Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

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    where he would later complete his Ph.D. in Music Composition and Theory. In the 1970s James had several small scoring assignments with the American Film Institute. It wasn’t until 1982 when James got his first high profile assignment, he scored Star Trek II: The

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    “How to Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life” – Not an Autobiography, Not a Diary This paper will argue that the book “How to Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life” written by Kirstie Alley is an accurate representation of a memoir and journal genres and not a biography literary genre. Kirstie Alley was born Kirstie Louise Alley on January 12, 2951 in Wichita, Kansas. She studied drama at Kansas State University. When she moved to California she became an interior decorator and got in with the wrong

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    College of Music in London, England. He further continued his studies of music and received a bachelor's degree at USC and both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. at UCLA. Horner first breakthrough was when he composed music for the movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in 1982, which lead to many opportunities such as working with the London Symphony Orchestra and James Cameron’s Titanic and Avatar movies. Other directors that he had worked with are George Lucas,

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    The Annotated Godzilla 2000 Words 1 *NB: Occurrences of my name have been obscured. The Annotated Godzilla Godzilla, lord of kaiju, monster of my dreams. My friend, my fiend. God-zill-a: the curve of the tongue announcing deity, then turbulence and a tap on the teeth, ending with an atomic grunt from the gut. God. Zill. A. You are G, Big G, in the graphic novels, towering stippled and cross-hatched over Tokyo. You are Gojira in Japan. You were Gigantis the Fire Monster during a gangly follow-up

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    Animation has dramatically changed since the conception of Walt Disney’s creations. Traditional methods, while still used, have mostly given way to computer-based graphic software. These types of computer-based programs allow for ambitious ideas to take shape earlier on during the concept phase of production, allowing for the creative team to make dramatic changes during the inception stages of production, saving time and money. The trend created by this software workflow, created what is known as

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    In Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Spock saves the Enterprise from certain destruction by going in to the damaged warp core camber which was flooded with deadly radiation in order to fix and save the entire crew of the Enterprise. This ended up leading to the death of Spock and in his dying words to Admiral Kirk he says “Don't grieve, Admiral. It is logical. The needs of the many outweigh ...the needs of the few...or the one.” This relates almost exactly to the words of John Stuart Mill, a Utilitarian

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    Music is vital to film from the first silent film to modern IMAX films. In order to understand the significance of film music, it must be defined. Grove Music Online defines film music as music composed, arranged, compile or improvised to accompany motion pictures. In the sound cinema, music is recorded as a soundtrack on the film stock and reproduced in exact synchronization with the projected visual image. This paper discusses the history and methods of music in film, explains the psychological

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    When thinking about cinema, the first image that often comes to mind is that of a film reel, or a projector in a dark screen, not dissimilar to the one opening Bergman 's Persona (1966). Although originally indicating the physical medium on which moving images were fixated, the word “film” quickly evolved to mean motion pictures; for decades, cinema and film were not considered as two separate ideas. Over the years, the link between this art form and material elements has been reinforced on a more

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    When one researches about the medical ethics in human experimentation, it is difficult to disregard the harsh realities of it. As Leonard Nimoy stated in his role as Spock in the movie, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few”. This is the cruel truth that be seen everywhere, but many people tend to ignore it since it is such a dreary thought. Many people, especially those in third world countries, are exploited every day. Large corporate companies come

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    The Great Stem Cell Debate

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    Pro-lifers do not seem to have a problem with this. Their problem only seems to be with using the stem cells from these embryos for life saving research. Does not the need of the many, outweigh the need of the few? (Star Trek, The Wrath of Khan, 1982) This researcher believes that it does. According to The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, 2009) “After researchers isolate stem cells from a human embryo, the cells often replicate indefinitely, creating

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