Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Emotion
There was a discussion in class regarding the Replicants emotions, actually there were many. I am referring to the one regarding the Replicants acting even more human than the humans themselves. It seems as though the Replicants were trying to be portrayed as examples of what it truly means to be human, something that has been lost up to this point. The film makes it seem as though the humans have forgot what it means to be human and the exaggerated emotions of the Replicants are representations of what being sad for example should actually look like. The woman Replicant that was killed in the film through the glass she looked completely terrified when she was running and was shot, where as Deccard lives with limited emotion.
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I know what you mean. I thought it was just sad that the humans just walked on by when she was shot. But another thing came to my mind as well. What if death was so common in that time, that all humans have experienced it? They became desensitized to death. Thus losing their human nature reaction to death. Something to think about.
ReplyDeleteIn those movies I can't help but feel that it's almost as if replicants are the new humans, and humans themselves have evolved beyond the original meaning of being human. It wouldn't be the first time we've evolved, just a thought to consider. It'd be interesting to think if we are redefining what it means to be human, eventually to the point where all previous humanistic meaning is void.
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