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Les Diaboliques

Train to Busan vs World War Z

If thou openest not that I may enter I will smash the doorpost and unhinge the gate. I will lead up the dead, that they may eat the living.”    (Enheduanna). Excerpt from “Descent of Ishtar/Inanna to the Underworld.” Written somewhere between 3000 B.C. to 1900 B.C. Train to Busan and World War Z: A Comparative Approach Call them what you want: the undead, revenant (French word meaning come back or one who has returned), Zombi or Zombii in Haitian, or as many Western viewers know them, zombies. There are fast zombies (both of these movies) , slow zombies (George A. Romero’s classic 1968 film Night of the Living Dead), zombies who are under mind control through nefarious black magic or sorcery, and many more. Zombies are a very important concept in pop culture and society. Specifically, lots of movies have been made about them.   Two interesting films about zombies are World War Z (2013) and Train to Busan (2016). Even though World War Z is has more jump scares and fits into the

Titanic: The Legend Goes On (2000 animated film)

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     The RMS Titanic.  One of the most famous ships ever. The single biggest passenger ship afloat at the time, it was almost 900 feet long and had 10 decks. Embarking from Southampton in the UK, Titanic was destined for New York City. Unfortunately, this was not to be.      It was almost midnight on April 14th of 1912, several days into the voyage, when Titanic struck an iceberg. A submerged chunk of the iceberg scraped along the ship's hull and ripped open a large section. Rivets popped, metal plates buckled under immense pressure, and water came cascading in. This led to a chain reaction in which multiple sections of the ship flooded. Long story short, Titanic sank in about two hours taking about 1,500 people to the bottom of the North Atlantic. The vast majority were lost due to freezing to death in water 27-28 degrees Fahrenheit or -2.7 Celsius.      Tragic events like this are often immortalized in media such as books or movies. Titanic is no exception with quite a few movi