The reading due today for class made me reminiscent of a few movies that we saw in English class last year. We were shown the movie version of "1984" and "The Island". Both of these movies dealt with a controlled society. In "The Island", advancements in cloning technology lead to a company that clones people to harvest there body parts and vital organs for people that are terminally ill. The company found that having these clones in a conscious living state led to healthier body parts. When two of the clones escape, all hell brakes loose as the companies practices are exposed. 1984 is the story of totalitarian society and how all aspects of life are controlled and closely regulated.
The passage also has a writeup on "Blade Runner" which we had just seen the week before. It describes the role of opposite ideals that play a part in the plot of the story. For example the human - artificial copy relation ship shows the posing of nature as an opposite to a negative technological civilization. The passage also brings up some really interesting relationships and symbols that i did not recognize or understand in the movie. Most notably was the final fight scene between Roy and Harrison Ford where Roy morphs from this attacking animalistic figure into a compassionate human full of forgiveness. He saves Ford and then releasing a dove dies. The passage goes far enough to describe him as a Christ like figure.
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Maybe if you were going to base your unit paper on Blade Runner, you could have a thesis specifically on analyzing the final fight scene and/or analyzing Roy as a Christ figure. That would definitely be interesting... I don't really know what the fight scene is all about, either. It might be important, though, that they manage to reconcile in a way before Roy dies. But, I was also confused the entire movie AND forgot to bring my glasses. So don't take anything I say too literally...
But I have to say that the reference to "The Island" was awesome because Scarlett Johannsen is totally my girl crush, and she was HOT in that movie.
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