Chuck Lorre Productions, #507

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CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #507

I grew up devouring science fiction books. I was like a little Pac-Man, gobbling up everything I could get my hands on: short stories, novels, and, of course, comic books. Looking back, I realize that sci-fi and, to some degree, fantasy novels, were my first attempt at escaping reality (later attempts would prove to be a bit more problematic). Regardless, I now see that immersing myself in this kind of literature informs my current view of the world. The path of history is, for me, forever seen through the eyes and imagination of Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, Roger Zelazny, Frank Herbert, Larry Niven, Philip K. Dick, H.G. Wells, Aldous Huxley, and many, many more. Which is why I consider all efforts to control human behavior through force as ultimately doomed to fail. Sure, they might work for a while. That's where the cool story is - the resistance and overcoming of authoritarian rule. But at the end of the day, the macro, sci-fi view is always toward greater freedom, regardless of what form it takes. The real evil, the much more insidious method of control, is actually what we do to ourselves. The abuse of drugs and alcohol, plus relentless consumerism and over-exposure to mind-numbing entertainment, are the real chains on the human spirit. Of course this means that I, having produced close to a thousand half-hours of television, am part of the problem. Sorry. I never meant to be a Minor Overlord for the Terrestrial Shadow Masters.
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1st Aired: 5 Nov 2015

 

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I saw this particular zen joke by Chuck Lorre and like him I grew up reading also
Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, Roger Zelazny, Frank Herbert, Larry Niven, Philip K. Dick, H.G. Wells, Aldous Huxley Larry Niven, Robert Silverburg, and many others along the way.

So, I think the above one especially funny. But, I don't worry about him being a Minor overlord. haha

I think people like entertainment so they can share ideas with others. Often we get lost in our own dreams written by our subconscious minds to try to resolve or heal us from confusion from our past, present or future lives.

So, I think people watch TV and go to movies so they can share dreams together. By sharing dreams together it tends to bring us together rather than drive us apart.

This is why people want to share movies and TV programs and shows on stages etc.

Because most people are lonely and don't want to be alone dreaming all the time.

However, sometimes it is really nice when your subconscious writes a really good dream.

And sometimes writers write those dreams into really good books that become things we all eventually watch on big movie screens or TV screens or DVDs or whatever. So, Share the dream.

Even the Old and New Testaments were once dreams in the writers eyes as they watched the Prophets and Jesus way back when or heard about them after the fact.