Category: Movies and TV shows

Girls is an American TV show that tells the lives in New York of a group of friends who are in their twenties. Their main perspective is the economic and moral crisis of the Western world. They are living in a time that is both hard and free (sexuality, friendship, unability to succeed in life). We follow their sentimental, sexual, at work and in family galleys. It’s like Sex & The City but younger. The first episode even talks about it, that is to say!

This is typically a “series for chicks.” The kind that I watch sometimes (when it’s not too namby-pamby) to better understand women.

The four main characters are (a team of little-known but credible actresses):
– Hannah Horvath, a young writer in her twenties who trainee and living in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, whose parents have pulled the plug. She is a little ill at ease.
– Marnie Michaels, the roommate and best friend of Hannah. She is serious and responsible. If not tight-ass but sexy, bitchy and ambitious.
– Jessa Johansson, English cousin and roommate of Shoshanna. Bohemian and unpredictable adventurer. She’s a little hippie and former drug addict.
– Shoshanna Shapiro, naive and bubbly cousin of Jessa.

Personally, I like Marnie and Jessa. That’s my kind of chicks. Shoshanna is kinda hot but her eyes are weird, they make me uncomfortable. And Hannah’s too damn fat: even if she is friendly, it does not compensate.

In terms of guys I like two :
– Adam Sackler, who has a relationship with Hannah. He is a completely crazy actor.
– Jonathan Booth, a kind of sex maniac and full of himself artist.

Girls has a raw side, both in tone and in aesthetics. Forget the sex scenes that give you the impression that the actors have smooth skin like latex: the beads are not erased, the dialogues seem to come straight out of your most embarrassing memories, the sound environment is respected; in short, it is rather realist than glamor. Discussed themes are also quite realistic (and it helps to have the point of views of chicks on these subjects) : fuckfriend-who-is-not-totally-just-a-fuckfriend who treat you like a sex toy a little boring, sexual compatibility problems, lifestyle choices disputed by relatives, looking for work, abortion, or the “late” virginity…

The least realistic thing for me in this series is that the exhibitionist fat and too talkative Hannah fucks handsome guys. Tall guys, hot guys, etc.

The first season is quite refreshing and funny (the next ones I less liked them). I managed to identify with many situations, it was fun. And I like when the main character is a writer.

It must be said that there are not many American series that address my age group (26 years), they prefer to stage teens or young thirties. There, the actresses are done with college, and like many of their peers are midwater, single but not really, in search of a stable job, freshly abandoned – financially – by mom and dad … a youth that “tries to become what it is” hit hard by the crisis but still able to dream.

I leave you now with a very alpha scene from episode 3 of season 1 in which one can really smell the sexual tension. The guy (Jonathan Booth) has a good body language, does it straightforward style as I like with an incredible confidence (well it’s coming to him because he is an artist but who cares). He reminds me of Chuck Bass: he very well knows how to manage the sexual tension.

Moreover, Marnie is so excited after meeting with Booth that she runs in the bathroom of the party to masturbate.

It makes me think of chicks that we have cold-approached with a very direct game in bars and who resisted “for the principle” : maybe they came back home and masturbated, remembering the party. What is unfortunate is that we could have done it for them for real.

https://youtu.be/54e-GSeMnd4

If you decide to watch the season one, know that I like Adam too. He is so casual I just see myself in him. But he is totally fucked up and way more weird than me anyway. This is not to say that he is a PUA or anything of this nature, but he’s still exciting for women thanks to his side “I don’t give a shit” and “I am obsessed by sex” and he is daily uninhibited. With him, you can never be at the heart of inaction.

Frankly, we could make a TV show like that in France, that would be cool. I am willing to write the script.

About the movie

Top Gun is a 1986 American action drama film directed by Tony Scott, and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, in association with Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr., and was inspired by the article “Top Guns” written by Ehud Yonay for California magazine.

The film stars Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, and Tom Skerritt. Cruise plays Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, a young Naval aviator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. He and his Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) Nick “Goose” Bradshaw (Edwards) are given the chance to train at the Navy’s Fighter Weapons School at Miramar in San Diego.

It lasts 110 minutes.

