This reminded me, strangely enough, of an episode of American Dad! in which the Smith family hosts a haunted house on Halloween. Competing with a neighbour for attention, Stan Smith attempts to make his home horrific by housing serial killers behind glass ...
I see what you're saying, Dewey. I think it sticks out to me in Cabin in the Woods in particular when certain concessions are made to allow for flux. For example, the stereotypical sacrifice/death must culminate with the virgin. Still, those orchestr ...
Very insightful post, Cameron. My thoughts went immediately to Zizek/Lacan and a return to the Real. Violence is entailed in the return, and the term used is the Event (also, Cut or Trauma): a violent rupture from the previous paradigm/reality. What also ...
Really enjoyed the discussion here, Robert. This might be slightly off the track of the uncanny in tech, but when I came across your Clark reference, the first thing that came to mind was Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle. Specifically, Vonnegut writes &q ...
I hadn't seen this either, so this was quite intriguing to encounter. Very insightful discussion. First thought came to mind was that this sounds like "The Entire History of You" in different form- and I remember you saying that you enjoyed ...
Frank, I agree very much that it's important to discuss this material with students. When I teach composition, I usually teach a section on the pervasiveness of tech, the obsession with flattened relationships, &c. I remember an instance in which ...
Thank you kindly, Sarah! If not a commodification of violence, a commodification of spectacle. I need to catch up to Season 2, but Season 1 seems to have a common thread throughout in how the screen functions in relation to spectacle. The example above is ...
Thanks, Robert! There's something similar here to "The Machine Stops" by E. M. Forster- relationships are increasingly mediated through the technology that dictates the social parameters of the commune. This episode is very much about the p ...
Dr. O'Neill, Thank you for your response. I use the term "citizen" in so much as they are part of the commune. Perhaps "resident" would be a better term? It's never labeled as such, but I think that's more than valid to ...
Interesting points, Sarah! Have you by chance encountered Patchwork Girl by Shelley Jackson? As a response to Frankenstein framed in hypertext, it sounds particularly relevant to your discussion. It came to mind when I read particularly: "Black Mirro ...
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