Contributing writer for The Artifice.
Junior Contributor I
The spectacle of terrorism is the ultimate click bait. How should we respond?Terrorism is a tactic that relies on a small number of antagonists, performing a localised atrocity, but streaming their message to a mass audience. More and more, the media incorporates web-videos taken by citizen witnesses into their news reporting of these terrorist events, and millions of viewers watch the spectacles of horror. Are we unintentionally playing into the hands of terrorists by providing them with platforms for their vile PR? How can the media, and citizen journalists, change their reporting tactics to disrupt the modis operandi of terrorist operatives?
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Does CGI Benefit Special Effects or Detract From Them? | |
This is a rich and fascinating article, comparing the social, philosophical and theological contexts of the classical source stories and the early modern and postmodern ‘adaptations’. The argument that “science almost becomes its own diety” is painstakingly established. Yes, reimagining is the perfect term to describe what happens to Prometheus and Pygmalion in the texts of the scientific age. Thanks for the article. | Ex Machina, Frankenstein and Modern Deities |
Agree 100%. Atwood’s prescience is based on her thoroughly researched, intelligent and imaginative understanding of contemporary technologies, politics, social systems and human foibles. | Oryx and Crake: Why Atwood Matters |
The better CGI becomes, the more realistic the result. Films are becoming closer and closer to the impossible stuff of our dreams – and nightmares. I agree with the comments above though that vote for story over special effects. If CGI is used for its spectacular effects, over and above the dramatic potential of the narrative, I’d rather read a book.