Alien Resurrection

I chose to watch the films Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection. These films reflect changing within the American experience and identify it three different ways. For one it discusses the idea of fear of the unknown, and the exploration of the new frontier. Two, it discusses the idea of advancement’s in technology and science, and how those two can quickly turn their backs on you. The third idea being a lead role for a women and a feminist character within a franchise. Alien as a franchise explores the idea of space travel and the unknown. The film tells the story of a journey undertaken by a group of explorers to find an unknown species and try to figure out what this extraterrestrial life form is. The unknown species ends up coming abroad the ship and implanting a child within one of the crew members. At the end of the film the Alien is killed, but the series of movies after the original shows that the Alien has not yet been defeated and not even Sigourney Weaver’s character, Ripley, can defeat this horrifying creature.…

As a Person of God and a member of the Body of Christ through baptism, God calls me to serve others as He served during the incarnation. God calls us to take part in Jesus ' life, death, and resurrection, or the Paschal Mystery, so we can share in Him and experience His life on earth. In addition, as a member of the Church, I am called to demonstrate in all that I do the Marks of the Church: one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. Through my service at Field Elementary, I was not only able to…

A individual willing to give up his life, make a change, and full of agape love delineates Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Sydney Carton emulates Jesus Christ through his actions of selflessness, sacrifice, love, commiseration, and resurrection, which is why reason readers are able to make a connection between Christ and him and identify Dicken’s true intentions behind the novel. Virgil Nemoianu expounds on Dickens use of Christian characteristics; however, he wasn’t…

It would seem unimaginable that in time God would resurrect all persons who have passed to their original bodily form. That those who were cremated and their ashes spread in the ocean or on earth would be restored by God’s will. Like most people, I’ve experienced loss of a loved one, my mother who was cremated and her ashes spread in Rocky Mountain National Park, her request while living. Linda Badham’s realistic approach of resurrection and the problems associated with life after death…

Prometheus directed by Scott Ridley, who is known for Blade Runner (1982), Alien (1979), Gladiator (2000), and Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014). Ridley has been nominated for 3 Oscars for best director for such films as Black Hawk Down, Gladiator, and Thelma and Louise. The name of the film itself echoes Greek mythology of the Titan Prometheus who is known as “the creator of mankind,” and thief of fire from Zeus which advanced the human race. Additionally Prometheus is also referenced to as “the…

“Trust doesn’t come with a refill. Once it’s gone, you probably won’t get it back, and if you do, it will never be the same and that's a fact.”- Unknown. In the tv series The Twilight Zone, an episode called The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street. In the episode, aliens took all the power off and eventually flickering all the lights. The neighbors thought that whoever owned the house with the mysterious light was the alien. Eventually, the whole turned into chaos. This episode is based on the…

The Resurrection The mythology of resurrection can be intriguing. Humans, for centuries, have tried to find hope and security in powers out of our control. The idea of pleasing and gaining relations with the mysterious powers that control the world around us has evolved over generations due to it being a natural instinct that we find the meaning to life. Despite the fact that many of these religious stories are similar, most were created at different times. Many of us emerge a belief in a life…

Paul wrote what he did. He had received word that the church of Corinth did not believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead at the return of Jesus. The question at hand is whether or not those who place their faith in Christ will be resurrected at Christ's return. This is is evident earlier in verse 12 when Paul asked “how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?” Paul uses the arguments given in verses 29-32 as grounds for verses 33 and 34. In verse 29 Paul begins with…

narrative of Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection and how it affects everyone who chooses to believe it to be true. Elevation Worship is the worship band at Elevation Church, a multi-campus church founded by Steven Furtick, in which hundreds of thousands of people attend on a weekly basis (Elevationchurch.org). The head pastor Steven Furtick helps write most of Elevation Worship’s music, including this one. This song strives to connect the dots between Jesus’ death and resurrection and…

He attaches Himself into the equation and claims: "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die" (11:25-;26). A few years after Jesus, John, His closest apostle, wrote that the "children of God"-referring to the Christians-"shall be like him" (I John 3:3). In reinforcing this confidence, St. Paul explained in the fifteenth chapter of I Corinthians that in the same way as Jesus was raised from the…