Top gun & séduction

Tom Cruise’s body language in this movie became cult within the community of the seduction. It even became the prototype. In The Game, Neil Strauss tells that he watched this movie again and again to adopt the body language of pure alpha of the actor. Btw, I talk about it in my ebook “How to sublimate your body language” (like Tom Cruise).

In the literature of the seduction, another reference to Top Gun inspired me. It is about what wrote David de Angelo in The attraction is not a choice :

We don’t realize how much we want the things we have… until we lose them, that is. How about making someone want something new, by giving it to them and then taking it away?

Sometimes a woman will be open and warm and other times, she’ll be closed and cold. This can be because of all kinds of different factors… how you’re acting, how she’s feeling, the setting you’re in, what’s on her mind, or what kinds of hormones are running through her body.

I want to talk about a technique that I’ve found works in almost ALL of these situations. A natural extension of my ideas about teasing and playing hard to get is what I call, “TAKING TWO STEPS FORWARD AND ONE STEP BACK.”

Now, when most people hear this phrase, they think of problems arising that cause a loss of ground that has to be reclaimed before moving on, or a setback that has to be overcome before proceeding further. What I’m talking about is DELIBERATELY stopping when things are WORKING in order to ACCELERATE the process.

What? Did I just say to stop something that’s working in order to be successful? I sure did. And if you pay attention to what I’m about to share with you, you’ll learn one of the most profound and important lessons about how to be more successful with women and dating.

Here it is in a nutshell:

If you’re doing something that you can tell she likes, stop doing it, then wait a while and start doing it again. This on/off/on/off sequence is ULTRA powerful in creating a magnetic ATTRACTION inside of her.

I personally believe that two factors that AMPLIFY a woman’s ATTRACTING to a man are the concepts of TENSION and ANTICIPATION.

Tension is that feeling in your chest that you get when you know something exciting could happen at any minute.

If you can learn how to take control of these feelings and help her experience them as a result of being around you, then you will DRAMATICALLY improve your success with women. If you want to see a great example of this principle at work, go rent the movie TOP GUN.

Watch how Tom Cruise handles the situations with Kelly McGillis… they’re PERFECT examples of how to do what I’m teaching.

Here are two of my favorites:

1) They’ve just finished eating dinner, and they’re talking. She looks at him and says, “This is going to be complicated”, implying that she’s falling for him. What would most guys do if they were getting a green light like this one? They’d probably make a pass at her and kiss her.

Not Tom. He looks at her, then gets up and says, “I’m going to take a shower.” At first, it would seem that he was going to walk into HER shower and take it, but no… he walks out, gets on his motorcycle and rides off.

2) In the elevator scene… Tom stops the elevator and leans in close to her. You can see that she’s feeling shy and anxious… but does he kiss her? No. He leans back after that moment, makes a cute remark and leaves. What’s going on here? The first time I saw these scenes many years ago, I just thought that he was too shy to make a move.

Now I understand what’s going on here. He is VERY DELIBERATELY creating TENSION and ANTICIPATION inside of her. He is, in effect, saying to her, “I know that I could make a move right now, but I CHOOSE not. I’m going to keep you guessing… make no mistake about it, I’M IN CONTROL OF MYSELF here.” By the way, when you watch these scenes, watch his body language and facial expressions. Notice that he doesn’t smile too much, and he plays the part perfectly. Watch and learn.

So how can you use this if you don’t happen to be one of the top movie stars of all time and have a $40 million aircraft to enhance your image? Simple. Just notice when she likes something that you’re doing, and then stop. Lean back. Tease a little bit.

If you’ve started holding her hand and you can tell that she likes it, STOP. Take your hand away for a few minutes, then talk about something else. Just when she doesn’t know if you’re going to do it again, take her hand again.

If you’ve started kissing, STOP. Lean back. Look at her with a “I know you want to kiss me” look and give her a slight, sly smile. If you learn how to take two steps forward and one step back, it will ACCELERATE your success with women.

Last but not least, I advise you to watch this movie for the cocky&funny lines that Tom Cruise practises in this movie.

A lot of people criticizes Tom Cruise saying that he is short and has a big nose, but we have to face the facts: He succeed in life and he slept with magnificent women (Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Katie Holmes…) Moreover, in the movie, he gang-bangs on his own a girl older than him and far from being ugly (his instructor).

