Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781476683386
Publisert
2021-04-30
Utgiver
Vendor
McFarland & Co Inc
Vekt
320 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
241
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Can science fiction--especially sci-fi cinema--save the world? It already has, many times. Retired officers testify that films like Doctor Strangelove, Fail-Safe, On the Beach and War Games provoked changes and helped prevent accidental war. Soylent Green and Silent Running recruited millions of environmental activists. The China Syndrome and countless movies about plagues helped bring attention to those failure modes. And the grand-daddy of "self-preventing prophecy"—Nineteen Eighty-Four—girded countless citizens to stay wary of Big Brother.It's not been all dire warnings. While optimism is much harder to dramatize than apocalypse, both large and small screens have also encouraged millions to lift their gaze, contemplating how we might get better, incrementally, or else raise grandchildren worthy of the stars.Come along on a quirky quest for unusual insights into the power of forward-looking media. How the romantic allure of feudalism tugs at men and women who benefited vastly from modernity. Or explore why almost every Hollywood film preaches Suspicion of Authority, along with tolerance, diversity and personal eccentricity, and how those messages helped keep us free. No one is spared scrutiny! Not Spielberg or Tolkien or Cameron or Costner... nor Dune or demigods or zombie flicks. Certainly not George Lucas or Ayn Rand! Though some critiques are offered from a lifetime of respect and love... and gratitude.
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Come along on a quirky quest for unusual insights into the power of forward-looking media. How the romantic allure of feudalism tugs at men and women who benefited vastly from modernity. Or explore why almost every Hollywood film preaches Suspicion of Authority, along with tolerance, diversity and personal eccentricity.
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Acknowledgments viPrologue: Science Fiction and Cinema: Saving the Future by Believing There Will Be One 1Part One: A Flickering Light on the World 1. The Self-Preventing Prophecy: How a Dose of Nightmare Might Tame Tomorrow's Perils 9 2. Society and Citizens Are Fools! The Favorite Cliché of Cinema and Fiction 15 3. 2001: A Space Odyssey: Shining Light on How Far We've Come 27 4. Living in a Science Fictional World: Biology and Destiny and Life 'n' Such 32 5. A Quirky Must-See Guide to Science Fiction Movies 44Part Two: Admirable (But Flawed) Blockbusters 6. J'accuse George Lucas … or Zola Meets Yoda 51 7. Avatar. Just Avatar. 75 8. The Lord of the Rings: J.R.R. Tolkien vs. the Modern Age 89Part Three: Grinding Axes 9. Roll Over, Frank Miller: Street Kids Are Better Than Those 300 Spartans! 10110. Atlas Shrugged: The Hidden Context of the Book and Film 10711. Demigods and "Chosen Ones" … Would It Hurt If Humanity Got to Play, Too? 11712. Getting Science Fictional About a Better World: Marxists and Feminists and Feudalists and Libertarians, Oh My! 122Part Four: Heroes and Villains13. Name That Villain: Bad Guys and Aliens in Sci-Fi Movies 13514. King Kong Is Back! The Ape in the Mirror 14115. The Matrix: Tomorrow May Be Different 14816. A Mini-Rant: Why All Those Zombies Mean You'd Better Vote! 15917. Buffy the Old-Fashioned Hero 162Part Five: Dark Visions and Hope18. Dune: What This Classic Teaches About "Point of View" 16519. The Postman: The Book vs. the Movie 17220. Man Against Machine: Surrogates, Clones and Dittos 17721. Gravity: Unbearable Lightness … but Solid Storytelling 19822. Great Opening Lines from Science Fiction Tales 20223. From Metaphor to Movie Magic—or Why We're Such Good Liars 205Chapter Notes 221Index 225
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781476683386
Publisert
2021-04-30
Utgiver
Vendor
McFarland & Co Inc
Vekt
320 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
241
Forfatter