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Monday, March 16, 2009
Article copied and pasted from Daily Mail link, more stuff (on Barbie) after it.
Robots could soon be gracing the catwalk [they aren't already?!], thanks to a black-haired cybernetic beauty who is preparing to make her debut at a fashion show in Japan.
Fetchingly named HRP-4C, the humanoid has 30 motors in her body that allows her to walk and move her arms as well as eight motors on its face to create expressions like anger and surprise.
In a demonstration the robot tottered out, blinking, and said, 'Hello, everyone,' in a tiny feminine voice while its mouth moved.
Weighing just 6st and 9pounds she is light enough to fit into the size 0 crowd. However, the robot's developers are doubtful HRP-4C currently makes the grade as a fashionista.
During the display she kept looking surprised, opening its mouth and eyes in a stunned expression, when the demonstrator had asked it to smile or look angry.

The 'cybernetic human' has been designed to look like an average Japanese woman and portrays anger (L) and surprise (R)
Her walk was also not quite ready for the Paris Collection, partly because she must keep her knees bent the whole time. The robot has sensors in its feet but lacks the sensitive balance of a real human.
'Technologically, it hasn't reached that level,' said Hirohisa Hirukawa, from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.
'Even as a fashion model, people in the industry told us she was short and had a rather ordinary figure.'
The developers said the big challenge in creating the robot was making the small 'feminine' parts.
HRP-4C is 5ft2" and was designed to look like an average Japanese woman, although she is clothed in what appears to be a silver and black space-suit.
Watch HRP-4C in action here...
She has yet to clear safety standards to share the catwalk with human models, so will appear in her own special section in a Tokyo fashion show next week.
The robotic framework for the HRP-4C without the face and other coverings will go on sale for about 20 million yen (£150,000) each.
The programming technology will be made public so other people can come up with fun moves for the robot, the scientists said.
Japan boasts one of the leading robotics industries in the world, and the government is pushing to develop the industry as a road to growth.
Automaker Honda Motors has developed Asimo, which can walk and talk, although it doesn't pretend to look human.
Other robots, like the ones from Hiroshi Kobayashi at the Tokyo University of Science and Hiroshi Ishiguro at Osaka University, have more human-like faces and have been tested as receptionists.
But demands are growing for socially useful robots, such as those for caring for the elderly and the sick, said Yoshihiro Kaga, a government official in the trade and industry ministry.
'We want this market to grow as an industry,' he said.
[Thought this was funny (America's Next Top Model audition "stampede" love the dehumanization language all media sources use for it! Stampede's main definition is an animal stampede, originally was used in that way anyway.), everyone wants to be a robotic Model. Note the checkerboard floor inside the building, you can see it through the revolving door. PS MK is now rockin' the necrophiliac aka white skin/blood red lips look, sorry.]
Fashion Runway
Every girl's dream [...really?] can come true on the Fashion Runway. Girls can experience a real runway show by getting dressed in fashions from world-renowned designers. Girls find out what it is like to be a real model by striking a pose on the Fashion Runway.




Victims will be taken on trips to places like this for programming, obviously all the dolls/mirrors/spiral staircase help with that.




They Believe in Girls' Dreams...

To illustrate what I was saying about dolls and depersonalization/dehumanization continuing the 50th anniversary celebrations of Barbie, this photo shoot by Karl Lagerfield (asshole fashion Chanel luminary) had a real male model portrayed with a life-size barbie doll (the implication isn't hard to understand here...).






There's been some controversy over the "Tattoo Barbie" (click link for longer FOX version which I couldn't get to stop playing auto), there was one in 1999 that I think was also noted in the reports, even more blatantly Monarch as it was only butterfly tattoos. Barbie was always built to be representative of a depersonalized sex-slave (it was based on the prostitute [based on a prostitute character from a cartoon] Bild Lilli doll [wiki tip-toes around it]) so to show this here are the lingerie Barbies released by Mattel as part of the Fashion Model Barbie Collection. Below Lilli is pictured in a 1950's ad, I've already covered this (Handler being it's creator etc) though in this post so won't go into detail.




Sticking with the Asian sex-slave theme above (note red shoes), see Paprika post and such.




