Terry O'Quinn

Has a book or movie given enjoyment through a hard time? Thomas Malory and Terry Gilliam have opposing writing styles as a result of the context they wrote their texts in. Thomas Malory, author of Le Morte d’Arthur, writes his book as a compilation of tales and Terry Gilliam writes his version as a script for a movie. While both Gilliam and Malory use an episodic narrative, Gilliam writes his movie as a parody to mock old England and other versions of the Legend of King Arthur, and Malory uses his

Some say that it grants what it truly promises, others say it is only our imagination. The portrayal of masculinity and manliness are quite prevalent in most of the old spice ads. Given the obvious scope of the ad, which is to sell the product, the ad seems to portray other things. Masculinity shows itself in the ad through different mannerisms. The appearance of the man, the behavior the man is seen to have, and the sexuality. The Smell Like A Man ad is seen to portray two different ideals. One

In both Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare presents to the audience impressive female characters. These women were bravely defiant in the patriarchal society of the 16th century in which they lived. Lady Macbeth embraced the fight for power, which was conventionally thought as a man’s deed: Juliet spoke and acted against male authority. Her father’s expectation for her marriage and fate was for Juliet, unbearable. Such rejection and rebellion against male supremacy was not only highly dangerous

The film Bears Discover Fire written by Terry Bisson is a film that was produced by college students. This film covers many different controversial topics. The book allows for many different perceptions of these topics to be seen.. Although the title of the film has a scientific feeling, it is more of a fantasy than a science fiction film. In the film “Bears Discover fire” one may interpret the movie as more of a fantasy film, with that being said the elements of a fantasy story base line can be

by presenting a celebrity know as Terry Crews who is a very well-known actor and comedian. By using Terry Cruse in their advertisement, they are conveying the message that if Terry Cruse uses this product you should too Old Spice has used this tactic is the past by using very masculine men who a have very large physique. This is appealing to the men and young boys who are wanting to impress women. Humor and sex appeal also tie into creating this advertisement, Terry Crews is shirtless throughout the

The five big bullies of the school had found a big hole at the back of the classroom underneath a loose floorboard. They hid everything in the hole, they thought only they knew about it and that their “punch bag” wouldn’t know a thing, but I had taken to hiding from them, one day behind the teacher’s desk when they lifted up the floor board and examined their trophies. One day as I was waiting to ask the teacher how to do a very complicated maths problem that I had seen, the bullies opened up the

On the night of May 23rd, 2015, a 15-year-old boy walked home from a party. He was so intoxicated, that he didn’t know where he was going. The boy wandered onto Outer Ring Road and he fell into a pothole. The pothole was so deep, that the 15-year-old ended up in China. On May 28th, the boy returned home. During his few days in China, the 15-year-old boy learned to speak Google Translated Chinese. “我討厭這些坑洼” he said. Translation: I hate these potholes. On June 23rd, 2015, another man fell down a pothole

The film ‘Twelve Monkeys’ is a 1995 American net-noir science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam. The movie is about a mysterious group called Twelve Monkeys are believed to be behind the virus which wiped out almost all of humanity in 1996. James Cole a prisoner is selected to collect the information on the virus in order to help the scientists to develop a cure to save the world. I think the film is trying to remind us of how we should be aware of the things that might have a devastating effect

Dr. Strangelove is one of the many masterpieces made by the great Stanley Kubrick. The movie was made in 1964 at the Shepperton Studios in London, UK. The time the movie was made is of great importance, in fact, it was made only two years after the Cuban Missile Crisis. Kubrick pictures, in an extremely comical yet somewhat serious way, what the world would look like after one of the two forces (U.S vs. USSR) was triggered in initializing nuclear warfare. General Jack Ripper is an obsessively paranoid

2002 documentary about Terry Gilliam’s unfinished film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote which broke down as the result of a variety of issues seen in the various stages of production. Issues include a lack of money to produce the film, illness, weather problems, issues with poorly trained horses, poor organisation for the location of the film and the absence of an adequate amount of rehearsal beforehand. Before any production took place, before even pre-production begun one of Terry Gilliam’s financers