2001: A Space Odyssey

A film editor organizes the various shots obtained by the director into sequence in order to tell the director and writer’s story. In early film, editors would work with raw film combining the many shots into sequences resulting in motion pictures. Today’s editors have the advantage of digital film and editing software such as Adobe Premiere. Editing does not end at sequencing the shots. The editor must add the sound to the sequences of shots. The editor will add recorded dialogue, and…

It’s harmful to your reading, your writing, and your mind. You’re less likely to retain information when you know you won’t need it off the top of your head, when you can look something up later. Carr paraphrases the main point of 2001: A Space Odyssey into his chilling last sentence. “... as we come to rely on computers to mediate our understanding of the world, it is our own intelligence that flattens into artificial intelligence.”. His concern is perfectly logical, relying on something…

Star Trek to make the series (“Arthur” Newsmakers 1). Arthur grew a reputation for creating accurate and interesting scientific articles and still enjoyed writing of the fictional side in novels of which he wrote over a hundred (Abbott 1). 2001: A Space Odyssey became one of the most popular science fiction books of its time, in 1968, giving Clarke the biggest science fiction following (“Arthur” Newsmakers 2). He made movies for some of his books that also gained a lot of popularity and even…

Many people around the world have an interest in the future and how the world will be in the next couple of decades. Some of these ideas become reality when they are put on paper or made into a film. Dystopian stories give readers and viewers a new perspective on the world and it is possible horrible future. There are many different stylistic elements that provide a clear view for an audience to understand what is happening in a dystopian story, but the most vital element is their interpretation…

Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is a great example of this. The film moves slowly, dialogue is sparse, and the ending provides anything but closure to the viewer. Even so, 2001 only gets better upon reviewing, because the copious amount of detail and overwhelming ambiguity in the storyline and its construction allow the viewer to see and experience…

Hal (2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968). 2001. 10 Monumental Fight Scenes in SciFi, n.p. Comp. Furious Fanboys. “The scene in which Bowman disconnects HAL (the computer). There is no montage here, no time-compressing cutting techniques: instead, Kubrick shows us Bowman disconnecting…

Technology is advancing to where everyday tasks become simpler with a click of a button. Search engines like Bing, Yahoo, or even Google allow people to instantly find answers that we are looking for on any topic. In Nicholas Carr’s article “ Is Google Making Us Stupid,” he appeals to readers’ emotions to describe personal experiences, uses logic, facts, and analysis backed by research to lure the audience in, and persuades them that the internet causes our brain to be easily distracted and…

Automation will eventually be the cause for loss of human ability.” These were the words written by Nicholas Carr in his article, Is Google Making Us Stupid, published for The Atlantic 2008 monthly cover. He begins writing with a quote from 2001: A Space Odyssey movie to connect to the pathos level of HAL, the supercomputer, losing its mind. This connection gave the audience a good sense of imagery on how the author feels about the internet being responsible for his lack of concentration. He…

In ‘Is Google Making Us Stupid?’, Nicholas Carr displays his views on how technological advances have brought great advancements and success to the world, however, he also argues how such advancements have become detrimental to the mindset of mankind. The fact that it has such long explanation probably helped validate his point to many readers, including me. While reading the article, I paused after every two pages or so of text to take a break, which mirrors Carr’s own experiences of reading…

The Hippie era has come to end and the days of self awareness have arrived. Instead of focusing on love to all, many Americans were indulging in their own self pleasure. According to Alfred Kinsey’s research,” Americans sexual behavior deviated from their widely accepted norms” (Escoffier 1). Wilhelm Reich added to Kinsey’s research with the remark that he, “believed sexual repression overwhelmingly distorted psychological development “(Escoffier 1). To further societies receptivity of…