Movies Viewed This Week

"Moon"

"Moon" was directed by Duncan Jones and stars Sam Rockwell, another Sam Rockwell and Kevin Spacey as the lovable Hal-like robotic assistant named GERTY. Rockwell plays as Sam Bell; a contract employee of Lunar Industries who is the lone station manager on the far side of the moon. Bell maintains the machines that mine helium-3 from the surface of the moon and sends the extracted h3 down to the earth. Nearing the end of his 3 year contract, Bell starts hallucinating starts questioning if he should trust his robotic assistant. I won't give the rest away so I'll end by saying that this movie had me entertained the entire time and had me guessing the true intentions of Lunar Industries and the robotic assistant. Despite the lack of moon gravity inside the base, this movie could easily rank as number one in my 2009 movies top ten. The Blu-Ray extras were great, which include a science Q&A with the director and a short film by the same director called "Whistle". I also just learned that the director of this film is the son of David Bowie; no real significance in that information but interesting nonetheless.

Color

The small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that makes up visible light contains all the color that our eyes can detect. Using color for symbols is one of the most basic usage of symbols we learn early in our development. For example, we understand RED as a universal "hot", "stop" or "danger" symbol. Colors can set a desired mood. Seeing blue dyed water in a toilet gives us a sense of cleanliness and puts us at ease. Complimentary colors can be paired up in an advertisement to attract our eye to it; colors are grouped together in many other ways similar to this for a multitude of desired effects as well. People devote their entire lives to understanding how humans interpret color and how color can be used to manipulate our thought processes.