... life. The camera cuts to a downward angled shot on Sebastian signifying his helplessness and feelings of being trapped by the replicants. It is dark in the elevator and we hear the elevator moving up, paralleling the path of the replicants in the film. They ... of Sebastian and then of Roy when they hear Tyrell's next move. They both know that Tyrell is now trapped. The music sounds like water drips or klinks or blips on a radar right after Tyrell reveals his move. This makes us pay close attention to Roy and ... . Roy is shown with a low angle shot to signify his superiority over Sebasti...

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... replicants start killing humans. So the humans form a police force just for killing these replicants. These police officers are called Blade Runners. We must wonder, is it okay to "retire" (or kill) these beings? In the movie, one of the replicants, Priss, quotes Descartes" famous line "I think, therefore I am." ... This brings about a great deal of questions, such as "Is this a true statement? Are the replicants people? Do the replicants think?" In Descartes" Second Writing, he states that the only thing he can be ... , because if they didn't, why would they kill people? After all, the...

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... your mind when you watch Ridley Scott's Blade Runner and when you read Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? What does it mean to be a human? When reviewing both the novel and the movie, you realize that although both convey the same idea, they go about describing it in different ways ... . In the story, a cop, or blade runner, tracks down and "retires- androids who escaped from an off-world colony and returned to earth. Although the novel and the movie have the same plot and many similarities, you notice the differences as well ... Rachel, a Nexus 6, can act and operate a...

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... and evil place full of Mystery. The classic detective/murder mystery easily moulds into the shadows creating a good theme. The set is so realistic it's actually scary, because it can easily be the possible future. The dark alley ways, shadowy streets, the huge Pyramid Buildings. The easily set the scene for the movie ... also extended the Romance between Rachael played by Sean Young and Himself. Sean Young did a brilliant job; she played the perfect Damsel in Distress. You actually feel really sorry for her during the movie when she has to go through all the pain of realising she is a rep...

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In comparing your TWO texts you will have become aware of how the contexts (situation that it is set in) of the texts have shaped their form and meaning. Of more interest, perhaps, is a ... with a bleak vision of the world. The selected texts show us an almost eradicated "natural" environment and this challenges our basic instincts as to what constitutes "wild" as well as what constitutes a natural world. To present their views the composers have established, through the use of separate setting, narrative, characterization and ... ability to develop emotions, but have already established em...

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... is very believable and captures your imagination from beginning to end. The mixture of natural events (like the rain) and future events (like the wall to wall industrialized Los Angeles) make the film believable. Seeing everyday things intertwined with science fiction makes you accept the entire scene as true. The advertisement blimp with all its lights and pictures was seen throughout the film. Each ... time it is seen through a broken skylight, or flying over run down skyscrapers it becomes more a part of the ... , with a deep, dark, and long stare. In contrast the good characters had...

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... progress and power, questioning of the human identity and refusal to consider the morality of their actions, albeit in different paradigms. Thus, as texts are a reflection of their context and its values, it is evident that aspects of human nature remain constant irrespective of context. In Frankenstein, Shelley explores the transgression of the natural order in ... "human" is not determined by biological origins but the comprehension of morality and societal interactions. Scott further explores this idea, as the implications of in-vitro fertilisation and genetic cloning challenged pre...

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... illuminating streets. Despite the overcrowded multi-cultural society, it ironically reaps isolation due to overtaking technologies, "How can it not know what it is?" Technology's dehumanisation is evident, as financial gain and glory is prioritised over rationalism. Tyrell remains metaphorically blind to his creations ramifications, questioning his morality, "You were made as well as we could make you". Shelley's social commentary "How dangerous ... ". Roy is depicted as man's saviour, a fallen angel in the final scenes symbolized through the white light cast upon him. Referencing "you p...

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... able to show us what it means to be human. To what extent do you agree? Through Blade Runner, we see an epic quest filled with meaning and symbolism applicable to the human condition. Replicants are basically human beings, except for the fact that they lack a history. As a consequence of this, perhaps ... in the movie, even the ones that were not human, had many humanistic and believable qualities. Many of them were able to feel love as well as hate. Although Deckard is supposedly human he at times shows less emotion than Roy. He seems heartless and uncompassionate making himself look ve...

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... the novel "Alice in Wonder Land" by Lewis Carroll, images play a controversial role in interpreting reality. Through strange looking creatures, talking animals, advertisements, art work, or even machines (such as the replicants), it is evident that humans tend to associate the realities of the world with what he or she can see with their eyes. In "Blade Runner", the central conflict is ... looks simpler and less advanced, than why not by the nicer looking one? It is the same with concept of replicants, why build a machine that imitates human capability and looks like a machine, when you...

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... is littered with clues as whether Deckard is a human or Replicant, and asks important questions such as who we are, what we're here for. One particular scene, Deckerd's unicorn dream sequence, is a brilliant insertion raising questions about his humanity. Many people don't realize that the theme draws much from Miltons Paradise Lost, and Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. Wouldn't you like to ask God, ... or whoever created you, why he created you? Given you but a short time to enjoy life, then take it ... away? So many films have copied it's style and imagery of a city drenched in a nonstop t...

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... there and asks the same questions that humans have longed to ask God. Why did you create me? Why did you design my life to be so brief? Can you not make things better? Roy has reached the point in development where he struggles with existential issues just like humans. Tyrell's answers do not provide Roy with any hope or satisfaction, so Roy kills ... his "god". Our gods and religions are not what make us human. By this time, Deckard had "retired" all of Roy's companions. It seemed Roy would ... 's nature is full of doubts and worries, loves and mysteries, just like his own. He sees tha...

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