Thursday, May 21, 2009

'Blade Runner'

The book -- "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" -- really ruined me from this movie.

Always considered a sci-fi classic, it definitely has its value. But you read the book and it's so much better that you re-watch the movie and feel a little cheated.

The book goes deep into the true culture of the time period especially the value of animals (fake or live) and just how important it was to not only be human (and to have empathy) but to be able to be empathetic toward another creation (an animal).

It didn't feel like a push for saving the dolphins, but animals were more of a way to prove or show that we are human.

The book, also, is asexual. Yes, he humps the android in both, but in the book it was ... robotic. It literally meant nothing and showed that no matter how much you touch, it's hard to feel anything for a computer. Ain't nothing like a good puppy dog.

And I think the film lost all of this. It lost the cuddliness. The film is dark, jagged, unloving and cold. Whereas the book seemed like a redeemable society. Plus, the film didn't go into the war plus a lot of other cool stuff.

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