Contribution 8
Submitted by: Xunchang Fei, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Contamination Exposure in Pop Culture as seen in screenshots of movies and video games
Sample Description
(1) Course Name/Type: Environmental Quality/university-wide course for all year standing
(2) Course Emphasis: General topics of environmental quality: contamination, waste management, remediation, risk assessment
(3) Descriptive Title of Sample: Contamination Exposure in Pop Culture as seen in screenshots of movies and video games
(4) Brief Teaching Note: Show that contamination exposure appears in many movies and PC games, interact with students to see how many screenshots they can recognize.
Exposures to different contaminations:
Left column:
Fantastic 4: universal radiation changes these 4 astronauts into superheroes
Resident Evil (Biohazard): mutation virus turns humans into zombies
Fallout series: nuclear weapon radiation kills most people and mutates the rest
Mid column:
Godzilla series: nuclear weapon radiation creates Godzilla
Hulk series: Gamma radiation turns the guy into Hulk
Annihilation: radiation from a living meteorite mutates a large area and the heroine’s team
Right column:
Joker series: a mixture of chemicals turns the lady into Harley Quinn
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: environmental contaminants cover most of the Earth, the red giant bug is actually cleaning the environment
Color Out of Space: radiation from a living meteorite mutates a large area, set in the Cthulhu universe
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