This leopard-print skirt one was also part of the Fashion Model Collection showing dehumanization and (these are very similar [especially in outright programming] so I will stick with using the dehumanization term in future, just wanted to make people aware of some of the other terms used in MK and DID) depersonalization (animal leopard + doll).
Thursday, February 26, 2009
I definitely need to re-evaluate how I handle these types of movies as these write-ups are time consuming and I tend to go on about things too long; first of all I must start with the protagonist called Paprika. Paprika is not the actual person, but the alter-personality of Dr. Atsuko Chibo, which she usually becomes during the "dream" sequences. These "dreams" are really hallucinations (not the one at the start [Tarzan/etc]; but the ones that occur whilst they are awake, too vivid for simply dreaming), Chibo becomes Paprika when she dissociates/enters the hallucination (and the dream). Here is a quick synopsis of the book: "Nobel Prize-winning psychiatry research establishment employee Atsuko Chiba is the most prominent scientist in this field, using her alter-ego Paprika to infiltrate the dreams of others and treat their illnesses. Unrest ensues when a new psychotherapy device known as the DC Mini, created by KÅsaku Tokita, is stolen, allowing the assailant to enter the minds of anyone and enact mind control monitoring and intervention as a means of treating."
To illustrate this, Tinto Brass' (posted on his Salon Kitty here [all of his other works have themes worth posting on in future]) own Paprika: "The story follows the title character, a young girl who works as a prostitute in various brothels, losing any sense of self confidence and self-respect." And another one (from imdb) more significant about the name 'Paprika' being given to her by her MadaM [Mad mirrored, controlling the 'mad' and the 'dam'ned]: "A young country girl comes to town and works in a brothel in order to help her fiance get the money to start his own business. "Paprika" is the name given to her by the madam."




I'm not covering the beginning dream sequence (above [some of these images come from the opening credits) or Detectice Konakawa's story-arc (pretty self-explanatory MK if you watch the first few minutes [circus, trapped in a cage, everyone has his face and runs at him, etc]). But to round off his story, his old mysterious friend (who he had been making a movie with but didn't finish) tells him (a reflection in a window): "You're living out our movie in real life, Konakawa. That's why you became a detective, a reality created from fiction. Always remember that."

Some of the above symbolic images come from much later in the film.

"D.C. Mini. It's the scientific key that allows us to open the door to our dreams." Paprika says to her 'client' to describe the D.C. Mini.

Paprika is the 'Girl of your Dreams'.




Paprika being triggered is like a rocket ship taking off (as Paprika is feisty/energetic/etc, hence the above image as Chibo and below with Paprika as it takes off).

He goes on like this before happily jumping through the window shattering the glass. His mind is in the parade shared alter-reality (Paprika [as her main personality Dr Atsuko Chibo] says: "He has the dreams of a patient planted into his brain.") that arcs the movie; the glass shattering and falling from the building symbolizes the mind shattering techniques that are involved in (one way) achieving ("falling into" [similar to spiralling down]) these alter-states. You can watch this short sequence below.
Then comes images of the parade, filled with various inanimate household objects marching; the corrupt Chairman (symbolic that it's the powerful and hugely flawed people at the top [chairmen/CEO's/etc] who are behind this [same kind of thinking that leads to the Atom bomb etc, described further up]) says later on in the film (so you finally know all these things walking in the parade are actually symbolic dehumanized [as cats/dolls/robots/frogs/etc] slaves/alters, who are only able to keep living in a dream/following the insane parade), which is pretty easy to understand: "In a world of inhumane reality, it is the only humane sanctuary left. That is a dream. That parade is full of refugees who were unwillingly chased out of reality [i.e. victims of dissociation (traumatized/drugged/kept as far from/dissociated from reality as possible)]. I am protecting them [delusion of programmers]. I am the guardian of dreams. My duty is to mete out justice to terrorists like you, Paprika."



This parade is full of too many symbolic/MK related objects; i.e. the above limbless mannequin, small girl doll, Bacchus-like horned creatures, robot etc.





All the Japanese dolls, with one arm extended; which I take as a Nazi-style robotic salute (Nazism was cult mind control). Himuro (Dr Tokita's [the morbidly obese guy below] assistant) has turned into a doll in the alter-reality, we see him in reality (the DC Mini has embedded into his skull) after the below hallucination as they investigate his abandoned apartment.




There are lots of ways timelines and reality are confused with events connected (like above this occurs before he has actually become a robot and the trapped in an elevator scene (not pictured) are also part of this. Obviously below pedophilia suggestions.


Dr. Atsuko's alter 'Paprika' "talks to" her (as they can do in reality [schizophrenia is often misdiagnosed MPD/DID; the fact that 'schizophrenia' literally translates as "to split - the mind" when it has nothing to do with the mind splitting from conscious reality, shows the intentional confusion), warning her against going into this MK symbolic scene, as she finds an open trapdoor, with a ladder, which she climbs down before seeing a blue butterfly which leads her through a door to the typical amusement park theme seen in many mind kontrol/MK related movies.





