Saturday, December 29, 2007

Blade Runner [1981]

Blade Runner

Pris is the standard robot pleasure model. It gets lonely working in the outer planets and a guy needs companionship. So good for him, one can afford the conscience of a conservative.
The great liberal creator of the robot race was Tyrell. He gave them a history of implanted memories and the ideals of public service. Stronger and smarter than the human dregs they had replaced, the robots [called replicants] roamed the outer planets as worker drones, prostitutes, soldiers and kick boxers. Yet, they longed to be human to loiter in 2017 Los Angeles enclosed in perpetual smog.
They had all the sensibilities of human beings, but remained slaves. Six of them executed the big crash out and had come to Los Angeles to establish meaning in their lives.
The neocon authorities immediately recognized the replicant immigrants as illegal aliens a threat to national security. The punishment was death administered by Federal bounty hunters [blade runners].
They brought Decker out of early retirement to dispose of the rebellious six. Poorly chosen for the assignment, Decker’s heart isn’t in it. This becomes obvious when the robots nearly beat him to death.
When Pris shoots the replicant preparing to murder Decker, the blade runner becomes her lover and ally.
The robot shows Decker what it means to be a human being.

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