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American television during a television presidency / edited by Karen McNally Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, April 2022.
Call No: 49[32](73) AMEAuthor: McNally, Karen Edition: 2022Place: Detroit, MichiganPublisher: Wayne State University PressPubDate: April 2022PhysDes: 336 pages ; 24 cmSeries: Contemporary approaches to film and mediaSubject: TELEVISION. USA ; TRUMP, DONALD ; APPRENTICE, THE [TV] (US, 2004) ; CHERNOBYL [TV] (US/UK, 2019) ; POLITICS AND TV. USA ; GOOD WIFE, THE [TV] (US, 2009) ; BLACKLISTING. USA ; PLOT AGAINST AMERICA (US, 2020) ; SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE [TV] (US, 1975-) ; STAR TREK [ GENERAL] ; AMERICAN HORROR STORY [TV] (US, 2011) Summary: In American Television during a Television Presidency, Karen McNally and contributors critically examine the various ways in which television became transfixed by the Trump presidency and the broader political, social, and cultural climate. This book is the first to fully address the relationship between TV and a presidency consistently conducted with television in mind.
The sixteen chapters cover everything from the political theater of televised impeachment hearings to the potent narratives of fictional drama and the stinging critiques of comedy, as they consider the wide-ranging ways in which television engages with the shifting political culture that emerged during this period. Approaching television both historically and in the contemporary moment, the contributors - an international group of scholars from a variety of academic disciplines- illuminate the indelible links that exist between television, American politics, and the nation’s broader culture. As it interrogates a presidency played out through the lens of the TV camera and reviews a medium immersing itself in a compelling and inescapable subject, American Television during a Television Presidency sets out to explore what defines the television of the Trump era as a distinctive time in TV history. From inequalities to resistance, and from fandom to historical memory, this book opens up new territory in which to critically analyze television’s complex relationship with Donald Trump, his presidency, and the political culture of this unsettled and simultaneously groundbreaking era.
Undergraduate and graduate students and scholars of film and television studies, comedy studies, and cultural studies will value this strong collection. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9780814349359Donation: Senses of Cinema
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Autism in film and television : on the island / edited by Murray Pomerance and R. Barton Palmer Austin: University of Texas Press, April 2022.
Call No: 747.77(73) AUTAuthor: Pomerance, Murray ; Palmer, R. Barton Edition: 2022Place: AustinPublisher: University of Texas PressPubDate: April 2022PhysDes: 324 pages ; 23.5 cmSubject: PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN FILMS ; STAR TREK - THE NEXT GENERATION [TV] (US, 1987-1994) ; LIFE, ANIMATED (FR/US, Roger Ross Williams, 2016) ; RAIN MAN (US, Barry Levinson, 1988) ; GOOD DOCTOR, THE [TV] ( US, 2017 - ) ; BIG SHORT, THE (US, Adam McKay, 2015) ; STRANGER THINGS [TV] (US, 2016) ; SOCIAL NETWORK, THE (US, David Fincher, 2010) ; NIGHTCRAWLER (US, Dan Gilroy, 2014) ; ACCOUNTANT, THE (US, Gavin O'Connor, 2016) ; BEING THERE (US, Hal Ashby, 1979) ; PHANTOM THREAD (US, Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017) ; DAVID AND LISA (US, Frank Perry, 1962) ; MARY POPPINS (US, Robert Stevenson, 1964) Summary: Global awareness of autism has skyrocketed since the 1980s, and popular culture has caught on, with film and television producers developing ever more material featuring autistic characters. Autism in Film and Television brings together more than a dozen essays on depictions of autism, exploring how autistic characters are signified in media and how the reception of these characters informs societal understandings of autism.
Editors Murray Pomerance and R. Barton Palmer have assembled a pioneering examination of autism’s portrayal in film and television. Contributors consider the various means by which autism has been expressed in films such as Phantom Thread, Mercury Rising, and Life Animated and in television and streaming programs including Atypical, Stranger Things, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Community. Across media, the figure of the brilliant, accomplished, and “quirky” autist has proven especially appealing. Film and television have thus staked out a progressive position on neurodiversity by insisting on screen time for autism but have done so while frequently ignoring the true diversity of autistic experience. As a result, this volume is a welcome celebration of nonjudgmental approaches to disability, albeit one that is still freighted with stereotypes and elisions. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9781477324912Contents: -- -- Preface: Two Meditations: Who Am I? (Murray Pomerance) Before Neurodiversity (R. Barton Palmer) -- 1. Autistic Android? The Curious Instance of Star Trek’s Data (Ina Rae Hark) -- 2. Life, Animated: Adapting a Book about a Hero with Autism (Rebecca Bell-Metereau) -- 3. Where Is the Autism in Rain Man? (Daniel Sacco ) -- 4. The Good Doctor: Images of Autism and Augmented Intelligence (Burke Hilsabeck) -- 5. Oddity and Catastrophe in The Big Short (Jason Jacobs) -- 6. Diagnosing the Detective: Sherlock Holmes and Autism in Contemporary Television (Christina Wilkins) -- 7. She’s So Unusual: The Autist in Stranger Things (Brenda Austin-Smith) -- 8. Autism, Performance, and Sociality: Isolated Attention in The Social Network (Elliott Logan) -- 9. Hidden Worlds of Female Autism (Daniel Varndell) -- 10. Eye Contact in Juárez: Borderline Empathy and the Autistic Detective (Douglas McFarland) -- 11. The Creative Evolution and Reception of Netflix’s Atypical (Christine Becker) -- 12. Community’s Human Laugh Track: Neurodiversity in a Metamodern Sitcom (Joshua Schulze) -- 13. Portrait of the Autist as a Young Man (Fincina Hopgood) -- 14. Due Diligence: Exploring ASD in Nightcrawler and The Accountant (Dominic Lennard) -- 15. Mind the Gap: Autistic Viewpoint in Film (Alex Clayton) -- 16. Performative Restraint and the Challenges of Empathy in Being There and Phantom Thread (Matthew Cipa) -- 17. “A Spoonful of Sugar”: Watching Movies Autistically (Mark Osteen) -- 18. David and Lisa: The Healing Power of the Group (R. Barton Palmer) -- 19. Jesse: Torture That Autist (Murray Pomerance) -- Works Cited and Consulted -- Photo Captions and Credits -- Contributors -- Index.
