The Space Trilogy

When George Lucas first pitched the idea of Star Wars, a space-western, to movie executives back in the 1970’s; I’m sure he never imagined it to be the cultural phenomenon that it turned out to be. The original Star Wars trilogy (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi), earned more two billion dollars, after adjusted for inflation in North America (1). Then sixteen years later the next three Star Wars movies were released

consider the foley and sound effects. We all know what breaking glass sounds like, how tires sound when a car careens around a tight corner, and so forth. This is also the reason for the huge, rumbling explosions in space - as unrealistic as it is to hear an explosion in space, we're so accustomed to hearing them in real life that the lack of Big Boom would violate our necessary suspension of disbelief. Additionally, a recognizable sound (such as a gunshot, a bestial growl, or a child's scream)

When E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy hit the shelves in 2012, women flocked to the nearest bookstore to get their hands on the risqué romantic novels. While some of the readers loved the novel others hated it, specifically criticizing the books for their poor literary content and naughty manner. Based on my analysis of the fans of Fifty Shades of Grey, I will demonstrate how fans have popularly engaged in textual poaching through writing fan fiction through several blogs and forums, specifically

Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been a huge success since it hit theaters December 18, 2015. According to Times Magazine, “the seventh installment in the space saga became the highest grossing film in North America”. Star Wars: The Force Awakens may have some mixed reviews, but no one can deny the numbers. The seventh film made the most out of all of the films, but it may just be due to the already massive fan base. When Disney gained the rights to Star Wars, fans of the universe had mixed feelings

C.S. Lewis C.S. Lewis was a famous Christian and children’s literature author. Even 50 years after his death, his Chronicles of Narnia books are still a favorite of young children and his Christian books are still read by Christians today. Clive Staples Lewis was born on November 29, 1898, in Belfast, Ireland into a Christian family. His parents were Albert James Lewis and Flora Augusta Hamilton Lewis. He had a brother named Warren Hamilton Lewis. When he was younger, he had a dog named Jacksie

Many games appear in the MaddAddam trilogy (Three-Dimensional Waco, Kwiktime Osama, Barbarian Stomp, Extinctathon, Blood and Roses, and Painball to name a few), and they have varying levels of significance to the plot. Some games were significant for Crake and Glenn’s budding friendship, as fodder for them to bond and spend time together. Extinctathon became the means of organizing the MaddAddam group, the group through which Glenn teams up with Adam One and eventually coerces the scientists to help

throughout the movies to teach themes and lessons to its viewers. One of the most important that he implemented were archetypal conflicts. These show character development and hardships that we have to deal with in real life. In the original Star Wars trilogy, George Lucas employs the use of archetypal conflict of seeming vs being, head vs heart, and

Drums Along the Mohawk skips back in time, and its characters are caught up in the Revolutionary War of 1776. It completes a trilogy of films that year which celebrate the vitality of the underdog and the making of the modern nation. Perhaps not as strong as the previous two, but it’s more than worth seeing just for the ceremonial raising of the first American flag at the film’s climax; Claudette Colbert’s reaction: “it’s a pretty flag, isn’t it?” 1940 saw the release of two more films by John Ford:

middle school (7th and 8th grades) should be assigned to read an explicitly violent series such as Suzanne Collin’s The Hunger Games in class is a matter that has been debated numerous times since the first book came out in 2008. The Hunger Games trilogy is a series where children are annually forced to fight in a nationwide spectacle known as the Hunger Games. Many people believe that middle schoolers should not be allowed to read this at all, much less made to read it in the

Musicology Written Task Star Wars was first released in May 1977. It is a series of movies based on an epic space adventure and was created by George Lucas. The franchise depicts a galaxy described as "far, far away" in the distant past, and portrays two important characterization like the Jedi as a representation of good, in conflict with the Sith, their evil counterpart. The overall box office produced over 4.38 billion dollars, making Star Wars one of the fifth highest grossing films of all time