REACTION PAPER (No. 5): FUTURAMA

Thea Selina G. Morales

2013-59204

THX

    The pilot episode of Futurama shows a futuristic world with various scientific breakthroughs and advancements.  This includes flying cars, robots, transporting pipes and so on.  Alien invasions are also present but as we can see, the human race is bound to adapt to the changes and carry on living based on the environment they are exposed to.   Time travelling does not seem to be something out of the ordinary. It is openly accepted in the future society.  The show also uses the concept of time travelling as the foundation of the show story line. 

Trip to the Moon

Considering A Trip to the Moon was made during a time where all the films were black and white, I would be very amazed if I was watching this during its first release in 1902. Not only did it start the trend for films with color, but it was also ambitious in its story. The belief of being able to have an actual trip to the moon during that time was a progressive and contemporary idea. 

Overall, this film would have inspired me to be innovative in my own personal artistic creations. It would have also sparked a certain emotion that only great art could do. And it would have encouraged me to be creative in my ideas since it shows that when you think outside of the box, great things are bound to happen.

Hasmin Gaile Gavica

2013-16603 

All the Time

If I were given the chance to update this story, and adapting it to the kind of world we have now, I would obviously, make his surroundings more like in the 21st century or even later that that. I wouldn't change the fact that he is so much of a bookworm. That will be his signature. But what I will change is that the people around him are the ones addicted to the internet and the gadgets. Henry, however, does not conform to this. He still likes the books more. Everybody else that knows him thinks of him as too old-fashioned and even critics him for it. They degrade him because of that. They think of him as too primitive as compared to what they enjoy. But Henry doesn't care. He then enters the vault too avoid all these kinds of people. And then, because of, maybe a terrible conflict with the other countries, they initiate war. And then basically the same thing as the original plot happened since then.

Palaroan, Graciel M.
2013-60784

Trip to the Moon

I think, if I were around on the first screening of this film, I would be so amazed and curious. I mean, in this period, I think I wouldn't ever imagine that a human can go out to space, to the moon, which is so far away, and live there. The idea would be so brand new to me. I maybe wouldn't even think that it's imaginable. It's so literally out of this world. It's like, is that even possible? I think, I would be as curious as they are, as to what is the moon like up close. How does it look like? What kind of things or beings, if ever, can be found there? Is it just like the earth? If not, how much different would it be? And is it possible for the humans to live there at all?

Palaroan, Graciel M.
2013-60784

All the Time

If the episode was updated to how the world is today, I think that one of the first things that the character would look for aside from food is a cellphone and computer. Better if it would be a computer or cellphone  with internet. However, since the entire country may have been well wiped-out, the possibility of finding a connection would be very small. A priority will be finding other people who may have survived. If these measures fail, looking for a car would help for ease of transport, storage and  it would also be a temporary housing. Hoarding fuel for the car is the next step. The only problem in using the car would be all the piles of debris on the roads from broken houses and probably bodies of dead people. The road must be cleaned first. Moving away from the area will be what the character do for the rest of the episode.

Denz Joseph R. Borrero
2009-37801

Trip to the Moon

If I was present during the first time the film was shown, I think I would have been fascinated and think of it as a realistic possibility for going to the moon. I would also find it funny the way the characters were made so that it would remain a fictional movie. I think that having faces on the different planets and astral bodies also helped in giving the film a lighter feel, yet still feel surreal. Seeing a new approach on film making at that time would probably inspire me to take a look again at the sky and dream of ways to go there. Although having other creatures may still be an unexpected event if ever the possibility of going to the moon still exists.

Denz Joseph R. Borrero
2009-37801

"All the Time" Reaction Paper

“All the Time”

The twilight zone episode "All The Time" is so haunting precisely because it is so evocative of the societal and cultural context of the time in which it was created. In order to create a modern adaptation, one would thus have to capture the subtle nuances of societal norms and politics that shape the way we think and interact in the 21st century. This is not necessarily that difficult, as the principles and motivations that influence our behavior generally stay the same regardless of what time period we live in. So given these guidelines, exactly how could the plot of "All The Time" be adapted to the present day?

