Imagine the Future Blog

    For our final project, we decided to watch the Sci-Fi movie, The Maze Runner , with the added benefit of Dylan O'Brien being in it. This movie is about a group of teenagers that are being on to see if they can withstand the trials of WICKED. WICKED is an organization that is attempting to create a stronger population of humans to save the world from "The Flare", but they are going about this in extremely unethical and dangerous ways. The Flare is an infectious disease that has wiped out Earth's population as a result of climate change and various other factors. Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) and the other teenagers put in the maze endure dangerous battles with Grievers and stings, while trying to find a way to escape the maze. To couple our film, we researched an article about climate change and its potentially detrimental effects on Earth and humanity if it is left unchecked. We thought this article as great for our project because The Maze Runner  is basically highl...

     The Fashion Show presentation was super interesting and a fun thing to be a part of! Honestly, I was pretty apprehensive about it because it is pretty out of my comfort zone, but everyone in class made it a fun show for us to put on. My group and I created looks inspired by the character, Ruby Rhod. His role was originally meant for Prince, so we attempted to incorporate looks from Ruby Rhod in the film and from one of Prince's staple costumes. Our theme was to create fashion looks that were gender fluid because of Ruby Rhod, but also because we believe gender fluid clothings will become a lot more normal and popular in the future. Today, I'll buy mens oversized clothing because I like how they look and how they feel, so I would not be surprised if men started wearing dresses or other normalized female clothing! Hannah and Jenna had looks inspired by Ruby Rhod's two main outfits in the film, the animal print one and the rose look. They used recycled materials from ca...

     The Ready Player One Assignment was one of my favorites. Growing up and especially now, I have never really played interactive video games. My group mate, Hannah, remembers growing up playing Movie Star Planet. So, we decided to use that game for our project. We generated a random avatar and moved throughout the different worlds until we came to a setting that we really enjoyed. We found one girl named Twinkle Toes who was dressed like cotton candy, a style that is definitely not too popular outside of avatars in video games.      We asked her a lot of questions about her style and about why she started playing online video games. She told us she dresses like this in the game because its how she wants to dress in the real world. But she told us she doesn't dress like this in real life for fear of being judged by her peers. I think a lot of people hide aspects of themselves from everyone else because they too are fearful of being judged or made fun of f...

I thought The Fifth Element was a really great movie. In the beginning, I was really confused, but as I kept watching, I understood the meaning of the Fifth Element and how critical it is to the survival of humanity. The cinematography in this film is different some of my favorite that I've seen so far. The sets were extremely intricate and as a member of the audience, you can just tell how much thought and time were put into making this film something special. As a part of the cinematography, I ADORE the costumes in The Fifth Element.  I really love the inclusion of the character Ruby Rhod in the film. This role was originally created for Prince, but he could not participate because of problems with tour dates. Ruby Rhod is such an important character in the film because he represents a character that was highly underrepresented at the time. He represents the acceptance of gender fluidity as a person of color. His inclusion in the film brought a sense of power among minorities tha...

    Alexander McQueen is one of the most influential designers in the fashion industry. He endured a difficult childhood in a lower-class family in London. McQueen grew up openly gay, and later revealed that he was sexually abused by his brother-in-law when he was young.      McQueen is known for breaking the 'rules' of fashion, saying "You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I am here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition". Although he passed away in 2010, he has been very influential in the fashion industry. He has taught other designers to be daring and extend their boundaries --- that playing it safe in the industry will not get you anywhere. McQueen pushed these boundaries through bizarre, abstract fashion statements and wild, outlandish performances on the catwalk. He even designed a prosthetic wooden leg for one of his amputee models, as seen below. McQueen loved incorporating a variety of cultures into his designs as well...

     I loved Interstellar . I had never seen the movie before, but I thought the concepts behind this movie were amazing. Everything in the movie, from the cinematography to the acting was phenomenal. I love how real the scenes looked as well. Matthew McConaughey's acting, especially during the Black Hole Scene, was also well-done. He exhibited saw raw, realistic emotions while he cried for Murph to make him stay, as well as when he was watching his son, Tom, through decades of video messages.      Although the ending of the movie was not your typical happily-ever-after, I think if it was, it would have been an injustice to the overall film. This movie brings awareness to how humanity has destroyed planet Earth through overpopulation, climate change, global warming, and using too many of Earth's natural resources so quickly. It is inevitable that one day Earth will not be able to sustain life anymore, and Interstellar  making it so Earth does not survi...

