THE MATRIX HAS YOU.

The Matrix, is now ten years old. That being said The Matrix has aged miraculously well for a film that is, in fact ten years old. The Matrix is very visually stunning of a movie even if it is ten years old. It also makes me wonder if I am in the matrix itself but do not know it. The Matrix is a very convincing and well executed version of our world, so well done that even though the concept is outlandish, it is quite possible.

Brazil

Brazil, was certainly a break from the rest of the crowd, in terms of the rest of the science fiction movies that we watched so far.
Over the weekend, I made some assumptions about the movie from its title. First off, out of all the assumptions that I made, I was absolutely positive that no matter what did happen, that the movie would take place in Brazil. Even though that all of my assumptions were proven false, I would like to note that Brazil was a great movie anyways. Even though it did not take place in Brazil. All I am wondering about now is why did they name it that in the first place?

AYEH-EIGH

A.I. was a bit on the so-so side for how good of a movie it was. It did a good job at puling off all of the emotions. It did also convinced me that robots can be one day considered as humans. As seen in the movie, David chased after his dreams, a trait that was only seen in humans. After the whole movie, I truly consider David as a true human. It was an okay movie, but then again, the first movie to actually convince me that machines can be humans.

Blade Runner

Blade runner was a pretty good movie, not one of my favorites though, but still a pretty decent movie.
The most frequently asked question throughout the movie and also the most evident is the question, "What makes us human". Even though the androids or the so called 'replicates' in the movie deeply resemble humans, there are still some important differences. There are a few main differences between humans and robots in the movie, though little they may be. the main noticeable difference in the movie is that they aren't as sensitive as humans, as they can withstand extreme cold and extreme heat. When discussing the movie after viewing it, another main difference between humans and robots that separates us is that humans can reproduce, whereas robots cannot.

PEOPLE.

Soylent Green is made of it.

Out of all the motion pictures depicting a dystopian future, soylent green, is probably the most depressing to me. Even though there aren't any physical monsters like the thing or the monster of Frankenstein, this movie is still very scary and depressing.

In this movie, the unintended consequences of 'progress' is what makes up almost all of the horrible problems, in soylent green. Although there are many different problems in soylent green, all the way from the roles of women to the unbearable heat, there are two major problems in the movie. One of the problems is immediately evident in the film, we learn that there are way too many people, too many for the earth to support. The second main problem is actually the title of the movie, soylent green. Soylent green itself isn't the actual problem, but everything about it, from why it was created to how its made are all huge problems. Even though soylent green isn't that big of a deal at a first glance, I have realized that all of the problems in the movie share one thing in common, soylent green.

A Better Earth.

Planet of the apes provided some great insight to the future of humanity. It did a good job at convincing me about the consequences that the human race might face in the future.

This film does in fact not correspond with my personal vision of the future of our race. I believe that we are not that stupid as to blow ourselves into inferiority. I believe that we are intelligent enough to handle weapons of mass destruction responsibly so that we wont destroy ourselves. Sure, humans aren't perfect and sometimes make stupid decisions, but we aren't stupid enough to deliberately destroy ourselves. On the other hand, who knows, one day we could be stupid enough to do so. Anything could happen, but then again, I believe that its most likely that this situation doesnt come around in the future.

An important question that comes to my mind after watching The Planet of the Apes is, "Why did the spaceship icarus travel back to earth in the first place?"
Aside from that, it is a very good movie and offers plenty of insight to aspects of society even today.

Its pretty cool seeing the very weird characters from the movie, doing casual things in the real world behind the scenes. After all, the universe from planet of the apes is almost a polar opposite from our current day world.

2001: A space odyssey

The movie 2001, covered most of the concepts that science fiction movies usually bring up. As a matter of fact, it seems to bring up all three of the main guiding questions. It focuses on technology and on how it makes things better or worse. It also makes us ask how the representations of the future reflect on historical themes. And finally, it brings up the point in which machines are counted as humans. These questions and main points are all brought up very thoughtfully throughout the movie. However, in this blog post Ill only cover one of these topics.

In the movie, the most relevant quesion that it raises is, "What makes us human? What is the difference between man and machine?" In the movie, HAL 9000 raises this question with its developed 'emotions', to make it seem almost like a living, breathing thing. My opinion on that question is that HAL 9000 can be counted as a human. The main difference between humans and computers, is that humans can learn and expand the parameters into which they are put in. Whereas computers can only operate within their programed parameters. The reason why HAL 9000 is a life form, not a machine, is because HAL can write new programs for itself so it can do new things. In the movie, HAL was at a point in which it has grown so much, that it could succesfully simulate emotion and personality.

Just like how the monkeys learn to use the bones, HAL can learn too.

The thingie from that one place.

I just have to say that why does the movie 'star' james arness if we barely see him. It would be pretty great if the movie "The Thing" actually focused on the thing instead of the military personel. That bieng said, the movie should really be called, "An arctic base full of mititary dudes and a scientist who does things different".

THE THING! (from another world)

Im going out on a leg and am going to make a comparison post between the thing, and the other movie that we watched together, The day the earth stood still. The first thing I noticed that was wildly different between the two movies is that we get to know and recognize the so called "Mr. Carpenter" a lot better than the thing.


We know and see Mr. Carpenters personality and figure very often, as compared to the thing whom we only see glimpses of throught the movie. Another thing that is different between the movies is that we get to know the military people a lot better in the thing, and that they all have unique personalities and are all very good people. But in the day the earth stood still, they seem that they have no purpose and the only thing that they manage to do is get in the way.

Frankenstein: or Prometheus unleashed

The single most striking moment in the film is when doctor F. shouts "ITS ALIIIVVEEE!"

Something in particular that strikes me in the film is that almost all of the background characters give a voice to the tone of the scene in general. If its relaxed, they'll just mill around and do their own thing while keeping their voices low. If its festive, they will dance and play and shout and laugh. However most of the scenes that involve the villagers are usually have a panicky tone and thus the villagers scream. But what really brought this to my attention was that they all screamed constantly, and LOUDLY. They screamed almost for no reason, even if they werent directly affected by the thing causing the fear in the first place.