The most obvious plot point that requires modernization is the mechanism in which the population of ear is decimated. The use of the atomic bomb was highly relevant to the political contexts of the era in which the film was made. A more scientifically up-to-date catastrophe would probably have more to do with recent controversial advances, such as biological warfare, drone strikes, and possibly even antimatter based explosives.

The next main update required is the protagonist's obsession with books. We must realize that the show's focus on this character's love of reading focuses less on books as items in themselves, but more on the inherent human need for mental escapes, on our endless quest to satiate our need for entertainment and occupation. in today's society, these needs are mainly fulfilled by the items that have, to a large extent, eaten up the market share of print books: smartphones and similar gadgets. It thus makes sense to have our modern protagonist be obsessed with obtaining the latest tablets and software, then discovering a hidden stockpile of brand-new hardware and computer sets after the disaster. He would then excitedly turn on an incredibly expensive and state of the art gadget, only to discover that none of them have any battery charge, and that there is no electricity available.

2013-20474

Marco Del Valle

Trip to the Moon - Reaction Paper

“Trip to the Moon”

If I were present at the first screening of Trip to the Moon, I would probably have considered it something beyond anything I had ever experienced before. I probably would have already been exposed to the Jules Verne book it was based on, as well as other works at the time which envisioned a highly technologically advanced society. The idea of even seeing these works come to life on a movie screen would be extremely inspiring to me; the immense technological advances used to create the film would probably make me feel as if the future envisioned in these stories had already arrived within my lifetime. After all, Trip to the Moon was revolutionary and innovative in many ways: the hand coloring, the special effects, and artistic touches were all unbelievably unique for their time.

Marco Del Valle

2013-20474

trip to the moon

after watching the film for the first time, I'd be amazed. Because in that time, their goal of having that kind of technology, it's just so amazing. dreaming that kind of dream which we have now. We have seen the moon. Having someone stepping on it, and that's what they want.

They want to see the moon, they are curious what's in there. Are there any kind of life forms on that satellite? Can the people like us live there? How can we get there? these are the questions they want to know. And I think, that film is their hypothesis of what they think the answer is.

Jason Cuachin
2013-70864

Reaction papers

Jerico Charles Tenmatay
2010-78004

Futurama

After viewing the pilot episode of Futuruma, What is the show s take on the future and science? How does it tackle time travelling?

The show treats the future as how we would logically perceive it to be due to our current scientific discoveries and expectations. Vehicles can now fly. Buildings get higher and higher. Robots are now sentient beings. The list goes on but ultimately it hinges on the assumption that even if society breaks down and starts again, it will go on the same path that is expected of it. As such it tackles time travel as more of a plot device to move that point across.

Trip to the Moon

If you were present during the first screening of the film what would be your opinion of it and why?

If I were present during the first screening of the film, my first reaction would be a mix between wonder and confusion and I would treat it as a novelty.

I would look at it that way because it would remind me of theater performances in their way of presentation but would be curious as to how they made it in the first place. I would wonder as to how they thought of making the special effects in the film, what equipment and techniques they used to capture those sequential moments, but ultimately I'd feel conflicted about it and treat it as a novelty because I would see the medium of film as a means of capturing moments in time a strange thing because it feels easy to be more consistent about quality that way. Live performances tend to add life to an otherwise repetitive script while filmed sequences always play out the same way. It is like taking a picture of a hand-painted drawing. It may look nice, but authenticity is lost in translation.

All the Time

After considering the politics. science, technology. art and society when the episode was made, If you were going to write an update or adaptation of story, what would you do?

The only thing that I might add or change into the story is that there are more variables to consider now that we have more distractions to look at. One such example is our slowly growing adoption and dependence on the internet as part of our society. When the world does end, it may not be because of a nuclear war anymore. It would be a more subtle and horrible scenario: People would just stop living in the real world and spend their entire lives "living" in the virtual world.

Trip to the Moon: Reaction Paper

Labrador, Ana Micaela B.

2011-02178

If I had been present at the premiere of Trip to the Moon, I would have been very impressed by the technicality of the film, especially considering the technological limitations they had at the time. The mere fact that each shot was colored by hand already would have had a large impact on me, knowing how long it must have taken to go over each shot over and over again. Even the props were very imaginative; it was interesting how they used various tricks and illusions for ‘special effects,’ in lieu of the computer editing we have access to at the present. Such effort and innovation is a great example of the creative genius of man.

