Essays on Schwarzenegger

The 1980s was a complex era of transition, which saw the rise of military power, but also the emergence of new technology, as the fight against communist threats intensified. During this decade, the sci-fi genre reached immense popularity, and was closely related to the new blockbuster films which Hollywood exported throughout the world. During this decade, illegal immigration, the memory of the Vietnam War and the transformation of masculinity under the threat of feminism became prominent issues, which were reflected in the popular media of the time. As a genre which is particularly fit to reflect the anxieties and ...

Enron did not focus on actually supplying oil and gas, like a traditional company would. Instead, Enron oriented their efforts towards buying futures (investments predicting the future price of a commodity) in oil. The company also bought electricity from generators and sold it to consumers. One of the bold moves that the Company carried out was the signing of marketing agreement for a year, which was the first in the industry, with Calpine Corporation. According to the agreement, the natural gas daily prices would be linked with the electricity prices. Another example would be the signing of contract for ...

The arts and film industry has led to the development of modern careers from acting, music and other artistic performances. The film and music industry appears to be one of the most developed and popular in the world. The rise of many stars from their talent and skills has made them famous like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone among many others. Arnold and Stallone were famous for their action packed movies back in the 80’s and 90’s. Sylvester Stallone has continued to work in the film industry until recently while others like Arnold decided to join the politics. ...

In the 1993 film Last Action Hero, the protagonist is Danny Madigan, a disenfranchised preteen who is completely and utterly lost in the world of over-the-top action movies. He has watched enough of them that it has become a staple of his life, having been exposed to an entire film genre’s worth of violence, sex, and vulgarity. As a result, when he is magically brought into the world of an Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie (Jack Slater IV), he is not only completely unfazed by the horrific things going on around him, but he embraces it and relishes the fact that he ...