Science fiction is always for me one of the most interesting and odd genres out there. What I know is that any time the mention of the future or the present being the future guaranteed you got Sci-Fi. What is it? How should I know, but I feel I got a grasp on the genre.
The genre is a look at the current technology and what it can become like cyborgs, homes that do everything for humans, intergalactic space journeys from planet to planet from the government trying to kill you. If you didn't get the references then here you go. Ghost In The Shell or Blade Runner, The Veldt and Star Wars. All are three different types.
Yet, we cannot forget the usual stereotypes where robots control man and we overcome destroying them. Or how post-apocalyptic worlds re-evolve to better places. OR even the space journey which plays out like Lord of The Rings. Now these steretypes can stay with us and help the genre. I love these stereotypes. Fantasy is old for me. Science Fiction always as me at my toes.
It truely is a genre where it changes how the world ends up. Space rockets and languages used as weapons came from Sci-fi. What makes you think Star Wars will not become a possibility.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
The Hobbit
Yeah you try to keep interested in that book. The prequels to Redwall were way better than The Annotated Hobbit. I attempted to read and I just could not swallow it. The reason I couldn't is because it of the child like writing. That sounded cruel, but I felt that is the truth. Long winded writing bores me. Now Lord of The Rings I can talk about. Didn't read all of it, but from I do recall is that I had a mind explosion at the attention of detail that made you feel you could see it! The films lagged in that. Yes great locations, but not the way I would see it.
Now how the book relates to my major which is Digital Film is the hero's journey. But I am go negative on this topic. The film and book series is nothing more than walking. Then again almost all hero's journey's are like that. Star Wars is nothing more than flying, sword fighting and talking. Yet we love the dialogue and the action that takes places. To me it is tough to pick which is a great fantasy novel and or because I feel there are stereotypes as to the fans of the genre.
Then again Lord of The Rings was great in that the message is about finishing what you started. Morality at its best.
Now how the book relates to my major which is Digital Film is the hero's journey. But I am go negative on this topic. The film and book series is nothing more than walking. Then again almost all hero's journey's are like that. Star Wars is nothing more than flying, sword fighting and talking. Yet we love the dialogue and the action that takes places. To me it is tough to pick which is a great fantasy novel and or because I feel there are stereotypes as to the fans of the genre.
Then again Lord of The Rings was great in that the message is about finishing what you started. Morality at its best.
Vampires
Okay so Vampires. Lets face it and get over it. No long is Dracula private and secluded. Now he is SPARKLE!
Getting back to the topic at hand.
Twilight has got to be one of the most boring book series ever. Edward is a bitch. Bella is an emo high school brat. Jacob is just in denial in Bella's obsession with Edward. There is no development. As time progresses you read it in hopes that someone gets laid or bit. And no one does. The build is lackluster at best.
The attempt at making Dracula a high school student with an anti-social attitude is more like Frankenstein. Looking over the idea sounds neat, but make him cool. Don't have a Gothic novel become a book of smut.
Stephanie Myers goes into detail about everyone must follow along with only to find it is religious. So the idea has no longer become about death, but rather kids need to follow purity in sex and wait til marriage. I hate to say, but look at how well that worked.
On the flip of that Dracula was a great read. The detail of going into how Dracula would seduce his victims is interesting. Whereas the set up and pay off in Twilight is not gripping or intriguing.
Do I feel it may be due to that both writers were of the opposite sex? No. I feel it had to do with the times and the life which both writers lived.
Getting back to the topic at hand.
Twilight has got to be one of the most boring book series ever. Edward is a bitch. Bella is an emo high school brat. Jacob is just in denial in Bella's obsession with Edward. There is no development. As time progresses you read it in hopes that someone gets laid or bit. And no one does. The build is lackluster at best.
The attempt at making Dracula a high school student with an anti-social attitude is more like Frankenstein. Looking over the idea sounds neat, but make him cool. Don't have a Gothic novel become a book of smut.
Stephanie Myers goes into detail about everyone must follow along with only to find it is religious. So the idea has no longer become about death, but rather kids need to follow purity in sex and wait til marriage. I hate to say, but look at how well that worked.
On the flip of that Dracula was a great read. The detail of going into how Dracula would seduce his victims is interesting. Whereas the set up and pay off in Twilight is not gripping or intriguing.
Do I feel it may be due to that both writers were of the opposite sex? No. I feel it had to do with the times and the life which both writers lived.
Harry Potter and fantasy
Okay sooooo I have been lazy and busy, but mostly the later.
About two weeks ago we were talking about fantasy novels. One option was The Golden Compass. Having read that novel many years ago I got through the first page and put it down. Never use to do that until that book. There was no real intriguing character delevopment for me.
Now Happy Potter on the other hand was fun. I stopped reading after the 4th book, Goblet Of Fire. Reading up to that point I recall the amount of detail that went into setting up environment and characters. You could read two pages and it would all be from how a room looked or something Harry was about to do. It was fun. That is what I loved about it.
Sadly people tarnished the name of the series with badly made movies except for Prisoner of Azkaban, obsessed fans, and religious fundamentalists. The series was great for kids, but some parents thought it was for adults due to it having magic and wizardry.
Here is the story about boy whose parents were killed by the evil magician, Voldemort, who then goes to his aunt's house. While there he is put through hell for being different. Yet, one day it all changes when he is chosen to become a wizard at Hogwarts. Okay well if you Lord of The Rings, the Hero's Jounrey begins!
That is something I have never heard about Harry being compared too. But it's true. However, he is journey is 7 books. Which is unique. He keeps going to back to the journey because each time there are forces to keep him out.
Okay at this point I have rambled on and need to stop.
All in all Harry Potter is pure escapism, but how J.K. Rowling writes makes it that much more appealing coming from a woman's perspective versus someone like Lovecraft.
About two weeks ago we were talking about fantasy novels. One option was The Golden Compass. Having read that novel many years ago I got through the first page and put it down. Never use to do that until that book. There was no real intriguing character delevopment for me.
Now Happy Potter on the other hand was fun. I stopped reading after the 4th book, Goblet Of Fire. Reading up to that point I recall the amount of detail that went into setting up environment and characters. You could read two pages and it would all be from how a room looked or something Harry was about to do. It was fun. That is what I loved about it.
Sadly people tarnished the name of the series with badly made movies except for Prisoner of Azkaban, obsessed fans, and religious fundamentalists. The series was great for kids, but some parents thought it was for adults due to it having magic and wizardry.
Here is the story about boy whose parents were killed by the evil magician, Voldemort, who then goes to his aunt's house. While there he is put through hell for being different. Yet, one day it all changes when he is chosen to become a wizard at Hogwarts. Okay well if you Lord of The Rings, the Hero's Jounrey begins!
That is something I have never heard about Harry being compared too. But it's true. However, he is journey is 7 books. Which is unique. He keeps going to back to the journey because each time there are forces to keep him out.
Okay at this point I have rambled on and need to stop.
All in all Harry Potter is pure escapism, but how J.K. Rowling writes makes it that much more appealing coming from a woman's perspective versus someone like Lovecraft.
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