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”
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Cinema Today is Quite Bad. Here’s Why.
Many people have commented and noticed the decline that cinema has had over the last two decades or so. Films today seem to be increasingly lighter, very little complex and often downright laughable. Of course, there are still great movies made, but they barely make into the mainstream or in the public consciousness. The toneContinue reading “Cinema Today is Quite Bad. Here’s Why.”
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)”