Truman Burbank is the main attraction of TV series called the Truman show. Created to film his every move ever since he was born. He was presented to this world in which he thought it was all real. Every step in his life was already planned out by the director Christof. There was no escape for Truman only because the place he lived in was surrounded by water. Truman was traumatized as young boy when his father died when they were on a boat ride. A cast member playing the role of a student in the college Truman attended thought that what Cristof was doing was totally unethical. She tried to explain to him he was on a reality series televising his life. Immediately production decided to discard her from the script. After that encounter Truman started to get this urge to travel the world and find VG. Truman started realizing that something wasn’t right that his life was the same every day. After a long fight of trying to escape Seahaven Truman has to make a choice leave the world created for entertainment, or step out and face reality.
If I was to be in Truman’s position; I think I would make the same choice he made to escape the world created by Hollywood and wonder off into the real world. And come-on he had a nice girl waiting for him =D. Is funny because after the movie. I started wondering where all the hidden cameras, started asking my classmates you guys aren’t wearing button cams. Truman was giving the opportunity to live a perfect life. In the movie the connection between christof and god is clearly established at the end when he is talking as the cloud and the sun are shadowing the voice. Christof and god are similar because both are creators of a world. Christof doesn’t have the power to determine Truman’s life after he steps out the door. Yeah I can seriously say that how I look at things now is different because of college. Especially the understanding of the movie the matrix. The Truman show is a really good movie I enjoy watching it, maybe because Jim Carrey made it so much funnier.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
BLOG 5
Do you think your life is determined by a special, individual fate, or are you free to choose as you wish?
I believe we are predetermined to do something or become something is only up to us to make the choices along the way. I believe every single one of us has a purpose predetermime by god. I believe god is the only one capable to determine what is going to happen to us. For example every morning we leave our house not knowing what will happen during the day. Do you think all those people of 9/11 woke up that day knowing that it was there last morning? Schick jr. argues “If someone is forcing you to do something against your will or preventing you from doing something you want to do, you are not free.”(88) I totally agree with him and that’s why I believe I am not free at this point of my life. Especially because of my parents, they set all these rules that I have to follow =/.
I believe we are predetermined to do something or become something is only up to us to make the choices along the way. I believe every single one of us has a purpose predetermime by god. I believe god is the only one capable to determine what is going to happen to us. For example every morning we leave our house not knowing what will happen during the day. Do you think all those people of 9/11 woke up that day knowing that it was there last morning? Schick jr. argues “If someone is forcing you to do something against your will or preventing you from doing something you want to do, you are not free.”(88) I totally agree with him and that’s why I believe I am not free at this point of my life. Especially because of my parents, they set all these rules that I have to follow =/.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Blog 4
What do they mean by the Source and Ontological status?! After reading this section Over 10 times I’m still confused of what it really means. The source is where it all begins.
Source: Matrix and Philosophy by William Erwin
The source is the place where we get all are ideas=/. Ontology is the meaning to are sources. On pg 61 Gracia and Sanford explain that “we know that machines and electrical signals are produced by humans beings born in the city of Zion come from their parents”. I think this means we do not know the ontology behind their claims. Another way to look at Ontological status and the source is: We know the Ontology to our theory then we just need to figure out the source to our claims. I believe what we use to distinguish what’s real from metaphysics is our 5 senses. Also it depends on what we believe.
Source: Matrix and Philosophy by William Erwin
The source is the place where we get all are ideas=/. Ontology is the meaning to are sources. On pg 61 Gracia and Sanford explain that “we know that machines and electrical signals are produced by humans beings born in the city of Zion come from their parents”. I think this means we do not know the ontology behind their claims. Another way to look at Ontological status and the source is: We know the Ontology to our theory then we just need to figure out the source to our claims. I believe what we use to distinguish what’s real from metaphysics is our 5 senses. Also it depends on what we believe.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Blog 3: Matrix and Philosophy
Is the matrix theory even a possibility?
