The horror film that I watched over the weekend did not particularly pertain to the apocalypse, but was quite scary. I watched a movie called "Strangers." "Strangers" is about a couple that is going through some rough times. However, the two soon forget what happened, as a group of people are messing with them. They start to hear loud knocks at their door, see people creeping in their yard, and, eventually, find these people in their homes. Basically, the entire film consists of the people toying with the couple, until the end, where the couple is found dead on their kitchen floor by two young boys. The movie ends with the strangers heading the other direction on the road.
The film was very scary. I don't enjoy these film too often, but this was very interesting and entertaining.
If there was an apocalypse, I see it happening in the same fashion as it was in the movie, "Children of Men." There would be a World War III. It would be epic and people would be responsible for their own destruction. Like in the movie, a giant war would engulf the whole world, leaving every, once great, country looking like a barren wasteland. People would still survive, however, not many areas would be populated. Only a few, strong countries would be left standing. Those such countries, of which the United States could be one, would heavily control (by way of military and weaponry) their surroundings and what comes in and out of the area. Other people, outside from the people that occupy the strong standing countries, would be killed off or forced into slave camps. The world's countries would kill each other off and then the amount of people would dwindle away until there was nobody left.
My apocalyptic world is similar to Dick's in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? in some way, yet much different in others. First of all, the world in Dick's novel is barren and much of the geography is destroyed, aside from a few areas. This is the same case in my apocalyptic world, where most of the world is desolate, except for a few countries.
The dialogue, lighting, and costuming from the scene in Blade Runner were indicative of a few things. The dialogue between Rachel and Deckard was almost flirty, but not quite. You could tell that the two were, sort of, into each other from their facial expressions and reactions during their conversation. The lighting was very dark and the sky was a dark pink. This gave the scene an almost calm and peaceful, but almost eerie, feel. The costuming was very strange, but quite indicative of garments of the future. Deckard was clad in a scruffy clothes with a brown overcoat, which gave the impression that he wasn't rich or poor, but a middle-class citizen trying to get by. Rachel was dressed in a futuristic suite that looked like something from Star Trek and fit her nicely for her job as an aid to Eldon Rosen.
In the second scene where Roy is talking to Deckard before Roy dies, lighting, music, and dialogue contribute to how the audience feels. Roy is giving his last hooray speech before he dies. He is not angry, but sad that his life has come to an end. For this, the audience feels sympathetic. Deckard, who is sitting on the ground in front of Roy when he is doing this, is quiet, watching Roy during his final moments. From the beginning of Roy's speech, until the end, there is music playing. The music starts very subtle, when the audience is still against Roy; however, as Roy gets deeper into his speech, the music gradually gets louder and louder, before Roy dies and the music stops. In addition, the two are in very dark lighting in this particular scene. During Roy's speech, Deckard is on the ground huddled up, trying to back away from Roy. Once Roy starts giving his final speech, Deckard just looks at him, with the rain pounding down on him. It is possible that Deckard was crying, however, nobody will ever know for sure because it was raining in the scene.
After Roy dies and Deckard is finished with his final mission, he runs off with Rachel for the rest of her life, which ends up lasting the next two weeks. The two travel, what's left of, the country together. They stop at places such as Athens, Ohio for Halloween weekend, Miami, Florida to sit court-side at Heat game, and, lastly, Dallas, Texas where Rachel was supposedly born. Shortly after they leave Dallas, she dies in the hover craft and Deckard gets another call from his boss.
Currently, my research is struggling. I have acquired a number of helpful and useful sources that provide good information towards my topic. My research question is: How can we make sure all calls made in professional sports (MLB, NBA, and NFL) are "got right?" So far, I have found much information that can assist in backing up my points, however, I have not read in-depth on my gathered info. My two possible solutions are 1) institute an instant replay system, that can challenge any call, in the tree major American sports and 2) eliminate referees and have a computer system that makes the calls. I feel that the first idea is much better than the second, because it has already been started. Instant replay is used currently, however, not to its fullest potential.
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