Thurston Moore

V for Vendetta is a graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd (with additional art by Tony Weare), published by Vertigo. The story depicts a dystopian and post-apocalyptic near-future history version of the United Kingdom preceded by a nuclear war in the 1980s which has left most of the world destroyed. There was movie adaptation made in 2005 but changed some aspects so it would reach a larger audience. This essay will specifically be looking at the comparisons between…

Michael Moore made the documentary Bowling for Combuline. In Moore’s documentary, he explores gun violence in America and the probable causes of it. One of the probable causes he addresses is the fear mongering used by the media. Moore also put a cartoon about the history of America which shows the relationship America has with guns. Within his documentary, he also gives different examples of gun violence in America. One example is, a shooting of a six-year-old in Flint, Michigan. In Bowling for…

Colossus – The Forbin Project Colossus: The Forbin Project is a 1970 American science fiction thriller film based upon the 1966 science fiction novel Colossus written by Dennis Feltham Jones. A massive American defense computer, named Colossus, becomes sentient after being activated. It decides to assume control of the world and all human affairs for the good of mankind. Dr. Charles A. Forbin is the chief designer of a secret government project to build Colossus, an advanced supercomputer to…

The film V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue is a dark thriller set in futuristic, totalitarian Britain. V for Vendetta tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey who is rescued from a life and death situation by a masked vigilante known only as "V." McTeigue uses a wide variety of film techniques to help express thought and emotion of the characters. In the opening scene of ‘V for Vendetta’ McTeigue establishes the setting to be an oppressive, totalitarian society in need…

The Comedy of Nothingness: Nihilism of the Comedian in Watchmen In Alan Moore and Gave Gibbons’ 1986 comic Watchmen, a recurring theme throughout the novel is the use of Nihilism. I will be doing a close reading/literary analysis of how nihilism is reflected and used in the comic Watchmen. I will argue that doing a close reading of the character The Comedian in Watchmen, I can show how the philosophy of Nihilism is reflected not only in the comic but how that connection is represented in present…

everyday lives becomes the norm. In the book The Other Wes Moore: One Name Two Fates, written by Wes Moore, the author examines where the Other Wes Moore went wrong and where the Author Wes Moore went right. The outcomes of both men 's lives are greatly affected by their surroundings, choices, and social influences. Both men are examples of products of their environment, and show how where they come from affects where they end up. The Author Wes Moore grew up in an area where drugs and…

assistant at a local television station(biography, 2017). Her television career received an enormous boost from her next television series, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She played Sue Ann Nivens, White showed audiences that behind her sweet smile lay a sharp wit(biography, 2017). White won two Emmy Awards for her work on the series of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. In contrast to her role as Sue Ann, Betty played the sweet and naive Rose Nylund on the popular 1980s sitcom The Golden Girls. The series…

John Thurston, Global Human Capital Planning Manager for 3M is quoted by Carol Morrison from i4cp as saying that the company overcame ‘one of the most commonly encountered workforce planning challenges’, the propensity of organizational stakeholders for being stuck on the idea that planning is an HR activity (Thurston as cited by Morrison, 2013). In her post titled “3M 's Winning Strategies for Workforce Planning…

Counterpoint, 2004), 108. Thurston Moore, ed., Mix Tape: The Art of Cassette Culture (New York: Universe Press, 2004), 94. Subsequent references are given in parentheses within the text. Mix Tape: The Art of Cassette Culture, 28. Matias Viegener compares the mixtape not to the sonnet, but to the cento: “The mix tape is a list of quotations, a poetic form in fact: the cento is a poem made up of lines pulled from other poems. The new poet collects and remixes.” See Moore, Mix Tape: The Art…

New Orleans, LA. and Memphis, TN. are two cities that have more in common than just sharing a border along the Mississippi River. Both are responsible for birthing a music legacy that has defined American Music, not to mention bragging rights for a culture rich in food and southern folklore, owing to a tourism industry which keeps the local economy afloat. Unfortunately, they often unintentionally compete with each other in having one of the highest poverty rates in the country. As a result,…