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Steve Klare
Film Guy
Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted August 07, 2006 04:44 PM
Hmmmm...
While there is no reason it absolutely has to be a Man's thing, it would appear from the sampling of people that show up here it certainly tends to be one.
Why might this be?
While both women and men love movies, men get more wrapped up in the other dimension of the film collecting hobby, as in the mechanics and electronics of projection.
I can't exactly explain this. Perhaps somewhere long ago the males that were adept at making better slingshots, bows, arrows and clubs ate more often and were therefore more likely to become Daddies of future generations, so the technological knack is more pronounced in our Operating Systems by evolution.
You would think that being technological would be soley a matter of being skilled at math and science, but it is more than that. I knew any number of girls in high school were very bright in these subjects, and as much as their guidance councillors steered them towards Engineering School, they tended towards other fields like medicine and business. The passion for technology wasn't as common among them. I've been an Engineer 20 years now, and while I've known some very bright women who are fine Engineers, I doubt they were as many as 2% of the total number of Engineers I've known.
(It's a good thing I didn't have time to date when I was in College, because the selection of women was mighty thin!)
In terms of film collecting what this means is while my wife may enjoy the experience of seeing a projected film, it only means a great deal to me how it came to appear on the screen.
[ August 07, 2006, 06:26 PM: Message edited by: Steve Klare ]
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Steve Klare
Film Guy
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From: Long Island, NY, USA
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posted August 08, 2006 12:13 PM
I wouldn't be concerned too much about the revelations coming out here. I'm sure that all over the Internet there are other discussion forums involving doilies and recipes (and feelings ) where megabytes are being devoted to how utterly useless men are.
I can see how from my wife's perspective this may be true! I'm 44 years old, haven't ever sent out a Christmas card, and might not at gun point! Whereas she keeps Hallmark in business all on her own. So help me, she MAILED a Birthday Card to our son and he ... ummm LIVES WITH US!!! (Besides, he's 4 and can't read it regardless!)
Women are very emotionally sensitive beings, whereas I like to stay in the emotional range that runs from "calm" to "drunk"! (inclusive) This is one of the reasons my wife has problem with technological entities. She has problems believing that a malfunction is nothing personal, and figuring it out is best approached with a cool head. This some times leads to her standing over me saying "Did you fix it yet?" every 30 seconds...which rarely helps!
[ August 08, 2006, 05:34 PM: Message edited by: Steve Klare ]
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Mike Peckham
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1461
From: West Sussex, UK.
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted August 29, 2006 04:07 AM
A while ago I posted a note about a regular, yearly film show I am in the habbit of doing for friends at their pre-Christmas open house/craft fayre. The film show is ostensibly to keep the children occupied whilst their parents are spending their money on craft items. One of the interesting observations was how the girls seemed to be more interested in the film on the screen and the little boys more interested in the projector. Here is a snatch from that posting;
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The first year I took loads of short films, thinking that there would be a transient audience of children coming and going. As it happened, the kiddies were so taken by the whole thing that several parents went off into town leaving their children behind transfixed to the screen. I sent out an SOS to home and had a couple of feature films delivered to give the show some more continuity and help it to keep going through out the day.
Last year I was better prepared, I took more features than I did shorts. The children were better prepared too and [whilst I don't want to be sexist about this ] the girls all seemed to gravitate towards the front row, these seats were highly prized, and the boys more towards the back. Tellingly, several of the little chaps spent far more of their time looking back at the projector than they did the screen and two were determined to help me thread it up and rewind the films!
...an interesting development this year was that the Dads took an extra interest in the proceedings and whilst children were transfixed to the screen and partners were sorting through rough looking things made out of what looked like bits and pieces of nothing in particular, the Dads crowded round the GS 1200 and Oohhed and Ahhed over it and wanted to play almost as much as their little charges.
The show started at about 11.00 and ran through until 5.00. For most of that time I was standing next to the GS as it purred away filling the room with its own special magic whilst I received regular deliveries of tea and mince pies.
Mike
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