franchises Flashcards
Hunger Games and the martian
Virtual reality narratives
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Mad Max
game
- preorder get magnum opus car extras
- Furiosa isnt the playable character, only Max
- Icons of skulls in opening sequence shows post-apocolyptic wasteland with a stung up skull carved out of Max
James Bond
Spectre
- poster: Bond in ls white suit, confident direct address while hold gun in left hand
Resident Evil
3DS game
A Good Day to Die Hard
russian poster: moscow setting, put emphasis on female Russian Yuliya Snigit who gives dierect address to the camera while 2 Americans glance off camera
The Ghost in the Shell
weeks before release, 35,000 posts about whitewahsing emerged with 680,000 reposts and replies
Elysium
Matt Damon ain't Lation about class and racial divide
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Chirrut = Chinese Cassian = Mexican Bodhi = Pakistani Gerrera = Black
The Force Awakens
Rey’s combat skills and determination in poster LS determined face holding a staff
Rey rescues Finn out of platonic not romantic love countering stereotype and our perception of Todorov’s character roles in action films
Kylo Ren vilain easily symbolised by red lightsaber
- audience posititoned to feel emotionally conflicted morally over character
Power Rangers
yellow power ranger hinted at being lesbian
Billy is autistic
- teen vogue article ‘ The powerrangers autistic superhero is so important’
- Bell Hooks intersectionality, black and autistic
Star Terk Beyond
Sulu is seen in a medium shot as hugging his husband and daughter
- in future LGBT wont be a bad thing
Fan films
Star Wars Film Fan Awards - 2016 winner TK-436: A Stormtrooper story - tie fighter quickly flying past Mad Max 'Road Kill' - only 5 comments
Star Wars magazine
one edition involved ‘heroes and villains poster’ as advertised by splash
- Danielle Todd consumerism
Conventions
destination Star Trek Europe
ComicCon
- actor of Chirrut in Rogue One attended panel/meet and greet
The Nice Guys
guns, knuckledusters, knives, March has pistol