Repent Harlequin!

"Repent Harlequin!", 

said the TICKTOCKMAN.

                        First, I want to share my reaction about this short story. I think that this story is pretty much interesting. I actually learned some new words by reading these short story. I held my iPhone on my left hand while reading the short story and look for the meaning of the words which I cant understand. Haha. 

           I started to feel the urge to read it fully when I got to the part when the author explained about time in their place.

Time is a very important thing for every person nowadays. As for my case, a college student, when I came late in class several times, it might affect my grades at the end of the term. Why? because, the things which I "should have" learned were not known by my mind because I missed the time learning it; I would miss doing my homework because I wasn't there when it was announced. That is how important time is. Time covers lots of small things which could come together as a big thing. 

           So for the Repent Harlequin, they have this one of the major characters called the Ticktockman. The ticktockman is a very powerful man for he holds every thing by the people. So for the case of our professors, their "ticktockman" is Ms. Jenny. This ticktockman checks if these people go to their places on time. Because for them, it is really important to be on time. And there was this point when the people don't let time serve them, but what happened was, they serve time. They became slaves of time.

        These are the words which really struck me when I read the short story. Additional to that is when it reached to the point wherein it becomes more than a minor inconvenience to be late. Being late became a sin. Being late became a crime!

           Moving on with TIME, there was this one thing which struck me. It's not about time and being late, nor knowing who Harlequin is. One thing which struck me is when the wife of Marshall got the letter and was anxious about who the letter is for. She prayed to God that the letter is not for her, rather is for her husband or children. Family is one of the first priorities of us Filipinos. As a mother, you would rather wish that you would die not your kids. You would want to sacrifice your life for them. If you would get the chance to save them, you save your family until your last breath. But in the story, it was different. The mother was very self-centered. It was not practical and very moral. 

       People in the story was changed because of time. Their personality, way of thinking and even on the way they act changed just because of time.

 "Time could control anything, but the most difficult part is when you became a slave of time."  

I understand Science Fiction!

At first, when people ask me, what are the Science Fiction movies? I just think of Star Wars, Aliens, etc. I didn't know that Science Fiction could be big and interesting. 

During the first day of my Science Fiction class, I'm not actually sure of what Science Fiction when I came inside the room. But at the end of the class, I knew that Fantasy and Science Fiction is somehow different. I sometimes thought Fantasy is just like Science Fiction. It was very cool understanding Science Fiction.

Now, what is Science Fiction??

Is it about what's going to happen on the future?

Is it about robots??

Is it about aliens??

"SciFi reflects scientific thought, a fiction of things-to-come based on things-on-hand."

From what I have understood in our lecture about SciFi, SciFi is:

• nature of changes that face us
• includes the cyborgs
• draw on scientific methods and fact
• sometimes leads to anxiety and fear to the things on the future

  Now, here is my shortlist for good Science Fiction movies and weak Science Fiction movies. :)

     

Good Science Fiction movies:

First movie: X-men 

 For me, X-men is a great Science Fiction action movie. It introduced lots of new superheroes when it was released. The movie even got an all time favorite character, Wolverine. I think because of the cool features and unexpected routines. It was a great movie.

Second movie: Iron man 2

 

Iron Man 2 is one of my favorites. I like it because for the new awesome things they use there. Most especially the hologram computer. It is one of the bests. It somehow shows the things on the future (like gadgets, cars, etc.).

Third movie: Captain America

I can hardly remember it because it was a long time ago but then, I could still remember it. It was so nice. It was very well directed according to its comic book. That is the good thing on this movie.

Weak Science Fiction movies:

First movie: Superman

Well for me, some superhero movies were fail or weak science fiction movies. It was a great movie and a very "gwapo" actor, but then when in terms of Science Fiction, it's just not it. 

Second movie: Batman

As we all know, Batman is not a real superhero. He does not have powers. He doesn't have this machine part of a body nor a different DNA. So, it was quite impossible for him to be a very good superhero when all he has is good gadgets and a very nice car. :)

Third movie: The Hulk

The Hulk is a great movie but it was really not that realistic or it's very hard to have an interest in because it is full of fantasies. It is very impossible to get a very very high blood pressure and which would turn out to be a very big and muscular creature. It's not that nice in relation to SciFi. 

So there, thank you for reading my reviews. 

I hope it somehow helped you. :D