Year 3000

2013-23838
STS THY
Futurama - Reaction Paper

The Space Pilot 3000 episode of Futurama started with Fry doing his usual deliveries of pizza. This time it was the New Year's Eve and when he was delivering a pizza to this place with time capsules, he was accidentally put into one when the New Year ticked in. A thousand years passed, many things have happened-- alien invasion, the destruction and reconstruction of the planet, the changing of empires. 

He time traveled into the year 3000 and here we see how the future and science is pictured out. Society changed greatly; people are assigned to one job and only one job specifically. You are only destined for one thing, so you just have to "do what you gotta do." Sadly (or not!), our main character here is definitely destined to be a delivery boy. Knowing he will be stuck forever as a delivery boy, he tries to escape his destiny. We then see how buildings and transportation changed. The buildings are racing to reach the sky; they have become taller, with better structures to support these heights. Transportation is so much faster, you get inside a tube, say your destination and voila, you get to the place you need to be. As we go on further in the episode, we see different creatures. Aliens as we should call them. They live with the humans which is not entirely harmonious. We also see here the existence of robots and how they can co-exist with our race. Bender, our robot in the show started as the typical robot that was programmed and only follows his program. But the shows take on robots is actually not so typical when Fry pushes Bender to be different from what he is programmed to be. Later on, the episode shows some more futuristic things like the laser beams and space travel. 

Time travel was not very problematic in the episode. Since Fry was alone and broke, he basically had no one or nothing to lose. But time travel would really have been lonely if he had someone.  What is probably the only good side about this was that he could start fresh, back to scratch. He could be anything, but alas he still became a delivery boy (in space!). Furthermore, there was really no problem about time travel, whether it messes with the time continuum or erases your entire existence.

Reaction Paper for Futurama

2013-49565        

STS THY                                                                               

Reaction Paper for Futurama

Futurama’s pilot episode, Space Pilot 3000, about a 25-year-old pizza delivery boy named Fry who on December 31, 1999 was accidentally frozen- and was then revived on December 31, 2999. He found himself one thousand years in the future.

In the episode, the future is a wonder world, brought to life by cool tech gadgets and ridiculous innovations. It was neither an exaggeration nor an understatement of visions of the future. It showed that the future could be strange, wild, disastrous, hilarious, wonderful, and realistic. The episode provides an interesting suggestion of how the future can be good in some ways and bad in others. There were robots, talking frozen heads, suicide booths (a thing about the future that's bad), career chips and other mechanical whizz-bangs. This episode was fairly straightforward, with things moving chronologically. The technological shifts and innovations in the 31^st century were remarkable but their way of life has similarities with that of today.

Time travel also happened through a rare circumstance in the episode. Fry wound up in a cryogenics lab, freeze inside and woke up a thousand years late.  Time travelled was dealt through cryogenics, a way of freezing people to keep them alive. Fry was put into Cryogenic Tubes and set for a number of years before he came out. He was unfrozen at a later date with no aging that took place, or other ill effects. . I was amazed that it did not give Fry damage to his body – I thought freezing would cause all the cell walls to burst.  

There is something very exciting and compelling about Futurama. I have always thought of the future as an era in which people would travel around in personal spaceships, flying on streets through jetpacks and read tablet-like books.  And those innovations are now coming true. In Futurama, the future did not show a utopian or idealistic society. Who knows? The science fiction cartoon, Futurama, might hold the secret to the future’s innovation potential and values upheld in the society.

Reaction Paper for Futurama

2013-41509
Section THY
Reaction on Futurama

Futurama

The episode that we had watch was all about technology, starting from the very beginning until the end of the episode. The kind of time travelling the pilot episode introduce was somewhat the same to the concept of preserving the body of an organism by freezing. So that when time comes that the body is not anymore covered with ice, it is still in perfect condition. This kind of process is the same from the TV series, Avatar: Legend of Aang. The avatar was also covered with ice until such time his body was found and that body was then recovered.

