The Hood Maker

  Space and privacy of the individual is something that is constantly under pressure with the advancement of mankind and the societies we create. When I think about society and the separation between opposing spaces i.e. “between private space and public space, between family space and social space, between cultural space and useful space, between …

Do Terminators Think?

Toby Hurlbut Professor Zeiner HUM 409 13 November 2017 Do Terminators Think?           The beings of artificial intelligence portrayed in the comic book series The Terminator foreshadow a daunting perspective of the future resulting from certain innovative scientific and technological advancements.  Peering through the lenses of time and reality, this essay will …

Is the past editable? Or does history repeat itself? – An Analysis of The Uncanny X-Men – Days of Future Past

When I first saw the film X-Men: Days of Future Past, I was enthusiastic about the film’s story, and described it as the best in the franchise. I decided to take advantage of our access to SDSU’s comics archive and request to read over the original comic story-line for this project. I was not expecting …

Science Fiction Zine Project

   4:22:1 (Moore, 1987) In Watchmen, the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, the concept of superheroes in a post-modern society is explored while the tension of thermonuclear annihilation comes to a head. Dr. Jon Osterman (a.k.a. Dr. Manhattan), a physicist granted almost Godlike power from an accident in his lab is a main character …

In Time

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Welcome to Your Class!

    This is the website for Humanities 409  (honors) Fall 2016 @ San Diego State University where will explore THE FUTURE through Time, Gender, Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Geography.