How can we believe something so absurd? Well too many it may sound strange but to others may sound like a logical explanation of the world we live in. How do you know as your reading this blog you’re not in a computer generated world. It all falls down to what you believe. When we watch the movie, we say to ourselves well if were in the matrix we should be able to jump that high, run that fast, and even stop bullets from ever killing someone. Even if you do believe the matrix to be real, all your beliefs will be completely false. If we were living in the matrix would we be able to think about how the Movie or the books are really true. If so the computers would try to discard any possibilities we might have. Giving the benefit of doubt imagine the world we live in is indeed the matrix. Then everything we once ever believe in is false. The only way we will believe that anything is true is unless we encounter the situation.
How do we choose between what’s reality, and what are just simply Illusions? “To deny are impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human”. Like in pg. 45 Mouse describes the food as being something the body needs but not what the body desires. We use are 5 senses to judge reality. This is an advantage to humanity. The Only way us humans know difference between reality and an illusion is by sense of believe.
How can we believe something so absurd? Well too many it may sound strange but to others may sound like a logical explanation of the world we live in. How do you know as your reading this blog you’re not in a computer generated world. It all falls down to what you believe. When we watch the movie, we say to ourselves well if were in the matrix we should be able to jump that high, run that fast, and even stop bullets from ever killing someone. Even if you do believe the matrix to be real, all your beliefs will be completely false. If we were living in the matrix would we be able to think about how the Movie or the books are really true. If so the computers would try to discard any possibilities we might have. Giving the benefit of doubt imagine the world we live in is indeed the matrix. Then everything we once ever believe in is false. The only way we will believe that anything is true is unless we encounter the situation.
How do we choose between what’s reality, and what are just simply Illusions? “To deny are impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human”. Like in pg. 45 Mouse describes the food as being something the body needs but not what the body desires. We use are 5 senses to judge reality. This is an advantage to humanity. The Only way us humans know difference between reality and an illusion is by sense of believe.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Blog:2 Matrix review
I thought the first movie was the most boring of the trilogy but now I’ve learned the work behind the movie, the point the wachowski brothers were trying to get out(are we living the matrix?). I like how the directors actually used Characters’ in the movie to match other figures in life. I need to find out the truth too. As neo in the movie I would have taken the red pill also. What if the world we believe to be earth is the matrix? I think the matrix really makes you think of how the world would be in a couple of years. We create machines or how some of you might say technology. I believe these machines one day will become smarter than the human race and overtake the world. For example in the movie “The Matrix” the machines have taken over the year 2199 because we did not treat them well. Now the last human race city Zion is at war with the machines to save the publication.
If i was in the matrix? How would I know? Which world is reality? The matrix or Zion?
Those are questions that would lead to the Socratic Method. The matrix and Socrates cave have a similarity in the way of they show us was convenient to them. Neo & Socrates they both got unclear messages from the oracle. Basically they both were chosen to free human race from enslavement . It’s all confusing to me now but in couple of weeks hopefully I would understand more of the concept “The Matrix”.
Blog:1 the Allegory of the cave
From My point of view i believe the cave is like the matrix. There are always people trying to hide what’s really going. In the cave people didn’t know anything else than what Plato/Socrates wanted them to see. Socrates cave to me is another word for our Government today. I believe the government only shows what is convenient to them.
At this point of my life i believe I’m between being chained up and walking out into the light. Like in Socrates cave the prisoner’s didnt know past what was inside the cave. In Socrates cave the people only see the shadows being casted on the blank wall, i feel like My parents are the ones casting the shadows showing me what reality is going to be like until I can stand on my own.
For me I haven’t got the real full effect of what the real world is. When the prisoners walk out into the light they get a taste of what the real world is. At the age of 17 I’m getting a taste of what i have in store for me in the future. I say I’ve only got a little taste because i really don’t have any major responsibilities like car insurance, rent, or my phone bill.
At this point of my life i believe I’m between being chained up and walking out into the light. Like in Socrates cave the prisoner’s didnt know past what was inside the cave. In Socrates cave the people only see the shadows being casted on the blank wall, i feel like My parents are the ones casting the shadows showing me what reality is going to be like until I can stand on my own.
For me I haven’t got the real full effect of what the real world is. When the prisoners walk out into the light they get a taste of what the real world is. At the age of 17 I’m getting a taste of what i have in store for me in the future. I say I’ve only got a little taste because i really don’t have any major responsibilities like car insurance, rent, or my phone bill.
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