Sci fi Parody and Satire

I like the idea of of using comedy for the sci fi genre is a nice change of pace. Sci fi usually has a dark, more edgy and gritty tone to it. I'm not a real big fan of the movie Idiocracy, I'm not saying it's the worst movie, it's that I can not stand the dialog of the movie. The concept and plot is creative and brings up topics about our world's future. I just find the script and the character development and digalog boring and forgetful.

Multi-Verse

Multiple universes, the idea of one person making a decision an alternate version makes the opposite decision. One particular franchise has had its share of multiple universes, that would be the DC universe.  This comic book company has a history of using the idea of multiple universe with their famous superheroes. There is one miniseries that changed the whole mythology of the DC universe and it is entitled Flashpoint. Flashpaoint centers around the flash and his adventure through a universe where the justice league and superman did not exist. What is also interesting about the whole story is how batman is actually Bruce Wayne's father in that universe which is the first time that one of the characters that are usually dead become a huge part of the story.  The ending of which the flash running through the time stream of the three universes DC, Wildstorm, and Vertigo to create the New 52 just changed the way the DC comics were usually written.

Urban Fantasy

When reading Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson I was really fascinated by the concept of BioChromancy and the use of it to bring objects to life and idea of taking the color of all objects and putting the color into the object with less color; it is very original and a well thought out idea. It also has some elements of the classic fairytale of the princess being forced into marriage against her will, the heroic journey, and the conflict between kingdoms. The story itself has a strong female protagonist and you usually don't see that a lot in other fantasy novels where the female has a male protector (knight in shining armor) and falls in love with in the end; I really enjoy that the two princesses Vivenna and Siri, I really enjoy that they are such strong and compelling female characters and are trying to take on an male ruled kingdom.  

J Horror

Japanese horror in many ways is very different than the usual franchise monsters and slasher movies in America. J horror is influenced by old ghost stories and from our useless materials that we take for granted in our everyday lives; and I find that very original and creative. It makes you question that things are not always what appear. When watching the film Kairo after class I felt really involved in the mystery and especially the concept behind the supernatural haunting computers, cell phones and cyber space.

Vampires/week 3

In today's culture when we think of vampires our first thoughts are the Twilight series, True Blood, and The Vampire Dairies. We have made vampires become these objects of desire and our lustful side. Now Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't vampires suppose to be these bloodsucking humanoids that stalk in the shadows and would do anything to get their prey. One example is Nosferatu, it's the original vampire it does not fall in love with any girl or sparkles in the sunlight, no he's a stalker of the night drinks the blood of his victims without hesitation. We also discussed the gleam of vampires with The Lost Boys In how the way vampires were the motorcycle gang and wear black leather; also consider the total badasses of school. Ann Rice decided to take the mythology of the vampire, but to look into the point of view of this monster in Interview with a Vampire. In the novel we get to see on why the vampire hunts and the pain and suffering with immortality. I think it is interesting how we see these emotions and ideas that a vampire would go through.

Zombies/ Week 2

Zombies have been part of our pop culture since the 1960's. In the early days of horror zombies were just people who were under the control of some supernatural horror to do its bidding. In 1968 George Romero recreated the zombie from a possessed human being to a mindless, flesh eating undead creature. Since then this genre has been found in movies, tv-shows, video games, novels and comic books; in the novel Monster Island by David Wellington he takes the reader into the mind of a zombie, but one that has control of its human conscious. I think we are so infatuated with zombies is that they are the perfect monster to dislike, they are a quick paycheck for those who are in the media. We also think of zombies as a means of human survival against a post- apocalyptic threat and knowing what you loved is suddenly ripped away from you. Try to imagine everything that you have ever known and loved was suddenly gone, your all alone and you are suddenly attacked by the creatures of the undead. People think that can survive this are as good as dead. 

Frankenstein/ Week 1

Frankenstein is one of those long time classic pieces of literature that ages well in time. I rarely pick up a horror novel, not because I hate reading that type of genre, its just that I need to find one that sparks an interest to me. When I started reading Frankenstein, The first thing that I found interesting was how the way Mary Shelly wrote the book in the same style that Bram Stoker did when he wrote Dracula, which the stories were told through journal entries, and letters from the point of view of the main characters. What really liked about Mary Shelly's imagination for this book was that she was thinking way ahead of her time when coming up with the concept of recreating life and using technology that was far advanced from her time period. The way that the monster was depicted was nothing like the hollywood version, and the fact that it was intelligent and not a mindless monster was very surprising to me.