Tubed experience – July-August

My STS class required us to watch 5 science fiction movies. The movies we agreed upon in class were The Island, Aeon Flux, Minority Report, Bicentennial Man and I, Robot. I’m not really into sci-fi movies – I am more of a realist when it comes to movie plots.

I didn’t enjoy making the reviews because I didn’t enjoy watching the movies except for The Island (I love Ewan McGregor!) Although I understood the reason why my professor required us to limit our reviews to 300 words or less (the same goes for the synopsis for a maximum of 600 words per movie), I found it too constraining and discouraging.

I submitted the reviews two weeks ago – and I felt little relief. The reviews are lame, really. I just want to share to my “devoted” readers (my precious handful of friends) the fact that my writing skills can get worse and that I’m purged of the strength to update my blog.

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