There is this something about the chip being implanted in their bodies to have a job in that year. For me, it is not likely to happen in the future because I know that most of the people will not be in favour of this. And I think it is unfair that a computer will determine what kind of careers he would have. We might end up like what the main character was doing at first; escaping what was destined for him. But he was not able to get rid of that job, he still ended up as a delivery boy.

                The idea of aliens, robots, and humans living together is somewhat telling us that in the near future this kind of society we are living in is going to have aliens and robots. Perhaps science was well developed at that year that is why they were able to locate aliens and educated them to learn the human language. And it is kind of creepy living with these creatures together. We might not know what they are really capable of. But I know that it is quite possible that these kinds of beings can exist because advancement of technology is much faster now and is getting faster and developments improves day by day.

Reaction Paper for Futurama

Reaction Paper for Futurama by 2013-71244

Before I watched this, all I knew about Philip J. Fry was he was a well-known picture in the world of memes.

(a picture that sums up my 'clueless-ness' in all of this.)

Then I watched Futurama episode 1, which portrayed the future (and time travel) in a cool sort of way. In this show, year 3000 is very advanced in terms of technology, and very “racially diverse” in the sense that humans co-exist with aliens and robots; contrary to my belief that the future would be made of desolate, atomic bomb – damaged places, and human survivors would be little to none (Well, the episode did show a very ruined New York underground, so maybe year 3000’s past through all that crap).

Fry’s time travel was done via cryogenics—a machine preserved him for 1000 years. Then he came out in year 3000 without having aged a day since New Year’s Day 2000. And all I could say while watching this happen was:

Seriously. Though it’s a bit disappointing that time-travel here is only a one-way, forward journey—travelling to the future can still be done by cryogenics, but going back to the past is still impossible. (And may I just insert a life lesson here about past mistakes)

Okay, so here goes my opinion about this future society.

In year 3000, people are born into New New York with a career and a life wholly planned out for them. They have career chips “installed” into them—fates fully determined by computer. Which in my opinion is a bit choking. Though it gives people a sense of purpose and usefulness in society, it takes away the person’s chance to choose what he/she wants for himself/herself. On that note, I sympathize for Fry’s eternal fate in being a delivery boy.

And maybe that was the reason instant suicide booths were very accessible in future New York. Good thing there was Professor Farnsworth and the Planet Express Ship to save Fry, Bender and Leela from boring fates.

As a change of topic, I liked those heads in the museum and how they can still talk and stuff. Also the developing relationship between Fry and purple-haired Leela (pardon my shipper tendencies).

Although the future was portrayed as a relatively “better” society compared to the present, it didn’t come off as perfect. I liked it that way—it showed a realistic, believable way of predicting what happens in future society.

Reaction Paper on All the Time, from the Twilight Zone

Mañalac, Ed Joshua G.

Student Number: 2013-61222

Section: THY

Reaction on All the Time, from the Twilight Zone

                This episode from the Twilight episode is an interesting episode. It portrayed a story in which there is a man whose hobby is to read and read. In the story, people tell the main character that he is just wasting time reading books instead of doing something useful.

                Henry has a weird hobby of locking himself in the Bank’s vault during his lunch break to read books so that he will not be disturbed. And then there was this one day where he is reading a newspaper with an article about H-Bomb then something happened. There was an explosion, a very large one which shook the land and the fault making him unconscious. When he regained his consciousness, he came out only to find out that everything is a total mess and everyone around him died.

                During those times, he felt lonely and resorted to commit suicide but he suddenly saw a library of books that contains all of the books he wants to read and this made him contented. But as he made his way in getting a book and start reading, he tumbled and fell down and finds that his glasses was broken which enables him not to see.

