Chimeras and the Uncanny Valley

The concept of chimeras has been around for thousands of years: ancient stories are filled with creatures that are a mixture between two or more animals and between animal-human mixes, such as the Minotaur.     Recently, two films have brought back this concept. To make things even more odd, they arrived at a timeContinue reading “Chimeras and the Uncanny Valley”

Discovering Reality: An Analysis of “Alice in Wonderland” (1951)

“Alice in Wonderland” is a classic animated film directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson and Hamilton Luske. The movie, adapted after Lewis Carroll’s novel with the same name is a production that has been seen by millions of children (and, why not, adults) from around the world. The story, while it may be packaged asContinue reading “Discovering Reality: An Analysis of “Alice in Wonderland” (1951)”

Fantastic Spaces: An Evolution

Ever since the dawn of humanity, mankind has sought to reach or dwell in other worlds than the world that we live in on a physical level. Other worlds have always been part of the arts and of storytelling. In some cases, within the respective storylines, people don’t have access to these worlds, while inContinue reading “Fantastic Spaces: An Evolution”