So, jealousy is useless, let’s be humble and let’s learn what we can learn from him.

What is Masters of Sex ?

Masters of Sex is an American period drama television series. It is based on Thomas Maier’s biography Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love. Set in the 1950s and 1960s, the series tells the true story of Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson. The series has received critical acclaim, including a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Drama Series in 2013.

Set in the 1950s through the early 1960s, the series explores the research and the relationship between two pioneering researchers of human sexuality at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Why should you watch this show (and not only because the actresses are hot) ?

I find this show very relevant on the themes of the sexuality in itself, of gender relations and of the way people react when one talks about sex.

Below, 5 reasons why you should watch this show and what you will learn about our contemporaries.

#1 : You will see that people generally knew nothing about sexuality, but did not want to speak about it.

It was nevertheless a taboo that wasn’t really taboo. Even today and for many people, being interested in sex, in pick up or in gender relations… it’s a shame… but knowing nothing about that, it’s a shame too. It is an enormous paradox that still exists today : people would like to know without having learned anything. Often I enjoy pushing the average women in their faults. When I speak about sex with them, often I hear that I am a monster. Then I ask them if they have very few experience to be so shocked, and they answer that it is me who am a virgin and that they know everything about the subject. Hum hum, looks like they’re hiding something !

#2 : The study of the doctor was censored and he was thought of as a pervert, just because he wanted to show scientifically what happens in the human body during a sexual intercourse.

Nevertheless his study was very interesting: how long is an average sexual intercourse? What are the differences between the feminine orgasm and the male orgasm? Who has most pleasure during love… the man or the woman ?

In spite of what the society try to persuade us, we are still very puritanical. It is maybe necessary to realize it right now. We are certainly less uptight compared with this period, but it is still not awesome : I see in this show so many reactions that I meet every day on the field or when I say something about my blog to people. It seems that I am a virgin, a jerk, a monster, a pervert, a sociopath. And then I ask why, they can’t explain it to me. The theme of my blog is apparently enough to raise their ire.

It is not because there is a little more sex suggested on TV than before that our society finally took its broom out of its ass. Nor because people declare they know everything about the subject: very often, when we dig a little, we notice that they know nothing. And that they feel like they have to lie. That they have reactions dictated and formated by social pressure.

#3 : Many men thought of being essential to the woman to have orgasms.

Some did not even suspect that women can feign. Oh fuck… it is still the case today. Often on the field, when I speak about my blog, I fall on frustrated silly bitches. Often, it takes place like “I am sure you have a small cock, you cannot make a girl come.
– Oh really ? You’re wrong, recently, on 10 girls I made 9 come… several times. The other had personal problems.
– Ahahah I am going to teach you something! You don’t know that girls we feign!!!
– Yeah I know it, in order to make the guy come faster because they are fed up with sex.
– Exactly.
– But I know the other symptoms of the orgasm, those you cannot feign: the contractions of the stomach, of the vagina, the breath that accelerates, etc..
– … (generally they shut up).

Wake up ! it means that most of the guys are worthless in the bed, they know nothing. But it is not a shame, it is just necessary to have the humility to recognize it and to learn! I was laughing out loud when I learnt that Freud considered the women who had no vaginal, but only clitoral, orgasm as immature kids. It is really a shitty explanation. Very easy for the man !

#4 : At all time, there were women more freed than others, and they were pointed by stupid people.

We attend in this show at the beginning of the practice of the blowjob and we see that the cunnilingus… was really degrading to men. Even today, a lot of women know more about sex than men and it frightens men. They prefer staying in their zone of comfort… very few know how to properly lick a pussy. Instead of trying to improve, they declare that these girls (those who masturbate for example) are whores who do not deserve them. Problem solved. Even the girls who have several “sex-friends” fall into this category today in the eyes of many men… and women (who so hinder their own freedom)… it’s sad. But I think that they scare people because they send people back to their own limits.

#5 : We notice the stinginess of people.

