Blade Runner: Movie Analysis

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The 1982 film, ‘Blade Runner,’ directed by Ridley Scott, shows us a futuristic Los Angeles that is run by the Tyrell Corporation who create androids known as ‘replicants’ that are sent to off world colonies to find new places for humanity to live. In the film, a group of replicants have escaped these colonies to come back to earth in order to find their creator so they can extend their lifespan, but end up being hunted by a cop known as a ‘blade runner.’ Ideas regarding the consequences of humanity being replicated or improved by science and technology are shown to us in ‘Blade Runner’ through the use of dialogue, characterisation and symbolism and can be compared with the novels “Brave New World” (1932) by Aldous Huxley and “Frankenstein” …show more content…
Because people are created this way, they are no longer truly human as they are manufactured like machines into predetermined social classes and are programmed by “hypnopaedic proverbs” which control how they live and think. In this way, the society of Brave New World shows us that although, like replicants, human clones are a clear attempt at recreating humanity, it has been proven to be disastrous as the humans made by cloning and engineering have become less human than the androids in ‘Blade Runner.’ This is outlined by the fact that they have no personal identities or emotional connection towards others like replicants have been shown to have. “One believes whatever one is conditioned to …show more content…
The character of Victor Frankenstein outlines the idea of the dangers of misusing science by the work he focuses on at university. By breaching the limits of science and technology, Frankenstein has turned something that he believed would result in ‘light’ into something that reveals itself to be destructive and dangerous. “Life and death appeared to ideal bounds, which i should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world…” In this, Shelley is highlighting how disrupting the natural order will lead to the destruction of man — which is shown when Victor’s act of creation results in the deaths of everyone close to him and when his own feelings of hatred towards the monster drive him to
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