                If I were to write an adaption story, I would choose Study Habits as a subject. In this case, I will write a story about a person who keeps procrastinating in his works even though the surrounding people tell him to do the work ahead of time. Because of the people around him telling what to do, he became irritated to them and sometimes departs himself with the other people. One afternoon, there is a party, and he invited his friends but because his friends was busy in studying, they can’t go and this made him lonely and resorts to not going to the party. But after thinking about the chicks and alcohols and stuffs that might happen to the party he decided to go despite him having a project to be due on the day after tomorrow. He said to himself that he still has one day to do the project so he went to the party. The next morning, he decided to do the project only to find out that there is a power shortage for the whole day.

               

Reaction on Trip to the Moon

Mañalac, Ed Joshua G.

Student Number: 2013-61222

Section: THY

Reaction on Trip to the Moon

                If I am present on the time of airing of the film Trip to the Moon, I would definitely watch it simply because the film is too cool.

                The film involves travelling on the surface of the moon with a capsule projected to space by cannon. The characters in the film are the one who built the capsule and cannon. For me, this part of the film implies that science in the time of airing of this film was good. They have the technology to build items and go to space. On the part where they landed on the moon and tried to sleep, the film tells us that space travelling is possible and we can do it as our technology improves.

                On the part on Gods, my reaction to that part is that the film shows that the society in the time of screening of the film believes in mythological characters. This shows that our society way back time thinks that Gods rule the universe, like Goddess of the moon. Also, these part shows that our society back has a great knowledge in astronomy.

                Another interesting part in the film is The Defense of the Aliens which I believed is interesting. This part shows defense and when the astronauts started killing the aliens, the aliens started coming and they captured and present them to the king and suddenly, they kill the king. For me, this part of the film shows that in our society in that time period, defense mechanism works. By this, I mean that one defends his territory against strangers or people who suddenly show up. One thing more, this shows that some people tend to judge people by its cover. Why? Simply because the astronaut started killing the aliens simply without knowing the reason why are the aliens there.

                Overall, the film is great despite the time of its screening where technology and ideas are not that developed.

               

Reaction Paper on Futurama

Mañalac, Ed Joshua G.

Student Number: 2013-61222

Section: THY

Reaction on Futurama

                The first pilot episode of Futurama is an interesting episode. It portrays time-travelling in the form of cryogenics which involves freezing in a point and then defrosted at a certain time for medical purposes. At this point of time, I think that Doctors use cryogenics to preserve the body of a human that can’t be cured in this point of time but can be cured later. This implies that the episode shows the advancement of technology. It shows that in the time period of the episode, science is very advance. This is possible because Fry was defrosted and found living after being frozen for a long period of time. It also shows that at that time, the transformation from a preserve body to a living body is possible.

Another thing, some characters of the episodes is Cyclops and robots. For me, this shows that science and technology at that time are able to produce living Cyclops and robots. The episode shows to us that our science is improving from time to time. It shows that we can improve our technology in proportion to the improvement of knowledge.

For me, in the part that they saw frozen heads, I realized that there can be a way where we can talk with the people in different periods. Also, on the part where Fry and the robot Bender got to the place New New York, it told me that whatever happens even we advance technology, we became great people, or became successful in our lives, we must learn how to go back and look back in our lives in the past because I know that some things in the present is not possible without those things in the past. Furthermore, we should learn how to be contented on the things we have. With these, I mean that we should learn how to appreciate every little thing that is happening in our life.

Reaction Paper for All the Time - thybamfallthetime

Name: Fabia, Bianca Anne M.

Student No.: 2013-72071

Section: THY

Reaction Paper for ‘All the Time’

            The episode ‘All the Time’ was about a man who loved to read but everyone around him tells him to stop because it wasn’t worth his time and he has more important things to do. So one day, when it was time for his lunch break, as usual, he went inside the vault to read. When he began reading the newspaper with the headline about the H-bomb, he felt some sort of earthquake. After that, he went on to check things out only to find out that everyone’s dead and he’s the only one left. At first he was a bit sad but then he became happy. After a day of being alone, he felt lonely and he contemplated on committing suicide but decided against it after seeing the public library filled with books. He felt so overjoyed by that discovery and the fact that he had all the time in the world to read but since life is so unpredictable, his glasses fell and broke.

