All Right Let's Do This One Last Time

Into the Spider-Verse has managed to wow billions of people soon after its debut in movie theaters  on December 14 th , 2018. This animated movie introduced groundbreaking art that included multiple details that honestly, I missed. The two main things I noticed were reoccurring color motifs that were tied to different characters as well as foreshadowing to the second movie in multiple scenes. (Side  note- if you haven’t watched the movie and don’t want spoilers, maybe read another blog  for this one) Okay let’s start with one of the foreshadowing details.   In this scene, Miles fails to live up to the standards of the previous Spider-Man. He breaks the chip given to him as the key to save the world, he doesn’t know how his powers work, and he feel guilty for Peter’s death. He feels like a fraud, and, he is one. The movie constantly hints at the fact that miles was never supposed to be spider-man, like in this frame. The lore behind this is that the spider that bit Mi...

Stripes in Maus is a motif that is prominent in every moment of the book, especially those foreshadowing events. In the first panel of this scene on page 79, we see Vladek's father-in-law playing cards with one of his old buddies. Both Jews, Zylberberg is told that a German soldier is willing to take his furniture for a price. Yet, he is cheated of his money. Taking a closer look, Zylberberg's friend is dressed in a striped suit. This is a symbol that shows how he is already under German control. Whether he knew what was going to happen or was under the manipulation of Nazis, his friend did exactly as a Nazi would and sold out another Jew. In the next panel, the door and lower rim of the walls are covered in stripes, but as Zylberberg starts to realize that he is being used and taken advantage of by Nazis, the entire background becomes striped walls. This symbolizes how no matter how much Jews tried to survive or make better of a situation, they only began to feel and become mo...