Blade Runner is a movie that shows the true nature of the technology from a cyberpunk perseptive. It shows that inherently technology has no good or evil but rather that the byproduct of our advancements are unforeseen and possibly harmful consequences. It also shows that it 's really the user of technology that determines if the effects will be positive or negative. Blade Runner also appitimises the idea that at our current rate technological innovations we will not only overwhelmed by it but it could attempt to take control over humans if not looked after carefully. Blade Runner is unique in that it doesn’t just look at the benefits or side effects of technology but runs into the question at what point does a technological advancement stop being a machine and start being a living creature. Cyberpunk has the innate fear that humans will be made obsolete by technological advancements and in a world where the technology is at the point where it can produce biological machines that are smarter, stronger and more durable …show more content…
To give technology the ability to protect humanity at any cost means that when we become a threat to ourself we shall be eliminated. This may be caused by the lack in empathy, as machines “cannot” feel, but in Blade Runner the replicants show a wide range of emotions, fear and compassion, and Roy has a moment of clarity and profoundness about what it means to be alive and what defines being human. In the end this movie provides a counter to the cyberpunk ideals as Roy, the most advanced of his kind, shows not only compassion but also an understanding of the human condition and fragility of life and the value of it. While Blade Runner ultimately is a movie with the classic cyberpunk theme and feel it has a conclusion about machines that is unlike other films of the same