Media, Information and Technoculture 3214F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Panopticon, Organizations Of The Dune Universe, Origami

• School: Western University
• Department: Media, Information and Technoculture
• Course: Media, Information and Technoculture 3214F/G
• Professor: Tim Blackmore

Document Summary

Blade runner ii: commerce is our goal: simulacra. Blade runner postmodern substitution of the fake for the real. Arrive in a world where we are always mediated never though just ourselves. 3 couple pairs: leon and zhora workers-, deckard and rachel middle-, batty and pris perfect; super humans- Leon he and deckard are in same boat; same with sebastian. Story of men creating women and then creating other men; typical patriarchal story. America, a prophecy william blake batty says it but changes rose to fell discussion about creation. Feiry the angels rose (fell) and as they rose deep thunder roll"d. Around their shores: indignant burning with the fires of orc. Batty changes this because replicants have fallen to earth and begin destroying when arrive; earth is place between heaven and hell. Replicants come to earth and humans can never beat them perfect like sebastian said. Discussion about creation deckard oscillating between understanding himself and rachel as creations.