One of the most important functions of Terminator 2 and Blade Runner within their Science Fiction subgenre is their portrayal of ‘The Other’ or the nonhuman. In this particular case, we are talking about the Terminators and the Replicants and how they are presented in the films. The Terminators are classified as cyborgs in Terminator 2, whereas Replicants are androids which are based on Phillip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. The terms android and cyborg are completely relative
“If people are sitting on something you want, you call them the enemy.” Human’s material desire and Navis’ animism build up a contrast between materialist in reality and animist world in the film Avatar (2009) by James Cameron. Materialism In the modern societies, we developed a belief or operating system – “our life is completely relying on the material reality and only matter can improve our quality of life”. As we share the same operating system, we accumulate and compete for the wealth. We
NurfaridahUtami Dewi 1407214 4B2 Real Steel Real steel is a science fiction sport film which was directed by Shawn Levy. This film is based on a short story "Steel", written by Richard Matheson , and originally published in the May 1956 edition of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , and later adapted into a 1963 Twilight Zone episode , though screenwriter John Gatins placed the film in U.S fairs and other "old-fashioned" American settings. Real Steel was released historically by Touchstone
Why Wave Energy is a Solution to Global Warming & Types of Wave Technologies Used Global warming is a huge issue nowadays as the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere increases higher and higher each year. (Graph 1) Consequences we face include dramatic climate changes, rising sea level, dirtier air, and a lot more negative effects that are slowly destroying the planet and the atmosphere. It is predicted by Stephen Hawking that there are only 100 years left before the Earth hits doomsday
responsible and mature member of society. However, I don’t think any of us could forget the loud, drunken, sexually promiscuous Kim Kardashian of yesteryear. Kardashian’s careless sexual exploits have been well-documented and, in fact, are what led to her rise to fame in the first place. In 2007, Kardashian’s name first began appearing in headlines when a sex tape featuring her and fellow questionably talented person Ray J was leaked. It has since been claimed that Kim leaked the tape herself. Lindsay Lohan
Ahhhhh, late 90s teenage angst. Without it, horror movies would have been few and far between in the 90s. Disturbing Behavior is one such teenage angst horror film that came out after the big Scream boom of 1996, along with several other horror films that all looked the same (The Faculty, Urban Legend). It 's a horror film that hooks it claws into the fears of teenagers not fitting into and the ultimate test of growing up, peer pressure. Sure, it 's all wrapped up in a story about mind control, sex
fascinating topic in science fiction for decades, whether it came in the form of the obsessively logical supercomputer HAL (2001: a Space Odyssey) or as the genocidal Skynet (Terminator); unfortunately, the term AI has garnered a very negative reputation from the many examples of “rogue AIs” in fiction. This idea of a thinking machine that is both like us and yet not like us derives from the man many think of as one of the fathers of modern computers, Alan Turing [4]. The Turing Test, proposed in 1950
From charity work, to Chicago P.D. and One Tree Hill, Sophia Anna Bush is and continues to be an overall role model to look up to. Sophia was born in Pasadena California on July 8, 1982 (IMDb). Her parents, Charles William Bush, a renowned advertising and celebrity photographer, and Maureen Bush who runs a photography studio, raised Sophia as an only child (IMDb). According to IMDB, “Young Sophia was brought up in Pasadena; she made her acting debuting a school theater production while attending