tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post5806061714121769630..comments2024-03-24T09:36:51.494-04:00Comments on delagar: New Course for Springdelagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-90737811883165555872016-09-04T18:08:11.954-04:002016-09-04T18:08:11.954-04:00You're welcome. (And even if "Seven Days ...You're welcome. (And even if "Seven Days in May" doesn't fit your course theme, it's a really neat political thriller, and remains creepily relevant 50+ years after it was made. Great script, fabulous cast.)<br /><br />Also FYI, I've read that the original, uncut, Japanese version of "Godzilla" (without the scenes added later with Raymond Burr) is much superior (and less campy) than the American, shorter, with-Raymond-Burr, version.<br /><br />And one more film (how could I forget?): "The Day the Earth Stood Still." (original 1951 version; word on the street is to avoid the 2008 remake at all costs). Alien, robot, threat of worldwide annihilation, good-enough 1950s special effects; what's not to love?<br /><br />Cheers,<br />ReedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-65296390079346583422016-09-04T10:44:12.401-04:002016-09-04T10:44:12.401-04:00Reed: Thank you! I had totally forgotten some of t...Reed: Thank you! I had totally forgotten some of those, and I'd never heard of "Seven Days in May."<br /><br />Tree! What a wonderful list! Especially the films and the Le Guin tale -- I'd forgotten that one too.<br /><br />Y'all are great.delagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-20066586467023501142016-09-04T03:02:46.462-04:002016-09-04T03:02:46.462-04:00I teach a Monsters themed class of the same level/...I teach a Monsters themed class of the same level/type. I can send you my syllabus if you want, but I'll put my text list here. Not all of it will work for you because the focus isn't apocalyptic, but some will. <br /><br />And you could show the Dracula episode of Buffy if you're doing Stoker, or season 7 has some apocalypse-type stuff (and I'm thinking maybe some of season 4? or it might be 5).<br /><br />Le Guin, “The Wife’s Tale”<br />Link, “The Cinderella Game” <br />Carter, “The Company of Wolves” <br />Marie de France, The Lais of Bisclavret<br />Werewolf sections from The Epic of Gilgamesh; Ovid, Metamorphoses; and Petronius, Satyricon<br /><br />Shelley, Frankenstein: 1818 Text<br />Frankenstein MD webseries (2014)<br /><br />Vampire folklore from essays in Dundes, Vampire: A Casebook<br />Polidori, “The Vampyre” <br />Le Fanu, Carmilla<br />Stoker, Dracula<br />Buffy episodes: "Buffy vs. Dracula" (5.1) & "Innocence" (2.14)<br /><br />Blade Runner: Theatrical Release (1982) <br />Firefly episode: "Bushwhacked” (3)<br />Serenity (2005)<br />Shaun of the Dead (2004) <br /><br />Beowulf, trans. Heaney <br /><br />Students chose a vampire film from a list for group presentations:<br />Nosferatu (1922) <br />Dracula (1931) <br />The Lost Boys (1987) <br />Near Dark (1987) <br />Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) <br />Interview with the Vampire (1994) <br />Let the Right One In (2008) <br />Daybreakers (2009) <br />Byzantium (2012) <br />Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)<br />I’m going to add A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) next time I teach it.Tree of Knowledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14037710157338503215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-56844535912062953092016-09-04T01:37:33.114-04:002016-09-04T01:37:33.114-04:00Well, no zombies or vampires to suggest, but as a ...Well, no zombies or vampires to suggest, but as a child of the Cold War, I've always been partial to film and literature of the nuclear apocalypse. For a book, you might be interested in "A Canticle for Leibowitz."<br /><br />Film offers a lot of excellent choices. How about a double-feature (serious vs. comic) of "Fail Safe" and "Dr. Strangelove"? (the latter being one of my all-time favorite films).<br /><br />Also prescient during this election cycle is "Seven Days in May." It remains a nail-biter and a great discussion of the constitutional issues of governance vs. security.<br /><br />And more zombie-like (with a nuclear-era twist), how about the original "Godzilla" for campy fun at the end of term?<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Reed<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-51265368678942779352016-09-02T16:53:31.490-04:002016-09-02T16:53:31.490-04:00Good point!Good point!Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-154014066562928552016-09-01T10:41:20.817-04:002016-09-01T10:41:20.817-04:00I'm thinking about Buffy! It's not all th...I'm thinking about Buffy! It's not all that apocalyptic, though, so it may not fit.<br /><br />delagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-31537522328564193212016-09-01T09:25:08.658-04:002016-09-01T09:25:08.658-04:00Is there a way to include a bit of Buffy, the Vamp...Is there a way to include a bit of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer? (I'm not a big TV person, but friends rave about it)<br /><br />And thus, we've exhausted my knowledge of anything after the Glorious Revolution.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.com