authoritarian control over its population. Dystopia’s are often concealed as utopias since everybody appears to be equal and life appears to be fair‚ but in reality freedom is greatly restricted under a dystopia. Kurt Wimmer’s Equilibrium (2002) is a film that is strongly influenced by dystopic texts such as “Brave New World” and “Nineteen Eighty-Four”‚ and therefore tends to use many of the conventions of the dystopic genre. The head of the totalitarian government in ‘Equilibrium’ is known as the
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Comp Lit/ Dystopian Films Self-Identity Found Within the Masses ideas of how society could or should be have been around forever. Some of the ideas created to show the evolution of a humanistic society choose to show them as dystopias or utopias‚ in which society is meant to be perfect or functional in every way. In many of these representations of dystopian/utopian future societies there are troubles with personal identity and a person’s confusion in a world of logic and the lack of reason
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tame by the horror movie standards of today‚ but back then in 1981 was considered adult enough to get an NC-17 rating‚ when in fact today it might get a PG-13. With that said‚ it’s still in my mind and the minds of others‚ one of the greatest cult films ever
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In this day science has greatly affected and improved our world as we know it. Science does a lot of great things‚ but sometimes it can go too far. Some reasons science can be thought of being used too far are science can be used for dangerous and bad conditions‚ and new technology can replace the job of many people. People should assume that science can be taken too far. To start off‚ science can be used for dangerous and bad conditions. One of the examples of science being improperly used is
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one‚ teens can often relate to dystopian fiction. In the passage “Breaking Down the ‘System’” it states “The system is asking a lot from teens and not giving them much respect in return so it’s no wonder that stories about that system exploding‚ breaking down under it’s own contradictions‚ or simply being overrun by zombies are also beloved of teenagers”. This quote is explaining how the “system” is not showing respect to teens like how in dystopian fiction there is not much respect shown to the characters
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“ Does science sometimes go to far?” In this day‚ Science has greatly affected and improved our world. It certainly does a lot of great things‚ but sometimes can go too far. Science can be thought of being used too far because of many reasons. In the short story Flowers For Algernon‚ science’s ability of progressing to far more and even its negative aspects was greatly expressed throughout the course of the story. The story was told by a series of journal entries written by the main character
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Advancement of Technology and Science and Its Influence On Science Fiction Novels The rapid pace of technology and the advancement of scientific understanding in the past one hundred years are at the backbone for the distinctly twentieth century genre -- science fiction. Such rapid advancement in these fields of technology have opened up literally worlds of possibilities for the future. One hundred years ago the possibility of simply flying from city to city may have seemed nothing more
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Final Film Critique Draft Wanda Williams-Lark ENG 225 Introduction to Film Stanley Davis October 10‚ 2011 The film that I chose for this assignment is” I‚ Robot.” The film is set in the year 2035 in Chicago. The director is Alex Proyas and stars Will Smith and Bridget Monahan. What I will try to show is that in the near future robotic mechanisms will be able to have some sort of loyalty. This story is told through the eyes of Det. Del Spooner (Will Smith) He has a dislike of the robots
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depicted in Science-Fiction The human race has come a long way since the beginning of its existence. Throughout that time‚ shared interpretations and concepts have changed profusely. The genre of science-fiction has been popular in both literature and films for centuries. Science-fiction displays aliens in many contrasting styles‚ but the very idea and wonder of aliens has always been around. The different ways writers and filmmakers portray extraterrestrials in science-fiction novels and films has changed
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In his film The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology‚ Slavoj Zizek‚ a Slovenian philosopher‚ cultural critic and Marxist intellectual‚ discusses his ideas on fantasy‚ reality‚ sexuality‚ subjectivity‚ desire‚ materiality and cinematic form. One of the film’s he analyzes is They Live‚ a John Carpenter film released in 1988 about a man named John Nada‚ a wanderer without meaning in his life‚ who discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. Working like x-ray vision‚ the glasses
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