Blade

Hamlet raised his voice to the crowd "This is what you want, yes? A good show?" The crowd cheered in unison, begging the two to get on with their fight. Laertes stomped his foot on the ground in front of him, steadying himself for the next strike. "Hamlet my friend, you know this is futile. Your first hit was out of pure luck. The next three will come from me as a direct result of pure talent. You cannot win." They quietly paced in calculated circles around their stage. Their swords raised high…

katana from its resting place. Her left hand grabbed the hilt while she held the cherrybark sheath between her ribs and the stump that remained of her right arm. Amikah pulled the blade from its scabbard with one silent movement. She placed the sword on the countertop and ran two fingers across the flat side of the blade. “Battle of Gray Ridge,” she…

Chapter Nine The Blade of the Righteous We stood a craggy cliff, overlooking the sea. Flashes of sunset bounced off the water’s surface far below, turning everything the color of honey. I nudged Emma’s arm. “Look.” “That’s not the king’s castle,” she said. “It’s a house.” “But if you look close you’ll notice it’s surrounded by green grass and lush trees,” I said. Her eyes lit up. “You’re right.” “Hmm,” Cotton said, stroking his long beard. “It’s beautiful. But it wasn’t on the map. I don’t…

Wiper blades are devices used to remove rain, debris, snow, and ice from the windscreen. They are also known as windshield wipers or windscreen wipers. They are used by most driven machines including motor vehicles, watercraft, train locomotives and aircraft. They are usually a legal requirement for most of these crafts. A wiper usually consists of metal arm balanced at one end and a long rubber blade attached to the other end. The metal arm is mostly powered by electric motor. The rubber blade…

In the Blade Runner, Tyrell says "More human than human" to Deckard. When thinking of humanity many things may come to mind. The meaning of “human” is their ability to reason and grow as a thinker. This is due to the evolution of our brains and their ability to reach different levels of intellect. The big question here is, what does it means to be human? The word “human being” has many definitions; to be human you will need to have anatomical and biological qualities. Which means as humans we…

succumb to on a daily basis. I strongly accredit that I recognize and accommodate these opportunities, which is why I have relented to taking the fortuity of being in the Scabbard and Blade society. I should be designated for Scabbard and Blade because of my day-to-day delegation of the Five Star Qualities of Scabbard and Blade. Honor is a trait that portrays high respect and obligation towards something or someone. There are many key traits that are classified under honor, such as loyalty,…

Well, these are the confronting dystopian worlds represented in Ridley Scott’s compelling and evocative film, Blade Runner, originally released in the 1980’s and Steve Cutts thought provoking short film entitled Happiness, released in 2017 which both successfully establish a relationship between their purpose, context and the audience. Purpose: Throughout their images,…

Blades Case Chapter 1 1. What are the advantages Blades could gain from importing from and/ or exporting to a foreign country such as Thailand? By importing raw material like rubber and/ or plastic from Thailand at a cheaper price, will reduce Blades’ cost of production and thus increasing Blades’ profits. Given that many of Blades’ competitors have been importing production components from Thailand, if Blades also import from Thailand, it would increase its competitiveness in the U.S. This is…

humans as they have been outlawed on Earth. Blade Runners are special police units tasked with detecting and hunting down Replicants that come to Earth. Holden, a Blade Runner, uses a test designed for detecting Replicants on a new employee, Leon, of the Tyrell Corporation, but after answering a few questions the man becomes agitated and shoots Holden. Deckard, a former Blade Runner, is reluctantly brought back to the police headquarters by another Blade Runner, Gaff, to receive a new…

In what ways can a reading of Blade Runner be justified within the terms – theoretical, historical and aesthetic – of ‘science fiction cinema’? The science fiction genre is difficult to define within a set of conventions. However, through various subgenres and from exploring theoretic ideas, it is evident that Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982) fits into the umbrella term of science fiction. The advanced technology of a futuristic society is presented through the creation of the Nexus 6…