Please comment on what you learned from the installment of the SF Slide Show that we watched Monday, January11. Focus on one piece of information that you found surprising, interesting, or worth remembering.
I noticed that Science fiction uses a lot of description in it's stories. They are interesting and have a lot of description so you can see it. Even though you might have not have an idea about what they are talking about it's descriptive enough to have some sort of picture in your mind about it. I just thought that was really cool, because it can keep me reading if I can imagine it.
I think this slide was very interesting especially the part about the i robot because it gave humans a positive outlook technology. But what i thought was even more interesting was that writers wanted there work of the negative thought of technology and not posting it as science fiction, which may or may not be a good thing that they did that but i wish they would have gone into more depth on that because i think it would have been interesting to see the 2 sides of what their thoughts were on technology.
I did not know that Science Fiction stories were not called science fiction at this time, but instead they were called invention stories or make believe stories. I also did not know that King Kong was considered a Science Fiction movie. A lot of Science Fiction during this time had to do with robots. I have read 1984 by George Orwell, but i never realized that it was a science fiction novel.
Superman failed to qualify for the army in WWII due to a misread eye chart.
Metropolis was one of the first true science fiction movies, developed and filmed in Germany.
Science fiction stories now were becoming focused on the adaptation of robots/aliens and the possibility of the human race becoming overturned by these mechanical/foreign beings.
A couple of things interested me in Pt. 2. First, King Kong was released in the 1930's and was in a response toward the Great Depression. Also, in the 1950's, SciFi doom stories became popular with tragedy.
In iRobot the machines ran the economy.In science fiction they explore different ways to run the world. In some science fiction it seems that other things/creatures end up running the economy. Whether it be creatures running the economy or machines. When C.S. Lewis wrote about religion for the first time, it began to become a theme in science fiction. There was no clear category for science fiction to be labeled, because it was ever changing.
I found the quote "Science fiction; never particulary cheerful" from the movie was very interesting. I do feel like most Science fiction stories are very down, and sad.
It was interesting how the U.S. Government believed they had leaked information when one of the science fiction stories predicted one of their top secret projects. It is interesting how Science Fiction has been ahead in technology, which is then later developed in truth.
I did not know that C.S Lewis wrote any science fiction stories. Also, that King Kong was released during the Great Depression and was used as relief from problems.
It's interesting that the government started to freak out when early science fiction writings were using stuff like the Atom bomb and other things, the government was creating them to. It makes you think if we're close to anything else that's in the science fiction of our time.
One of the first science fiction movies was A Trip to the Moon, which was more like fantasy because it viewed the ideas of what fantastical creatures and things would be on the moon. Also, science fiction displayed more things with destruction, invasions, and negative ideas than positive.
I thought it was interesting the three rules robots had to follow in the story Irobot. I also like their views on technology and how it did not start with futuristic things but with super hero's and bad guys.
Science Fiction changes with the times. In it's early stages it was about super heroes and monsters. Then when the 50's and the cold war came it was about nukes and the threat of global thermonuclear war.
Ardous Huxley helped to revolutionize the way utopia vs dystopia novels are written within Science Fiction. He created a world where humans are similar to machines in the way that they are handled.
I think that it is very interesting that science fiction got so far-fetched at one point that one magazine had to insist on a believable story. I thought that the point of science fiction was to write about whatever you could think of as long as it combined science and fiction. I was also surprised when it said that 1984 and Brave New World were science fiction. When I read those books, I thought they were just fiction.
Science fiction writing really took a high tale after WWI. People where looking for a way out. People could start too deal with the horribal realitys that was WWI by picking up a book that made fun of their government, or people that had it worst off then them. This kept going esppically after WWII as science was being developed and writers ideas went wild.
i heard that people went crazy and thought that the world was being taken over by aliens when War of the Worlds played on the radio. i thought that it seems crazy but i didn't live back then and they didn't have the technology to really see if the world was being invaded. also i didn't know that king kong was made to distract people from the depression.
I was surprised when I learned that people actually freaked out when H. G. Wells' War of The Worlds was broadcast on the radio, and I giggled because if I was in that position, I would have thought the same thing, and that is one of my favorite movies. I liked how Sci-Fi was an escape for the adults of the Great Depression and provided entertainment, even in rough times.
the origional sci fi stories were about monsters and super hero characters not space travel or technology
ReplyDeleteI noticed that Science fiction uses a lot of description in it's stories. They are interesting and have a lot of description so you can see it. Even though you might have not have an idea about what they are talking about it's descriptive enough to have some sort of picture in your mind about it. I just thought that was really cool, because it can keep me reading if I can imagine it.
