Frankiln Scaffner’s Planet of the Apes (1968) is an epic science fiction film that stars the late Charlston Heston. The film begins as a group of Astronauts led by Taylor (Heston) in the would-be present crash land and end up on a seemingly alien planet a few thousand years into the future‚ via suspended animation. After trotting around and exploring the planet‚ they soon discover it governed by simian hominoids who hunt down and experiment on primitive humans who have lost the ability to speak.
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life on other planets around the universe more possible. First‚ many earthlike planets have been found throughout the universe. One particular “Super Earth‚” a large earthlike planet‚ is 50 percent bigger than our Earth and seems to have water pooled and stable on the surface (Spotts). In addition‚ the star of solar systems like our sun must be able to provide the right amount of sunlight to an inhabitable planet. The white dwarf supporting the “Super Earth” is close enough to the planet that the planet’s
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Pluto Not a Planet‚ Astronomers Rule Pluto has been voted off the island. The distant‚ ice-covered world is no longer a true planet‚ according to a new definition of the term voted on by scientists today "Whoa! Pluto’s dead‚" said astronomer Mike Brown‚ of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena‚ as he watched a Webcast of the vote. "There are finally‚ officially‚ eight planets in the solar system." In a move that’s already generating controversy and will force textbooks to be rewritten
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Shoemaker is a comet that hit the planet Jupiter in July of 1994. It was discovered by three expert comet detectors‚ Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker‚ and David Levy‚ in 1992. The comet originated its name by its discoverers the “Shoemaker- Levy 9: Comet”. As information came it they started to realize that the comet had been orbiting Jupiter and not the Sun itself. They discovered that the comet might have even been orbiting the planet as late as the year 1966. The impacts ended up being a multi-day
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Week 4 Assignment 1 Angel Vance REL 212 Laila Khalid Ghauri This week’s assignment is about religious life on planet earth. There are many different types of religion all over the world‚ and people are always free to pick what religion that they want to join or follow. There is never any one specific kind of religion that everyone follows. Religion can be found all over the place‚ and can be seen in things that people do every day. Some religions chant‚ some pray‚ and some have rituals that
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5th period Planet of the Apes Influences The Planet of the Apes carries a great many influences from the 60’s from religion‚ science‚ to civil‚ women‚ and animal rights. This movie is less for entertainment and more of a social warning to the audience. The three most obvious influences are the fear of nuclear war‚ the space race‚ and separation of church and state. The Influence of the space race is hit on at the start of the movie as Taylor is seen inside of a space craft. The space race
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Forbidden Planet is probably the best science fiction movie made in the 1950s and for good reason. William Shakespeare’s The Tempest inspired the entire basis for the story and characters. Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright from the 16th century‚ and generally regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. It is no wonder that the inspiration for the movie Forbidden Planet remains fresh and exciting to watch as it was over 60 years ago. Forbidden Planet is a story about an
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educational life for as long as I was in school and as I got older it was only going to get more complex. I never quite understood why books like Shakespeare were so important to my education but I was always told it was so I never questioned it. In The Lonely‚ Good Company of Books‚ I completely agree with Rodriguez on his claim about the disconnection of young students’ education and reading lists of books. A student’s education is based on way more than just reading books throughout their educational
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I’m here to talk about the little planet named Pluto. I personally think it’s unfair to the planet to be named something and then drawn back‚ Then again they had hard evidence on to why they did it. So I am going to give you the top reasons on why they took its righteous calling of a planet back. One of the main problems is its size. Many people thought it was too small to be called a planet and referred to it as the star. Ryan C. of the planetary society said: “ Pluto is a Disney character who has
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’‚ directed by Rupert Wyatt is about Will‚ one of the main characters‚ taking Caesar home so that he doesn’t get put down. He finds out that the drug‚ ALZ112‚ to cure alzheimers was passed onto Caesar‚ which makes him really intelligent. At the end of the movie he gives all the other apes the drug and they all escape from the enclosure‚ Will’s old work and from the zoo. Then hundreds of apes are running riot. In this movie Rupert Wyatt
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