Comments on: Consumption http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/2013/01/17/consumption/ part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:22:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Steph Carr http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/2013/01/17/consumption/#comment-41 Steph Carr Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:47:23 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/2013/01/17/consumption/#comment-41 Thanks for your comment. I hadn't noticed the soundtrack but, absolutely, the music really makes a point. It's really quite menacing. As if something unknown is looming. I think I've seen 'The Fly', but way back when. I may have to revisit. Thanks for your comment.

I hadn’t noticed the soundtrack but, absolutely, the music really makes a point. It’s really quite menacing. As if something unknown is looming.

I think I’ve seen ‘The Fly’, but way back when. I may have to revisit.

]]> By: Giraf87 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/2013/01/17/consumption/#comment-19 Giraf87 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:52:11 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/2013/01/17/consumption/#comment-19 that's a great review. Interesting too from the sound track perspective: the scene starts with ordinary sounds taken from a generic restaurant environment. Then a twist in the plot as he realises what he is about to start: the ordinary turns into the extra-ordinary and that very instant classical music is overlaid, developing into a dramatic build up, parallel to him building the gun. My impression is that he has no control over it. It affects him, he does not dislike it, but it takes him on a path of no return. As he blends parts of himself with the object, something is born. The organic is mixed with the inorganic, transformed. There are similar themes with the film ‘The Fly’, also by Cronenberg (a remake though). It offers a dystopian view on humanity, being transformed into a monstrous concoction; once we play with technology, things may go wrong and we are no longer sure of our destination. that’s a great review.

Interesting too from the sound track perspective: the scene starts with ordinary sounds taken from a generic restaurant environment. Then a twist in the plot as he realises what he is about to start: the ordinary turns into the extra-ordinary and that very instant classical music is overlaid, developing into a dramatic build up, parallel to him building the gun.

My impression is that he has no control over it. It affects him, he does not dislike it, but it takes him on a path of no return. As he blends parts of himself with the object, something is born. The organic is mixed with the inorganic, transformed.

There are similar themes with the film ‘The Fly’, also by Cronenberg (a remake though).

It offers a dystopian view on humanity, being transformed into a monstrous concoction; once we play with technology, things may go wrong and we are no longer sure of our destination.

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