Blade Runner

According to the opening credits, the movie was set during the year 2019, which is around 5 years from now. It was assumed during the production of the film that during this year, we would be very advanced in technology and space exploration. There are flying cars and all those huge companies and a commercial superpower specializing in making genetically designed robots which look like actual humans (and animals).

Surprisingly, for me, they actually thought in the 80’s that in the near future we will be looking far and wide for another planet to live in; as if there is a very big possibility that there could be many planets out there where we could actually inhabit. Moreover, it becomes odder because it was assumed that at some time transferring from our planet to another will be the talk of the town and people would dream of going to “off-world colonies”, as suggested by the advertisements shown in the city.

But the more centralized theme of the movie probably revolves around the “Replicants” which came (back) to Earth in hopes of finding a way to extend their life through their manufacturer. I somehow interpret this as robots trying to be more human but in the end humans are humans and robots are robots. They can’t live like us or more like they can’t outlive us. We made them and they can’t be more superior to us. 

Judy Lynne Fabula

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