In the article "Grimm Realities," the author brings up that the creator of Buffy, Angel, Firefly's works are contain timeless stories. Now right of the bat I am thinking, how are a few episodes about a space cowboy timeless? However, as I read further, and saw the example that the author was giving I realize that the themes and the essential storylines of his works have been around for years.
This article brings out qualities in episodes of Buffy that are similar to those in Hansel and Gretel. Nobody can really argue that the fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel aren't timeless. I then began to see what the author meant. There are certain themes and storylines that are timeless when it come to the culture of human storytelling.This article reminds me of how in high school we read, Dante's Inferno, Heart of Darkness and then we watched Apocalypse Now. We compared the stories and it was clear that not only did they have the same themes but they all had the same structure. I thought it was very interesting how both Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now were both molded after Dante's Inferno. I really enjoy seeing old stories put into modern form.
I agree that there are some things that just seem timeless, like fairytales. I also think that certain themes go through phases, like cowboys. Cowboys appeal to different generations and in order to make it more modern they have to switch things up. I think that they did this by making them "space" cowboys instead of your regular cowboys from the classic western movies. This is more modern to our generation and, therefore, appeal to the younger generation.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with Kristina that timeless themes may be "timeless." But, each one of them goes through phases. For example, Pirates.
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