A Comparison Of Alien Technology In Alien And Forbidden...

Nowadays we have amazing technology, I mean our phones are basically small computers now, but people freak out when their smart phones or laptops mess up and they cannot check social media. Technology has become such a gigantic part of our daily lives now that it is hard for most people to comprehend what life would be like without it or if it failed us like so many people were worried about with the Y2K bug. So, let us take it to a bigger scale like what would happen when you’re exploring an unknown planetoid and your technology fails you or when you discover alien technology on a different planet that you do not fully understand? Ridley Scott and Fred M. Wilcox delve into these questions wonderfully in Alien and Forbidden Planet. In†¦show more content†¦The final example from Alien is the on-board computer Mother. To the crew’s knowledge the only person who can access Mother is the captain which originally is Dallas until he dies and the honor is passed onto Ripley but what we do not know until a decent way through the movie is that Ash also has access to Mother. At first Mother seems like your standard space ship computer (I guess) until Ripley starts asking her questions that even the ship’s captain does not have authority to see the answers to and only Ash can access them. I think that nowadays that can be seen as a symbol of how technology rules over or has more power than humanity even if we do not think it does. In Forbidden Plant, the technology we deal with is actually what lead to the downfall of its creators the Krell, which is another great example of technology bringing the downfall of a civilization. Dr. Morbuis talks about how all of the people he came to the planet with mysteriously died besides him and his daughter. The cause of these deaths is finally revealed as Morbius’ sub conscious coming to life in the form of a monster through the Krell’s technology. While Forbidden Planet also has an example of good technology in Morbius’s robot companion Robby the Robot but he even gives off an eerie feeling throughout the movie but in the end, he malfunctionsShow MoreRelatedOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 Pagesthat were perhaps greater than all of those achieved in previous history combined. During the same time span, however, state tyranny and brutal oppression reached once unimaginable levels—in large part due to the refinement or introduction of new technologies of repression and surveillance and modes of mass organization and control. Breakthroughs in the sciences that greatly enhanced our understandings of the natural world and made for major advances in medicine and health care were very often offsetRead MoreDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 PagesSUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL 24 Diagnostic Survey and Exercises 24 Personal Assessment of Management Skills (PAMS) 24 What Does It Take to Be an Effective Manager? 28 SSS Software In-Basket Exercise 30 SCORING KEY AND COMPARISON DATA 42 Personal Assessment of Management Skills 42 Scoring Key 42 Comparison Data 42 What Does It Take to Be an Effective Manager? 43 SSS Software In-Basket Exercise 43 PART I 1 PERSONAL SKILLS 44 45 DEVELOPING SELF-AWARENESS SKILL ASSESSMENT 46 Diagnostic Surveys for