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Blade Runner: what makes a Human? Blade Runner is a 1982 film directed by Ridley Scott. It is a loose adaptation of ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?’ written by Philip K. Dick. It has spawned a loyal following of fans and is seen as a cult classic by many people. The film has inspired a lot of popular culture in movies, anime and video games (Hills, 2011). The films cult popularity is so great that it even received theatrical rereleases with additional scenes in 1992 (‘Director’s Cut’), 2007

As we are introduced to the story of Blade Runner— the adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?— we enter a not so distant future, Los Angeles in the year 2019. While it takes place only 37 years after the original release of the film, and does not hold any extreme differences to our reality, there are numerous aspects of this not-so-far-off version of our world that remains unsettling to the viewer. The ways in which the world within the film mirror aspects of Sigmund

achieved in computing and it can only grow even more in the future. Although authors have different views on this broad topic, they are important as they help paint a picture for society on how technology will evolve. Phillip K. Dick in his book Blade Runner, technology is more advanced and humans have achieved abilities to create machines that resemble men. According to (Dick, 24), “Roy: Chew, if only you could see what I’ve seen with your eyes”. This points us to the fact that Chew considers himself

a 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

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

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

one’s 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

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

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

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