 Second Life       Ready Player One  is definitely one of my favorite movies so far. It was really cool to see, just like in our avatar research, how real people created avatars to represent who they wished they were. It was clear throughout the movie, especially with Arty, how she was much more confident and secure when playing in the OASIS game. Ready Player One  does a nice job in showing how consuming technology can be in everyday life. Although the OASIS was created to escape the struggles and dreariness of the real world, it became the only thing people did. In many scenes throughout the movie, the audience can see people fighting in the real-world because of the OASIS gaming platform, even actually hurting each other when the game became too real and the stakes got higher. Nolan Sorrento, the film's antagonist, even was willing to go as far as shooting Wade because of what Wade was doing in the game. I really like how, at the end of the movie, W...

     Ghost in the Shell  was a really difficult movie for me to grasp. I think because I haven't watched a lot of anime movies and the cinematography is not what I am used to, I was not really comprehending exactly what was going on. Doing the essay definitely helped me gain a lot of insight into the deeper meanings of the film.      I think it was really interesting to see how Major Motoko Kusanagi came to question her own creation because of the Puppet Master. There has long been an assumption that if a thing has a brain, it is human, or at least alive. Once Kusanagi realized that the Puppet Master had retrieved enough information to develop a brain-like system but still was not human, Kusanagi started to wonder if she was truly human, or maybe just another Section 6 creation.     My favorite quote from the movie was when Kusanagi said  "If man realizes technology is within reach, he achieves it, like it's damn-near instinctive." I rea...

  Star Trek — Episode #1: Captain Kirk When the men look at the woman, she changes into what they want to see (they were seeing a different Nancy Crater) Mrs. Crater can shapeshift into anyone  Intensity of guns can be changed Flip phones came from this series Mr. Crater says Mrs. Crater is “the last of its kind” Mrs. Crater is actually just the person’s identity the creature assumed to survive The creature needs salt to live The creature is killing Kirk’s crew Leonard McCoy saved Captain Kirk and killed the creature Star Trek — Episode #1: Captain Picard (300 years in the future) He is not the captain anymore, living in France making wine Spock is now an ultra A.I. Food is 3D printed Extreme high-tech  Romulans and humans are friends now The girl is connected to Captain Picard She knows a lot about him and feels safe with him; may be Commander Data’s daughter She has skills and talents and can see and feel things she didn’t know she could; she doesn’t know how she can do...

     I've never seen Star Trek before watching it for class, but I get why it is such as popular, well-liked movie! I really enjoyed the character development of Jim Kirk and Spock. Jim started the movie as a reckless, careless man who did not think it was possible to live up to his late father's accomplishments. Throughout the movie, he went from fighting in bars and cheating on exams to literally saving planet Earth from Captain Nero and the Romulans. Jim Kirk became the captain of the U.S.S Enterprise. Spock's character change was less about his achievements and more about his emotional development. As half-Vulcan, he was told he was not supposed to have feelings. However, being half-human, he went through life suppressing his feelings. When Captain Nero destroyed the planet Vulcan, Spock's home, and killed his mother, Spock said he had an uncontrollable rage. After his father told him he married his mother because he loved her, Spock finally began to open up. He re...

      For the project, Hannah, Jenna, and I texted in our group chat about our idea to use an eye as the center point of the of our project. We focused the eye around how Roy Batty views others. At the center is Tyrell, his "father" who created all of the replicants. In the inner part of the eye, we decided to put Roy and his replicant "family" who were deemed as evil by society, despite them not doing anything but wanting to survive in a world where they never asked to be created. Outside of the red circle is where you can find the "good" characters such as Deckard, Rachel, Detective Gaff, and JF Sebastian. We used black and white to create the collage to show how dark and desolate the world can be once humans have too much power, and used red as a symbol for the perceived "evil" of the replicants. There are photos on top of the blue tears to represent Roy Batty's memories, while the tears themselves have no photos. This is a metap...