The story itself is one that would have stuck with me at the time. The film was made in 1902, many years before the first landing on the moon. To have something as ‘impossible’ as a trip to the moon depicted in film would have made me think as a member of the audience: Is it really possible for technology to be so highly evolved in the future that it will enable us to go beyond the Earth’s atmosphere? The film goes even further with such questions that, even to this day, seem absurd, such as: Are there other forms of life in outer space? With such thought–provoking questions tackled by the film, it’s no wonder it became an iconic work of art in film history.

Time Enough at Last: A Modernized Version

Labrador, Ana Micaela B.

2011-02178

If I were to modernize the story in terms of the present day, I would make Henry Bemis addicted to his gadgets. They feed him with stories, literature and all kinds of information that he finds more interesting than his job or home life. More than anything, he loves using them to surf the Web. He spends day and night online, and will constantly look for a Wi–Fi signal wherever he goes.

He works at a bank, and will often bring out one of his gadgets while he is on the job. Patrons constantly complain to his boss that he ignores them because he is highly engrossed in one of his gadgets. His boss is a strict man concerned with upholding a professional work environment. He reprimands Mr. Bemis on his terrible work ethic, but also comments on how constantly being attached to a gadget with a screen cannot be healthy. Mr. Bemis simply nods his head, not really absorbing what his boss is telling him. It’s nothing he hasn’t heard before.

Work is done. Mr. Bemis comes home to his wife and two children, a son and a younger daughter. The minute he gets home, he sits at his desk where his laptop is resting. He opens it and begins surfing the web. The wife, who he had passed at the front door, shakes her head; he does this every day after work and she is sick of how he won’t even talk to his family upon his arrival, and would rather spend all his time with his computer. She reprimands him like his boss, saying he spends too much time with his gadgetry and it’s making his attention span short and crippling his sociability. His wife’s words fall on deaf ears. He is simply too obsessed with surfing the Web to listen.

The following morning Mr. Bemis is once again at work. His boss has caught him slacking off with his iPad, and calls for Mr. Bemis to come to his office. Not wanting to go through the same lecture, Mr. Bemis hides in the ground floor of the bank where rarely anyone stays. Suddenly, there is a great tremor, and the rest of the story continues the way it did in the original episode: Mr. Bemis comes out of hiding and finds himself on post–apocalyptic grounds. He calls out, but discovers he is completely alone.

Mr. Bemis is a bit distraught, but it’s not so bad; at least his iPad is still with him. As he walks across the barren land, he trips on a piece of gravel. The iPad falls from his hand, and with a CRACK, the screen splits into jagged fractals. The bright screen goes dark. Enthralled for so long in endless days of web surfing and constantly ignoring the world around him, Mr. Bemis never heard his wife reminding him to buy a protective case.

Mr. Bemis crumples to the ground in defeat, but remembers he still has his touchscreen cellphone in his pocket. He reaches for it; the batteries are fully charged and the screen is smooth. He smiles and presses a finger to the Google Chrome application, excited to go through all the blogs and videos and images he can gets his hands on. He slides a finger across the screen to choose a Wi–Fi server.

None are available. Along with the rest of the world, all Wi–Fi connections have been terminated.

A Trip to the Moon

I deem the first audience of A Trip to the Moon very fortunate. The film had a creative and interesting take on science, considering the amount of knowledge in celestial bodies people had at that time. The plot was well laid out; the story was, in its time, really one of a kind. Its originality was impressive despite it being inspired from earlier novels and films. Moreover, the director did an excellent job with practically everything.   

The curiosity of the director about what really exists on the moon is objectified by the film. It catered to the interest of the mass who regarded the realm outside our own with much awe. A reflection of how people treated the unknown, it amuses as much as it informs. It shows how the first scientists performed their jobs- burning with passion and desire to expand knowledge. Early people’s fascination for the unknown, specifically the moon, might have been intensified; their imagination grew wilder as they witnessed the vastness of what has yet to be discovered.  It made sense altogether, which is why it is considered one of the greatest films of all time.

