1. Special Effects in science fiction films
Recently, The Matrix (Wachowski & Wachowski 1999), sets in 2199, the world has been taken over by A.I. machine - a machines which enslave humanity, using people as batteries to power its mainframe. ... Also, "animated doubles and stunt men, created in the images of the human actors, will be capable of impossible feats and subject to spectacular deaths" (Landon 1992: 145), such as the scene when Neo is capable of flying in The Matrix Reloaded (Wachowski & Wachowski 2003); the mercury robot T-1000 in Terminator 2; and the pirates who will turn into skeleton at night in Pirates of the Caribbean: ...
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