Mr. Arman's First Annual Quantum Science Fiction Writing Award. As I post your classmates' stories, you will be given the opportunity to read them and vote on which story you think is the best. The winner will get a prize- a $10 Amazon.com gift card.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Hey, All You Zombies-- Class Participation for 3/17

Since I am currently out of the office and unable to discuss this week's stories live and in person, I've decided on an alternative that you might enjoy. Below is one young director's interpretation of Heinlein's story. I figure it might help you better understand the mind-twisting time paradox that Heinlein has set up in his story.
After you watch this, in order to get class participation credit for Wednesday's class, answer the questions below and post your answers using the comment button below. You may select "anonymous" from the posting options, so long as you put your name in the text box. Or e-mail me your response, so that at least I get it.



1. How faithful was the movie to the original story? What details did they change?
2. If you were directing the movie version of any story we've read so far, which one would you film? How would you make your movie a unique interpretation of the story (for example, do you have a particular actor in mind for one of the characters, a special effect that might be cool, or music that might make the movie pop off the screen)?

1 comment:

Quirky Nerd said...

My real name is Emily T.
1. The movie was faithful to the original story, even including dialog, however they did change what the time machine was like, and the ending was slightly different then in the story. I did notice that when Jane turned from a woman into a man, that the woman Jane had blond wavy hair and the man Jane had red curly hair. I found this distracting. Hair does not change that much.
2. I would do a movie of The Girl Who Was Plugged In. Since this is a world with no advertising, I would imagine that the companies would display “art” outside their buildings that would be suggestive of their products without actually being advertising. I also imagine Dakota Fanning as Delphi.

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