Apple Czarline C. Cruel

2013-59992

all the time

with my update of the story, Henry Bemis, an accountant with a spouse who's staying at home hsa a hobby of reading books. But his boss and his wife doesn't approve with his hobby. They told him that it was so "immature" or it is not fit for his age. but that doesn't stopped him.

  one day after his break, he went inside the bank's vault to read so no one could see him. And exactly that time, a bomb exploded leaving him the only person alive. And this is where he thought that his dream will come true, where he will just sit all day reading books, but until one time he lost his glasses and got it broken, which led him to being so depressed. he finds something sharp and hit it with his head.

Trip To The Moon

If I were one of the audience on the first screening of the film, I would be stunned. Trip to the Moon was technically an innovative film with respect to the technology they have that time. Yes, I would be stunned given that scientific measures were not much looked at or discovered in that certain time. The very idea that someone had plans on going a trip to the moon was brilliant. Somehow, they wanted to see what the image of the moon's surface looks like.

I also noticed that the film was no more than a series of amusing shots. Each shot was a scene unto itself. Some people claimed that the film aims to "invert the hierarchical values of modern French society and hold them up to ridicule in a riot of the carnivalesque" (Wikipedia, 2014) For me, the film aims to poke fun at science in general, in that upon travelling to the moon, the little men or shall I call, astronomers, find the face of the Moon is the face of a man. After all, I find the film humorous and sensible at the same time.

Marquez, John Michael C.
2013 - 19628

All The Time (The Twilight Zone)

Here is my update of the story.

Henry Bemis, a bookish bank teller who has a childlike interest for the written word, enjoys reading at home and even during office hours. Sadly, he is constantly harassed by his spouse, clients and boss for his fascination to the point that he has to hide in the bank's vault to read. Upon his stay inside the vault, a nuclear holocaust blasts the town, leaving him unharmed. He found out that he has "time enough at last" to read, read and read. At this point, he stacks the books into towers when he finds a library. But in reaching a certain book, his sight got blurry, colors seem faded. He said, "That's not fair.. that's not fair at all. There was time now. There was all the time I needed. It's not fair!" And then, Bemis nearly wanted to kill himself because he could not do what he wanted. After a few minutes, he was totally blinded because he was suffering from a sever diabetic retinopathy. After that, he killed himself because of the bitterness of life to him.

Marquez, John Michael C.
2013 - 19628

A Trip to the Moon

If I was there at the first screening of this film, I would be surprised as to see a colored film. It maybe my very first colored film, if I lived at that time. It gets entertaining because of all the exaggerated movements and music that the film has. It could have given me some rough idea as to how I could perceive of the moon. It could be to me, at that time, a very rugged and dangerous place with some semblance of life like here on our world. Going back to the film, it maybe a marvel for the ones who are watching and a big success for those who are in the film industry. From this film, I could deduce how the people of that time are so fascinated to the life "out there". It was also notable to see that they already had an idea of space men living out there on the moon. Surprising to see that the first they did after getting scared was attack the space dude. So violent.

Futurama

It just shows how advanced the science is but not the people. They are featured to be more relax and complacent so there's where the fun starts. I think, what Futurama is trying to tell us is that advancement in science and technology could be both good and bad for us. It could make our lives more diverse (the aliens) and easier (faster way to travel, time traveling and what not) but it could also change the "good" in our lives and it could cause us our humanity, which in some parts, is shown by our hero Fry.

REACTION PAPER: Time Enough At Last (The Twilight Zone S01E08)

In my adaptation, Henry Bemis is a bookworm accountant. Apparently instead of physical books, he lives in his other universes through his Kindle, which he stored with hundreds of novels and poetry books that he indulges in during his free time. I do not think that a present generation wife would be as ironclad and mean as the 1902 Mrs. Bemis. She does nag Henry a couple of times but never does she rip off the pages of the books her husband adores nor does she grab the newspaper while his nose is stuck in it. I believe a 21^st century wife would be relatively gentle when handling these sorts of issues.

