Gale Anne Hurd Essay

1. On the 21st of October 1995, Anna Wood took an ecstasy tablet at a dance party and died three days later. At such a young and thriving age, Anna Wood was just 15 years old with a loving family, many friends and a new job. On the night of the event that had taken place a series of risk behaviours were undertaken. Firstly by wanting to take an ecstasy tablet to get high as well as not having any knowledge on the actual drug. By having a broader knowledge on the drug she may have been still alive as she would’ve only had taken half due to knowing a whole tablet would be too much.

Many reviewers, though, found the non-stop tension and horror of Aliens hard to stomach. Roger Ebert, for example, noted: “The movie is so intense that it creates a problem for me as a reviewer: Do I praise its craftsmanship, or do I tell you it left me feeling wrung out and unhappy? It has been a week since I saw it, so the emotions have faded a little, leaving with me an appreciation of the movie's technical qualities. But when I walked out of the theater, there were knots in my stomach from the film's roller-coaster ride of violence.” For most audiences, the film seemed to go by very

Lena Horne was born on June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents were Teddy and Edna Scottron Horne. After her father left her at the age of two in order to pursue his gambling career; her mother leaving soon after that to pursue her acting career; she went to live with her grandparents. Through her grandparents influence she became involved with organizations like the NAACP, at an early age.

Anne Hutchinson has long been seen as a strong religious dissenter who paved the way for religious freedom in the strictly Puritan environment of New England. Another interpretation of the controversy surrounding Anne Hutchinson asserts that she was simply a loving wife and mother whose charisma and personal ideas were misconstrued to be a radical religious movement. Since this alleged religious movement was led by a woman, it was quickly dealt with by the Puritan fathers as a real threat. Whatever her motives, she was clearly a great leader in the cause of religious toleration in America and the advancement of women in society. Although Anne Hutchinson is historically documented to have been banished as a religious dissenter, the real

Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha conveys the story of a young woman bumbling through life in New York City. The film watches Frances, played by Greta Gerwig, trying to act like a real-life adult, however, ends up failing miserably. Although the story is centered around Frances and her journey in becoming a fully-functional adult in society, one of the few reoccurring themes resides in the devastating break-up between Frances and her best friend, Sophie. The friendship between the two women are, at first, undoubtedly unbreakable and borderline romantic. Baumbach perfectly illustrates how a female friendship could be deeper and more satisfying than a romantic relationship. The girl’s friendship is ultimately threatened and results in a nasty break-up

Moving forward to the 20th century, the 1979 film Alien and 1986 film Aliens depicts a very different hero to the ancient heroes like Achilles and Aeneas. Though there is a significant amount of variation in modern day heroes now than there was in the time of Homer and Virgil, these heroes are accepted for their character flaws as it makes them much more relatable to the modern audience, much like what Virgil was trying to do with Aeneas. Ellen Ripley, as introduced in Alien and seen in the , is a warrant officer on-board the spacecraft Nostromo, a commercial towing ship. Immediately, we see this person as being completely ordinary and would have lived a completely normal life if it weren't for the events to come later in the film. In fact, at first she seems like a side character. It is when the Alien is introduced into the narrative that she

The concept of “alienness” constitutes the physical manifestation of the cognitive, tremulous paranoia based on the instinct to survive. This physical manifestation of the “alien” has altered over the course of science fiction history in order to serve as a metaphor according to the cultural paranoia or prejudice of that time period. For example, one of the most significant and influential interpretations of the physical manifestation of the “alien” is in John W. Campbell’s novel Who Goes There? which depicts the story’s alien as having amorphous, shapeshifting capabilities allowing it to identically amalgamate into any organism. The psychological horror behind this power of infinite imitation capabilities has gone on to inspire several film adaptations of Campbell’s novel such as The Thing (1982), and the prequel/remake, The Thing (2011).