They want at all costs keeping in mind the image of the submitted woman… who has to be pure, innocent, weak, etc. So they get back at each other, etc. What about people who know only one sexual position : the missionary? What about the dean of the university, homosexual, who refuses to subsidize the sex study because he finds it not moral… then who bangs a gigolo in a dirty hotel while he is married?

In brief, I could write a lot more about this (true) story but I prefer to let you discover it by yourself. In any case, I always write the same conclusion : you should not listen to the politically correct people (the same people who leaves resentful comments on my blog). People like me have always been criticized, apparently. Maybe are we slightly too ahead of our time. In any case I hope I have tempted you to read my book The (inconvenient) truth about gender relations because I have not found yet anything to question it, even more than one and a half year after having written it.

The bottom line is : the open-mindedness, although all people think of being endowed with it, is really rare.

Who is Patrick Jane ?

Patrick Jane is fucking good at observation and deduction, where from his nickname “the mentalist” (his help allows the CBI to find and stop killers). Very clever, he also practises hypnosis, NLP, suggestion, manipulation and cold reading (among others). He has an incredible memory too.

He has a cheerful, provocative nature, and has certain contempt for regulations. He has for habit to always do it his way. He always seems to find the answers before everybody, and finds some sort of sick pleasure in doubling people while repeating that mediums do not exist. Therefore, people consider him as a boaster… He likes lying but his frankness often attracts him the anger of his hierarchy during investigations involving important people. He sometimes shows a certain detachment and kept his childish side: for example, when he builds a sand castle on a crime scene.

He always wears an impeccable suit. On one hand because being trim is a trump card in communication and persuasion… and on the other hand because as a “magician”, he needs many pockets to hide things.

What can he teach us in seduction ?

In the episode 14 of the season 1, Patrick Jane comments on the game. I advise you of course to watch the episode (so you can also see his excellent body language although a bit phonehead – but he is charming and alpha thanks to his mastery of human interactions).

Here are the 10 teachings of the mentalist about seduction. To seduce…

#1 : it is enough to understand the evolutionary psychology of women and to apply its principles step by step. By knowing what buttons to press.

It is what we do on this blog, by being interested in the evolutionary psychology.

#2 : there are several methods of seduction that are equal, several ways to succeed.

We also speak about it on this blog : Mystery method, fast seduction, speed seduction, etc. Have a look at my translation of Game Acceleration for more information. However, we cannot really say that all the methods are equal.

#3 : women want independent guys who can live without them, they need to feel dominated and they dream about action, adventure and surprises.

It is more or less the principle of the alpha male.

#4 : the purpose is to make women have a good time. And if we leave them, to leave on good terms.

Actually, it is a good state of mind. We are not there to hurt women, neither to break their heart, nor to be misogynous. However, we have to have fun too.

#5 : even for the professionals of the techniques of seduction, it is far from working every time… but the secret is that you should never admit defeat. When you are good, an idea of order of magnitude is 1/10.

When I write that there is no magic formula, some people are sceptical. Like “he says so because he did not find it, this idiot “. Now that Mentalist told it to you, maybe will you believe it ?

#6 : why a guy sound in mind wouldn’t try to pick up an attractive girl?

It is a question I often ask myself. And it is a helpful mindset.

#7 : never depend on the goodwill of a single woman because you would be too often disappointed.

Not only the women can be broken-hearted or have their ego that suffers. Besides, with the social pressure and everything, we note an outbreak of the number of flakes. Thus, it is the principle of diversification that allows to don’t attach too much importance to the result. It is not here a question of tyrannizing her nor of letting her fall in love without feeling something for her… But rather to don’t have too much feelings for her before being sure that she is really interested and that the relationship can work.

#8 : the women who want that a guy comes talking to them look furtively but rarely assume.

It’s true ! With experiment, we can easily learn how to recognize a eye contact that means “I want to see you naked”.

#9 : the keys = alpha, strong, relaxed, confident face, the opener is finally not that important.

It is what I explain in my ebook about body language. But it was the very short version!

#10 : The principle: make them talk about themselves.

I speak about this technique in my other ebook. Indeed, people generally like talking about themselves. To seduce, speak to people about what they are interested in and be genuinely interested in them. Everybody has something to offer. It was the politically correct and optimistic minute!