Friday, February 26, 2010

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Differences between the NOVEL and MOVIE

1. In the novel, Percy's teacher who turned into Fury was his Math Teacher, but in the movie, the teacher was his English teacher.

2. In the movie, Percy battled a Hydra at Parthenon which spewed fire but not acid but in the novel, there were no such recount.

3. In the movie, Luke, the son of Hermes, wanted to overthrow the Olympians because he wanted new rulers but in the novel, he did it for Kronos.

4. In the novel, Percy was mentioned to have had a duel with Ares but Ares was not mentioned in the movie at all.

5. In the novel, Percy had to find the pearls he needed to escape the Underworld but in the movie, the pearl was given as a gift to him.

6. In the novel, Clarisse appeared at Camp Half-Blood but was not mentioned in the movie at all, similar to Ares.

7. Also, in the novel, Mr D was around but in the movie, Mr D was not included at all.

8. In the novel, nobody knew of Percy's father, who was Poseidon, before Capture the Flag. But in the movie, everyone except Percy knew about Poseidon being Percy's father even before Capture the Flag.

9. The novel says that not only did Percy stole the Lightning Bolt, but he also stolen Helm of Darkness from Hades, but this was not incorporated in the movie.

10. In the novel, Percy discovered that Luke was the real lightning thief only when he had returned to Camp Half-Blood after giving Zeus the master bolt but in the movie, Percy discovered that Luke was the real lightning thief at the Empire State Building.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

10 Questions About Avatar

1.According to the film, which is set in 2154, humans are mining for a mineral called unobtanium. Is there such a mineral called unobtanium or is it just something the producer made up?

2.In the film, the atmosphere of Pandora was toxic to human so it couldn't have any oxygen present, but how come a fire could be obtain in Pandora?

3.Everything in Pandora is coloured differently from what it really is, but the trees are of the same colour. Why?

4.What do the Na'Vi's eat as the primary food source?

5.Were the Na'Vi's designed to feel like aliens or humans, as they had two eyes and a mouth like humans but were 3m tall and were blue, suggesting signs of alien-ness.

6.Why are the Na'Vi's designed to look extremely tall, almost twice the height of the normal human? Is it they are actually tall or is it that the conditions of Pandora makes them look tall?

7.How come only the Na'Vi have two eyes but most other creatures in Pandora have four eyes?

8.The Na'Vi, besides having human and alien features, it also have features like a cat, for example their big ears. Why is it so that?

9.Native Na'Vi have only four fingers and four toes, but in the film, avatars developed had five fingers and toes. Why is it like that?

10.How long have the practice of developing Avatar been performed and how long have humans been in Pandora in their avatar form?

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

What is Thematic Apperception Test:

It consists of a series of pictures of relatively vague scenes with no clear meaning to what it is and the person tested is requested to make up stories about what they see in the picture and what they think is going to happen. The test protocol provides the examiner with a rich source of data, based on the subject's perceptions and imagination, for use in the understanding of the subject's current needs, emotions, and conflicts, both conscious and unconscious.

It is widely used with the Rorschach test to determine the personality of the person, through the imaginations and fantasies he/she derives from the images shown.