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Back And Forth Horror Films
1,145 wordsA Comparison of Beowulf, Alien, and Aliens: It would never occur to one to compare the great medieval tale Beowulf with the Common Era horror films Alien and Aliens, but in doing so you uncover some very striking similarities. Beowulf is the story of a Get who upon hearing of the horrific doings of this monster figure named Grendle, sails to Hrothgars land and prepares to do battle with the Grendle. Alien is the tale of a group of navigators on a space craft who receive an unknown signal from wh...
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Special Effects Computer Graphics
2,445 wordsFilm Terminator 2 Terminator immediately became the classics of fantastic films. According to Andy Cox (1998) Terminator II has a very important story to tell about our technological attitudes and anxieties in the late 20 th century. Technology as both savior and destroyer, as male and capitalistic, are all important themes in the movie. The protagonist promised Ill be back and he kept his promise. The years passed by and both producer and the main character has changed a lot. Arnold became one ...
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World War Ii Live Their Lives
1,954 wordsSlaughterhouse-Five, Slaughterhouse 5 Report Synopsis Slaughterhouse-Five, written by Kurt Vonnegut, is the story of the life of Billy Pilgrim, a man who, among other things, lived through the Dresden firebombing during World War II and was abducted by aliens. The novel is told as a non-chronological group of events that make up Billy's life. The exposition of Slaughterhouse-Five describes Billy as an easy-going man. He never raises his voice as a result of his experiences on Tralfamadore, the a...
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