...Tarkovsky is widely renowned as one of the greatest directors Russia has ever seen, and The Strugatsky brothers are regarded as some of the greatest Science Fiction authors ever. Stalker (1979) is a product of mainly Tarkovsky however, Roadside Picnic, still heavily influenced the plot of Stalker. However as is with many movie adaptations, the book is significantly different from the movie. It is often the opinion that movies that are different from the book’s they are based on, are not good. But this begs the question does differences make a movie worse? What are some criteria for a good piece of Science Fiction and are there different criteria for different forms such as a novel vs. a movie. One criteria that should transcend from the novel to the movie are the themes presented. A movie that can still evoke the deep ideas and thoughts that are attached to a theme is an effective and “good” movie adaptation, despite plot differences. Tarkovsky, in Stalker, effectively...
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...Book Review: Button, Button: Uncanny Stories by Richard Matheson | | |Available from Tor in the US and UK | |Trade Paperback, 208 pages | |April 2008 | |Retail Price: $12.95 | |ISBN: 0765312573 | | | |Review by Sheila Merritt © 2008 | | | |Richard Matheson has been thrilling readers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror for decades. | |Matheson’s initial contributions were to the SF magazines, although there was always a leaning toward | |the macabre: his first sale was a short story about a mutant, entitled “Born of Man and Woman,” 1950. | |That title was used for his first collection in 1954: 17 stories, mainly science fiction. His | |screenwriting began with the adaptation of his novel The Incredible Shrinking Man (novel 1956, film | |1957). For those of a certain...
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...The Allentown Stalker On November 10, 1994, Harvey “Miggy” Robinson was sentence to death for multiple accounts of murdered, torture, and sexual assaults. After ten years of filing appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Robison will only be charged as an adult for the Fortney case, since he was eighteen when he committed the murder and sexual assult (Grimming, 46). The rational choice theory explains why Robison’s violent routine activity became a lifestyle after his first nonviolent crime. In the narrative of the Allentown Stalker, it states that Robinson was incarcerated in juvenile detention for eight months before he committed any violent crime (Grimming, 39). According to our lecture, after a juvenile’s first arrest they are most...
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...(especially women) are realizing. (Jenson, 1996, p.1) Cyber stalking is the use of the Internet or other electronic means to stalk someone, which may be a computer crime or harassment. This term is used interchangeably with online harassment and online abuse. A cyber stalker does not present a direct physical threat to a victim, but follows the victim's online activity to gather information and make threats or other forms of verbal intimidation (Bocjj P. and L. McFarlane, 2002). Just because an individual owns a computer and has an Internet account do not assume that person is considerate or respectful. There are just as many stalkers in cyberspace as anywhere else. It’s just that their methods have changed. Some stalkers might harass you by following you through live channels not being able to take no for an answer and bothering you with email messages. In some cases this harassment may become a systematic campaign against you; where your harasser bombards you with threatening messages of hate and obscenities. (1996, p.3) The stalker may even trace your home address and telephone number, causing not only emotional distress but also possibly physical danger. It should come as no surprise to you that the stalkers are making use of this technology to harass people and prey on the innocent. There have been many examples of cyberstalking crossing over in to real life stalking. And those users who have been victims of cyberstalking, tell a similar story, that no one took the harassment...
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...Stalking is a big thing that happens around the world every single day, but why? Although stalking has many different levels, some stalking is harmless, but can be very extreme and dangerous. Stalking can affect someone’s life tremendously and the stalker won’t even care, but why? The more serious question is why do they do it, what is the reason a person stalks another? Stalking is the consists of repeated attempts to gain control over or terrorize someone; stalking exists on a continuum. Stalking is very common among youth with social media, which is also known as cyber stalking. That type of stalking though mostly harmless still happens in everyday life. While most serious stalking happens in the adult life, it is still a very touchy...
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...Nowadays, the Internet has been viewed as an ultimate resource by many people in order to gain the information they desire. It is also used for other various purposes such as to communicate with one another and shopping. The Internet has expanded to the point where one is able to access the Internet not only from computers, but cell phones, tables and iPods making it extremely accessible from any location. As always, there is the other side of the coin. The Internet is dangerous despite being beneficial to the people. People of all age can surf the Internet regardless of their gender, age, or races. Hence, the Internet can be dangerous towards the unawared children and adults. The Internet can be dangerous because people can encounter sexual online predators and lose social interaction skills. Besides these, cyber-bullying occurs and one’s reputation may be compromised. In addition, there are cases of cyber-stalking and the Internet might lead to revolution which increases the social coordination of the public. First and foremost, the Internet has been dangerous because people may encounter sexual online predators. An online predator is one who attempts to sexually exploit a person through the use of online services and the Internet. Anyone can be an online predator. Most young teens are being targeted by the online predators. According to Richard M. Goo’s “Stranger Danger and The Online Social Network” (2008), the number of online sexual predators has been increased due to...
