These 3 amateur detectives wanted the real story so they spent years tracking down the slimmest threads.which miraculously lead them where they wanted to go. The mystery is interesting-I've seen the tiles in NY and wondered what they could mean but they were so obscure that I would usually forget about them as soon as I walked past. But I think we all have unique opportunities that sometimes come in the form of mysteries that only we can solve! Or an overarching goal that drives me to find what is the truth in this situation? Today it's easy just to go through the normal phases of life and just exist in the norm of what the world says is a good life. In a way the documentary really motivated me have a mystery to solve in my life. For me I was enthralled with their logical approach and deduction of where these tiles were coming from and what their message meant. The documentary brilliantly paces itself into all the years of research, dead ends, and small glimpses of possibilities that shouldn't be ruled out. For years they were dumbstruck to how the existence of these tiles had ended up on the streets of many metropolitan areas in the eastern seaboard of the US. They dived into a mystery that seemed impossible to solve. Mystery solved! In Resurrect Dead the film-makers were stuck in actual mystery that could not be solved with a simple internet search. So after about 3 days of annoyance I jumped on my laptop and typed "how to get rid of fruit flies?" and as easy as that there was recipe to create your own homemade fruit fly trap using a glass, paper and some juice. For example, recently I was stumped by a plague of fruit flies in my house and couldn't seem to get rid of the pests. It seems now if you can't figure out something you simply hop on a computer and do a Google search to find the answer. In today's world true mysteries are hard to come by. If you've ever seen and enjoyed "The History Detectives" on PBS you may very like this film as well. I find this type of out of the mainstream documentary riveting and rewarding. Finally, through hard nosed detective work they began to unravel the mystery. One clue would lead to another and open up possibilities while some would lead to dead ends. To me the fun and interest was in the "peeling of the onion", so to speak, as they took several key clues and tried to thoroughly examine them. Who's leaving these mysterious tiles and what do they mean? Three young men, Justin Duerr, Colin Smith, and Steve Weinik were all separately investigating this mystery when they decided to join forces after a number of years and see if they could come up with the answer. Some were even spotted on the highway and one just outside the Lincoln Tunnel in New York. Although many have been spotted in the Philadelphia area, others were located in the Midwest, New York City, even a few in South America. Since the 1980's 130 plaques, or tiles, have appeared on various city streets which all have the same cryptic message-"Toynbee Idea In Movie 2001 Resurrect Dead on Planet Jupiter. This fascinating documentary, directed by Jon Foy, examines the mystery of what is called the Toynbee tiles.
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