Monday Blogs

       Over the weekend, I watched the first Paranormal Activity. This scary movie was pretty good even with its low budget. The film is shot in a way to make it seem like a home video that the couple is making. The boyfriend tries to provoke whatever it is that is stalking his wife. He thinks that the whole situation is a joke. At first, he does not realize how serious it really is. The girl in the film is very afraid because the same kind of thing has happened to her before she moved in with her boyfriend. They try and get help, but the one person who can really help them has to leave the house because the presence of evil is too great. Throughout the film he coupe tries to find ways to get this creature on film. They use powder to track its footsteps, and a camera to capture it moving things like the door. They find that whatever it is lives in the attic. The boyfriend looks up there and finds a picture of the girl when she was little. This really scares her because that picture burnt in a house fire.


     I will not give the rest of the movie away. I am sure almost everyone has seen this movie, and wants to see the sequel that is currently out. Personally, I thought this movie was pretty good, granted that it was the cheapest film Paramount has ever made.









Future:
      If there was an apocalypse, I think it would be a Zombie Apocalypse. All the current hype about zombies will probably lead someone to create a virus that turns humans into zombies. Trying to live without getting infected would be very difficult. I imagine that my life would be much like Tallahassee's life in the film, Zombie Land. I would be that guy who is a little bit crazy, and loves to kill zombies. However, I probably would not wonder around looking for zombies to kill. I would just live my life day to day. If I came across a zombie while I am out getting groceries, I would be more than happy to take its head off. Life would be difficult, but I would use my survival skills to remain alive. My future would be different to that of Ridley Scott's. First off, it was not a nuclear apocalypse that happens in my future. Secondly, I am not trying to kill robots that have gone AWOL. I would simply be trying to survive from day to day, killing a few zombies along the way.







Scene: Blade Runner
     The lighting definitely set the mood for the scene. The dark lighting gives you that sense of sadness and death. You can also see a faint orange glow behind the characters. This glow is probably what little bit of the sun is able to shine be seen through the thick clouds. The dialogue is very simple between Rachael and Deckard. Their statements are not unusual when meeting someone for the first time. It seems that Deckard is a little suspicious of Rachael. Neither of them are overly friendly with each other. This reveals a sort of mistrust that people must have developed after the apocalypse. There really is not much to notice about the costuming. Rachael is dressed as if she were rich. Deckard looks like one would picture him to look. The main focus in this scene is on the lighting and the dialogue. This scene is much like the rest of the movie. Especially the lighting. Every scene has dark and dim lighting. Scott used the lighting to really emphasize how the earth would look after a nuclear apocalypse. Throughout the whole movie the lighting gives the viewer a sense of sadness and hopelessness. Also, the lighting can imply that there is more crime in a post apocalyptic world. Robbers are more easily concealed in the darkness of the day and night.




Tears in Rain:
 The way Roy delivers the speech definitely makes the audience and Deckard feel sadness for him. Roy talks slowly and emphasizes syllables. This shows that he is really passionate about what he is saying to Deckard. The music also helps the mood of sadness come over the viewer. Roy has murdered many people, yet we are able to mourn his death. The speech and music really touch home for the viewer. I do not the the Roy's speech would have been as effective without the music. I think that Deckard is crying at the end. Deckard can tell that Roy is deeply sorry for what he as done. He uses the last few seconds of his life to express his sorrow instead of killing Deckard. I think this really hit Deackard hard because he did not think that a rogue replicant, who has killed before, would spare is life.

Deckard's Future:
      Deckard and Rachael flee the city to a humble country abode beside a lovely toxic river. Along the way the meet seven small robots who they invite to live with them. They all live happily ever after, until Rachael is about to expire. Deckard uses the seven little robots parts to help extend Rachael's life. Ironically, Deckard dies of cancer before Rachael dies from lack of battery life. Maybe them living by a toxic river was not such a good idea. The toxins found their way into the water Deckard was drinking. These toxins were the cause of his untreatable cancer. Apparently Deckard was too love stricken and did what Rachael asked. It was her dream to live near water.



Thinking about argument Proposals:
         So far my research is going well. I have found the ten sources I need. The sources I have read thus far seem to have a lot of usable content. I have found a lot of articles about sustainable travel and ways to be less reliable on oil. I have also found information about cars that are smarter and shut down two cylinders to use less gas while high way driving. There are several possible solutions to this issue. One that will be most effective is completely electric cars. The cars will not be able to run very far, but here will be recharging stations all over the country. Another solution is developing cars that have very high MPGs. Currently there are cars that can get up to 40-50 miles to the gallon. But what if there were cars that could get 100-200 miles per gallon. The higher mile per gallon solution seems to be more practical. No one is going to want stop every 30 miles to recharge their car.