Movie project stuff

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Seminar Reflection

Write a 1/2 page to 1 page (double spaced) seminar reflection and post it to your blog. What was said? By whom? What questions or issues were answered or addressed? What questions or issues remain? What did the movie, text, and discussions make you think about?

I think this seminar did not go smoothly a lot of the time. Most of the time people were just arguing randomly and I don't think that they really understood what they were arguing about. However, there were some interesting points brought up. I thought it was really interesting how Sarai said that ignorance was a really big theme in this movie. She gave the example of how the media didn't really understand what they were reporting about; it was all just based on false assumptions and same thing with the every day people.

Another thing I found interesting was how Michael compared Klattu to a dictator and how he was peacefully threatening Earth. Then I connected this to Hobbes' idea of how people live in peace out of fear of death. That was how he was trying to get the United States to listen to him and that's how he succeeded.

Overall the seminar was just okay for me. I didn't feel extremely interested in it, only because people were yelling too much.

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The Day the Earth Stood Still

How did the text help you look at the film differently? Do you agree with the author of the handout?

When the author was talking about the movie, I agreed with him at certain points. He stated that, "the threat of violence is essential to the smooth running of the rational state. I didn't really agree with that statement because if I understand it correctly he is saying we are irrational unless there is the threat of death. I personally don' t think that is the case because usually it is the opposite, and we are more irrational when faced with violence. However, he did say that in the movie "individualism is merely irrational selfishness." That I do agree with. I think that when Hellen's boyfriend was going to rat out Klattu, he was only thinking for himself and not the world as a whole. In this movie, the people were extremely selfish and I think that is sometimes the case in real life too. He also said that "science in general isn't bad, but it is when used in an irrational and irresponsible maner." I agree with that too because we have to respect the technology we have and not take advantage of it. It is potentially dangerous and I agree that we need to take care of it very well.

Seminar Reflection

Write a 1/2 page to 1 page (double spaced) seminar reflection and post it to your blog. What was said? By whom? What questions or issues were answered or addressed? What questions or issues remain? What did the movie, text, and discussions make you think about?

During this seminar we discussed many topics. Some of the topics that we discussed were how the movie was critical of the liberal point of view, negotiation, what role the media played in the movie, and populism. I found the discussion on the role of the media, pretty interesting. We talked about whether or not it is appropriate to inform the nation of the findings. I personally believe that the way they went about the media in the movie was correct. I thought it was appropriate for them the inform the nation after they looked into "the thing" more in depth. If we inform the public about something scary without providing any evidence about it, they will be very scared. But, after we look into it more and can provide more information, then it is appropriate to let the public know.

I kind of disagree with this movie, because I kind of think that we need to try to negotiate with the enemy before we bring violence to it. I do think that since it was kind of a life or death situation it was appropriate to take action, but if they had approached the situation differently in the first place things would have panned out better.

The issue to me that still remains is who does "the thing" really represent.

"The Thing"

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The Thing

What does the film say about the role of scientific elites in society? Why? What scenes demonstrate this?

The film, to me, seemed to show how the military and the scientists both believe their way is better. I think that the scientists are seen as the stuck up people who seem to think they know it all. They seem to show it this way in order to show the conflict between the military and themselves. In the movie one of the scenes that shows it is where the military man finds out about the plasma plants and how they fight over them. I think that the scientists attitude toward the alien is a little odd. I don't really understand how they treat it normally if it's supposed to represent the soviets.