fear trails along the border of apocalyptic horrific possibility. Is this the result of humans searching elsewhere for fearful ideas or humans realizing the worst case scenario dangers of our scientific ventures? Through competitive markets, naturally throughout the monster movie evolution there has been a
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push to further the fear factor in each movie. How might one accomplish a more terrifying experience for the viewer? The horror tales of the future play upon one’s imagination which is where the scariest
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monsters lie. In Telotte’s article, the main focus was more than just futuristic apocalyptic films. Telotte questioned the subliminal motives for focusing on such films and sought clarity on a related but separate
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topic, the topic of human doubling. This subject of human doubling is another fear of the future. Genocide
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is horrendous in itself, but what of living in a blissful life sanz any emotions or worrying? At first one
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might become a little disturbed at the idea, but Telotte sought for more and found that others disagree. In the 1956 science fiction film Invasion of the Body Snatchers, extraterrestrial pods landed on Earth and began identically cloning individual humans. Once the process was complete, the human under control of the pod, part of an interconnected species, void of all emotion, thought, or free will. The controlled human
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remained in a state of bliss such as that of a mindless insect. As stated before, this appears to be a very horrific way to live for a human; however, director Don Siegel disagreed. In reference to Invasion of the
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Body Snatchers it is stated,
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“He really believes that being a pod is preferable to being a frail, frightening human who cares. He has a strong case for being a pod. How marvelous it would be if you were a cow and all you had to do is munch a little grass and not worry about life, death and pain. There’s a strong case for being a pod.” Through this controversial idea or case in favor of states of being such as the pod, we see copious
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amounts of iterations with this message embedded in the main storyline. An example being The Stepford
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Wives, a whole town centered on replacing common house wives with robotics android replacements.
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These androids are practically perfect in every way yet in calls into question, would one really want to live in such a reality polar opposite to our own? The television show Battlestar Galactica directly
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questions whether it is indeed better to be a robot void of emotion or a flawed human being. The Cylons
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(cyborgs) in Battlestar Galactica are exact human replicas. The characters in the show directly question if
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