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Beyond representation : television drama and the politics and aesthetics of identity / Geraldine Harris Manchester ; New York: Manchester University Press, distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2006.
Call No: 744.9 HARAuthor: Harris, Geraldine Source: USPlace: Manchester ; New YorkPublisher: Manchester University Press, distributed exclusively in the USA by PalgravePubDate: 2006PhysDes: 210 p. ; 23 cmSubject: DRAMAS ; REALISM ON TV ; AESTHETICS ; RACIAL ISSUES AND TV ; MARXISM AND THE CINEMA ; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA ; IMPERIALISM AND THE CINEMA ; HOMOSEXUALITY AND TV ; GLOBALISATION ; ALLY MCBEAL [TV] (US, 1997-) ; BILL, THE [TV] (UK, 1984-) ; STAR TREK [TV] [...] (US, 1966-69, 1987-) ; QUEER AS FOLK [TV] (UK, 1999-2000) ; ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS [TV] (UK, 1992 - 1996) ; BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV] (US, 1997-2004) ; [DOCTOR] DR WHO [TV] (UK, 1963-1989, 2005-) ; DYNASTY [TV] (AT, 1970) ; PRIME SUSPECT 3 [TV] (UK, David Drury, 1993) ; SOPRANOS, THE [TV] (US, 1999) ; TIPPING THE VELVET [TV] (UK, Geoffrey Sax, 2002) ; WILL & GRACE[TV] (US, 1998-) ; XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS [TV] (US, 1995-) Summary: Beyond representation, poses the question, as to whether over the last 30 years, there have been signs of progress/progressiveness, in the representation of marginalised or subaltern identity categories, within television drama, in Britain, and the US. In doing so, it interrogates some of the key assumptions concerning the relationship between aesthetics and the politics of identity, that have influenced and informed television drama criticism during this period. [Taken from the back cover]Notes: Bibliography: p.191-20; Includes indexISBN: 0719074584 (hdbk)Donation: Donated by Senses Of Cinema, 2009
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Day of the Dove : based on the exciting television series created by Gene Roddenberry / James Blish New York: Bantam Books, 1975.
Call No: N79STA BLIAuthor: Blish, James Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Bantam BooksPubDate: 1975PhysDes: 189 p. ; 18 cmSeries: Star TrekSubject: STAR TREK [TV] [...] (US, 1966-69, 1987-) Notes: previously published under the title Star Trek 11ISBN: 0553251694Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006
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Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; STAR TREK: BEYOND (US, Justin Lin, 2016)Author: Wilson, Jake PhysDes: Clippings File ArticleSubject: STAR TREK: BEYOND (US, Justin Lin, 2016) Summary: Review of the film STAR TREK: BEYOND. Some comparisions with the original STAR TREK TV shows and films as well as the most recent films directed by J.J. AbramsRating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
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Film reboots / edited by Daniel Herbert and Constantine Verevis Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2020.
Call No: 753.81 FILAuthor: Herbert, Daniel ; Verevis, Constantine Edition: 2020Place: EdinburghPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPubDate: 2020PhysDes: 244 pages : illustrated ; 25 cmSeries: Screen SerialitiesSubject: REMAKES ; FRANCHISES ; BATMAN IN FILMS ; GHOSTBUSTERS (US, Ivan Reitman, 1984) ; GHOSTBUSTERS (US, Paul Feig, 2016) ; STAR TREK ; STAR WARS [...] (US, 1977-2015) Notes: Bringing together the latest developments in the study of serial formatting practices – remakes, sequels, series – Film Reboots is the first edited collection to specifically focus on the new millennial phenomenon of rebooting. Through a set of vibrant case studies, this collection investigates rebooting as a practice that seeks to remake an entire film series or franchise, with ambitions that are at once respectful and revisionary. Examining such notable examples as Batman, Ghostbusters, and Star Trek, among others, this collection contends with some of the most important features of contemporary film and media culture today. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9781474451369Contents: Introduction: Film Reboots / Daniel Herbert and Constantine Verevis.
PART I: INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE -- 1. Rethinking the ‘Supersystem’: Film Reboots and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Daniel Herbert -- 2. Live Long and Prosper: Rebooting Star Trek and Reimagining Fandom / Erin Hanna -- 3. The Many Reboots of the Batman / Eileen R. Meehan.
PART II: STRUCTURE AND NARRATIVE -- 4. The Edge of Reality: Replicating Blade Runner / Constantine Verevis -- 5. Gender, Genre and the Reboot: From Ocean’s 11/Eleven to Ocean’s 8/Eight / Jennifer Forrest -- 6. Understanding Twin Peaks: The Return as a ‘Film Reboot’ via Anti-Franchise Discourses Within Media Franchising / Matt Hills -- 7. All This Has Happened Before: Mythic Repetition in the Film-to-Television Reboot / Nicholas Benson & Jonathan Gray
PART III: POLITICS AND IDENTITY -- 8. Resistance and Empire: Star Wars and the Social Justice Reboot / Derek Johnson -- 9. Rebooting the Politics of the Sports Melodrama: Creed vs. Rocky / Chuck Tryon -- 10. Ghost Girls: Ghostbusters, Popular Feminism and the Gender-Swap Reboot / Claire Perkins
PART IV: FANS AND AUDIENCES -- 11. Reboot, Requel, Legacyquel: Jurassic World and the Nostalgia Franchise / Kathleen Loock -- 12. Worldbuilding, Retconning, and Legacy Rebooting: Alien and Contemporary Media Franchise Strategies / James Fleury -- 13. Anticipating the Reboot: Teasing Top Gun 2 / Paul Grainge -- 14. A Dark Knight on Elm Street: Discursive Regimes of (Sub) Cultural Value, Paratextual Bonding, and the Perils of Remaking and Rebooting Canonical Horror Cinema / William Proctor
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Fire sweeps through Paramount Studios in Australasian Cinema (Friday, 2/9/1983) vol.12 iss.16 p.5
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J.J. Abrams : interviews / Edited by Brent Dunham The United States: University Press of Mississippi, 2019.
