Posts Tagged ‘ nostalgia ’

The Force Re-Awakens: Star Wars, Repetition, and Nostalgia, Part 2

January 6, 2016
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The Force Re-Awakens: Star Wars, Repetition, and Nostalgia, Part 2

In Part 2 of 2, it's asked what repetition or originality even mean in a sequel, and how The Force Awakens is "nostalgic."
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The Force Re-Awakens: Star Wars, Repetition, and Nostalgia, Part 1

January 5, 2016
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The Force Re-Awakens: Star Wars, Repetition, and Nostalgia, Part 1

What's new about The Force Awakens? Amidst criticisms of the film's adherence to A New Hope, is it all just repetition?
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James Bond: A Transmedia Anomaly?

July 30, 2015
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James Bond: A Transmedia Anomaly?

Like time's arrow, transmedia franchises move relentlessly forward. Or do they? Matthew Freeman looks at the retro fixation of the transmedia James Bond storyworld as an anomaly in contemporary entertainment’s perpetual present.
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“They Repackaged It”: Technofuturism in Tomorrowland

June 1, 2015
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“They Repackaged It”: Technofuturism in <em>Tomorrowland</em>

Li Cornfeld considers the technofuturism and Cold War nostalgia in "Tomorrowland," in light of the Walt Disney Company’s own corporate departure from space age optimism.
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Moving Into a Fuller House: Television Reboots, Nostalgia, and Time

May 29, 2015
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Moving Into a <em>Fuller House</em>: Television Reboots, Nostalgia, and Time

Mark Lashley discusses "Fuller House" and the current trend of resurrected television nostalgia, and how the notion of television as an ephemeral or disposable media form is diminishing.
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A “Look Back” At What Exactly?

February 24, 2014
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A “Look Back” At What Exactly?

My Facebook "Look Back" video was so curiously curated, uneventful, and unrepresentative of how I perceive my Facebook use that I’m still thinking about it weeks after it was generated.
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Pixar and the Ambivalence of Nostalgia

June 21, 2013
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Pixar and the Ambivalence of Nostalgia

With the release of "Monster's University," Pixar takes the next step in nostalgic tendencies, but has this stifled their innovation and creativity?
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Oops, I Swiped My Book: Nostalgia and Finitude in Digital Media

May 25, 2012
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Oops, I Swiped My Book: Nostalgia and Finitude in Digital Media

Can a book really tell us about our changing attitudes towards knowledge? Can a page-flip user interface really shed light on ways of being in the world? The answers to these questions are not governed by destiny, but by your emergent responses.
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Mediating the Past: Mad Men’s Sophisticated Weekly Get Together

April 13, 2012
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Mediating the Past: Mad Men’s Sophisticated Weekly Get Together

While this media surge contributed to this season’s premiere becoming Mad Men’s highest rated episode ever, ratings are not really the point. Mad Men sustains AMC's brand, providing a specific and prestigious visibility that extends beyond those who actually watch. Mad Men also offers viewers the opportunity to feel simultaneously nostalgic for and superior...
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Sporting Goods: Nostalgia, Gender, and Revision in CBS’ “One Shining Moment”

March 21, 2012
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Sporting Goods: Nostalgia, Gender, and Revision in CBS’ “One Shining Moment”

“One Shining Moment’s” recent revisions suggest that the mythic meaning the highlight attaches to the men's tournament is contingent upon the stability of the gendered television viewing experience it constructs.
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Tron’s Legacy

December 30, 2010
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Tron’s Legacy

After an extensive pre-release campaign, and whole lot of hype, Tron: Legacy opened to a rather disappointing weekend, only generating $44 million at the box office.
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