Monday, November 13, 2017

Week 9 Reading and Movies: The Martian, Star Trek, Forbidden Planet, Foundation

SPACE OPERA


SPACE: THE FINAL FRONTER. Ah yes, finally. Now we're getting into the stuff that's my literal life-blood. The markers of 19th century popular fiction are, to name a few, the damsel in distress or the "future woman", the macho man who understands/respects others for the most part (if it's a woman, then he's probably being a bit sexist even though he's "trying"), the alien/robot/monster creature that has no conscious or humanity, and the scientist that takes things too far in the name of "science".


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