Call No: 81ABR INTAuthor: Dunham, Brent, (editor.) Source: USPlace: The United StatesPublisher: University Press of MississippiPubDate: 2019PhysDes: xlviii, 182 pages ; 23 cm.Series: Conversations with filmmakers seriesSubject: DIRECTORS ; PRODUCERS ; SCRIPTWRITERS ; USA ; ABRAMS, J.J ; LOST [TV] (US, 2004 -) ; LOST [TV], (US, 2004 -) ; MISSION IMPOSSIBLE III (US, J. J. Abrams. 2006) ; STAR TREK (US/G, J.J. Abrams, 2009) ; STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (US, J.J.Abrams, 2013) ; STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (US, J.J. Abrams, 2015) ; SUPER 8 (US, J.J. Abrams, 2011) Summary: "Jeffrey Jacob "J. J." Abrams (b. 1966) decided to be a filmmaker at the age of eight after his grandfather took him on the back-lot tour of Universal Studios. Throughout his career, Abrams has dedicated his life to storytelling and worked tirelessly to become one of the best-known and most-successful creators in Hollywood. The thirty interviews collected in this volume span Abrams's entire career, covering his many projects from television and film to video games and theater. The volume also includes a 1982 article about Abrams as a teen sensation whose short film High Voltage won the Audience Award at a local film festival and garnered the attention of Steven Spielberg. Beginning his career as a screenwriter on films like Regarding Henry and Armageddon, Abrams transitioned into a TV mogul with hit shows like Alias and Lost. Known for his imaginative work across several genres, from science fiction and horror to action and drama, Abrams's most successful films include Mission: Impossible III; Star Trek; and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which went on to become the highest grossing film of all time in the United States. His production company, Bad Robot, has produced innovative genre projects like Cloverfield and Westworld. Abrams also cowrote a novel with Doug Dorst called S. and, most recently, he produced the Broadway run of The Play That Went Wrong. In conversations with major publications and independent blogs, Abrams discusses his long-standing collaborations with others in the field, explains his affinity for mystery, and describes his approach to creating films like those he gravitated to as a child, revealing that the award-winning director-writer-producer is a fan before he is a filmmaker."-- FROM BLURB.Notes: Includes index, includes filmography, includes chronology.ISBN: 9781496820426Donation: Senses of CinemaContents: Beardless Wonders of Film Making - Robert Young/1982 -- From the Archives: J. J. Abrams Interview Regarding Superman - Ed Gross/2002 --
TV Producer J. J. Abrams on Creating Lost - David Bianculli/2004 --
J. J. Abrams - Mission: Impossible III - Peter Canavese/2006 --
Interview: J. J. Abrams and Michelle Monaghan - Clint Morris/2006 --
J. J. Abrams - George Stephanopoulas/2006 --
The Mystery Box - J. J. Abrams/2007 --
J. J. Abrams - Noel Murray/2008 --
Star Trek: J. J. Abrams Interview - John Hiscock/2009 --
J. J. Abrams Takes on a Soaring Franchise - Paul Fischer/2009 --
Star Trek: 3. J. Abrams Interview - Rob Carnevale/2009 --
J. J. Abrams - Charlie Rose/2009 --
Director of Star Trek: Into Darkness, Star Wars, and the Lost Finale - Paul Byrne/2009
J. J. Abrams Not Worried about Writer's Block on Fringe - Tyrone Warner/2010 --
An Interview with Super 8 Director J. J. Abrams - Matthew Pejkovic/2011 -- An Interview with J. J. Abrams, Director of Super 8 - Matthew Toomey/2011 --
Contents note continued: Interview: Super 8 Director J. J. Abrams! - Chris Eggertsen/2011 --
J. J. Abrams Talks Super 8, Bad Robot, Lens Flares, Lost, Spielberg, and the Mystery Box - Peter Sciretta/2011
J. J. Abrams: The "Super" Career of a Movie-Crazed Kid - Terry Gross/2011
J. J. Abrams Interview - Abbie Bernstein/2011 --
Interview: J. J. Abrams
-Star Trek: Into Darkness - Iamag.co/2013 --
J. J. Abrams Interview for Star Trek: Into Darkness - John Hiscock/2013 --
Meet the Author: Jonathan Tropper, J. J. Abrams, and Doug Dorst - Jonathan Tropper/2013 --
J. J. Abrams: Hollywood's Renaissance Man - Horatia Harrod/2014 --
Believe: J. J. Abrams Interview UKTV/2014 --
Interview with J. J. Abrams - Andrew Fish/2015 --
J. J. Abrams: The Force Awakens Interview - Tara Salinas/2015
J. J. Abrams Talks 10 Cloverfield Lane, the "Clover-Verse," Cannibal Airlines, and More - Peter Sciretta/2016
J. J. Abrams Interview / Erik Nagel/2017.
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Looking for trouble : on shopping, gender and the cinema / Suzanne Moore London: Serpent's Tail, 1991.
