Readers Response #4

007 Is Back, and He’s Brooding

A.    O. Scotts essay on the new James Bond movie compares and contrast the different aspects of the movie from the early sixties all the way up to present day. The main changes that have taken place is the casting. The cast from the sixties movie has gotten older so they have had to replace them with new and more vibrant talent that can still take on the same persona as the first. The time and age has changed on how we view politics so adjustments had to be made so that it is relatable in present day. Back them the sex appeal had to be more modest but in today’s world sex sells so the sex appeal nowadays would be much higher. The way they dressed back appealed to a classier generation. Bond was suave the women were hot and they didn’t have to wear skimpy clothes to send the same signals as we do now. He talks about how the music adds to the film and how they were very clever in imputing the music to change the mood of the film. He talks about how the movies following the first finished off where the first left off and how they still added some of the same affects to show that the older films wouldn’t be forgotten about. The adding of new locations gives a good touristic effect to the film. According to him he thinks the film was well put together and makes a statement that the Bond movies would never be lost.

In Class Assignment #9

So I’m out shopping in New York for my sisters baby that is about to arrive in 2 weeks. I love targets baby section because they have a variety of cute baby clothes. I see the cutest little dress that has sparkles and glitter on it. I can just imagine dressing my little niece up in the cutest clothes. I turn around to see the rest of the selection they have and I bump into ex-boyfriend Brian. I am immediately shock and flabbergasted to see him because I thought he moved to California. Anyways I didn’t know what to say. He then replies, don’t I know you? We both start to laugh. I then remember how funny he used to be. Next walks up a woman, at that moment I introduce myself and I say nice to meet you. Brian then informs me that this is his wife and that they are out shopping for baby clothes because they are expecting a child in a few months. I am immediately taken back because when I and he were dating he said that he didn’t see marriage in his future at all. Brian shows no type of feeling in the situation. She smiles and tells me her name is Tracey. I congratulate her on her marriage and her pregnancy since she has no idea me and her husband used to date not too long ago. She walk away and says it was nice to meet you and continues to go back and look for baby clothes. I scold him for about ten seconds and walk off.

In Class assignment #8

So I get a phone call at 2am that a 12 year old girl with blonde hair has gone missing from her Chicago home. The last time her parents saw her was earlier that day playing in the front yard with her toys. Her parents were nowhere to be found when this happened and has no clue on who would do this to their child. The police have searched high and low for the young girl but nothing has come up. Around 8 o’clock the police are alerted that a customer in a nearby Wal-Mart parking lot that there seems to be something fishy going on. She says she hears arguing and the crying of a small child. The police arrived on the scene and the suspects from the car flee, but before they do they hear a gunshot. The police immediately rush over to the car to see what is going on. To their sadness they see the missing 12 year old girl bleeding and shot to death.

Coroner:

I am very saddened to see this young girl today. She was apparently drugged and rapped before she was murdered. She had multiple bruises on her face and arms from trying to fight back against her attackers. She was shot in neck which pierced through her shoulder. The bullet is still dodged in her.

Prosecutor:

I have here with me today the parents of the young girl, and they are trying to receive justice for their daughter death. I have a young daughter so I can understand the pain they must feel. This family is very poor so they would have no way of pay me. I decide to take the cases pro bono. I will not charge them anything. I have learned that the suspects were never found. I promise the family that I will do all I can to make sure they receive justice.

2 years later they were caught!

In class assignment #7

So once here lived a little girl by the name Red Riding Hood. She was a sweet little girl who was much known around town. She lived in a little town called Macon, Georgia. This is a small little country town. Houses are very far apart, there are red dirt roads and has the nicest people you would ever meet. Red Riding Hood was a very smart young girl and she was only in the 5^th grade. She won lots of spelling bees around the city and even competed at state level and won. She was also very good in math. Her parents and others also thought she was a little genius. She was also know for always wearing here little red jacket. She had this jacket from when she was little and she promised never to depart from it. She wore this jacket everyday so it began to deteriorate. One day after walking home from school she was struck by lightning. She fell to the side of the road and lay so limp. A man in a big yellow truck saw her and had to stop to help her. He immediately rushed her to the hospital to be checked out. Her parents were informed of this and immediately rushed to the hospital. The doctors said that she would be ok so they took her home. The next day came and Red Riding Hood wanted something to eat. She asked her mom if she could make her some spaghetti and it magically appeared in front of her. She had no clue how this happened but she was happy. It turns out that the red jacket that was hit by the lightning became magical so anytime she was sad and down, she just asked the jacket for spaghetti.

In class writing assignment #6

I actually like to see them up because many young people today are on Facebook, Twitter YouTube etc. This is a good way to keep us informed on what is going on in the world. I think it is cool to see the different ads up because it is easy to access and you do not have to sit down and read a boring newspaper. Many young people don’t read newspapers because it boring and it is not entertaining. Newspapers seem to be more targeted toward an older audience. There are many ads up that attack each candidate on different subjects. I think it’s a good way to keep us informed. YouTube is an excellent way to see the candidates speeches if you miss them the first time they are presented. I was able to see the Democratic national convention speech, because someone uploaded the whole thing to YouTube. I was also able to watch Vice presidents speech when facing his opponent Paul Ryan. The speeches for who would be representing the Republican Party were also up. If we didn’t have sources like these to use many people would have no clue on what is going on in the debates. The propaganda used is hilarious and it is good to see Politian’s viewed in a funnier way rather than them being so serious all the time. Not only do you see the ads up representing the Politian, you get to see the comments regular people post. You get to see someone else’s point of view on things.