The butterfly symbolism will become obvious in the later rape scene; here it is leading one victim (she has MPD) into the extremely symbolic dissociative hallucination (all the trapdoors/ladders/corridor/door are symbolizing her accessing the alter-reality in her mind [psychotherapists have always used these types of visualizions during hypnosis, to access repressed memories and such]).



She goes past all the various MK symbolic things like the carousel/merry-go-round (doubly symbolic with Atsuko [the name means a warm/kind-child] being mirrored with the horses). In the same way the old short doctor jumped out of the window (this is something I've posted on before [and others], as hypnosis/hallucination being used to make people happily jump from the buildings), Atsuko thinks she is just jumping over a short gate in the amusement park to reach the Himuro Doll (with the usual blue butterfly around him), when in reality it is the balcony of the tall apartment block, she is saved by Osanai (Chairman's puppet; and perversely obsessed with Atsuko/Paprika).

All amusement parks can and are used in programming. Even things like Thomas the Tankengine (above, similar to it anyway [remember alters can be so dehumanized that they think they are actually things like trains, all of this kind of stuff helps programming certain alters]) would be used in programming a young child (bringing whole new meaning to the name of one of the only humans in the show, the Masonic top hat wearing "Fat Controller"). The spinning gigantic tea-cups (mad tea party), ferris wheels (sun symbolism and internal structure also), merry-go-rounds all can cause dissociation, which is one way they are used on a child.





Later on when going back to the amusement park, which was based on a memory of Himuro and Dr Tokita's childhood (hence it's preserved state). Back at the actual amusement park (you can see it has since been abandoned) we are shown another mirror image of Atsuko, with her alter Paprika reflected back along with the carousel horses. And then the real Himuro falls from the ferris wheel, shattering the glass below (amazing how there always seems to be some type of glass they break through every time!).



Paprika (Atsuko's alter) goes into the parade alter-reality (where all the dehumanized alters are marching [note the dolls heads etc]) via the DC Mini and rescues him by triggering his mind using sex, as Paprika's entire body penetrates inside the Chief leading him to inflate and 'float away' from the delusion, back to reality.

Paprika's personality alters three times here.





Tokita with his DC Mini + third eye.

Then when describing Himuro as a victim, she calls him: "An empty shell [shown literally as an empty shell above; she follows his 'controlling roots' (this is very much part of programming) to his controller the Chairman, below]. His brain was simply overwhelmed. Instead of one vision he was heavily assaulted by a collective dream." This 'empty shell' is the kind of thing I've described on numerous occasions in regards to mannequin symbolism and others; the void/empty shell created in the mind after it's been split which can be filled by the programmer when moulding an alter-personality. This relates to Ghost in the Shell further down, for obvious reasons (it's about altered humans/cyborgs).

[A lot of these images are not in order (below 3 come before the above two, I've written on some of the basic plot to hopefully clear up some confusion etc) so please check anything by watching the movie, or ask me something specific in email/comments.]






She thinks she is awake, but realises she isn't when he comes out with his roots/tentacles; the blue butterflies appear (butterflies + phallic tentacles, all very Monarch) when she realizes this and she is chased again.


This checkerboard ceiling/floor elevator is used often, the occult #/floor 17 focused on.


So Atsuko has already gone back into the 'dream' as her alter Paprika (I kind of screwed up the order a bit here [the fairy/root/tentacle images should be below not above these]) where she becomes various symbolic personas/characters, such as a fairy, then later a mermaid... even Pinnochio! Some things pictured are symbolic but I don't have time to write on them (i.e. she becomes a sphinx-like creature inside a painting [they are probably famous and symbolic] etc), and of course the most symbolic thing of this is the Chairman's tentacle tree-roots (phallic symbolism) trying to capture Paprika, which eventually she is caught in a swarm of blue butterflies before an extremely symbolic scene.


Osanai (Oz; essentially her rapist further down) is always putting himself in these mythical figures (showing the mentality of these sociopaths). Paprika accuses him of having an oedipus complex, and that he viewed the chairman as his father.



[Chairman's voice]: "That's right my little fish, just keep swimming away. There are no boundaries in dreams, no restrictions from one's own physical body. You have entered a new world, where the spirit is free and that freedom is limitless!"



Paprika is blown out of the Whale's blowhole as pinnochio (so not a 'real girl' anymore), and ends up in the parade with the Chairman (pyramidish float) and his dolls (obvious symbolism of programmed slaves in reality [with the master/chairman at the top, note dragons either side of him, and his puppet Osanai behind him]) giving the robotic salute.



