Reality Entertainment produces documentary, interview based films on what can be viewed as conspiracy theories. The films look in to present and future problems as well as how we can learn from past cultures. The films are very information heavy. During some moments the large amount of hidden information that the films are able to convey to their audiences can be very eye opening. It can also drown the audience out a bit, particularly at the end of many of the films that just drag on for too long without much variation from the straight back and forth interview style. Overall though the films are effective even if you aren’t 100% convinced of the far out their concepts that differ drastically from popular opinion. In the end the films explores other possibilities quite deeply and provokes their audience to at least question what society tells them to believe.
The film explores the validity of alien contact and the notion that aliens already could be living among us. It notes that the vast majority of UFO sightings are false alarms, a substantial number are misinformation, but that remaining 5% are very interesting and quite possibly valid UFO sightings. Lies & Deceptions goes in to Roswell, one of the most talked about and controversial UFO incidents, claiming that it did in fact happen and that at least one craft was shot down by US forces. Another main incident that is talked about in the documentary is the Aztec Case in 1949, about the incident that took place in March of 1948 when scientists went in to an alien aircraft filled with small, dead alien bodies. This showed that these aliens weren’t able to survive on Earth do to the exposure to the atmosphere. However, Lies & Deceptions suggested that there are other types of aliens that are able to survive on Earth and have been here longer than humans. The film claims our lack of knowledge of this is because there has been a governmental cover up in several agencies since the 1940s.
Most of the transitioning images throughout the film are pretty basic computer graphics, which serve as an acceptable model, but aren’t anything spectacular. There is also a very awkward shot that for some reason the director keeps on going back to. The shot is during an interview, but doesn’t show the interviewer or the subject being interviewed, but really just the edge of the interviewer’s desk. It lingers there and just takes you out of the film. The old photographs displayed when talking about Roswell and animal mutilations were much stronger images, giving first hand historical evidence.
At the end of the film, there is a segment entitled, “conversation with Phillip Gardner”. We are given interesting information such as eight UFO files have released to the general public, which was previously confidential. There had been 1.7 downloads by the time of the interview, which Gardner argues shows the interest of the public and that they are at willing to look in to UFO activity as a possibility. The main problem with this segment is it is a conversation, an intelligent one at that, but it’s not even really an interview. This drastically makes the film drag when it had already gotten great points across to its audience prior to this. It just ends on a somewhat redundant and overstated way even though the overall message still resonates with the viewer. There are only about 2 subjects being interviewed so more subjects possibly with different views might have made it more well rounded. The opinions we were given were very insightful, questioning many things even within their own viewpoint. Several other sources are sited to bring the public’s attention to these things and work off the research that has been done on UFO and alien life forms.
The Legend of the Serpent is a film about serpent worship and the changing of the perception that the serpent has held throughout time. Serpents were once part of nearly every culture and played some role in forming every mainstream religion today. The film even argues that it was a serpent that helped Mary rather than the angel, Gabriel, and notes that the serpent is the only animal in the bible that has its own voice. It goes on to make connections with Buddha and Jesus to the serpent. Serpent worshipping is traced back to 70,000 years ago, making it the oldest form of worship. In India these forms of worship still exist today and it can be traced all over the world, particularly China, Taiwan, and Far East Japan. The serpent was once associated with wisdom and health. Many people purposely injected themselves with serpent venom over long periods of time, bringing youth upon them and making them look half of their real age. The documentary explains that serpents had a duality of good and evil, giving life and taking it away. 900 years before Christ it was seen as a sign of the devil, which is how it was entered in to the bible, giving the serpent the evil reputation it is most remembered for today.
The visuals were mystical and beautiful in The Legend of the Serpent, ranging from bright, traditional stained glass biblical figures to mythical goddesses and serpents. There are also a number of pictures of worldwide landmarks and events that correlate with the connections to serpents. The film states once the possibility of serpents starting the foundation of cultures and religions around the world that you will be able to see endless connections all around you. Throughout the interviews in the film, many customs are gone in to, giving the viewer a view of the serpent that is contradictory to popular belief.
