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This blog will be dedicated for my upcoming essay assignment. Along with the assignment brief, my classmates and I were given six questions to chose from as the topic for our essays. Among the six topics, the one that interests me the most is essay question number 2 which is "Explore the ideas of modernism and postmodernism in superhero films made in the last thirty years. By textually analysing your chosen films discuss how the ideas are presented and understood by the audience." By looking at the question, There are a couple things that I'm going to need to break down before I can start researching and writing the essay. First of all is the definition of modernism and postmodernism and the difference between them. First thing that came to my mind was the modern and postmodern art movements, but the topic is talking about modernism and postmodernism in film industry. Given a different context, I'm expecting a different meaning as well, but I wouldn't be surprised if they actually are just a reference to a point in time.

Next up is "in the last thirty years". Thirty years is a long time, but in the film industry it has been a long long journey. We're looking at Robocop, Supergirl, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles right now. Compared to what we have in the cinemas right now, it is a huge difference. The technology advancement for the past thirty years has been remarkable, and it also affects the film industry. Especially in terms of video quality and special effects which could give a big impact to the overall presentation of the film  All in all, I think it would be an interesting topic to discuss and analyse and I am looking forward to share things that I discover and learn on this blog.

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