Lit of Horror, Fantasy, and Sci-fi

Bloodchild November 20, 2017          When I first started reading, my initial reaction was confusion as to what was going on. The story begins with talk about eggs, and aging, and so on. As I continued, I realized this was from the  point of view of humans along with aliens. The main character seems to be human, but the other did not seem human. It was strange reading the parts about the alien basically eating the person because she seemed to sound like another human being, yet she surely was not. She spoke like one, but didn't necessarily act like one, which was interesting. She also appeared to feel emotions towards things and people based on events that occurred with humans in the past. Overall, my reaction is that the story caught my attention. It's interesting since I don't read many alien stories.           Some of the connections I made with the story is the aspect of doing something to help someone else, even if it will have a negative outcome towards yours

Ghost in the Shell II November 6, 2017       I've always heard about Ghost in the Shell, but never got around to watching it until now! Now, I didn't realize I was watching the second movie until half way through, which is fine, but I think there could have been more to understand if I watched the first movie before this one. Anyways, Ghost in the Shell was strange, different, and a overall weird movie and I loved it. These robots have what it seems to be the "ghost" of a person that was either once living or still living (from what I understood). It makes me wonder what the world could be like if people began dying or were too sick for their own bodies, and they had a shell instead. If you've seen the movie "Chappie", it makes me think of that essentially. Since Chappie's "mom" dies, and basically takes all of her memories and puts it into the memory of a robot body. I could be thinking of the story wrong, since I didn't wa

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury October 30, 2017             This week I decided to read and watch Fahrenheit 451. It's actually not the first time I've gotten into the story of Fahrenheit 451. Back in high school and middle school we were asked to read the story, and eventually watched the film. Reading and watching it again really makes you realize what you didn't understand, or even just missed back then. One thing that did stand out when I read the book again, I noticed the character Clarisse is actually a teenager in the book, while in the movie she's a grown adult who becomes very close to Guy Montag. Also in the movie, she's played by the same woman who plays Guy's wife, which I never noticed until now. Anyways, I always found this story to be really interesting. A world where books are illegal and they burn them. I never quite understood it either. How did people educate themselves? Not exactly on reading of course, but to learn how to speak or

Serenity - Joss Whedon October 23, 2017           Oh man, Serenity was actually a movie I really enjoyed. I had never heard of the film before watching it for class. Serenity is a futuristic film that involves human kind not exactly living on Earth like we are now. There's a lot of space travel involved, and oddly enough, "zombie" like people. Apparently these people became savages and will kill anything in their way. One of the main characters plays a young teen who can basically turn into a human weapon when triggered in the right way. The government is actually looking for her and sets off her trigger out in the open, causing her to kill anything that stands in her way. I really did enjoy this movie, even though I saw negative reviews towards it. I know there's a show that is based before the time period of the movie, called "Firefly". I have heard of the show, which now after seeing the movie, I'm interested to see how it all plays out th

The Magicians - Lev Grossman October 9, 2017         This week I was introduced to the book series, "The Magicians." My first impression on The Magicians was "Harry Potter". Of course it's not exactly like Harry Potter. That is a one of a kind series! No one/ nothing can be like Harry or Hogwarts. When I started the story, my mind immediately thought of it because there's these group of teenage students that are going to a school for their magic, only it's in New York. I didn't quite finish the story, but from what I did finish it was really interesting to read. It's a young adult novel, so reading it felt easy and understanding. It also made me want to watch the show, to see which is better, or how they compare to each other. Overall, I see myself completing the series in the future.

The Hobbit -  J.R.R. Tolkein October 2, 2017 (Book and Movie)        This week I decided to read The Hobbit . I had never had the chance to read The Hobbit until now. The movie was already something I highly enjoyed in the past, so of course the book sounded interesting. One of the first things I noticed as I watched the movie again after reading the book; a single sentence can turn into half an hour scenes in the movie itself. Reading how everyone begins to enter Bilbo's home in the story is actually rather short compared to the movie. I loved how easy it was to read The Hobbit compared to The Lord of the Ring series. Not that I've really tried to read those books, but from first glance and reviews, I hear The Hobbit is probably a more enjoyable read when it comes to casual reading. It was an enjoyable read.