Call No: 67(41) MOOAuthor: Moore, Suzanne Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Serpent's TailPubDate: 1991PhysDes: ix, 305 pages ; 20 cmSubject: CRITICISM ; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA ; JAMES BOND IN FILMS ; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA ; ALWAYS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1989) ; BIRD (US, Clint Eastwood, 1988) ; BLACK RAIN (US, Ridley Scott, 1989) ; BLUE STEEL (US, Kathryn Bigelow, 1989) ; BROKEN NOSES (US, Bruce Weber, 1987) ; CHOCOLATE [CHOCOLAT] (FR, Claire Denis, 1988) ; DEAD RINGERS (CN, David Cronenberg, 1988) ; DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILISATION PART II: THE METAL YEARS, THE (US, Penelope Spheeris, 1988) ; DO THE RIGHT THING (US, Spike Lee, 1989) ; FAMILY VIEWING (CN, Atom Egoyan, 1987) ; FAREWELL TO THE KING (US, John Milius, 1989) ; GHOSTS... OF THE CIVIL DEAD (AT, John Hillcoat, 1988) ; GOOD MOTHER, THE (US, Leonard Nimoy, 1988) ; JESUS OF MONTREAL (CN/FR, Denys Arcand, 1989) ; KAMIKAZE HEARTS (US, Juliet Bashore, 1986) ; KROTKI FILM O ZABIJANIU (PL, Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988) ; LONGTIME COMPANION (US, Norman Rene, 1990) ; MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE (US, Alek Keshishian, 1991) ; MARUSA NO ONNA (JA, Juzo Itami, 1987) ; PARIS BY NIGHT (UK, David Hare, 1989) ; PATTY HEARST (US, Paul Schrader, 1988) ; ROGER AND ME (US, Michael Moore, 1989) ; SCANDAL (UK, Michael Caton-Jones, 1989) ; SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW (US, Wes Craven, 1988) ; SHE-DEVIL (US, Susan Seidelman, 1989) ; SHE MUST BE SEEING THINGS (US, Sheila McLaughlin, 1987) ; SKIN DEEP (US, Blake Edwards, 1989) ; SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY (US, Joesph Ruben, 1991) ; SOMETHING WILD (US, Jonathan Demme, 1986) ; STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER (US, William Shatner, 1989) ; SWEETIE (AT, Jane Campion, 1989) ; TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (US, Steve Barron, 1990) ; THIN BLUE LINE, THE (US, Errol Morris, 1988) ; THIRTYSOMETHING [TV] (US, 1987-91) ; TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! (SP, Pedro Almodovar, 1990)
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ATAME! ; TORCH SONG TRILOGY (US, Paul Bogart, 1988) ; TOTAL RECALL (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1990) ; TUCKER (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1988) ; TWIN PEAKS [TV] (US, David Lynch & others, 1990-1991) ; UNHOLY, THE (US, Camilio Vila, 1988) ; WAR OF THE ROSES, THE (US, Danny DeVito, 1989) ; WIRED (US, Larry Peerce, 1989) ; WORLD APART, A (UK, Chris Menges, 1988) ; BAUDRILLARD, JEAN ; TARKOVSKY, ANDREI ; WINDSOR, BARBARA Summary: "In her articles and essays, Suzanne Moore takes a vitriolic look at the icons of modern life - post feminism, Baudrillard, Laura Ashley, Twin Peaks, the new man, safe sex, James Bond, a green planet. In her film reviews, she dissects the 'mega' filmmakers of our time - Steven Spielberg, Federico Fellini, Akira Kurosawa, Pedro Almodovar, Ken Russell and David Lynch. Definitely not 'one of the boys', Suzanne Moore's attitude to the good and famous is refreshing and irreverent." -Book blurb.Notes: Contains bibliographyISBN: 1852422424Contents: Introduction -- Feminism -- Men: Men against men; Target man; The brothers grim; Toy soldiers or wicked willies; Prince; Torch Song tightrope; Here's looking at you, kid -- Women: Material girl; Hi, I'm Anneka - fly me; Green light spells danger; The odds of getting even; A call to underarms; Fatal fantasies; Happiness is a warm gun; Close-up as the cookie crumbles; Women who read too much; The great awakening; Modern romance; The merry life of Windsor -- Children: Hiding in the wardrobe; Hung-up on Father Christmas; Politics of choice; Birth and death; Maternal melodramas; Eternal childhood; Unhappy families; Heroes in a half-shell -- Fantasy -- Fear: Killjoy culture; Filming by numbers; The death of intimacy; To hell and back; Murder most foul; Electric shocks; Fag end; Soft soap -- Flesh: Good vibrations; Deviant laws; Everyday eroticism; One big act; A screw of convenience?; Missionary sex; The struggle for safe endings -- Faith: Kidnapped by the counter-culture; Sculpting in time; Playing Jesus by night; Nithing but the truth; Always a love story; Jazz junkie -- Power: Pleasure: Understimulation; And now for the news; Film slobs; The metal age; All night long; The money game; Mall-content?; Mini-politics: saying no in public; Belushi's last high; something to stay home about; Reach for the stars; Starship stories -- Politics: Political poison; Junk culture; Never really at home; A problem of identities; Brand loyalty; Sun rises in the east; You can't do the right thing all the time; Great expectations -- Populism: Postmodern paralysis; Britain's macho man; On the side of the man in the street; Against the sober grain -- Postmodernism: Politics of seduction; Getting a bit of the other - the pimps of postmodernism.ID2: 291
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The making of Star Trek / Stephen E. Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry New York: Ballantine, 1968.
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New video deal set up by Video Classics in Australasian Cinema (11/3/1983) vol.12 iss.4 p.1
PhysDes: ArticleSubject: VIDEO CLASSICS ; DISTRIBUTION. AUSTRALIA ; VIDEO, FILMS ON. AUSTRALIA ; UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES ; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS ; UNIVERSAL PICTURES ; UNITED ARTISTS ; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; ROCKY III (US, Sylvester Stallone, 1982) ; STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (US, Nicholas Meyer, 1982) ; THING, THE (US, John Carpenter, 1982) ; SHOGUN ASSASSIN (US, Robert Huston, 1980) ; GREASE 2 (US, Patricia Birch, 1982) ; POLTERGEIST (US, Tobe Hooper, 1982) ; URBAN COWBOY (US, James Bridges, 1980) Summary: Article on deal struck between Video Classics and United International Pictures wherein Video Classics has exclusive rights to distributing numerous blockbusters on video in Australia through their VidAustralia outlet.