2012 marks the year of the predicted apocalypse and a time of change. The film notes how both the Mayans and the Egyptians predicted this. Author, Patrick Geryl, decoded this warning in the Egyptain Book of the Dead. It is rumored that this same thing happened to the people of the lost city of Atlantis and the survivors moved to Egypt to warn others. The high priests were the ones who knew about this, which gave them power over those that didn’t know. In order to keep this knowledge, they encoded it to keep it from the average person. Geryl says it took him years to decode it. There has already been a change in the climate, which is part of this theory. When interviewed Adrian Gilbert says this climate change is driven by the sun and is not manmade. He goes on to say, “We live in a universe of change and its foolish for us to think otherwise”. The magnetic fields are already changing. They are in rapid decline, reversing their role, giving them the lowest magnetic point in the past 2000 years. Time will seem to speed up and our bodies will try to match this pulse. The world will make a 360 degree change, turning in the other direction.
The film goes in to why there is an opposition to the theory of the year 2012. JOverall the film argues that since scientists don’t have exact answers this new information is troubling to them. 2012 also goes heavily in Mayan culture, proclaiming them as very accurate and mathematically proficient. The Mayan calendar is also dissected until it gets to the core of the discussion, where this calendar points to the next major upheaval happening on the winter solstice, December 21, of 2012.
2012 has a lot of valid points that show studying and questioning many sources, scientific facts and figures, and observations that we are already heading towards this state. They point out evidence, but the comments don’t come across as they are trying to be forced on you. It also doesn’t make what will be a worldwide life altering event. if it does indeed happen, too overdramatic. It is pointed out that others have survived through this before, but it will also be like starting over again from scratch. Out of all 4 films, 2012 probably has the most steady pacing and smooth editing through a mixture of informing interviews, correlating images, that goes in to the when, the why, and the how.
The Conspiracy to Rule the World, asks the question are we being controlled, and if so by who? The answer seems to be our own political leaders. The film focuses on the 9/11 attacks. It claims that the war on terror is against the citizens of the US as basic rights are being taken away, “There is a war and we are its victims.” The film claims that the government purposely removed defenses to give Bush a dignified reason to go in to war. It’s suggested that something similar happened during Pearl Harbor to get us entered in to WWII. Joe Quinn suggests that Bush and/or whoever else might have been involved with 9/11 just didn’t have the capacity to feel empathy for another human being, thus could turn on their own people. Bush is also criticized for bringing the 9/11 footage back during his re-election, using it when it is convenient for him. Footage of 9/11 in examined, leading to the argument that the planes physically couldn’t have fit in to the hole that was in the building attacked as it was far too small. They also note that there wasn’t sufficient damage done for the fuel that would have been ignited.
The film sites the recent documentary film, 911: In Plane Site. It was an informative, analytic, and thought provoking documentary even though the validity of the accusations is still debatable. Director of 911: In Plane Site, William Lewis said, “We were tricked in to fear and war”, when interviewed in The Conspiracy to Rule the World. Since both films were arguing the same claim, it was a good film to source. After awhile it seems that it might actually be depending on 911: In Plane Site too much. There a lot of similar points and as I have seen both films, the two seem to blur together a bit here. There are a lot of interesting points made on this event that was so recent and clearly still affecting us. It almost seems more of a 9/11 documentary until we get towards the end. The theory that a man has never landed on the moon is explored through photographs and video. They are dissected thoroughly by lightness, gravity, and what the atmosphere of the moon would show. Still, the film doesn’t feel like it’s about those who are trying to rule the world as a whole, if so it’s not as balanced on each subject as the title would suggest. The Conspiracy to Rule the World: From 9/11 to the Illuminati uses well examined evidence and strong, striking statements through contemplation that might seem a bit to bizarre to completely believe, but it makes a point about how those in power have the capacity to deceive us.
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