Powerful Moments

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I dunno if this is an aspie thing or just me, but I love two extraordinary powers clashing, or really any powerful moments (mostly in movies, but some music, such as "No More Sorrow" by Linkin Park). For example, in Pokemon: The 1st Movie. It was my favorite movie for a long time (when I was littler) just because of a 2 or 3 second scene, when Ash walked out of the smoke with an army of pokemon following, and said "You can't do this, I won't let you". It gave me chills, no matter how many times I saw it, and it probably still would today. I also love the Star Wars series because of the sabre battles and the huge fleets going against each other. I know I have other examples, but I cannot think of them atm.

Yes, vision and sound. Powerful stuff.

Could it be considered stimming to seek these stuff?

Pooowwweeeeeeeeeerrrr!! !! !! !! !! !

I think it is a general human response, which is why movies are made that way. I thrill to scenes with strong musical motifs (e.g. the chase sequence and the sabre duel in "The Seven Per-Cent Solution", the construction scene in "Explorers" or the scene where Ed Harris is rescued by the alien in "The Abyss") and to displays of righteous anger like the one in the conference scene in "Aliens" where a bunch of self-important committee members try to silence Sigourney Weaver's warning about the aliens and she explodes, "Goddammit, that's not all! Because if just one of those things gets down here, then that will be all, and all this - this BS that you think is so important, you can just kiss all that goodbye!"

i like when things vs each other aswell.

who do you think would win between mountains and grim deer filled meadows?

fire agates vs opals

obviously im going to go with fireagates

I think this is normal - (not AS behaviour only) but we'd need to confirm with some NTs.

These sorts of things fill me with a unique excitement.

I actively seek my favorite lines and scenes from favorite movies.

I can confirm whole-heartedly as a resident NT. Some of the most powerful scenes, for example, involve sci-fi topics of human evolution and progression, like the transformation from human to starchild at the climax of 2001: A Space Odyssey. However, by far the most powerful, to me, are the closing words of Childhood's End (a book about humanity's simultaneous evolution and destruction:

For a long time, Karellen stared back at that swiftly widening gulf, while many memories raced through his vast and labyrinthine mind. In silent farewell, he saluted the men he had known, whether they had helped him or hindered him in his purpose.

No one dared to disturb him or interrupt his thoughts: and presently he turned his back upon the dwindling sun.

-Arthur C. Clarke

That's a cool quote Phagocyte, It made me want to read the book.

Heh, watch the Charge of the Roherym at the Battle of Pellenor Fields , THE RETURN OF THE KING.


I feel some veins in my head popping out when I see that scene.

It's very good! His Space Odyssey series is the most well known, but Childhood's End is my favorite. I enjoy writing on an amateur level, and Clarke has seriously influenced and inspired me.

I like Clarke's writing style. I'll look the book up next time I'm in a good bookstore, and add it to the list of books I have to read .



Or during Aragorn's speech at the Black Gates: I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me!

I really liked Childhood's End! We read that last year for a writing class I took. It was an...interesting experience.

As for powerful moments, I've noticed that the majority of those that really move me (of which there are many) have a common theme. For some reason I'm always touched by the idea of unlikely unity, which sounds sort of obscure, but actually presents itself quite frequently in stories/real life/etc. I like it when people come together despite their differences, like friendships between two completely different people, or random strangers finding something in common. This theme shows up in the oddest places...or maybe I've given so much thought to it that I read too much into things. I dunno.

This is gonna sound weird.

Remember the Steve Martin movie L.A. story.

Well, I saw that at the cinemas and was completely blown away by the music but I didn't know who sang it. There was no internet in those days and although I tried (not very hard) I didn't learn anything about the song.

I love the bit where the girl is leaving on the plane and the weather changes. It coincides with an amazing flute piece. WOW.

I decided in the Cinema there and then - that when I got married (which turned out to be 7 years later), I'd have that music somewhere.

Anyway, I heard the music years later when my girlfriend moved in and put on one of her CDs. It just all came flooding back and the singer turned out to be Enya. (the song is Exile)

She walked down the aisle to it and now whenever I hear the song, I associate it with my wife and her wedding day.

Here's the video clip btw:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yNgH5vX_Bs[/youtube]