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Philosophy goes to the movies : an introduction to philosophy / Christopher Falzon London: Routledge, 2002.
Call No: 626 FALAuthor: Falzon, Christopher Edition: third editionPlace: LondonPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 2002PhysDes: 330p. : illustrations ; 24 cmSubject: PHILOSOPHY AND THE CINEMA ; THEORY ; FOUCAULT, MICHEL ; A NOUS, LA LIBERTE! (FR, Rene Clair, 1931) ; ADDICTION, THE (US, Abel Ferrara, 1995) ; AGNES OF GOD (US, Norman Jewison, 1985) ; AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD [AGUIRRE, DER ZORN GOTTES] (GW, Werner Herzog, 1972) ; ALIEN RESURRECTION (US, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1997) ; ALL OF ME (US, Carl Reiner, 1984) ; ALPHAVILLE (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1965) ; AMADEUS (US, Milos Forman, 1984) ; AMATEUR (US, Hal Hartley, 1994) ; ANGEL HEART (US, Alan Parker, 1987) ; ANTZ (US, Eric Darnell, Lawrence Guterman & Tim Johnson II, 1998) ; APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) ; BASIC INSTINCT (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1992) ; BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD DO AMERICA (US, Mike Judge, 1996) ; BEDAZZLED (US, Stanely Donen, 1967) ; BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (UK/US, Spike Jonze, 1999) ; BEING THERE (US, Hal Ashby, 1979) ; BIG (US, Penny Marshall, 1988) ; BIG SLEEP, THE (US, Howard Hawkes, 1946) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; BLAISE PASCAL (IT, Roberto Rossellini, 1972) ; BLUE VELVET (US, David Lynch, 1986) ; BOB ROBERTS (US, Tim Robbins, 1992) ; BRAZIL ; BREAKER MORANT (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1980) ; A BOUT DE SOUFFLE (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1959) ; BREATHLESS (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1959) ; CABARET (US, Bob Fosse, 1972) ; CASABLANCA (US, Michael Curtiz, 1942) ; CASPER (US, Brad Silberling, 1995) ; CHANCES ARE (US, Emile Ardolino, 1989) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) ; CINEMA PLUS ; CITIZEN KANE (US, Orson Welles, 1941) ; CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1971) ; COLOSSUS: FORBIN PROJECT (US, Joseph Sargent, 1970) ; CONFORMIST, THE [CONFORMISTA, IL] (IT/FR, Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970) ; COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER, THE (NE/FR, Peter Greenaway, 1989) ; CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS (US, Woody Allen, 1989) ; CRIMES OF PASSION (US, Ken Russell, 1984) ; CRUCIBLE, THE (US, Nicholas Hytner, 1996) ; CRYING GAME, THE (UK, Neil Jordan, 1992) ; DANGEROUS LIAISONS (US, Stephen Frears, 1988) ; DARK CITY (US, Alex Proyas, 1997) ; DARK STAR (US, John Carpenter, 1974) ; DEAD AGAIN (US, Kenneth Branagh, 1991) ; DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND (AT, Fred Schepisi, 1976) ; DRACULA (US, Tod Browning, 1931) ; EASY RIDER (US, Dennis Hopper, 1969) ; EDUCATING RITA (UK, Lewis Gilbert, 1983) ; ELEPHANT MAN, THE (US, David Lynch, 1980) ; ENEMY OF THE STATE (US, Tony Scott, 1998) ; JEDER FUR SICH UND GOTT GEGEN ALLE (GW, Werner Herzog, 1974) ; FACE/OFF (US, John Woo [pseud. of Wu Yusen], 1997) ; FAHRENHEIT 451 (UK, Francois Truffaut, 1966) ; FATAL ATTRACTION (US, Adrian Lyne, 1987) ; [FIVE] 5 EASY PIECES (US, Bob Rafelson, 1970) ; FLY, THE (US, David Cronenberg, 1986) ; FORTRESS (AT/US, Stuart Gordon, 1993) ; FRANKENSTEIN (US, James Whale, 1931) ; FRIGHTENERS, THE (NZ/US, Peter Jackson, 1996) ; FULL METAL JACKET (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1987) ; GATTACA (US, Andrew Niccol, 1997) ; GHOST (US, Jerry Zucker, 1990) ; GHOSTS... OF THE CIVIL DEAD (AT, John Hillcoat, 1988) ; GROUNDHOG DAY (US, Harold Ramis, 1993) ; HANDMAID'S TALE, THE (US/GW, Volker Schlondorff, 1990) ; HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (US, Woody Allen, 1986) ; HE SAID, SHE SAID (US, Ken Kwapis and Marisa Silver, 1991) ; HIGH HOPES (UK, Mike Leigh, 1988) ; HIGH NOON (US, Fred Zinnemann, 1952) ; HILARY AND JACKIE (UK, Anand Tucker, 1998) ; MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (UK, Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones, 1974) ; IF... (UK, Lindsay Anderson, 1968) ; INHERIT THE WIND (US, Stanley Kramer, 1960) ; INTERIORS (US, Woody Allen, 1978) ; INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (US, Neil Jordan, 1994) ; INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (US, Don Siegel, 1956) ; ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, THE (US, Erle C. Kenton, 1932) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (US, Stanley Kramer, 1961) ; JURASSIC PARK (US, Steven Spielberg,, 1993) ; KOYAANISQATSI (US, Godfrey Reggio, 1982) ; LADYBIRD, LADYBIRD (UK, Kenneth Loach, 1994) ; ULTIMA CENA, LA (CU, Tomas Gutierrez Alea, 1976) ; MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN (UK, Terry Jones, 1979) ; LOVE AND DEATH (US, Woody Allen, 1975) ; M (G, Fritz Lang, 1931) ; MAD MAX (AT, George Miller, 1979) ; MALTESE FALCON, THE (US, John Huston, 1941) ; MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE (US, John Frankenheimer, 1962) ; MATEWAN (US, John Sayles, 1987) ; MATRIX, THE (US, Larry Wachowski & Andy Wachowski, 1999) ; MONTY PYTHON'S THE MEANING OF LIFE (UK, Terry Jones, 1983) ; MEPHISTO (HU/GW, Istvan Szabo, 1981) ; METROPOLIS (G, Fritz Lang, 1926) ; MISSION, THE (UK, Roland Joffe, 1986) ; MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936) ; MON ONCLE (FR/IT, Jacques Tati, 1958) ; MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (UK, Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones, 1974) ; MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS [TV] (UK, 1969-1974) ; MY FAIR LADY (US, George Cukor, 1964) ; NAME OF THE ROSE, THE [NAME DER ROSE, DER] (GW/IT/FR, Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1986) ; NORMA RAE (US, Martin Ritt, 1979) ; NUTTY PROFESSOR, THE (US, Jerry Lewis, 1963) ; O LUCKY MAN! (UK, Lindsay Anderson, 1973) ; OKTIABR [OCTOBER] (UR, Sergei Eisenstein, 1928) ; OLIVIER, OLIVIER (FR, Agnieszka Holland, 1992) ; ON THE BEACH (US, Stanley Kramer, 1959) ; ON THE WATERFRONT (US, Elia Kazan, 1954) ; ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (US, Milos Forman, 1975) ; PEOPLE VS LARRY FLYNT, THE (US, Milos Forman, 1996) ; PLAYER, THE (US, Robert Altman, 1992) ; PLAYTIME (FR, Jacques Tati, 1967) ; PRINCESS BRIDE, THE (US, Rob Reiner, 1987) ; PURA FORMALITA, UNA (IT/FR, Guiseppe Tornatore, 1994) ; STILTE ROND CHRISTINE M., DE (NE, Marleen Gorris, 1982) ; QUIZ SHOW (US, Robert Redford, 1994) ; RAIN (US, Louis Milestone, 1932) ; RAIN MAN (US, Barry Levinson, 1988) ; RAPTURE, THE (US, Michael Tolkin, 1991) ; RASHOMON (JA, Akira Kurosawa, 1950) ; REAR WINDOW (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) ; REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (US, Nicholas Ray, 1955) ; RETOUR DE MARTIN GUERRE, LE (FR, Daniel Vigne, 1982) ; ROBOCOP (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1987) ; ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (UK, Tom Stoppard, 1990) ; SALT OF THE EARTH (US, Herbert J. Biberman, 1954) ; SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (US, Steven Spielberg, 1998) ; SCHINDLER'S LIST (US, Steven Spielberg, 1993) ; SEA OF LOVE (US, Harold Becker, 1989) ; SEVEN [SE7EN] (US, David Fincher, 1995) ; SJUNDE INSEGLET, DET (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1957) ; SHOCKER (US, Wes Craven, 1989) ; SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE (US, Jonathan Demme, 1991) ; SIMON DEL DESIERTO (MX, Luis Bunuel, 1965) ; SLEEPER (US, Woody Allen, 1973) ; SOPHIE'S CHOICE (US, Alan J. Pakula, 1982) ; STAGE FRIGHT (UK, Alfred Hitchcock, 1950) ; STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (US, Nicholas Meyer, 1982) ; STAR TREK ; STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977) ; SUTURE (US, Scott McGehee & David Siegel, 1993) ; SWITCH (US, Blake Edwards, 1991) ; TERMINATOR, THE (US, James Cameron, 1984) ; TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991) ; TESTAMENT DU DOCTEUR CORDELIER, LE (FR, Jean Renoir, 1961) ; THINGS TO COME (UK, William Cameron Menzies, 1936) ; TROIS COULEURS: BLEU (FR, Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993) ; THREE FACES OF EVE (US, Nunnally Johnson, 1957) ; TOTAL RECALL (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1990) ; TRUMAN SHOW, THE (US, Peter Weir, 1998) ; USUAL SUSPECTS, THE (US, Bryan Singer, 1995) ; VICE VERSA (US, Brian Gilbert, 1988) ; JUNGFRUKALLAN (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1960) ; WAG THE DOG (US, Barry Levinson, 1997) ; WALL STREET (US, Oliver Stone, 1987) ; WILD ONE, THE (US, Laslo Benedek, 1953) ; WITTGENSTEIN (UK, Derek Jarman, 1993) ; YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (US, Fritz Lang, 1937) Summary: Now emulated in several competing publications, but still unsurpassed in clarity and insight, Philosophy Goes to the Movies: An Introduction to Philosophy, Third Edition builds on the approach that made the two earlier editions so successful. Drawing on many popular and some lesser known films from around the world, Christopher Falzon introduces students to key areas in philosophy, like: Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, The Theory of Knowledge, The Self and Personal Identity, Critical Thinking.
Perfect for beginners, this book guides the reader through philosophy using illuminating cinematic works, like Avatar, Inception, Fight Club, Wings of Desire, Run Lola Run, A Clockwork Orange, Blade Runner, Dirty Harry and many other films.
