Media, Information and Technoculture 3214F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: List Of Blade Runner Characters, Shining Light, Replicant

22 views3 pages

Document Summary

Dick (story author) concerned about ecology therefore he proposed story where world is dying and humans must leave the planet old concept in science fiction. 2019: no life left animals are extinct, only humans and replicants; typical post-apocalyptic wasteland. Unicorn scene therefore deckard must be a replicant director finally says that yes he is. Maus connection past so important to blade runner, past must be fake. Tyrell is replicant you see different things from different cuts of movie. Move from modernism (closing farmland and opening big cities) now we no longer make stuff, North america makes its money by selling ideas and information. Arriving in moment, no longer in modernist world and now in post-modern world: toy eyes. Deckard in room full of toys and can"t tell which is toy and which is real. Apparently impossible for deckard to tell the boundary between real and fake lines softening and blurring.

Get access

Grade+20% off
$8 USD/m$10 USD/m
Billed $96 USD annually
Grade+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
40 Verified Answers
Class+
$8 USD/m
Billed $96 USD annually
Class+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
30 Verified Answers

Related Documents