HIST 3260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Space Race, Venera 9, Utopia
9 Nov 2016
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W9: science fiction & dystopia in the age of space tra. The thing from another world, alien, i am. While alien is horror (the horror of alien beings so hostile to humanity), Horror: obsessed with the supernatural, the occult, and the irrational. Science fiction: marked by a focus on science and reason which is fantastic, is explained by natural laws, either those already known or discovered in the film. Narratives are less concerned with inducing terror than with creating a sense of wonder. Blade runner | independence day | the matrix dystopian future although independence day ends as a utopia: science fiction film two broad types: i. ii. Cold war space race (historical context): sought to divide the world between loyalties to the united states and the. Were able to land a vessel on venus and snap a picture and beam it back to earth before the vessel burnt up.
