This edition proposes a forward looking interpretation of how films and social media interaction seemingly configure your responses. This relates predominantly to the concept of hyperreality, and the expression that I have coined as the Hyperreal Social Value (H.S.V). I begin to explore how the proliferation of media such as social media generates these hyperreal value responses. This will be represented through a number of Twitter status’s written on various recent film releases. I will offer a sense of meaning on a more personal note, nonetheless I hope it provides you with an understanding into the world that in many ways is invariably conflicted and distorted.
My first example is the film Limitless which is an action film focusing on a writer who is transformed by a smart drug, enabling him to become a perfect vision of himself. I propose that just visualising working at that level of intensity is scary.
Just visualising working at that level of intensity is scary #limitless—
Seth Kirby (@sethkirby) January 12, 2012
Moneyball is a biographical sports drama which recollects an account of Billy Beane (Oakland Athletics Manager) attempting to assemble a competitive team using innovative analysis methods. Moneyball provides a comprehensive lesson into baseball economics and its outcomes.
Lesson of baseball economics #moneyball—
Seth Kirby (@sethkirby) June 20, 2012
The Adjustment Bureau offers a glimpse into how a man can overcome future happenings and his intended destiny. In this sense The Adjustment Bureau eloquently expands the possibilities of free will, broadens your mindset and expands your horizons.
The Adjustment Bureau eloquently expands the possibilities of free will #turnedphilosophical—
Seth Kirby (@sethkirby) June 22, 2012
My fourth example is Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. The character Scott is invited to defeat his new girlfriend’s seven evil exes in order to win her heart. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is an unprecedented example of a gamers’ paradise.
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is an unprecedented example of a gamers' paradise.—
Seth Kirby (@sethkirby) August 16, 2012
Finally, The Running Man features a wrongly convicted man who now must survive a live public execution on a T.V game show. The Running Man is an overt simulation of the world at it’s most volatile. There is a recognition that the film The Hunger Games is conceivably a modern hybrid version of The Running Man.
The Running Man is an overt simulation of the world at it's most volatile #dangerahead—
Seth Kirby (@sethkirby) September 10, 2012
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