Honors-225 UT

  Ready Player One   -          Second Life? Add onto presentation, presentation should have screenshots, proof that you played a video game, 5 min presentation  -          2045: Columbus, Ohio -          Everything is electronic: pizza delivery done by a drone, everyone has virtual reality headsets on  -          People stopped trying to fix problems they just wanted to outlive them  -          James Halliday gave people a place to go (the Oasis) a place to go without ever going anywhere really, the only limit is the one you create, people go to the oasis to escape but they stay because of who they can be  -          The oasis is the place to meet people  -          Wade met A...

  Betsey Johnson Facts:  -         She is 71 years old she was born January 12, 1951 -         She is best known for her “over the top” and embellished designs along with always doing a cartwheel into a split at the end of all her fashion shows.  -         Betsey Johnson has a wide variety of apparel including, outerwear, footwear, handbags, belts, fragrance, optical, jewelry and watches, umbrellas, stationary, bedding, fashion accessories and cold weather accessories, swimwear, luggage, and intimate apparel are distributed in more than 2,000 department and specialty stores across the country -         She originally grew up with a passion for art and dance, but her fashion career skyrocketed when her “Avant Garde” designs became part of the 1960s “Youthquake” movement  -         However, her ca...

  The Matrix Debate Notes   -          The blue pill is the comfortable choice, it doesn’t force people out of there comfort zones and into experiencing something entirely different, people choose to live in ignorance over living in the truth  -          The Blue Pill: it describes a continuity of the current state of life, Morpheus describes it as waking up in bed without caring for your “destiny” or such profound ideas  -          The Red pill: described as the solutions for knowing the real truth in life, Morpheus explains it as continuing into the “rabbit hole” or in other words, continuing to learn about the lies that were set in the world in order to break them and obtain freedom. Neo and company model the way good, thoughtful people are forced to operate within a bad system even after they’re aware to their faults. Their knowledge gives them ...

How I interpreted the quote:  “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the  Tannhäuser  Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.”  - Some things go unnoticed without our knowledge like tear drops in the rain, and we never know how important a moment or a person will be in your life personally until it is too late, until those memories are flashing upon your eyes.  Our Origami Owl:

       Philip K. Dick was the author of many popular science-fiction movies and novels. However, his introduction to science fiction was actually unintentional. As a child, he was interested in science and often read “Popular Science” magazines, however, when he was about 12 years old, he went to the store to get the latest copy of the magazine, but the shelf was empty. All they had was a magazine called “Stirring Science Fiction,” which sounded similar to him, so he decided to read it. He found the stories very enjoyable and found himself reading every sci-fi work that he could and was attached to the genre throughout the rest of his life. His favorite writers then were John Sladek, Chip Delaney, and Ursula LeGuin. That said, when he finally began to write science-fiction novels of his own, his first novel only earned him about $1,500 in about 20 years. Even though he is one of the most well-known sci-fi writers of all time, he didn’t really start to see a big paych...

  Blade Runner Notes   -          Replicants- robots that look just like humans, but superior in intelligence and strength  -          Blade runners- replicants get arrested if they are caught by the police   -          Set in 2019  -          The replicants can’t be killed only put into “retirement”  -          Test being taken, Mr. Holder (the tester) was watching the eye, Leon’s being asked a hypothetical situation about being in a desert and a tortoise being flipped onto his back  o      Mr. Holder says that the test is made to show an emotional response o      Leon (tested) shoots Mr. Holder after he was asked about his mother  -          Buildings- very futurist...