Year: 1989 – ZooScope

Robyn Brennan
29th January 2021
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Turner and Hooch. Dir. Roger Spottiswoode. Touchstone Pictures. 1989.

Turner and Hooch. Dir. Roger Spottiswoode. Touchstone Pictures. 1989. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Robyn Brennan Robyn Brennan https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/21e516af565158655e6ef8f88459e647?s=96&d=mm&r=g 29th January 2021 17th March 2022

Charles Darwin once stated ‘It is scarcely possible to doubt that the love of man has become instinctive in the dog’. [1] In the case of Turner and Hooch (1989),…

Adam Shepherd
28th May 2020
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Pet Sematary. Dir. Mary Lambert. Paramount Pictures. 1989.

Pet Sematary. Dir. Mary Lambert. Paramount Pictures. 1989. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Adam Shepherd Adam Shepherd https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/25894d3c794405bda491ef3c4d019bc9?s=96&d=mm&r=g 28th May 2020 25th May 2021

Mary Lambert’s 1989 adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary is a horror film that supplants the blood-thirsty killer with a household pet – one which becomes increasingly unfamiliar as the…

Robert McKay
21st May 2018
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Kiki’s Delivery Service. Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli. 1989.

Kiki’s Delivery Service. Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli. 1989. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Robert McKay Robert McKay https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b4fde2e23d895b59c54f7429f3872b94?s=96&d=mm&r=g 21st May 2018 8th March 2023

https://youtu.be/4bG17OYs-GA In Kiki’s Delivery Service one of the representations of animals is Kiki’s cat and familiar, Jiji. A familiar is a supernatural entity that can aid a witch with her magic, often…

Jenny Marshall
13th January 2017
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The Little Mermaid. Dir. John Musker and Ron Clements. Buena Vista Pictures. 1989.

The Little Mermaid. Dir. John Musker and Ron Clements. Buena Vista Pictures. 1989. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Jenny Marshall Jenny Marshall https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/257989d02dab3a5d1d096625801f944e?s=96&d=mm&r=g 13th January 2017 25th May 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai1RlvqicrU&feature=emb_title Ariel, a headstrong 16-year-old mermaid, has dreams of living as a human on land, despite her father, King Triton’s, constant reprimands regarding her desire for human/animal (mermaid) interaction. With…

Jenny Marshall
5th January 2017
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The Little Mermaid. Dir. John Musker and Ron Clements. Buena Vista Pictures. 1989.

The Little Mermaid. Dir. John Musker and Ron Clements. Buena Vista Pictures. 1989. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Jenny Marshall Jenny Marshall https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/257989d02dab3a5d1d096625801f944e?s=96&d=mm&r=g 5th January 2017 25th May 2021

Human ignorance towards carnivorous eating behaviours are challenged in the ‘Les Poissons’ scene of The Little Mermaid, where a flamboyant chef sings about cooking fish as he prepares them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq-UaXQ1c1M&feature=emb_title One…