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SPOILER

Title

SPOILER directed by Cameron Van Daacke, 1998 Cast: Gary Daniels, Meg Foster, Bryan Genesse and Arye Gross

Arc or State of the Future-obj. 1

Apocalyptic-linear jump

Evolutionary-broken spiral

Alternative-forking path branching off

Dimension of the Future-obj. 4 & 7

Deep future

Post millennial

Alternative future

Course Objectives

Human outcomes-Could you survive this type of incarceration? The Icebox?

Cultural outcomes-Is this the kind of prison system we will have for our

criminals?

Definitions

Spoiler-prison term used for a prisoner who is on the loose or trying to

escape.

Icebox-super prison fortress-instrument used to freeze a human body

overtime.

Deep shadow box-a glacier that freezes on moisture; if you open your eyes or

breath while running through this chamber, your body will

freeze instantly, explode in to tiny pieces and disappear.

Synopsis

This movie depicts a man who is wrongfully accused and sentenced to prison.

Roger Mason (Spoiler) is trying to unite with his daughter back on Earth. He

is sentenced to a year in prison but turns into 80 years because he tries to

escape. Both times they catch him and send him to the Icebox for several

years after beating him. When he is frozen in time, his daughter is getting

older and he stays the same age. On his second attempt to escape this prison

fortress, Spoiler reunites with his daughter. At this time she is 89 and on

her deathbed. Realizing it is her father after all these years, she and him

discuss how they will meet again in the life after death.

View the video

Scene when Spoiler (Mason) is making his second attempt to escape from the

super prison fortress he has been sent to. He discovers the "deep shadow

box" that is capable of destroying his final attempt at freedom. Spoiler and

his two buddies are forced to the decision of running through the "deep

shadows" for survival from the prison guards who are after them.

Questions

What do the "deep shadow boxes" symbolize in your mind? Do you feel in the

future that the deep shadow boxes could be used as an execution chamber for

prisoners who are on death row? Do you find this punishment to be humane?

Sources

Spoiler. Dir. Cameron Van Daacke. Cast. Gary Daniels, Meg Foster, Bryan

Genesse, Arye Gross. Maverick Entertainment, 1998.

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