I thought that the relationship between the son and the Dad at the beginning was pretty special. As the Dad stated, “…Son this really makes me proud.” Some father son relationships don’t have this same specialness. I thought the scene where they are telling him to abort was pretty interesting. The special effects were rather amazing. This also explains why he loses contact with the real world and the “Sci-Fi” portion of the episode. Once he did get into the other ship and I saw the blue character and the big hairy character, I was turned off. I like shows that could actually happen in real life or in the future. I still am not convinced that this would every happen.
The first thing that I noticed was that this started out on earth which is obviously different then STNG and the original star trek, but similar to Dollhouse and Buffy. I also noticed that they actually used a real life shuttle. I felt like the shuttle in STNG and the original star trek were more fiction then reality. I also thought that they fact that they still have contact with the real world as they are in space made more sense. I felt like the STNG and the original star trek they were basically out on their own with no contact to the real world. Some similarities, however, are the alien like figures that he encounters along the way. I thought that Dollhouse and Buffy were the best shows that we watched in the class and the others were rather painful to watch.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
WB Post 5
Dear English 110 Students,
I just thought I would give you a few pointers to succeeding in this first year writing course. First off you need to come into the class with an open mind. When I first heard what our subject was, (Televised SciFi: A Modern Mythology) I thought it was going to be the longest quarter of my life. I honestly had zero interest in SciFi and thought that it was a bunch of BS. I am really interested in sporting articles and anything that has to do with sports. As the class went along, however, it wasn’t as bad as I thought. Granted I still am not a very big fan of SciFi, but I did learn a lot about it.
Another thing that I would suggest is to not procrastinate. When we had to write a blog about an episode, I found it much easier to either write it as I watched the show or to write it immediately after class. They weren’t not only the easiest to write, but also the best blogs that I had. If I chose to wait until 11:30 to start writing them, I found myself forgetting what the episode was about.
Overall, I thought that this class was a lot of work but really easy. If you keep up with all of your assignments and don’t fall behind, you will be perfectly fine. I wish you good luck and hope you enjoy the class.
Sincerely,
English 110 AU 09 Student
I just thought I would give you a few pointers to succeeding in this first year writing course. First off you need to come into the class with an open mind. When I first heard what our subject was, (Televised SciFi: A Modern Mythology) I thought it was going to be the longest quarter of my life. I honestly had zero interest in SciFi and thought that it was a bunch of BS. I am really interested in sporting articles and anything that has to do with sports. As the class went along, however, it wasn’t as bad as I thought. Granted I still am not a very big fan of SciFi, but I did learn a lot about it.
Another thing that I would suggest is to not procrastinate. When we had to write a blog about an episode, I found it much easier to either write it as I watched the show or to write it immediately after class. They weren’t not only the easiest to write, but also the best blogs that I had. If I chose to wait until 11:30 to start writing them, I found myself forgetting what the episode was about.
Overall, I thought that this class was a lot of work but really easy. If you keep up with all of your assignments and don’t fall behind, you will be perfectly fine. I wish you good luck and hope you enjoy the class.
Sincerely,
English 110 AU 09 Student
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
STNG: “The Measure of a Man”
After watching this episode in class, I continued to ask myself which side of the argument that I stand on. I believe that they both have good points. I can see where the guy thought that he was merrily a machine and that if it was a “box with wheels” no one would have a problem. I tend to agree with him, but that is a completely different point. Data is not a box with wheels; he is more of a human. He obviously has feelings like humans do, and is just as intelligent. So ultimately, I think that the Captains argument makes more sense. Data shouldn’t have to be worked on if he does not want to, especially if the process isn’t a 100% success rate.
Comparing this episode to BSG and the original Star Trek:
I think that this episode is a lot like BSG and the original Star Trek in that they all take place in outer space. They all are more of the “Sci-Fi” shows that I am not really a big fan of. Although this episode wasn’t so bad because there wasn’t so much “fake” fighting and this could actually happen in real life. This episode was more about morality; Whether or not it is morally acceptable to work on Data or not. This is another reason why I was fairly interested in it. I actually wrote my ARP on the morality of Dollhouse, and as you can tell from my first paragraph, I don’t think that it is right to work on Data.
Comparing this episode to BSG and the original Star Trek:
I think that this episode is a lot like BSG and the original Star Trek in that they all take place in outer space. They all are more of the “Sci-Fi” shows that I am not really a big fan of. Although this episode wasn’t so bad because there wasn’t so much “fake” fighting and this could actually happen in real life. This episode was more about morality; Whether or not it is morally acceptable to work on Data or not. This is another reason why I was fairly interested in it. I actually wrote my ARP on the morality of Dollhouse, and as you can tell from my first paragraph, I don’t think that it is right to work on Data.
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