The beginning of Carl Abbott’s reading inspired me to reflect on the function and purpose of scientific and futuristic films. Since there are indeed not many limitations and boundaries for creating this genre of movie. Hence, despite fulfilling the audience’s excitement and curiosity, it warns and alarms human beings about environmental, health and technological issues in the future. Besides, I agree with the writer’s idea that plenties of cities have already died on the ground where they were born and disappeared into history. Places in every single corner of the world keep demolishing and replacing due to numerous reasons. Seemingly nothing can be removed and inserted in history, but in fact, it is easily manipulated, especially for some political reasons. Hence, people in the past have the right to put the city in history or not. A particular city with no record can be vanished and disappeared.
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A thoughtful response to the reading on Abbot. How does the idea of Moving City in science fictions challenge the thought of the inevitable burial of cities in history?