Argumentative Essay On Blade Runner

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BLADE RUNNER: CONTEXT THE DIRECTOR In an interview Ridley Scott replied in the following way to what features of his life influenced the making of the film Blade Runner: I went to art school in west Hartlepool in the north of England, alongside the Durham steel mills and the Imperial Chemical Industries plant. The air smelled like toast. Toast is quite nice, but when you realize it's steel, and it's probably particles, it's not very good. Crossing the footbridge at night, you'd be walking above the steel mill, crossing through the smoke, dirt, and crap, looking down into the fire. Later, I spent a little time in New York, which always seemed to be a city on overload, and Hong Kong at the time it was wonderfully medieval — pre-skyscraper,…show more content…
Its portrait of ecological disaster and urban overcrowding, of a visual and aural landscape saturated with advertising, of a polyglot population immersed in a Babel of competing cultures, of decadence and homelessness, of technological achievement and social decay, has appeared to many people as prescient. By bringing Mary Shelley's story of the creation of an artificial human into the era of genetic engineering and new reproductive technologies, the film succeeded in crystallizing some of the fears, uncertainties, and desires that surround the coming of the postmodern. Curiously, this updated story is a better replication of the original than any of the adaptations that gesture toward the period of the novel, including Kenneth Branagh's recent version, which pledges fidelity in its very title,…show more content…
SCIENCE The timeline on page 10 offers an overview of scientific concerns in the 20th century and some exercises of comparison with Frankenstein. Robotics Consider also these recent articles about science in our present world and answer the questions that follow: EXTRACT ONE Richard Watson in Future Files states: The more technology becomes embedded in our lives the more we will run away from it By the year 2050 there will be two highly intelligent species on earth: genetically pure humans and technologically aided hybrid humans (naturals versus enhanced). Your toothbrush will be able to analyse your breath detect a disease and alert a doctor. We will move a cursor across a screen with our thoughts and exchange messages telepathically. Are we making history in the making? Richard Neville Review in Australian Literary Review September 5. 2007 _ Think of any other possible results of technology. _ Compose your own creative piece using an idea about the future and present this to
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