            After the episode ended, I felt that it was about how a certain event or phenomenon, in this case World War II or dropping of the H-bomb, can also affect us in a personal way even if we’re not directly affected by it.

            If I was to write an updated version or an adaptation of this episode, I’d probably write about how global warming could possibly affect a person in a more personal way. I’ll also include the concept of having time but I think that I’ll put a twist to it. For example, I’d probably write a fictional piece about a person from a country with a cooler climate and how he dismissed the problem about global warming since he thought that it wasn’t really a big deal since his country has a cool climate. But then as global warming gets worse to the point that it’s affecting food production, water supply, and other necessities, he starts to realize that even if he doesn’t feel that his surroundings are changing in temperature the supply of the things he needs are getting scarcer every minute. Then, he was presented a chance to make a technology to reverse the effects of the global warming but given a limit time to make it, would he be able to do it? Then I’ll leave it there with that question to make the audience realize that even if you could have a second chance at reversing global warming could you do it or would you rather act now to prevent it from getting worse.

Reaction Paper for Trip to the Moon - thybamftriptothemoon

Name: Fabia, Bianca Anne M.

Student No.: 2013-72071

Section: THY

Reaction Paper for ‘Trip to the Moon’

            If I was already around during the time the film ‘Trip to the Moon’ just hit the theaters and I was watching it for the first time, this would probably be my reaction to it after the film ends:

            “That film is an amazing masterpiece. It really captured how it would be like if we went to the moon. It’s really scientifically accurate and at the same time very entertaining because of how creative the film was.

            In terms of the production of the film, I’ve never seen anything like it before. The film looks so realistic that it seems that they were really on the moon. The special effects also really enhanced the scenes. The cast were also great at acting and delivering out their scenes. They were able to convey their thoughts and feelings well through their actions.

            All in all, the film was well done. They were able to create an artistic masterpiece even if the topic was about science.”

            I think that basically that would be my reaction to it. I would probably only have a few things to say about it because I’d also be speechless at what I saw since it was probably the first time that I was able to watch a film and to be able to see it with special effects and costumes that probably looks realistic during that time. It would probably be similar to watching a 3D movie for the first time.

Reaction Paper for Futurama - thybamffuturama

Name: Fabia, Bianca Anne M.

Student No.: 2013-72071

Section: THY

Reaction Paper for Futurama

            Futurama is a television series about a guy named Fry who accidentally entered some sort of a cryogen chamber. After being frozen inside the chamber for several years, he was reawakened in the future. There, he met Leela who was tasked to assign jobs to everybody, including him. When he didn’t like the job to be assigned to him, he ran away. While hiding from Leela, he met a suicidal robot named Bender. Then they began an adventure together.

            That’s basically a short background to the show but my main purpose for this paper is not to tell the whole story of the show but to give my thoughts on it.

            I think that the future world that they created was a bit believable since at the rate we’re going now with science and technology, it could be possible that by that time, we’re able to create a world similar to the world they portrayed.

            I think that they portrayed the future in a similar way that other movies, which talk about time travel, portray it. Basically, their take on the future is that the people’s lifestyles are still somewhat similar to the present but the difference is the technology. They show that in the future, science and technology will be more advanced in way that everything would be faster. The kind of technology they portrayed was technology made for a fast paced lifestyle.

            The show tackled not only about science and technology in the future but also the idea of time travel. The kind of time travel that they showed was one wherein the character, Fry, was not sent to the future by the machine but instead, he was frozen inside a cryogen chamber which has a timer set to end after a thousand years. I thought that that idea was different and I’m not really sure if it would work since I think that in reality he would most probably freeze to death with the temperature required to preserve someone.

            In summary, I think that Futurama is a show that could not only entertain us but open our eyes to the realities of our society.