ReplyDeleteI think this slide was very interesting especially the part about the i robot because it gave humans a positive outlook technology. But what i thought was even more interesting was that writers wanted there work of the negative thought of technology and not posting it as science fiction, which may or may not be a good thing that they did that but i wish they would have gone into more depth on that because i think it would have been interesting to see the 2 sides of what their thoughts were on technology.
ReplyDeleteMost early science fiction was more about superheroes and gagdets than space travel.
ReplyDeleteI did not know that Science Fiction stories were not called science fiction at this time, but instead they were called invention stories or make believe stories. I also did not know that King Kong was considered a Science Fiction movie. A lot of Science Fiction during this time had to do with robots. I have read 1984 by George Orwell, but i never realized that it was a science fiction novel.
ReplyDeleteSuperman failed to qualify for the army in WWII due to a misread eye chart.
ReplyDeleteMetropolis was one of the first true science fiction movies, developed and filmed in Germany.
Science fiction stories now were becoming focused on the adaptation of robots/aliens and the possibility of the human race becoming overturned by these mechanical/foreign beings.
A couple of things interested me in Pt. 2. First, King Kong was released in the 1930's and was in a response toward the Great Depression. Also, in the 1950's, SciFi doom stories became popular with tragedy.
ReplyDeleteIn iRobot the machines ran the economy.In science fiction they explore different ways to run the world. In some science fiction it seems that other things/creatures end up running the economy. Whether it be creatures running the economy or machines.
ReplyDeleteWhen C.S. Lewis wrote about religion for the first time, it began to become a theme in science fiction. There was no clear category for science fiction to be labeled, because it was ever changing.
I found the quote "Science fiction; never particulary cheerful" from the movie was very interesting. I do feel like most Science fiction stories are very down, and sad.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was interesting how science fiction was introduced into the world, through the many authors and tales they created.
ReplyDeleteKing Kong was made for adults to escape mentally from the depression
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting how the U.S. Government believed they had leaked information when one of the science fiction stories predicted one of their top secret projects. It is interesting how Science Fiction has been ahead in technology, which is then later developed in truth.
ReplyDeleteI did not know that C.S Lewis wrote any science fiction stories. Also, that King Kong was released during the Great Depression and was used as relief from problems.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that early science fiction stories were about superheros.
ReplyDeleteone thing I thought was interesting was that religion plays a large part in science fiction
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting that science fiction has predicted technology in such description, from the submarine to the computer to the space craft...
ReplyDeleteAlso, I thought it entertaining that a radio broadcast of War of the Worlds would bring such widespread hysteria...
It's interesting that the government started to freak out when early science fiction writings were using stuff like the Atom bomb and other things, the government was creating them to. It makes you think if we're close to anything else that's in the science fiction of our time.
ReplyDeleteOne of the first science fiction movies was A Trip to the Moon, which was more like fantasy because it viewed the ideas of what fantastical creatures and things would be on the moon. Also, science fiction displayed more things with destruction, invasions, and negative ideas than positive.
ReplyDeleteI found it interesting that when war of the worlds first came out that people thought that a alien race was really invading the world.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was interesting the three rules robots had to follow in the story Irobot. I also like their views on technology and how it did not start with futuristic things but with super hero's and bad guys.
ReplyDeleteScience Fiction changes with the times. In it's early stages it was about super heroes and monsters. Then when the 50's and the cold war came it was about nukes and the threat of global thermonuclear war.
ReplyDeleteArdous Huxley helped to revolutionize the way utopia vs dystopia novels are written within Science Fiction. He created a world where humans are similar to machines in the way that they are handled.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is very interesting that science fiction got so far-fetched at one point that one magazine had to insist on a believable story. I thought that the point of science fiction was to write about whatever you could think of as long as it combined science and fiction. I was also surprised when it said that 1984 and Brave New World were science fiction. When I read those books, I thought they were just fiction.
ReplyDeletemonster stories where original science fiction stories and science fiction stories got there start in magazines
ReplyDeleteScience Fiction was not originally based around technology.
ReplyDeleteScience Fiction stories featured the atomic bomb prior to its construction.
Science fiction writing really took a high tale after WWI. People where looking for a way out. People could start too deal with the horribal realitys that was WWI by picking up a book that made fun of their government, or people that had it worst off then them. This kept going esppically after WWII as science was being developed and writers ideas went wild.
ReplyDeletei heard that people went crazy and thought that the world was being taken over by aliens when War of the Worlds played on the radio. i thought that it seems crazy but i didn't live back then and they didn't have the technology to really see if the world was being invaded. also i didn't know that king kong was made to distract people from the depression.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised when I learned that people actually freaked out when H. G. Wells' War of The Worlds was broadcast on the radio, and I giggled because if I was in that position, I would have thought the same thing, and that is one of my favorite movies. I liked how Sci-Fi was an escape for the adults of the Great Depression and provided entertainment, even in rough times.
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