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    Robots initially are aiming for helping people in different areas thus make people’s lives become more efficient. However, with the development of the technology, more human-like robots are created by humans. Just like the replicants in the movie “Blade Runner”, they are identical to humans from their appearance and they all have emotions. Even some of them have memories. Theoretically, they are robots and are made by humans, but they have all the characteristics that all human should have.This raises

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    Symbolism In Blade Runner

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    film adapted from the 1962 novel "do androids dream of electric sheep?” written by Phillip K Dick. Directed by Ridley Scott and written by Hampton Fancher. This film became a cult classic and influenced films such as Minority report and I Robot. Blade runner cemented itself in a genre of its own, coining the term cyberpunk, accompanied by William Gibson's novel Neuromancer. Taking place in 2019 the set design displays a dystopian Los Angeles with special effects being the best of its time. A multicultural

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    beliefs, conscious and unconscious ideas that structure how individuals see themselves and interact with others. Accordingly, there seem to be a set of primary values that float around the plot of Blade Runner, cultural appropriation and a lack of minority identity and representation. On the surface, Blade Runner seamlessly fits into the category of timeless Sci-Fi classics with its star-studded cast of Harrison Ford, Sean Young, and Emmet Walsh. The film's basic premise follows the protagonist Rick Deckard

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    past experiences and moral compass. Blade Runner and Frankenstein both confront the issue of non-humans displaying human characteristics. Replicants and the Monster both are on the very outskirts of humanity, but they are capable of rational thought and compassion, along with the pursuit of happiness. This has created a sort of creepy feeling, with our modern perspective of humanism encroaching on the progressive views of the two stories in question. Blade Runner and Frankenstein have a warped concept

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    filmic techniques used in the construction of the science-fiction film Blade Runner that will be discussed in this essay are: music/sound, lighting and camera angles, and the impact of these on the audience and the purpose of the text. The use of continual noise/sound effects, darkness and shadowy lighting and the cluttered nature of the street scenes creates an unmistakable mood of mystery. Music and sound is used in Blade Runner to connect with the darkness and gloominess of the film making it mystifying

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    Who are the main characters? Which one is the protagonist? Which one is the antagonist? (who are they, describe them briefly) Rick Deckard is the protagonist, a “Blade Runner” and a reluctant member of the L.A. police department. There is no certainty regarding whether or not he is a replicant. Roy Batty is the film’s main antagonist. He is the leading member of the Nexus-6 replicants, is considered to be the strongest and was created on January 8, 2016, (nearly four years old). Finally, Tyrell refers

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    Androids/Blade Runner Plot Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (1968) is a dark Science Fiction novel illustrating a future of android slavery on Mars and a post-World War III Earth. Rick Deckard is a Blade Runner assigned to retire the androids that escape to Earth. Working for the San Francisco Police Department, he tracks down and retires all of the Androids previously assigned to the Chief Bounty Hunter, Dave Holden. Along the way he faces several internal battles about his

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    Film Blade Runner Essay

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    Film Blade Runner Director Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" is a film adaptation of the book: "Do androids dream of electric sheep." The film is about a man in the division of the police that involves the "retirement" of NEXUS 6 Replicants; this division is called the Blade Runner division. The film begins with a view in long shot of Los Angeles in 2019 as a dystopia. In the middle of the dark and crowded city, under the blackened sky and blanket upon blanket of

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    The Sci-fi Film Blade Runner (1982) by Ridley Scott has been an illustration of the idea of “postmodernism” and “posthuman”. The film illustrates the idea of science and technology taking over the human society. The Idea of postmodernism is highly portrayed as the industry and the economy which also established most of the characters in the film. Blade Runner also explores our understanding of technology as an essential part of our lives and raises questions on issues pertaining to the are rapidly

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    and regulation, the 1982 film Blade Runner instead analyzes the emotional impact of a heavily technological society through the visual style. The movie is shot in the film noir style, utilising muted colors and heavy shadows. As a result, Deckard’s emotionally limited throughout the film, surrounded by the ever present greyness of the world. After Rachel is thought to die, Deckard’s partner states “it’s a shame she won’t live, but then again who does?”(Blade Runner 1:48:50) The permeating lack of

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