Topic: Symbols you will forever associate with BBM scenes

[athena0204]

And the thing about Texas is that there are so many wide open spaces. Texas is a huge state, but with only a population of about 20 million. So the population density is very low, and even if you don't live in a rural area, you still see lots of open spaces and ranches and fields and such. Right by the mall over here for example, there's a ranch with cows and so it's hard not to think about Brokeback every day here.

[ethan]

Texas...the first thing that comes to my mind is "you ought to move down to Texas.......," said Jack. "Texas?......."  Sorry can't help. The open space definitely is one symbol - the landscape so effectively used in BBM.

I collect license plates and have got many of them. Haven't seen this one. The space shuttle looks odd though with the landscape. 

[athena0204]

Texas...the first thing that comes to my mind is "you ought to move down to Texas.......," said Jack. "Texas?......."  Sorry can't help. The open space definitely is one symbol - the landscape so effectively used in BBM.

I collect license plates and have got many of them. Haven't seen this one. The space shuttle looks odd though with the landscape. 

Oh I love the open spaces, it's really nice and makes for a more scenic drive to work and school. The low population density definitely gives Texas a nice feel, I live in a suburban area but I still get that Brokeback feel. Yeah I've always thought the space shuttle looks very odd and kind of ruins it. It's supposed to represent the NASA program in Houston, but they should have just left it off. It just doesn't match the rest of the theme. This has been the official plate since 2000, the one previous to this one was so plain. It had no background picture, just white and the words Texas and The Lone Star State and the little outline of the shape of Texas. I really like this cowboy one, but sadly, they're coming out with a new one in 2016, with the Davis Mountain Range in the background. Let's see, what else is Brokeback here...well the rodeo takes place for two weeks every February, and we have a mall here with two gigantic cowboy boots in the front, and I see guys with cowboy hats at the grocery store or gas station sometimes, the symbols are everywhere here. 

[ethan]

Glad to know that I am not the only one feeling the odd combination of space shuttle. Yeah that is what I thought it represented.

the one previous to this one was so plain. It had no background picture, just white and the words Texas and The Lone Star State and the little outline of the shape of Texas.

Yeah that is the only I remember. Every time I pass through DFW airport, I am always drawn to those cowboy merchandises. I am now impartial to all the western stuff. That is probably a silly way of me trying to get close to the minds of Ennis and Jack......which I don't think I never will to come close.

[tpe]

Although Texas is indeed one of the most populous states in the US, it is indeed a huge state where the amount of wide open spaces avaialble always astonishes me.  Yes, I do tend associate wide open spaces with certain scenes in BBM.  

Still, it is instructive to make a comparison between the average population densities of the various states.  Noting that the population in Texas is heavily centered in the urban areas, we still get a n average population density of 79.6 per square mile.  Wyoming's population density is amazingly small by comparison: 5.4 per square mile!  Compare both numbers with California's, which is 234.4 per square mile.  New Jersey has a population density of 1,170.64 per square mile!  2 orders of magnitude larger than Wyoming!

[athena0204]

Yeah, I know that Texas has a higher population density around the cities, but it is a huge state, so for such a large amount of land, 24 million people aren't that many. You don't have to drive far at all to see wide open spaces, even if you live in an urban area. Everything is very spaced out, not compact like in states that have less land. That population density in New Jersey, for example seems crazy! And I'd like to go to Wyoming or Montana some day, the pictures of the landscapes seem really nice. But Ennis should have listened to Jack and gone to Texas! He would have liked it, I bet. 

[tpe]

24 million is certainly very small for such a huge state! 

And yes -- perhaps if Ennis had gone to Texas, things would have turned out differently for Jack.   :\'(

[atalley]

I forgot to mention tents...

[tpe]

I forgot to mention tents...

Most certainly!  Pup tents, especially. 

[myprivatejack]

That's right ¡ I usually smile when I see a tent now,what I have never done before BBM...

[tpe]

That's right ¡ I usually smile when I see a tent now,what I have never done before BBM...

And as for pup tents, I invariably wonder what the smell would be like.  

[myprivatejack]

And as for pup tents, I invariably wonder what the smell would be like.  

  Yes,you're right ¡

[tpe]

Yes,you're right ¡

I don't know if cat p*ss can be considered a symbol, but I think of it now everytime I see a pup tent.   

[vedrana]

There's not even one little thing mentioned in BbM, that I don't mark in my everyday life... from the coffee pot, to paper bag... The big ones, I odn't count, they can't be erased never again from my mind. The name of places - Riverton, Wyoming, Texas, Mexico.... just about everything.

On the top of it, I finally got the courage and put BBM theme as a calling music on my cell phone. It took me a year to be able to do this, but now, when I hear the music, it is not hurtful any more, it is soothing, loving, something familiar and absolutely mine... When my call rings, I feel like having a call from home...

[tpe]

The music -- especially the non-coal guitar music -- is quite a potent symbol for the story itself.  I really feel that in certain scenes, the music is the aural equivalent of what is happening -- as if the music is a commentator that adds depth to what we see. 

Symbols are not always visual.

[myprivatejack]

There's not even one little thing mentioned in BbM, that I don't mark in my everyday life... from the coffee pot, to paper bag... The big ones, I odn't count, they can't be erased never again from my mind. The name of places - Riverton, Wyoming, Texas, Mexico.... just about everything.

On the top of it, I finally got the courage and put BBM theme as a calling music on my cell phone. It took me a year to be able to do this, but now, when I hear the music, it is not hurtful any more, it is soothing, loving, something familiar and absolutely mine... When my call rings, I feel like having a call from home...

The music -- especially the non-coal guitar music -- is quite a potent symbol for the story itself.  I really feel that in certain scenes, the music is the aural equivalent of what is happening -- as if the music is a commentator that adds depth to what we see. 

Symbols are not always visual.

You're right,Loreen,in that every little thing,even the most common ones,that have a relation with BBM,has got another very different symbolism in our lives.Objects and places we have seen or heard about during all our lives,now are kind of "more ours",because they are in our movie.And the music,,well,as you say Thomas,is a good remark of what we are watching in images;music,at least in my own case,has always been a powerful  way of awakening emotions and of remarking the ones someone exposes before us.In BBM case,I agree in that it's a symbolism for itself,as there are some symbols that belong to the hear,or to the taste,not only to the view.

[myprivatejack]

On the top of it, I finally got the courage and put BBM theme as a calling music on my cell phone...When my call rings, I feel like having a call from home...

To be more BBM's,and a good symbol too; what about a mating call in your phone? 

[vedrana]

To be more BBM's,and a good symbol too; what about a mating call in your phone? 

 ... Not bad idea at all! 

 

[tpe]

... Thomas,is a good remark of what we are watching in images;music,at least in my own case,has always been a powerful  way of awakening emotions and of remarking the ones someone exposes before us.In BBM case,I agree in that it's a symbolism for itself,as there are some symbols that belong to the hear,or to the taste,not only to the view.

The funny thing is that the music now conjures up precise scenes and images in my head.  The score itself is enough to suggest the whole movie and entire themes.  It's that powerful.

[tizi17]

there's a commercial on the radio here in austria, for a sports equipment store...
and it starts with a big fat "YEEHAAAWW" 
jack at his best performance.... 
everytime i hear it (and that's about every day) it makes me smile....

[tpe]

there's a commercial on the radio here in austria, for a sports equipment store...
and it starts with a big fat "YEEHAAAWW"  
jack at his best performance....  
everytime i hear it (and that's about every day) it makes me smile....

     Perfect example of an aural symbol one can readily associate with BBM, IMO.