The fully revised and updated Third Edition features: an expanded introduction that provides a new discussion of the relationship between film and philosophy; new material on notable philosophers such as Aristotle, Merleau-Ponty and Rawls; and coverage of new topics like virtue ethics and what Socrates offers for critical thinking. An updated glossary, references and bibliography, and a filmography, are also included in the Third Edition. -- publisher's web siteNotes: Includes glossaryISBN: 9780415538169Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- 1 - Plato’s Picture Show - the theory of knowledge -- 2 - All of Me - the self and personal identity -- 3 - Crimes and Misdemeanors - moral philosophy -- 4 - Antz - social and political philosophy -- 5 - Modern Times - society, science, and technology -- 6 - The Holy Grail - critical thinking -- Further Reading -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index
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Quality popular television : Cult TV, the industry and fans / Mark Jancovich & James Lyons (eds) London UK: bfi Publishing, 2003.
Call No: 725.3 JANCorpAuthor: BFI PublishingPlace: London UKPublisher: bfi PublishingPubDate: 2003PhysDes: 23 cm, 204 ppSubject: NBC TELEVISION NETWORK ; TELEVISION. UK ; ELLEN [TV] (US, 1995-) ; STAR TREK - THE NEXT GENERATION [TV] (US, 1987-1994) ; BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV] (US, 1997-2004) ; VIOLENCE ON TV ; INTERNET AND TV Summary: Why are some contemporary television shows so compelling? The Sopranos, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Friends and ER are examples among many of a new era of the 'must-see' programme. These shows and others like The X-Files and Ally McBeal, have a compulsiveness, a depth of characterisation and 'back-story' that puts much of mainstream cinema to shame. Quality Popular Television examines this new category of mostly US-Produced 'cult' television and the reasons for its emergence. Looking at shows as diverse as Ally McBeak, Martial Law, Buffy, Lois and Clark, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Ellen, the book identifies the particular qualities necessary for success and how they relate to issues such as the economics of network scheduling, the growth of the internet and contemporary debates about television audiences. [Taken from back cover.]ISBN: 0851709419
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Queer cinema : The film reader / Harry Benshoff / Sean Griffin New York: Routledge, 2004.
Call No: 749.4 BENPlace: New YorkPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 2004PhysDes: 242 p. ; 23 cmSeries: Routledge film readersSubject: HOMOSEXUALITY IN FILMS ; MUSICALS. USA ; GARLAND, JUDY ; UNDERGROUND FILMS ; STAR TREK Summary: "Brings together key writings that use queer theory to explore cinematic sexualities, especially those historically designated as gay, lesbian, bisexual and/or transgendered. The collection examines the relationship between cinematic representations of sexuality and their social, historical and industrial contexts." (Back cover)Notes: Includes index: p.231-242; Select bibliographyISBN: 0415319870
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Star Trek III : Short Stories / William Rotsler London: Ravette, 1984.
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STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK : (US, Leonard Nimoy, 1984)
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Star Trek: The Next Generation : Symbiosis, #40271-123 1988.
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Telefantasy / Catherine Johnson London: British Film Institute, 2005.
Call No: 735.1Author: Johnson, Catherine Source: British Film InstitutePlace: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 2005Series: 181 p ; 23 cmSubject: TELEVISION. UK ; PRISONER, THE [TV] (UK, 1967-1968) ; STAR TREK ; STAR TREK [TV] [...] (US, 1966-69, 1987-) ; X-FILES, THE [TV] (US, 1993-) ; BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV] (US, 1997-2004) Summary: Telefantasy offers the first book-length study to consider the place of fantasy, science-fiction and horror dramas in the history of British and US television. Looking at two periods (the 1950s and the 1960s and the 1990s through to the 2000s) when telefantasy has been particularly prevalent on television, this book provides detailed historical accounts of the production of key "telefantasy" programmes: the Quatermass serials, The Prisoner, Star Trek, The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). [Taken from back cover].ISBN: 184570762
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The television genre book / edited by Glen Creeber ; associate editors, Toby Miller and John Tulloch London: British Film Institute, 2001.
Call No: 720 TELAuthor: Creeber, Glen ; Miller, Toby ; Tulloch, John Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 2001PhysDes: xi, 163 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cmSubject: PROGRAMME GENRES ; DRAMAS ; SOAP OPERAS ; CHILDREN, PROGRAMMES FOR ; NEWS PROGRAMMES ; DOCUMENTARIES ; ADAPTATIONS. AUSTEN, JANE ; SOAP OPERAS ; SITUATION COMEDY ; HOMOSEXUALITY ON TV ; BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV] (US, 1997-2004) ; SIMPSONS, THE [TV] (US, 1989-) ; SOUTH PARK [TV] (US, 1997-) ; I LOVE LUCY [TV] (US, 1951-57) ; ROSEANNE [TV] (US, 1988- ) ; ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS [TV] (UK, 1992 - 1996) ; WILL & GRACE[TV] (US, 1998-) ; MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS [TV] (UK, 1969-1974) ; DALLAS [TV] (US, 1978-91) ; COUNTRY PRACTICE, A [TV] (AT, 1981-1993, 1994) ; TWIN PEAKS [TV] (US, David Lynch & others, 1990-1991) ; ALLY MCBEAL [TV] (US, 1997-) ; AVENGERS, THE [TV] (UK, 1961-69) ; HILL STREET BLUES [TV] (US, 1980-87) ; E.R. [TV] (US, 1994 - ) ; STAR TREK [TV] [...] (US, 1966-69, 1987-) ; X-FILES, THE [TV] (US, 1993-) ; CATHY COME HOME (UK, Ken Loach, 1966) ; DAY AFTER, THE (US, Nicholas Meyer, 1983) ; ROOTS [TV] (US, 1977) ; SINGING DETECTIVE, THE [TV] (UK, Jon Amiel, 1986) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0851708498(pbk.)
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To boldly go : Marketing the myth of Star Trek / Djoymi Baker London ; New York: I.B. Tauris, 2018.