She tries to warn Paprika (herself; dressed as the Monkey King) that she's about to be trapped, but it's too late and the butterflies come and take her to another dream/alter-reality.



Obviously this scene is the most important of the entire movie (starting with the circle of lights + dome above), you can pretty much tell what's going on from the images (note the checkerboard, duality; as we see is a huge theme in this movie). All the pinned butterflies represent the infinite victims of our dominated patriarchal society; women have always been treated as second class citizens (putting it extremely mildly), especially at the top of society (where their colossal wealth/bordem/male aggression/[and other more disturbing factors] leads to these extremes). Paprika calls Osanai "a Prince and a pervert", she is pinned to a table with butterfly wings symbolising these people's desire for total control/dominance over their fragile (like butterflies; easily broken) feminine counterparts.








Detective Konakawa sees she is in distress in the alter-reality movie theatres, he witnesses the symbolic rape scene and tries to break through the screen (he does rescue her).



This kind of 'getting under Paprika's skin' would probably trigger something in victims of rape (remember rape isn't about sex, it's about power and control; the sociopathic mindset of a serial rapist is very much similar to the controllers at the top perpetrating all this MK) as it symbolizes this feeling of the rapist "getting under their victims' skin", reaching into their insides and messing with them mentally. They will often spend hours trying to wash/scrub their skin, even after they are 100% clean; to try and get rid of this 'dirty' feeling of having their insides invaded. I could probably describe that better, it's obviously a very sensitive subject and not something you want to think about.


Raping with Love (again showing the mindset), in effect (and literally) splitting her apart revealing an alter-personality (her main/core personality Atsuko).





The Chairman doesn't like this (he must have control over all of the "dream-world" [the dissociative existence of MK slaves, much of it is illusion/hallucination/not real/a dream]), and she is symbolically raped further by the Chairman's tentacles, with Oz (Osanai) and the nameless Chairman becoming a two-headed monster, which is symbolic on many levels. Symbolizing the sexual abuse involved in creating these "butterflies" (the programming leads to a huge transformation), traumatized/abused victims and then used as objects by men.





Detective Konakawa, as shown earlier was watching this in the alter-reality cinema, he tries to break through into their reality, symbolically breaking through the pinned butterflies (freeing one such pinned butterfly i.e. Paprika/Atsuko).



Osanai is last seen being killed off basically by the swarm of blue butterflies, which chase after Atsuko and the Detective as he enters his dreams from the start of the movie, essentially still treeting Paprika as an object (he rescued her, to claim her [as shown by the sun 'The End' scene]).





"And now everyone, it's showtime!" [quote (title of post) from below guy happily jumping off a roof to his death]










[Images not in exact order]





She jumps into the robot and a 'creature of light' (against the darkness/evil) is created; a combination of Paprika and Atsuko, which sucks in the darkness created by the evil Chairman (symbolic of 'elite'/corporations/masons/etc [duality is one of the main tenents of Freemasonry as most know]) causing her to grow into a mixture of Atsuko/Paprika.






The Chairman notices her 'eating up his dream', and says "Why are you disobedient?" before putting his hand over her face, which she consumes with ease.











I wanted to also bring up Ghost in the Shell in this post, which is just one example of these sorts of MK themes used in Japanese anime.












Obvious symbolism above (body parts removed/interlocking ring OC; reminds me of Dollhouse's mannequin poster [added an even more blatant Eliza mannequin one I hadn't seen before]; while obviously not 100% similar they both represent the aforementioned 'empty shell'), here is some relevant parts of Innocence's plot: "androids made in the form of young women and used as sex dolls—that have killed eight people, having deliberately been tampered with in order to trigger a police investigation. The dolls possessed a "ghost" (which made them so desirable) that was created by using a "ghost-dubbing" machine, an illegal procedure which produces "information-degraded, high-volume copies", but results in the death of the originals. Young girls were kidnapped by the Yakuza and sold to LOCUS SOLUS for this process." Essentially describing the modern day sex-slaves, young girls who are kidnapped and have their identities completely removed through programming, making them an empty shell; to be programmed to service their 'clients'. Interested to see where Spielberg takes it...

Eliza's half face illuminated/in darkness is worth noting too.


Edit: Added in a youtube video on Japanese Sexual Slavery in WW2 (and obviously the government can't admit that it ever happened, or that it still goes on today [it does, hugely; see previous links/info]).