They also have a son that struggles to establish a bond with his father because every time Henry gets home, he checks his mail and social networking sites before plunging in and forgetting about the real world. As part of the breed that was raised in the comfort of technology, I pretty much see the books as the equivalent of gadgets nowadays. His wife tries to take them out frequently but he obviously declines, which causes the wife to lecture him on the value of spending time with his child to build the foundation of a strong relationship that will create a huge impact on the child’s life.

Similarly, Bemis’s boss is not as condescending today as he was decades earlier; a modern boss would deem it irrational if he haughtily scold and demean his employee for being as shallow as enjoying the company of books so much that he fails to excel in his own job. He speaks to Bemis about his incompetence and warns that if he continues to be irresponsible in what he is regularly paid to do, he could fire him anytime. It should be noted here that the boss does not touch on the subject of Bemis’ passion for printed page, only on that of his performance as a worker. But I could also add that the boss notices Bemis’ engrossment in the games he installed in his iPad, in addition to the books he reads in his Kindle. Back then, playing games probably didn’t supersede reading as the ultimate hobby.

Out of annoyance with his wife feeding him with sermon for breakfast, he hides in their family vault in the basement, carrying with him his Kindle, iPad, Macbook, iPhone, iPod and speakers. An hour later, he hears the same thud sound- an indication of the world’s end. He leaves the vault, and witnesses only the remaining rubble from the universal crash. In the end he realized he was able to save his precious gadgets, but his family was gone. Everyone was practically gone. He has all the time in the world to use his gadgets. While laying them on the ground, side by side, one thing suddenly struck him: he did not bring the chargers with him.

Apple Czarline C. Cruel

2013-59992

Futurama Reaction Paper

Futurama's pilot episode, Space Pilot 3000, features a delivery boy named Fry who during New Year's Eve is still working at Panucci's Pizza. During one of his deliveries (his last at that shop), he is accidentally frozen in a cryogenic chamber and does not wake up until 1000 years later.

While he is frozen, the viewers are given a quick glance at the events during that 1000 years. New York City is destroyed by aliens, rebuilt, then destroyed again until it is finally rebuilt to the city that Fry wakes up to. 

After being welcomed in the new era by two scientists, he meets Leela, an alien who is tasked with assigning Fry his permanent job. After Fry discovers he will still be a delivery boy like his past life, he escapes and gets his first actual look at the world he now lives in where he also meets a robot named Bender who eventually becomes his best friend.

We see that there are weird-shaped buildings, flying cars, transportation tubes that are able to take you to another place by you telling a computer where you want to go, mutated fish and even preserved heads of famous personalities as seen in the Hall of Heads. This shows that Futurama has a very idealistic or romanticized view on the future. 

On the other hand, the means by which Fry went to the future was not the typical time machine. The show tackled the subject of cryogenic freezing or preservation. During the time this episode was released in 1999, cryogenic processes were still under research and it was only last year when a human being was put under cryogenic sleep. Having said this, Futurama's concept was still based on actual science research and it is not solely fiction. And its view on science is very ambitious but progressive at the same time.

Hasmin Gaile Gavica
2013-16603

Futurama is American-animated sci-fi cartoon series featuring Philip Fry. Who got his second chance living by getting inside a time-travelling machine and going one thousand years in the future


Trying and hoping to escape his fate being a delivery boy, he became so devastated when he knew that he is still the same in the future.
basically, it tells a story of a robot trying to escape his fate. he wants to change his destiny. he doesn't want to be a delivery boy forever.


After watching the Pilot episode (Space Pilot 3000), it made me realize what freedom is today. Because in the series, your job,
your fate, is life, is fixed and cannot be changed. It all depends on the technology. It also shows me what will happen when we get to 
dependent on science and technology. 
With computing or calculating what will happen in the future, it isn’t the way life is. And we have to avoid it. For me, Human nature is just normal in the present and I do not want to let it change.

'Space Pilot 3000' Reaction Paper

Labrador, Ana Micaela B.
2011-02178

Futurama shows the typical, almost ‘romanticized,’ expectations that humans already have for the future – flying cars, quick transportation, oddly shaped buildings, completely sentient robots, the possibility of aliens and other life forms, and other allusions to technologic possibilities of the future.

