Science Fiction Television – serie
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13 produkter
From Starship Captains to Galactic Rebels
Leaders in Science Fiction Television
Inbunden, 2013
1431 kr
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Real-world leaders hold the fates of companies, armies, and nations in their hands, but the leaders portrayed in science fiction play for larger stakes. Their decisions determine the survival of species, planets, or reality itself. They tend, therefore, to be larger-than-life characters like Doc …
Doctor Who and the Art of Adaptation
Fifty Years of Storytelling
Inbunden, 2014
1431 kr
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Although it started as a British television show with a small but devoted fan base, Doctor Who has grown in popularity and now appeals to audiences around the world. In the fifty-year history of the program, Doctor Who’s producers and scriptwriters have drawn on a dizzying array of literary sources …
Joss Whedon's Dollhouse
Confounding Purpose, Confusing Identity
Av Sherry Ginn, Alyson R. Buckman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1348 kr
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Although it lasted barely more than a season, Dollhouse continues to intrigue viewers as one of Joss Whedon’s most provocative forays into television. The program centered on men and women who have their memories and personalities repeatedly wiped and replaced with new ones by a shadowy corporation …
Language of Doctor Who
From Shakespeare to Alien Tongues
Av Jason Barr, Camille D. G. Mustachio
Inbunden, 2014
1632 kr
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In a richly developed fictional universe, Doctor Who, a wandering survivor of a once-powerful alien civilization, possesses powers beyond human comprehension. He can bend the fabric of time and space with his TARDIS, alter the destiny of worlds, and drive entire species into extinction. The good …
Firefly Revisited
Essays on Joss Whedon's Classic Series
Av Michael Goodrum, Philip Smith
Inbunden, 2015
1356 kr
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According to Joss Whedon, the creator of the short-lived series Firefly (2002), the cult show is about “nine people looking into the blackness of space and seeing nine different things.” The chronicles of crewmembers on a scruffy space freighter, Firefly ran for only four months before its abrupt …
Paranormal and the Paranoid
Conspiratorial Science Fiction Television
Av Aaron Gulyas
Inbunden, 2015
1356 kr
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Toward the end of the twentieth century, science fiction television took a dark turn. Series like The X-Files, Millennium, and Dark Skies wove menacing technologies, paranormal forces, and shadowy government agencies into complex tales of corruption and cover-ups. Mind control, alien abductions, …
Adapting Science Fiction to Television
Small Screen, Expanded Universe
Inbunden, 2015
1469 kr
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Before it reached television, science fiction existed on the printed page, in comic books, and on movie screens for decades. Adapting science fiction to the new medium posed substantial challenges: Small viewing screens and limited production facilities made it difficult to achieve the sense of …
Time-Travel Television
The Past from the Present, the Future from the Past
Av Sherry Ginn, Gillian I. Leitch
Inbunden, 2015
1356 kr
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Stories of time travel have been part of science fiction since H. G. Wells sent his nameless hero hurtling into Earth’s distant future in The Time Machine. Time travel enables the storyteller to depict alternate realities, bring fictional characters face to face with historical figures, and depict …
Time-Travel Television
The Past from the Present, the Future from the Past
Av Sherry Ginn, Gillian I. Leitch
E-bok, 2015
1457 kr
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Stories of time travel have been part of science fiction since H. G. Wells sent his nameless hero hurtling into Earth’s distant future in The Time Machine. Time travel enables the storyteller to depict alternate realities, bring fictional characters face to face with historical figures, and depict …
Science Wars through the Stargate
Explorations of Science and Society in Stargate SG-1
Av Steven Gil
Inbunden, 2015
1356 kr
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The story of an elite team of scientists and soldiers who travel to other worlds through an alien-built portal, Stargate SG-1 gave its viewers a weekly dose of spectacle and high adventure. Over its ten-season run (1997-2007), the series explored the interactions of the scientific and military …
Science Wars through the Stargate
Explorations of Science and Society in Stargate Sg-1
Av Steven Gil
E-bok, 2015
1489 kr
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The story of an elite team of scientists and soldiers who travel to other worlds through an alien-built portal, Stargate SG-1 gave its viewers a weekly dose of spectacle and high adventure. Over its ten-season run (1997-2007), the series explored the interactions of the scientific and military …
Irony in The Twilight Zone
How the Series Critiqued Postwar American Culture
Av David Melbye
Inbunden, 2015
1356 kr
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Rod Serling’s pioneering series TheTwilight Zone (1959 to 1964) is remembered for its surprise twist endings and pervading sense of irony.While other American television series of the time also experimented with ironic surprises, none depended on these as much as Serling’s. However, irony was not …
Irony in The Twilight Zone
How the Series Critiqued Postwar American Culture
Av David Melbye
E-bok, 2015
1489 kr
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Rod Serling’s pioneering series TheTwilight Zone (1959 to 1964) is remembered for its surprise twist endings and pervading sense of irony.While other American television series of the time also experimented with ironic surprises, none depended on these as much as Serling’s. However, irony was not …
