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like death. But because we 're with the hero, we 're taken in immediately, the tests come back in no time at all, the hero is saved, and all is well. Right. Fail. If a visit to the emergency room were made into a movie, it would take, oh, 5 ­ 8 DVDs to play the entire thing. That 's over 12 hours. I got to the emergency room with some friends (one of whom is the reason for the visit) around 1730 on Tuesday. We had left school at 1630ish. We got there and got into one of the triage rooms…

of how children learn. ‘Vygotsky envisioned a more complex relationship between development and learning than either the young Piaget or the elderly Pavlov had conceived.’ Vygotsky’s Developmental Theory: An Introduction (1994) Giants of Psychology [DVD]. California, Davidson Films. His theory suggests that…

Netflix Netflix has become a normal form of relaxation for the average family in today’s world. Research has shown that 9 out of 10 families have some sort of cable and many of them happen to have Netflix. Reed Hasting started the company back in 1997, when he experienced an outrageous late fee after returning a movie from one of the video companies. He figured he could give people what they really desired from the comfort of their own home with less hassle. Since then Netflix became a…

Netflix While there has been a recent increase in the number of people attending theaters to see first run movies, this has not affected the number of individuals and families in our society who have adopted Netflix as an accepted venue for entertainment. Research has shown that 9 out of 10 families have some form of cable and internet in their homes and many of them subscribe to Netflix. The idea behind Reed Hastings, starting the company in 1997 was triggered by the fact that he was faced…

He constantly confirmed his points by giving hard facts and supporting them with evidence. The most important facts in the documentary were so explicit because Spurlock presented them in an exciting and eye-catching manner to intrigue his intended audiences- mostly kids, young adults, and parents. He used graphs, charts, cartoons, and animations to efficiently display his data. For example, when Spurlock shows how much money food companies spend on advertisements per year, the animation was not…

overseeing the production, distribution, and transmission of its programs. Horizontal integration in television refers to one company having a variety of holdings in different industries such as in the print and digital sphere, like comic books and DVD. It’s odd to think that gigantic media conglomerates can have holdings in other companies, such as in the case of Time Warner Cable having holdings in MapQuest and D.C. comics. As Mittell states in chapter 1, it makes sense that companies have…

People talk about Armageddon like it’s some future event. With dramatic morbid gravitas and fanfare ‘POOF’ the earth is now filled with empty shoes and buildings. “That my friend was the human race, and how fast did they run”. Roll credits. Directed by The Coen Brothers ,or whoever the clean shirts decided would sell more. The dirty shirts get up from the stained seats and leave with clear minds out of the theater. “Well that movie was really heavy, but it was so beautifully done. What real…

Cigarettes are one of the most purchased goods. It is also one of the most heavily taxes products that is sold in the United States. The tax will vary by state but the revenues that come from the cigarette tax is enormous. The revenue that each state brings in will also vary in the way that it is spent. The cigarette tax in every state also applies to other products other than cigarettes and cigars. Chewing tobacco (any kind of tobacco that is suitable for chewing and not smoking), snuff or…

In every Disney movie there is some sort of underlying meaning or theme. In Disney’s new movie Frozen, critics saw an enormous amount of reasons why it is a negative influence to the audience especially children. Because the audience is looking at it through an entertainment focus and not looking at it through an analysis point of view, not all are aware of the wrong doings exposed to their children or themselves. A large theme portrayed in the movie Frozen is the difference between the physical…

“V For Vendetta”, by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, definitely a great successful graphic novel about anarchy and liberty. The story was happening in Britain on November, 1997 that you can see the evidence from page 9. The voice of fate broadcast the date “It is the fifth of the eleventh, nineteen-ninety-seven.” which told us this year is 1997s. Then some cities name like “ London, Birmingham” also implied that country was Britain. Next, here came our protagonist “V” who always wears a mask with…