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In films where enhancement of intelligence happens, like Lucy, or we are infected with a parasite, like Venom, we are balancing between two extreme opposites it seems; more emotional stimulation and empathy, connecting us more with others of ou
What I have come to find is that in both the Lighthouse and inAnnihilation, the lighthouse can be seen as something symbolic,presenting an almost end result to the story the characters seethemselves in, as well as being it's own presiding pr
It just seems within the world of film, looking outwards withsomething like a parasite invading is still somewhat looking inwards,at us, at who we are. Look at the anime Parasyte, or the filmsInvasion of The Body Snatchers, to name a few. We
33."Cats are good. Half in, half out anyway" And what Constantine means, in so many ways, is that cats in many cultures, throughout history, represent a conduit between the spirit world and the physical world. They are the half way point conne
In Squid Game, we follow the Seong Gi-hun as we delve into the crisis of the poor and the desperate as they are given a chance to earn money by playing a game, quickly realising it's their life on theline. It is quite clever when everything is
The OA circulates around the idea that everything is connected,itquestions the concept of multiple dimensions and whats on the other side, whether thats through the afterlife, or through anotherreality. It has made many of its audience believ
There's a connection between 1950's Cinderella and Fight Club. Both the fairy godmother and Tyler Durden materialise right at the moment of the main characters almost hitting rock bottom. They create the hope for something new or something that
Thequote from T.S.Eliot, shared in an OA episode: "Weshall not cease from exploration, And the end of all our exploring, Will be to arrive where we started, And know the place for the first time" It emphasises that history seems to repeat itse
Final Fantasy VII also embraces the concept of Shinto, the Japanesereligion revolving around 'kami', the supernatural beings or 'shintogods' that inhabit all things considered important to life,such as wind, rain, mountains, trees, and river
Why was Oppenheimer interested in Niel Bohr's work? The Bohr model of the atom shows negatively charged electrons travel in defined circular orbits around the positively charged nuclei (like tiny planets around a sun like our solar system). In
We apparently only use around 10% of our brain. In some films, we are presented with what would happen if we used more. What I findinteresting is that, in films like Lucy and Limitless, it's in a formof a drug, that strangely does the same th
The 'World Soul' or Anima Mundi (in Latin) is the connection between all living things, and like the soul is connected to the human body, it relates to the world as a life force, interacting with each other like neurons in the human brain; it i
When you find an alien egg, it's wise to not touch it, right? Could we say the same when these ideas spawn from both horror andcomedy films? Take the Alien franchise, and then place it next to Gremlins. Both species hatch cocoon like eggs and
In Black Mirror's episode '15 Million Merits', Bing's expression andoutburst about the injustice of how everyone is living shows theaspect of division of class, but more on point, about the pretence ofa society that is based on choice, when
I guess we could all be driven insane by ghosts. In 2019's Joker andThe Shining, there seems to be that connection, whether it wasliteral with Jack, or metaphorical with Arthur, we can all becomelike ghosts to each other through our own bitt
Analysing the 2017 romance drama Call Me By Your Name, an exploration of philosophical intrusions, views on ambigious friendship, the race of change and the next steps within relationships.Copyright to Two Takes
Sam Bell, from the film Moon, had to face a lot of challenges whenfinding his way back to Earth. Director Duncan Jones featured whathappens next for Sam in a small cameo in his 2018 film Mute. We can see on the TV the continuation of what Sam
In the Black Mirror episode 'Shut Up And Dance', the anti-malwaresoftware Kenny downloads was called 'Shrive'. 'Shrive' is actuallythe an archaic term meaning to either confess your sins to a priestor to be absolved by them. The trollfaces,
We have all seen films that present alien invasions in differentmanners. But what if Independence Day, showing the aliens and theinside of their mothership, was their first attempt and then theycame back a second time and succeeded in Oblivi
In The Wizard of Oz and The Return to Oz, the idea of things such aswater killing a witch or an egg killing the Nome King, could only belinked to the power of wanting something so much it features in your imagination. Water was wanted in Kans
Analysing the video game Death Stranding (2019), exploring the connection from our reality to the world of the game, and the realisation of how close to the world of the dead we really are.Death Stranding, within it's created universe, has di
Black Mirror episodes have always been known to make the audience to question and perhaps even fear the reliance on technology. But in some various overlooked aspects, it can be observed that the thing we should be wary of is the people who use
There's a strange link between 1939's The Wizard of Oz and Fallout If you think about it, Diamond City and the Emerald City are thesame. Not only because of the colour coincidence but because of the references. We see Dorothy at the beginning
There's this theme within various films like Divergent, I Think We'reAlone Now, Equals and Equilibrium, to name a few, that are fascinated with the connection of human suffering and the need for a utopian society. To eradicate human emotion, t
In 1927, Heisenberg introduced the Uncertainty Principle according to which the electron's position and momentum can never be determined accurately. Oppenheimer found this fascinating as it contradicted Bohr's theory. The Uncertainty Principle
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