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I found this particular piece of artwork in the tunnels near Lanark residence, and obviously painted by some of its floor members quite a few years ago. This particular sign caught my eye because I was curious as to why an entire floor of people would choose a 2001 children’s animated movie to represent them in a public area for an indeterminate amount of time. I believe that the Shrek painting is a perfect example of a social media meme. According to Little (2014), “Internet memes—images that…

We all knows there are some characters of superheroes. The two most famous characters of superheroes are Batman and Spiderman. They both are brave enough to fight criminal things. But, they also have some differences like their family background, how they become heroes, and how they fight criminal things. First, family background. Batman was born from a rich family, he has his own home and he had enough to fulfill his needs. While spiderman is just a simple guy from simple family even after…

Director Ridley Scott's science fiction film 'The Martian' slammed the box office over the weekend with a healthy $55 million. The film nearly surpassed the 2013 science fiction thriller film directed and produced by Alfonso Cuarón, 'Gravity.' As the Gravity film has the highest-grossing October debut in history. The reviews that expressed great pleasure over the film strengthened Ridley Scott's released of The Martian, as the critics also called the movie among the director's best and heaped…

Superman is an all-powerful alien from Krypton with supernatural abilities such as super strength and heat vision.Batman, however, is simply a man in a bat suit without super powers, how could Batman even prevail against Superman?Batman's not an ordinary human that you may think, he possesses no weakness, he's a remarkably intelligent man, he knows supermans weakness, and since he acknowledges martial arts he can protect himself from danger.Although both Superman and Batman are superheroes,…

Superhero movies we see them everywhere and we all know how they start and how they end, but do we actually know how the detail and plotline of a hero’s journey appear in these movies. Well Marvel one of the biggest staples of superhero franchise released their big movie featuring everyone's favorite heroes and this film was directed by Joss Whedon and grossed over 1.5 billion dollars over opening weekend. This filmed did well because of many factors that the film pulled together and let it…

In the first chapter of Alan Moore’s graphic novel, Watchmen, a masked vigilante named Rorschach utilizes violence and pain as a method of achieving results. His method confirms and extends a few of the theories mentioned in Harvard professor Elaine Scarry’s published study, The Body in Pain. Rorschach’s violence on pages twenty-three and twenty-four of Watchmen stems from his mission to find out who brutally murdered Edward Blake, a fellow vigilante also known as “The Comedian”. Rorschach…

The reaction to Marvel’s next superhero flick has been more positive than even the optimistic main actor, Chris Pratt could have hoped for. Insanely risky, even for Marvel’s standards, Guardians of the Galaxy features a talking raccoon, a green Saldana and a talking tree. To top it all off, it’s directed by James Gunn, notorious writer of both Movie 43 and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. Despite all the potential for disaster (there’s plenty), the film has been hailed as an entertaining,…

“Modern-Day Heroes” By: Luigi Perrotta Over a thousands of years our image of a hero has changed So extreme. Early on in the our world a Hero was viewed as someone who brought food home for their familys, Someone who is nonselfish provider and a pure hearted hero. Later on, however, Heroes became something who did good for all people of the world. That's where Superman comes into play. Superman is one of, if not one, most well known Heroes. Yes he was born with super powers, but he is who…

The TV show I have chosen for the review is called The Flash. The Flash was viewed in the CW channel at 8/7c at night of every Tuesday. The target audience for The Flash are teens and young adults. The Flash is about protagonist, Barry Allen, gaining super speed and become a hero called the Flash. When Barry gained his super speed, other people also acquired unique power which some chose to use it in wrong way. Barry becomes the Flash to protect city he is living in, Central City, from many…

Why are origin films are so popular? How origin films have changed the lives of many. Origin films have been around for decades and have built the foundation for many remakes and sequels. Moreover, origin films base the foundation for many movies because they grab the attention of the audience. The purpose of these films are to introduce people to the story of that superhero. Generally, they show how the hero gets his/her powers, and how they rise to fame as the superhero of that particular film…