When Fry was frozen in time, the window next to him displayed how history is a cycle: a community is developed and sustained, and is eventually driven to the ground and taken over by a higher power that seeks to rule over it, until a stronger power comes along to establish newer structures. The scene in which aliens take over the Earth differs very little, in terms of concept, from how ancient kingdoms would wage war against each other for the sake of claiming each other’s territory, population, and technology to prove their power.

Not only do such cyclical ‘wars’ change the physical environment of a community, but also affects the way a society behaves with the passing of time. The language used in the future is different from the present (‘jobless’ versus ‘job–abandoners’), and present taboo ideas may be seen differently in the future (ex. the concept of suicide; presently it is a sensitive subject, but in the future it appears to be a very ‘normalized’ subject, with the regular presence of ‘Suicide Booths’).

What’s interesting is that its use of time travel depicts how the future as a whole is unpredictable, but despite this, there are a few ‘universal constants’ that will always remain. Besides the aforementioned ‘cyclical wars’ that shape a society, popular sayings and social structures from the past have not changed much, even in the present day. People now still adhere and hold on to words of famous icons (ex. the cameo of the popular icon Leonard Nimoy), and jobs are still seen as extremely important and something that must be followed to an absolute point (ex. the popular saying, “You gotta do what you gotta do”).

Overall, time travel in Futurama, and the show itself, shows how stark the differences between the past, present and future are, and yet also highlights evidence of similarities between these three points in time.

REACTION PAPER: Space Pilot 3000 (Futurama S01E01)

Futurama is in itself an illustration of how humanity intervenes with the supposedly purely beneficial impact of the advancement of science and technology. Utmost innovation does not guarantee utmost comfort in life. People are inevitably, at first, in some ways slaves of science, but they grow out of it when they fail to perceive the rationale of things they perform routinely for science.  As Philip J. Fry said, “It’s up to you to make your own decisions in life. That’s what separates people and robots from animals…and animal robots.” Science’s provisions assure us of security, yet our responsibility to be wary of its consequences and to be deliberate in choosing what to accept in our lives remain within us.

One subtle depiction of time travel that Futurama did was inconvenience; the traveler is most likely not knowledgeable enough of the period’s culture he is destined to experience. As a result, he finds difficulty in adapting to that environment. Of course, everything about time travel is thrilling; but the part where you get yourself accustomed to an alien domain is the great challenge. Besides, escaping reality by departing today for another time does not make the predicament in the least better. In the case of Fry, he rejoiced in having been accidentally delivered to the future where he would apparently lead an entirely different life. He deemed his life miserable, so he thought that the accident was a blessing in disguise.

He met a robot, named Bender, in the line for the suicide booth which he mistook for a phone booth. Together they embarked on a journey as fugitives to escape their assigned Fate. In the end, the Fate Assignment Officer realized that it was high time she quit her job, which only involved her obsequiously following her boss’s orders around, her personal views and values completely neglected. She cannot make decisions by herself; she would disrupt her system if she does. This is just like how we unconsciously let science be our ultimate boss- an utter human flaw that results from our lack of understanding of the significance of things unrelated to science: wisdom, relationships, family, friends, and emotions, among others. Fry’s act of surrendering to his Assigned Fate is equivalent to his surrendering to what he is destined to be and stop running away from it. There are instances when people use science in an attempt to alter destiny; although in one way or another, there is always a good effect, the end never seemed to appear satisfactory to the proponents. Though sometimes we loathe the fate that we have come upon, it still is the product of our actions and decisions and therefore the reflection of our being as a whole. It may not always be in our favour, but at least we can do something about it- better than having your arm implanted with a career chip thus going through life performing a job you did not partake in deciding.

Apple Czarline C. Cruel

2013-59992

Futurama S01E01

Space Pilot 3000 is Futurama's pilot episode which was aired on Fox on March 28, 1999. It was all about Philip J. Fry, who experienced cryogenic freezing when he fell into a cryogenic tube while he was delivering pizza to "Applied Cryogenics" on December 31, 1999. By the time that he was defrosted, he discovers that he woke up a thousand years later, which was on the year 2999, realizing that he is now seeing the New New York City.