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...bullied. But in the case of cyber stalking, you can definitely talk to someone about it, but just talking to someone won't help you get over or counter the problem, because there is in fact, a threat to your safety. It is well worth noting that there is no global legal protection against cyberstalking. Apart from controlling the extent of information you post on places such as social-networking sites, you can't do much more. This can be a massive problem, and really, cyberstalking is far from just a simple concept, it is quite complex in itself. * Intimate partner: this stalker, the most common type, is a partner or more usually an ex-partner who can't and wont accept that a relationship has come to an end. They can't let go. Vengeful stalker: this is the most dangerous type whose mission is to get even and/or take revenge. Mostly male, he has a grudge and he's going to do something about it. The vengeful stalker may never have met his victim, who may be a politician, council official, boss,...
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...At a time when the stalker movie had been exploited to all ends and the image of mute, staggering, vicious killers had been etched into society’s consciousness to the point of exhaustion, a new kid entered the block. The year was 1984 and it was time for a new villain to enter into the horror genre. A villain that was agile, intelligent, almost inviolable yet viscous, and by all means deadly. A Nightmare on Elm Street introduced the distinctive presence of Fred Krueger to the horror industry and to the audience. Freddy Krueger took the center stage and with him a new era of horror films began. This horribly scarred man who wore a ragged slouch hat, dirty red-and-green striped sweater, and a glove outfitted with knives at the fingers reinvented the stalker genre like no other film had. Fred Krueger breathed new life into the dying horror genre of the early 1980’s. Horror films are designed to frighten the audience and engage them in their worst fears, while captivating and entertaining at the same time. Horror films often center on the darker side of life, on what is forbidden and strange. These films play with society’s fears, its nightmare’s and vulnerability, the terror of the unknown, the fear of death, the loss of identity, and the fear of sexuality. Horror films are generally set in spooky old mansions, fog-ridden areas, or dark locales with unknown human, supernatural or grotesque creatures lurking about. These creatures can range from vampires, madmen, devils, unfriendly...
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...physical cuts or bruises at least not unless the stalker becomes desperate and acts out in violence, which is often the case. According to a nineteen hundred and ninety three and nineteen ninety four U.S. Department of Justice study, women are the victims in ninety percent of the cases nationwide and one in twenty of them will be stalked sometime in their life.( National Center for Victims of Crime )Thirty eight percent of stalking victims are single women between twenty and forty five years old, but teens and older people can be targets too. More and more of them are being caught up in terrifying web of obsession, a terrifying pursuit of the victim. (National Center for Victims of Crime) The difference between harassment and stalking is a distinction of the law. Stalking occurs when harassing behavior is repeated, is threatening, is purposefully directed at a specific person, and would cause a reasonable person to fear bodily injury or death for themselves or a family member(AARDVARC) Sometimes, it's just surveillance; everyplace you go, the stalker is there. Without a doubt it's emotional terrorism. The victim can't get away. Then there are telephone calls twenty to fifty a day, notes on the windshield, or they're in the grocery store when you are, then they show up at an event fifty miles away. (AARDVARC) That's what's so frightening. How can this person know what your schedule is, where you're going? But they do. Stalkers may break into their victim's house, read their...
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...A common occurrence among serial killers is a poor upbringing or abusive childhood, this occurrence can be seen throughout the individual’s life. My serial killer, Richard Ramirez, also known as the “Night Stalker”, witnessed and grew up in a hostile environment, this had a profound impact on his psyche and character as a result. In order to understand Richard Ramirez, we must look at his childhood, his crimes, and his trial and conviction. Richard Ramirez had a tough childhood/adolescence just like many potential serial killers. Richard was born in El Paso, Texas on February 29, 1960, to Julian and Mercedes Ramirez. His mother worked at a factory where she was around toxins and chemicals while she was pregnant with Richard, but the employees were not told to protect themselves from the toxic substances. His father had anger issues that he took out on...
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...Suzumu Kenan English 100 MW Tiare Picard February 4, 2015 We are not “like animals” Essay Maroon 5 has been my favorite hip-hop group ever since the beginning of their album in 2002, but unfortunately, they took things a little too far this time. A woman stalked by a stranger endures into his sexual fantasy, is the most immoral establishment I’ve seen in a music video. The opening lyrics that introduces the first lines to the song, clearly elucidates the creepiness aura that subsides with the song’s theme. As the song progresses, it lures the listener towards the catchy audacity of the chorus- remodeling the idea of stalking woman to be exceptionally appropriate. The music video has not only made its reputation slightly morbid, but has caught the disturbed attention of the music industry. The music video has wrongly casted out this illicit representation of “stalking with romance” into a romantic perspective, and should revamp their messages that they input into their catchy tunes. The first 10 seconds of the music video has already gotten the audience sensing a dark scenario. The beginning of the music video, we see the lead singer, Adam Levine, portraying a butcher, who stalks a woman under the night sky- if not groping an animal carcass in meat lockers. He begins to follow her through the streets and watches her go inside her home. The disturbing plot continues as he breaks into her home and crawls into her bed while she sleeps, unaware of his presence. The next following...
