Blade Runner-She Won't Live, But Who Does?

For my final presentation/essay on how empathetic robots in film alter the idea of singularity. For 21L.706 Film Studies. No copyright infringement intended; all rights go to the creators.

Singularity is the idea that machines could have the capacity to evolve at a faster pace than humans and is linked to the fear of robots gaining too much control. Blade Runner, AI, Bicentennial Man and I Robot present how this fear is complicated when Robots are presented as empathetic, humanistic creatures.

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Education

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• Blade Runner
• Robots
• Life

[warriorofwrestlingv3]

@Voesyy I'd give it another try, personally-I didn't fully get it at first, either, but once I did I uncovered a masterpiece of a film. You can talk about your Godfathers and your Citizen Cane but Blade Runner belongs up there with them. I don't think I've seen a more thought-provoking film.

I won't insult your taste or anything heh-you're welcome to your opinion, but I hope you get the chance to check it out again some time and appreciate it on it's own merits, aside from the book :)

[VenomShock]

@warriorofwrestlingv3 You don't need to be a sci-fi fan to love Star Wars. I think it falls along the same lines.

But I see your point, too. Blade Runner is a fucking masterpiece. Absolutely beautiful in its craft.

[ChriosM]

Edward James Olmos is so awesome in everything he does.

[WSWarthog]

@warriorofwrestlingv3

My friends and family don't like this movie either and I never get tired of it.

[Modrzew1988]

Nice quality.

[k9platnum68]

@Voesyy no

[quidda1]

star wars- epic movie, groundbreaking, great storyline, you wanted to find out more about the characters later, and a Kurosawa ripoff (Hidden Fortress)

blade runner- epic characters, you learned their past/present./and their hopes in 1 movie.....great StoryTelling......best single movie (sci-fi or other) ever (that isn't Kurosawa)

[warriorofwrestlingv3]

Blade Runner, FFS. The only film which prompts me to shout at my mother about how she just doesn't appreciate how much more there is to this film than a typical sci-fi jaunt. Yeah, it's futuristic, it's part of a genre whose fans are typically die-hard, but I'm not a sci-fi fan, really. I'm not into Star Wars or any of that stuff. Blade Runner, however, is a genre all of it's own, and it's called 'A FUCKING MASTERPIECE'. Blade Runner made me realise there's more to some movies than the main plot

[dsdan83]

@Voesyy

No honey, there's where u are gravely wrong. Anyone has has a particular likening to a movie, especially when it is a favorite movie, would typically have viewed it dozens if not 100s of times. whereas thought-provoking movies tend to be viewed at least twice for it not being deeply intriguing then for it having raised an issue or issues that leave a lasting impression. BR left a many pondering and is certainly worth viewing multiple times. Entertainment is only one factor of a movie.

[Voesyy]

@Voesyy And also movies don't have to be thought provoking. Sometimes you just want to enjoy watching a film. I like many very different films and liking Twilight doesn't discredit what I'm saying. It just shows that I like to watch enjoyable films as well. After all, films are made for entertainment.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Ta doesn't make them stupid.

I don't need to insult other people's intelligence to make my point valid.