The plot goes like this. Fry meets Leela, who decides one's fate, and then again, Fry was assigned as a permanent delivery boy. Not wanting this, he flew into the city. Tracking his only living relative, Professor Farnsworth, he meets a robot named Bender who also does not like his job. Together they hid from Leela in the Head Museum and then eventually realizes they were underground, where the Old New York ruins are. Then Leela catches Fry who then accepted the job because he was too depressed knowing he was alone, and then Leela pitied him who also realizes she was alone and later on quits her job too. Then the three of them found the professor who hires them as crew of his ship.Fry then discovers he was going to be a delivery boy, but this time he was happy about it.

As the title suggests, this cartoon or animation is really futuristic. With Fry waking up a thousand years later, certainly a lot of things had changed. Everything was so, in his eyes, new and were once in his time impossible. Yet. This series' take on the future is that it will be very much advanced, with all the inventions and innovations and technological improvements. Of course it will not happen all at once, or very soon, but it is definitely not impossible. Futurama tackled time travelling in a subtle way, I guess. It didn't have that time travelling machine or something, but the ice served as this when it preserved Fry's body for a thousand years.

Palaroan, Graciel M.
2013-60784

REACTION PAPER (No. 4): ALL THE TIME

Thea Selina G. Morales

2013-59204

STS THX

   

          If I were given the chance to do an update or adaptation of the story, it would show the current issues and aspects in our society and environment.  My main character’s name is Skyler.  She is a seventeen year old college student.  Her family is very traditional and her parents are very strict when it comes to her studies.  This is why they do not allow her to watch television, have a cellphone or any gadget.  Skyler understands this, she feels blessed to be given an education that not all people are given. 

On her eighteenth birthday, they surprised her with an ipad.  Overwhelmed with joy and due to her lack of exposure to technology, this became her new obsession.  Day until night she would use it relentlessly. Her parents would get mad at her whenever they see her using it too often, that’s why she resorted to staying in the library after school so she can continue using it. One afternoon, while she was at the library, she observed the strong and endless downpour of rain.  It was almost midnight and being satisfied with her alone time with the ipad, she decided to go home.  Stunned, she couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw the whole barangay submerged in water.  At first she felt lucky that her school was on high grounds but suddenly realized what the aftermath of this tragedy meant – her home, her family, were gone. 

While looking outside she hadn’t realized that her ipad was being soaked in the rain, and eventually it was broken as well.  She was too attached to her ipad she overlooked the significant things in life.  Skyler realized the difference between aloneness and loneliness. Now she was left with nothing but the guilt.

Today, technology plays a huge role in our society.  But sometimes it blinds us from what really is important in our lives.  As we look around, isn’t it normal to see people busy on their phones – surfing the web or using different apps?  What about human activities– exercising or conversing?  Technology definitely has its advantages but it also has its disadvantages.  It is crucial that we find the balance. 

We should also learn to value the earth we are living in today.  Soon, it might be too much for Mother Nature that all the harm we have done might backfire through natural calamities.  The time to change our wrong ways is now.  Let us do our obligation of caring for the environment, not only for ourselves but for the future generations. 

REACTION PAPER (No.3): TRIP TO THE MOON

Thea Selina G. Morales

2013-59204

STS THX

        As an audience of the first ever screening of the film, I would be astounded and wonderstruck.  Since it was the year 1902, scientific studies were definitely not as explored and developed compared to how it is today.  But studies concerned with the solar system were already present. I would ask myself: “Is it really that easy to travel to the moon?”, “Is it that near to the earth”, “Do other living organisms exist besides human?”, “Can I go on a trip to moon too someday?”.   

           I would think that the film, in a way, makes fun of the science. “Trip to the Moon” blurs the boundary between the possible and the impossible.  It activates a sense of curiosity but also a sense of confusion. The film goes against the purpose of science which is to develop the state of knowing and to explain reality.

 I believe that the director intended this silent film to be a comedy and it definitely was.  It is very entertaining and unpredictable. Overall, it would have been an enjoyable film to watch in the year 1902. Watching “Trip to the Moon” gave me the thirst to know more about the possibilities in the world of science.