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...Crime Causation Essay Case Study: Richard Ramirez Adriana Owens El Camino College AJ 100 Spring 2015 Born in El Paso Texas on February 28, 1960 Richard Ramirez, AKA the Night Stalker terrorized the city of Los Angeles during a two year period committing multiple murders, sexual assaults, and burglaries. This case study of Ramirez focuses on the possible motives and factors that may have contributed to his brutal crimes. Ramirez was convicted for 13 murders, five attempted murders, 11 sexual assaults, and 14 burglaries. He was known to engage in satanic rituals and showed no empathy for the victims he demonically murdered. This case study will examine three possible reasons that may have influenced such behavior using the social process theory, social disorganization theory, and rational choice theory. Crime Causation Theory The Social Process Theory Ramirez childhood was spent In El Paso Texas with his family where he experienced constant physical abuse from his father. At the age of twelve Ramirez became heavily influenced by his older cousin Miguel “Mike” Ramirez. Ramirez viewed his cousin as somewhat of a role model and had been exposed to extremely violent events at a very early...
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...totally rules over my brain, it's pathetic. Anyway, I called him from my babysitting job, and he answered, and then I just sat there like a lunatic, listening to him say, "Hello? Hello?" He hung up, but a couple of minutes later, the phone rang. It was Josh. It turned out he had caller ID. And of course he recognized my voice when I answered. "Zilky? Is that you?" he asked. "What are you doing at this number?" I could have died! After that, he traded the old nickname he had for me, "Zilky", and started calling me "Stalker". Not exactly the term of endearment. Anyway, like I said, I like Joshua a lot. But I've decided to move on. See, he was totally in love with this girl Lisa, but she moved away and broke Josh's heart. So I started hanging around, making him cookies and stuff, trying to help ease his heartbreak. I thought maybe in the process he might open his eyes and see me, Emily, instead of his pal Zilky. But as I said, things didn't work out as planned. Now I'm Stalker. So tonight I'm going to Kelly Blake’s party with Charlie Cain. It's kind of the drastic measure, since I don't really like Charlie, but it's a statement. I want Josh to see I'm not pinning away for him. When we get to the party, the first person I see is Josh. I force myself not to look at him, though. Instead, I try to act interested in what Charlie is saying. He's talking about video games or something. Staring into Charlie's innocent blue eyes, I feel sort of bad. He's a really nice guy. I wish I liked him...
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...for the stalking man. On another day the group goes to the pool and they are having a great time until the same guys that Jane and Jacqueline had met a few nights before show up and starts harassing them. Then out of nowhere the motorcycle stalker scares the two guys away. After rescuing Jacqueline they begin to talk for the first time and set a lunch date. The next day Jacqueline and Andre, the motorcycle stalker, go out to lunch and confess their love for one another. After lunch they go for a walk in the woods where a very unfortunate event occurs. This film has very similar features to films made by Alfred Hitchcock. Parts of this film have a touch of his movie Psycho. It has similar stalking traits. They both start out very differently than they end. You would never expect the type of endings from the beginning of the films. They also have the same musical methods as of setting up the mood of the scene, whether it is scary or happy. Another similarity is the way that Hitchcock and Chabrol portray their women. They make them helpless, somewhat ditsy and in need of a man to rescue them. The music in any movie is very crucial. It helps tell the story. In this specific film it really helps set the mood. Like whenever the motorcyclist stalker was stalking Jacqueline this creepy mysterious music would come on just as he would appear. The sound affects...
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...population is committed and very perseverant. Despite essential interference the compulsiveness continues, and such as technological accesses to romance suits in the current sample of Cyber stalkers are their emotionally disturbed loners that seek the internet for attention as well as cyberspace friendship and they often get obsessed with someone they met online. The new world is brave, and thus cyber stalking problem is almost a certain type to expand as well as an extensive form, as a result of the society victimization (Emily, 2003) Cyber stalking is a crime against people and this illustration in the UAE will tell why. Illustration Dubai: An alleged cyber-crime victim cooperated with the police investigators to arrest her online stalker during an undercover operation. A U.K businesswoman of 43 years was stalking by an anonymous stalker named Salu, and he constantly used Facebook page to send messages to her. He constantly asked for masculinity. On 5th July the man was arrested by CID officers. According to the Lieutenant Connell Ali Game, the alleged stalker got arrested for the crime against the victim (F, 2009). Federal laws that deal with online stalking: Section 3796 U.S.C 42 and section 14031 U.S.C 42 authorizes grants for law enforcement agencies to develop a program to reduce the number stalkers and develop a state about the local and national database in stalking (Goodno, 2007) Section 14036 U.S.C 42 needs judges to ensure review of the stalker’s criminal history before...
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