Monday, November 5, 2012

Postmodernism


I've chosen "The Final Cut" and "Jokaydia"


Both of them have postmodern characteristics. As regards the first one, the most important aspect is knowledge and the beginnings of technology- "The advent of electronic computer technologies has revolutionized the modes of knowledge production distribution and consumption in our society." In the movie, when a person is born, he /she can have a chip implanted that can record all the moments of his/her life. When this person die, that chip is taken off and cut to make a "memorial video" (something interesting to see) for their families. 

As regards Jokaydia, we can found what Baudrillard calls "simulacra". In this case, it is related to virtual reality- "The page was created to document the educational uses of virtual worlds and games"- and not to copies of originals  This wiki has useful information about virtual worlds, platforms, tools, social networking services and games. 

I believe that in the trailer and in the wiki, knowledge becomes functional because they learn things, not only to know them, but to use that knowledge. 

Words between inverted commas have been taken from Klages and Jokaydia Wiki
   

1 comment:

  1. How about the edition of the memories in "The Final Cut"? What does this suggest about reality?
    I'm not sure you have understood what
    Joykadia is about. What do you mean by "to document the educational uses of virtual worlds and games"- and not to copies of originals"

    Basic language mistakes.

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