Evan F. - HON 255

Philip K. Dick was an American Sci-Fi writer who produced 44 novels and 121 short stories over the course of his professional career. Dick's most prolific works include, "The Man in the High Castle", "Do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep", and 'Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said'. As we have covered in class, Dick's, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", was adapted into the 1982 film, "Blade Runner". As if not already an eclectic personality, Dick focused his later career on the subjects of theology, metaphysics, and reality. Along with his illustrious career, Dick was known for his frequent drug use and paranormal experiences, although it is almost certain that the two were linked. Furthermore, Dick's work continues to inspire movies, the most recent being the 2015 Amazon Prime Series based off of his work, "The Man in the High Castle". Unfortunately, Dick suffered a stroke in 1982 and subsequently died, 4 mont

Director Ridley Scott  Replicant (robots that are basically humans) - declared illegal  Blade Runner hunt the Replicants  LA 2019  huge city with smog and pinnacles of fire  huge city complex that looks like aztec temple  robot shoots test administrator  "off world colonies" chance to begin again  other blade runners come and collect Harrison Ford (fellow blade runner) Harrison Ford = Deckard  rewatching the interview  Nexus 6 4 year life span after experiencing emotions  blush test on female robot secretary  commerce is our goal  "More human than human" implanted memories  Deckard goes to replicant's apartment  Roy - blonde leader  Tyrell corporation "knows everything" looking for J.F. Sebastian  Robot scares Deckard in the elevator  Replicant cries about being a replicant  Pris meets J.F. Sebastian   Pris and JF go inside JF's apartment  prints a copy of a zoomed in image of a woman's face and the skin piece he found matches her neck tattoo 

 

director originally worked on satellites but then used his imagination in sci-fi reference to Clock Work Orange  long black screen with only creepy music (like an opera) MGM lion but only icon not moving  starts with, "most famous sound track ever made" empty desert scene  animal and human bones visible on the surface  ant eaters and monkeys coexisting but fighting over resources  monkey heard meets another monkey heard and goes crazy (scares other heard off) monkeys hide during the night  monkeys wake up to find monolith emitting ominous angelic bumble bee music  cuts to silence of the surroundings  monkey makes hammer using animal bones  monkeys with bone bats are standing on two feet and the other monkeys are not  evolved monkeys kill one of the not involved as example bone transfers to space ship  "Blue Danube" by Strause  Pan American flight trying to land on satellite   voie recognition  "Hilton" hotel  Picture Phone  American speaks to Russians  two

     My favorite film from the Netflix series, " Love, Death, and Robots ", was, " Pop Squad ". I personally really enjoyed, " Pop Squad ", because of the commentary it made on American Culture, our obsession with youth, as well as its reference to American Individualism.      Americans have long been known for our sense of individualism, both as a country and as single participants in society. I found that this notion was reflected back to us in, " Pop Squad ", when the upper echelon made comments on the less fortunate being that way because of their own actions. The idea of every person being solely responsible for their standing in society goes back to the beginning of America, and is arguably one of our founding principles. Furthermore, the American obsession with youth was also touched upon. Again, the upper echelon can be seen rewinding their biological clock, referred to as a "boost", with the aid of modern science and technology

Three Robots: "Part 1"  starts with direct reference to terminator (robot crushing human skull) robot tourists in a post apocalyptic world  can't understand how to dribble a ball robots shade humans and their lack of cognitive abilities  interacts with a cat  XBox 3  human's destroyed themselves due to environmental disaster (NOT nuclear) Three Robots: Exit Strategies  "I lubricate guns with liberal tears" the poor had no real survival strategies (the rich did) robot uprising  lottery to eat  could have used the money they spent on Mars on saving Earth  cats made it to Mars  The Dump  dirty old man that lives in the dump  condominium next door wants him gone  creature eats "Pearly" creature eats everyone/ everything and it becomes a part of the monster  creature eats city health inspector  creature is old man's "dog" The Witness  woman sense abuse happening next door and sees abuser through window  set somewhere in China  massive sky

different shapes but same color  blue period = "huge murals" spectacle made Zima famous  Zima turned himself into a robot  machine to clean swimming pool  every modification it became more human  can't tell the difference between human with robot parts versus robot with human parts  Zima unmakes himself (kills himself) and returns to pool cleaning robot  reference to Yves Klein  Post-WWII European Artist  Nouveau réalisme Pioneer in performance art, pop art, and minimalism  The Void 1958 Way ahead of his time Died (heart attack) while viewing one of his films at the Venice Film Festival 

1st long format Sci-Fi movie  Focus is between rich v. poor, young v. old, employee v. employer, good v. evil, dirty v. clean etc. Maria is the "saving grace"; associated with "purity" and "the light" (cross imagery) "Hel" is associated with evil as the upside-down pentagram is shown; her name is also one letter off of "hell" Freder's stalker is dressed in extremely linear clothing (long straight jacket with sharp lines, simple geometric hat, dark eye makeup) quality of air pollution also distinguished between the have and have nots  clothing differences distinguish the rich v. the poor, young v. old, and have v. have nots (rich look like Wall Street type, Freder is dressed in boy's play clothes, and the workers are dressed like factory workers of the time period) End of Class  "will 10 hours never end" = reference to work day (christ on the cross imagery) workers take off their hat and kneel in Maria's presence (m

My name is Evan Fleming and I am a senior studying Entrepreneurship at UTampa. I came to UTampa on the pre-med track, however, I quickly realized that was not for me. I have really enjoyed being a part of the business college and look forward to graduating this upcoming Spring. I also run the FAB LAB on campus and am the Vice President of the Honors Executive Board. With my last two semesters at UTampa I have decided to start a pop-culture magazine entirely run by UTampa students called, NERO MAGAZINE. In my free time, I enjoy traveling and hanging out anywhere with beautiful water or in a big city. Furthermore, I am excited for the wide range of material in this class. I am not really a sci-fi person but the way the Professor has explained the material sounds very interesting. I am also interested in exploring the wide-span impact of the media on larger society. I am also looking forward to the group projects and collaboration present throughout the class.