at a time is marvelous! Go watch it now! :D

Eddie Morra: I was blind, but now I see.