Outline for Second Term Paper

Term Paper 2 Outline

Inertia

Films: One Punch Man, Superman, Hotel Transylvania

Thesis: 

Physics tells us that objects in motion tend to stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. However films tend to break this law, especially films in the superhero genre, and the animation medium. Some do it for comical effect, or stylization, while others do it to demonstrate that a character has superhuman abilities.

One Punch man: 

A: Saitama getting punched so hard he flies to the moon, then jumping so hard off the surface of the moon that he lands back where he was on Earth.

B: Saitama punching someone so hard they fly through multiple buildings but never slow down and fly off into the distance.

Superman: 

A: Superman’s ability to fly

B: Superman’s ability to run at speeds faster than sound

Hotel Transylvania:

Animation style creates characters that move with neither anticipation, nor settle, stopping their limbs in impossible fashion.

Conclusion. Films Break the law of inertia to demonstrate supernatural, or superhuman abilities in the characters.