Olive Ridley

black and white: individuals are capable of doing both good and evil. This key theme shown throughout the movie is especially compelling since it not only applies to the Crusades but also to the modern world. Throughout the movie, the director, Ridley Scott, emphasizes the complex moral landscape of the Crusades to enhance the quality of the story. As best put by Peter Stanford in his review, “Kingdom of Heaven is, however, no run-of-the-mill variation on the popular theme of the historical thriller…

In Kingdom Keepers: Disney at Dawn by Ridley Pearson, Kingdom Keeper Finn searches for Jez in the Animal Kingdom. First of all, the Kingdom Keepers are five kids who were chosen to be DHIs (Disney Host Interactives). Secretly, the Disney Imagineers programmed the DHIs so that the human would become their DHI when they fall asleep and wake up in the Magic Kingdom to defeat the evil group of brigands called Overtakers. The Overtakers are Disney villains that try to usurp the park. The Kingdom Keepers

Green Sea Turtle Green Sea turtles are very small when they are born, but as they mature, they become the largest hard-shelled sea turtles. These turtles do are not named for having a green shell, but for having green skin. Their shell is a brown or olive color. The organisms that make up this species are usually herbivores, but are omnivores while they are young. They eat seaweed and other plants or algae found in the ocean. Green sea turtles have serrated jagged edged jaws, which they have adapted

Blade Runner: The Final Cut, directed by Scott Ridley, is a film that brings into question the importance of humans in a postmodern world that is filled with androids that are “more human than human” through its use of characterization and analogies (Martin, 111). This parable-like film addresses a multitude of topics such as what separates humans from androids and the different “tragic situations” found in this postmodern, nihilistic, dystopia (Martin, 106-107). In “Meditations on Blade Runner”

Though these works have directly addressed the implications of artistic expression and regulation, the 1982 film Blade Runner instead analyzes the emotional impact of a heavily technological society through the visual style. The movie is shot in the film noir style, utilising muted colors and heavy shadows. As a result, Deckard’s emotionally limited throughout the film, surrounded by the ever present greyness of the world. After Rachel is thought to die, Deckard’s partner states “it’s a shame she

Sea Turtles and Poe Sea turtles need to posses the traits of a solitary animal because they are left by their family at birth. A good name for a sea turtle would be Edgar Allan Poe because Poe lost many family members and acquaintances throughout his life. Also, Poe lived in solitude for the majority of his life which made him acquire the loner trait. A mother sea turtle lays her eggs and then goes off to sea, leaving her babies to fend for themselves. When the baby sea turtles hatch from their

Steven Spielberg's Jaws and Ridley Scott's Gladiator The two films being examined are the thriller Jaws, directed by Steven Spielberg, and the action film Gladiator directed by Ridley Scott. Both directors create epic films; the films are momentous and are designed to manipulate the emotions. A thriller is intended to appeal to basic human instinct to the need of feeling fear and survival. Action movies are designed to appeal to our sense of danger: pace and experience

officials to dig up thousands of eggs and hatch them in a warehouse for later release on the Atlantic coast. By late 2012 some 1,700 turtles had been found dead. A long-term satellite tracking study released in May 2013 showed that the endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle was likely severely affected, as its preferred foraging territory was within the area damaged by the spill. It was estimated that up to 65,000 imperiled turtles had died during 2010 alone, mostly as a result of oil contamination. It was

There is no doubt that Hollywood is an industry based on selling movies and what sells movies better than the marketing of a Hollywood star. An actor or actress can not only make movies successful, but in addition their images are also profitable. The Hollywood Star System has been very profitable for Hollywood and contributed to saving Hollywood in the late 1920s and 1930s when studios found it financially hard to survive. Once Hollywood realized their star’s had financial power there was no stopping

“Peter and the Starcatcher”, written by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, is a prequel to the Broadway hit, “Peter and Wendy.” This comedic play reveals to the audience the origins of Peter Pan. This story tells how Peter Pan went from being an orphan in England without a name, to Peter Pan, the flying boy on the island of Never Land. The design of this allows the audience to reach their imaginative capacity while watching while highlighting and emphasizing key plot points throughout the story. The