Essays on Blade Runner
Frankenstein (1818) and Blade Runner (1982) explore vital themes of creator and creation, and both can be related to the tales of Genesis 2-3. As reflected in the texts, there are strong themes of anthropologic flaws accredited to humanity over time such as ambition, greed, ego and the potential to defy deity and extend human...
Power at its worst is the defamation of one’s humanity. playing god can be portrayed as been inhumane, but playing with the ability to understand life, meaning and control of their humanity is disgusting. “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein & Ridley Scott’s Bladerunner” What do you consider the meaning of humanity? Well for instance, a little inhumanity...
Kazuo Ishiguro’s book “Never Let me Go” and Ridley Scott’s “Blade Runner” Film both explore a dystopian world which features its main characters as clones/replicants of real humans. But what does it mean to be human? Is it to obtain the characteristics of human features; skin, hair, eyes, a heartbeat? Or is it to show...
Directed by Denis Villeneuve Blade Runner 2049 (2017) is a fantastic sci-fi movie displaying a dystopian alternative world scenario in which the current society of the world has fallen apart and shaped by a new hierarchical social order. In this alternative world, the lowest part of the social hierarchy is made up of the living...
Posthumanism is a broad term and has various definitions. It essentially means “after humanity” or a world in which man no longer exists or is replaced by, e.g., Artificial Intelligence. Francesca states, ‘Such a generic and all-inclusive use of the term has created methodological and theoretical confusion between experts and non-experts alike (Ferrando, 2013)’. Interestingly...
Set in a futuristic time period, where technological advancements make it possible to control entire populations, the world controllers of both the novel and movie take full advantage of their power. The societal ranking systems in both the novel and movie create a never ending strive for superiority over others. By comparing Aldous Huxley’s novel...