Cowboys and Aliens (2011) directed by Jon Favreau, takes place in a Western style setting in New Mexico territory. Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig) wakes up in the middle of the desert severely injured with no recollection as to why he is in pain. At this point he notices the scientific and advanced technology attached to his wrist. This strange mechanical device immediately incorporates the science fiction aspect to a clearly western style film. After killing three men who were attempting to attack him, he steals their clothes, a horse, and guns so he can ride into town. From there he discovers he is a wanted man, is taken to jail, and eventually escapes. Lonergan finds his way to an abandoned cabin where he experiences a flashback explaining that he used to steal gold and has a love interest. Alice (Abigail Spencer), his lover, pleads to him to return the gold, and immediately after she says this, aliens abduct both of them. After these events, the aliens abduct multiple people from the town leading Lonergan to join up with Colonel Woodrow (Harrison Ford), Ella Swenson (Olivia Wilde), Doc (Sam Rockwell), Nat Colorado (Adam Beache), and many more loyal followers. Together, these characters seek to take back their loved ones, fight off the alien forces, and regain control of the land being invaded.

Also, he discusses how animals are portrayed in film and compares it to real life knowledge of the animals. He then relates his findings to how aliens could be portrayed completely wrong in entertainment and how it gives the human race false pretenses about other life in the universe. This book provides facts about popular science-fiction movies such as “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” and how the ideas exposed on screen are virtually unattainable in

It’s been said that James Cameron can go to his grave knowing that he directed two of the greatest movie sequels of all time. The first would be, Terminator 2, which I pretty much agree with. The second movie in question, Aliens, is debatable. First and foremost, let’s set the record straight. Even though it definitely has moments of horror, I would really classify it as a very suspenseful action movie, which Cameron excels at (Terminator, The Abyss and Avatar). As far as sequels go, it does expand on the story of the original, it gives us more Aliens and the characters are pretty memorable. This is quite interesting for a film that has a feet in the SciFi, Action and Horror genres all at once, and that alone makes it a very good sequel. Thus,

Throughout the book Hunchback of Notre Dame, the act of betrayal plays a frequent role and allows the story create suspense and multiple surprises. The author Victor Hugo takes the reader through a narrative set in Paris during the 1480’s, meeting many different characters varying from Gypsies to Priests and even Alchemists. Treachery, also know as betrayal, occurs unfathomably often in this story, such elements allow the characters that take part in these disloyal acts to have round characteristics rather than flat ones. Within the story Hunchback of Notre Dame, betrayal plays a key role in the book’s plot and contributes to the meaning of the work all together as a whole. Therefore due to the excessive amount of times the characters betray each other, the act of betrayal is adequately shown off within this narrative.

Hedda Gabler is a more modern tragic figure. Like Job, she has gone through pain and suffering. Just as many of the Greek tragic figures and Job confront their Gods, Hedda Gabler confronts the controlling forces in her life. She needs control and in order for her to gain control over her life she commits suicide and does it beautifully to fulfill her romantic quest.

Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler provides insight into issues inherent to 1890’s Norwegian society. Hedda Gabler, released at the culmination of the first wave of feminism in Norway, has been celebrated for facilitating the societal change achieved by the movement. Whilst the concept of femininity is explored extensively, other, more subtle, themes are often overlooked because of the historical importance of the text’s commentary on women’s rights. Namely, Ibsen criticises how Norwegian society promotes materialistic dependencies and overinflates the value of keeping up appearances.

Species II impresses in that it surpasses the original, providing ample amounts of nudity, gore and lovely, strange H.R. Gigerness with the alien sex scene being mind-blowingly weird. Plus, any movie that has a woman getting instantly pregnant and having an alien baby bursting out her in mere minutes, while next door an alien has sex with another woman, whilst tentacles burst out of his back, is perfection in my horror book. The Scream Factory Blu-ray gives us plenty of features to check out and some nice audio and video to feast our eyes and ears on. Pick it up!

The Holocaust was a tragic event in human history where millions of Jews and others who were deemed “inferior” lost their lives at the hands of those whom many would view as evil. However, one girl, Anne Frank, who was in fact Jewish thought and said this: “In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart.” Despite all of the hardships and hate Anne and her family faced, she still was able to see the good in all, and after reading the play based upon Anne’s real diary she kept while in hiding, I would have to agree with Anne’s famous quote. Overall, one of the main reasons I am siding with Anne is due to Anne’s own kind actions throughout the play, especially during Hanukkah. However, I do acknowledge that in an argument there is always two sides, so I can see how some may disagree with Anne and myself due to Mr. Dussel’s unkind actions and constant lack of sympathy for others.