Hal Moore

Throughout his movie, Moon Duncan Jones features GERTY, a robot-computer who is programmed to look after Sam and make sure that he survives for three years. However, GERTY does not only function as a computer that helps Sam, he also portrays human characteristics. Humans can make decisions for themselves, they have emotions, and form relationships with other people. On the other hand, robots possess no emotion over a situation. GERTY successfully portrays these human characteristics. Therefore, when

Film Analysis of All That Heaven Allows Chosen sequence: Golden Rain Tree/Cary's bedroom scene. Before the emergence of 'auteur theory' the director Douglas Sirk was a renowned exponent of classical Hollywood narrative, particularly in the genre of romantic melodrama, of which his film All That Heaven Allows is a classic example. However, he is now regarded as a master of mise-en-scene, one of the few tools left to a director working within the constraints of the

Has there ever been a point in your life that you wished you could be a superhero or superhuman? Most, if not all, people’s answer to that question would be a resounding “yes,” including mine. Over the years, more TV shows and movies have begun to incorporate what we would consider to be our “heroes” into them. These shows, or movies, consist of a hero, or heroes, that are typically aided by friends and a team that help them fight evil; two examples of this are Arrow and The Flash. Hero shows, or

Social media can be a great tool for utilizing modern communication techniques. Young people make up a large percentage of social media users. Teenagers frequently browse forum and imageboard websites to look at content they enjoy. Many different groups of people use these forms of communication to voice their opinion or advertise an important issue. Recently, the alt-right uses modern social media to spread their extremist ideals and opinions. The article explains that many young people are in danger

In “The Glass Castle”, pages 62-121, some of the characters have an experience that makes them undergo a change in character. While it is not too noticeable, if you dig deep into the text you can see how the characters are affected, and possibly make some predictions of how this is later relevant to the story. Some of the predictions and assumptions may not be totally accurate, but are made based on evidence from the story. Jeanette, Brian, and Lori all go through a transformation after they each

Vigilantes Courage, selflessness, and devotion, are few of the qualities that a hero may possess. These qualities are evidently found in Oliver Queen, also known as the “Arrow,” and Barry Allen, also known as the “Flash.” These two fictional characters possess those heroism qualities, in putting their lives in danger, to protect the people in their city, and fight against their enemies. For example, Oliver goes out of his way to protect the people of Starling City, and Barry goes out of his way

1. "Self-Portrait With Two Pupils" by Adelaide Labille-Guiard in 1785. It was made out of oil on canvas and measures 6'11" by 4'11 1/2." It is located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. "Self-Portrait" by Judith Leyster was created in 1635 and made out of oil on canvas. It measures 29 3/8" by 25 5/8." It is located at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. 2. In "Self-Portrait With Two Pupils" Adelaide sits in a green and gold upholstered chair. She looks at the viewer a smile

Literature can, at times, have a fascinating connection with film. Whether it is a film or a piece of literature, both are written by someone that wants to leave an impact on an audience. However, movies and books have different roles. They each have different strong points wherein books give better characterization, stronger revelations, and inner conflict, but movies create a better mood with music and visuals, showing much more emotion. It's a totally different kind of experience, of course, and

time we are introduced to a ship that is on a mission to Jupiter. The ship consists of 5 crew members, three of whom are in a state of hibernation in capsules, and a HAL 9000 robot. Later the HAL robot malfunctions due to unknown circumstances and kills 4 of the 5 crew members. The last crew member left alive named Dave manages to turn HAL off then he goes to Jupiter by himself. Then for about the next 10 minutes there’s this really eerie sequence with all kinds of colors and weird things going on. Then

Impact of Comics and Superheroes on the American SocietyA superhero is an anecdotal character of extraordinary physical prowess committed to demonstrations of derring-do in general society interest. Since the introduction of Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes from short to long episode adventures; have ruled American comic books and traversed into other media. These superheroes and comics have been used to display both negative and positive social and cultural values in the American society