Call No: 79 STA BACAuthor: Baker, Djoymi Edition: 2018Place: London ; New YorkPublisher: I.B. TaurisPubDate: 2018PhysDes: 298 pages ; illustrated ; 23cmSubject: STAR TREK ; STAR TREK (US/G, J.J. Abrams, 2009) ; STAR TREK [ GENERAL] ; STAR TREK [TV] [...] (US, 1966-69, 1987-) ; STAR TREK - THE NEXT GENERATION [TV] (US, 1987-1994) ; STAR TREK GENERATIONS (US, David Carson, 1994) ; STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE [TV] (US, 1993-) ; STAR TREK VOYAGER Summary: Today's media, cinema and TV screens are host to new manifestations of myth, their modes of storytelling radically transformed from those of ancient Greece. They present us with narratives of contemporary customs and belief systems: our modern-day myths. This book argues that the tools of transmedia merchandising and promotional material shape viewers' experiences of the hit television series Star Trek, to reinforce the mythology of the gargantuan franchise. Media marketing utilises the show's method of recycling the narratives of classical heritage, yet it also looks forward to the future. In this way, it reminds consumers of the Star Trek story's ongoing centrality within popular culture, whether in the form of the original 1960s series, the later additions such as Voyager and Discovery or J. J. Abrams' `reboot' films. Chapters examine how oral and literary traditions have influenced the series structure and its commercial image, how the cosmological role of humanity and the Earth are explored in title sequences across various Star Trek media platforms, and the multi-faceted way in which Internet, video game and event spin-offs create rituals to consolidate the space opera's fan base. Fusing key theory from film, TV, media and folklore studies, as well as anthropology and other specialisms, To Boldly Go is an authoritative guide to the function of myth across the whole Star Trek enterprise. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9781788310086Contents: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Myth & Early US TV -- Chapter 2: The New Mythology -- Chapter 3: Star Trek Title Sequences As Cosmology -- Chapter 4: Fans, Bards, & Rituals -- Conclude… Then Reboot
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Trekkers promote movie in Australasian Cinema (Friday, 26/10/1984) vol.13 iss.18 p.2
Subject: STAR TREK Summary: Article on the latest Star Trek convention with guest George Takai in Brisbane
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The vulcan treasure : Star Trek III; plot it yourself adventure stories / William Rotsler Bath: Swift Children's, 1984.
Call No: 79 STA WILAuthor: Rotsler, William Source: USPlace: BathPublisher: Swift Children'sPubDate: 1984PhysDes: 117 p. ; 20cmSeries: Plot it yourself adventure storiesSubject: STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK (US, Leonard Nimoy, 1984) Notes: Adventure games. - For children (BNB/PRECIS)
Originally published: London : Ravette, 1984.
Based on Star trek III: the search for Spock / Vonda N. McIntyreISBN: 090671060XDonation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006
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Who makes the franchise? : essays on fandom and wilderness texts in popular media / edited by Rhonda Knight and Donald Quist Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2022.
Call No: 205.26 WHOAuthor: Knight, Rhonda ; Quist, Donald Edition: 2022Place: Jefferson, North CarolinaPublisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., PublishersPubDate: 2022PhysDes: vi, 258 pages ; 23 cmSubject: FRANCHISES ; STAR WARS [...] (US, 1977-2015) ; MARVEL ; GODZILLA IN FILMS ; STAR TREK [TV] [...] (US, 1966-69, 1987-) Summary: Fans and the billion-dollar franchises in which they participate have together become powerful agents within popular culture. These franchises have launched avenues for fans to expand and influence the stories that they tell. This book examines those fan-driven narratives as “wilderness texts,” in which fans use their platforms to create for themselves while also communicating their visions to the franchises, thus spurring innovation.
The essays in this collection look at how fans intervene in the production of mass media. Scholars analyze the negotiations between fan desires for both novelty and familiarity that franchises must maintain in order to achieve critical and commercial success. Applying varying theoretical approaches to discussions of fan responses to franchises, including Star Wars, Marvel, Godzilla, Firefly, The Terminator, Star Trek, DC, and The Muppets, these essays provide insight into the ever-changing relationships between fandom and transmedia storytelling. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9781476684154Contents: We Want the Wilderness: A Preface / Donald Quist and Rhonda Knight -- An Introduction to Fans and Franchises: Essays on the Changing Landscape of Fandom / Donald Quist and Rhonda Knight with John E. Price
Section One: Fans and Canon -- The¬Pedler-Davis Legacy: Cybermen in the Doctor Who Wilderness / Rhonda Knight -- The Wild Canon: Examining the Slash Impact in Roddenberry’s Star Trek / Danielle S. Girard -- A Hero Divided: The Fractured Narrative Arc of Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars Expanded Universe (1977–2014) / Jonathan Hay
Section Two: Franchises and Fans -- “What we make of it”: Terminator Salvation and the Neglect of Core Franchise Themes / Camilo Peralta -- Whose Godzilla? Rethinking the King of Monsters Through the Films / Joe Yang -- Where Auteur Fails: Zack Snyder and the Author-Function / Hannah Taylor -- The Scraps of DC: Media Ownership, Film Economics and the Arrowverse / Tim Posada -- Reminders of Life’s Impermanence: Death, Endings and Closure in Logan and Avengers: Infinity War / Mike Hernandez
Section Three: Fan Responses -- “Take me out to the black”: Firefly, Fanfiction and the (Re)Making of Modern Myths / Jim Casey and Nicola Rene Govocek -- You Always Spoof the One You Love: Thirty Years of Professional Take-Offs on The Muppet Show / Jonathan Hartmann -- “We, the fans of Star Wars”: Negotiating Resistance in an Age of Consumption / Joseph S. Walker -- Fans, Franchises and Cultural Production: What The Hobbit and Disney’s Star Wars Tell Us About the Internet and Media Entertainment Culture / Zachary Sheldon
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The world of Star Trek New York: Ballantine, [c1973].
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