Comparison Of Ready Player One And Blade Runner

To start off, I am not entirely the biggest sci fi enthusiast. I know nothing about pop culture or aliens and such. I think this is why I am so intrigued by Ready Player One already. It has a simple plot yet is filled with so many hidden complexities I have yet to learn about. Some parts of the book might as well be in a different language: Middle Earth. Vulcan. Pern. Arrakis. Magrathea. Ringworld. I have no idea what these foreign words mean so, I am constantly looking references up and learning something new. Blade Runner was just as intriguing because the whole basis of the movie regarding technology is so prevalent in our world today. Technology was ultimately created to make our lives easier, just the same as the replicants. Ready Player One proves the erosion of “physical” society is extremely evident. The society Wade lives in has greatly suffered as a result of the creation of OASIS and the overpopulation of the city. Yet, society created this virtual reality of the OASIS itself. This creates the majority of its population to be within the designed game rather than in the real world. Bladerunner on the other hand exemplifies how urban …show more content…
However, through Wade’s lack of having a family and especially a father figure, he becomes obsessed with OASIS and its creator, Halliday. The audience commiserates for Wade and the life he has to struggle through, alone. In Blade Runner, the protagonist, Deckard hunts for these human replicants however he himself falls in love with Rachel, a human replicant. This again creates the audience to empathize with Deckard and the position he is in. Both book and film allow for the audience to feel a similar emotional resonance of somewhat pity for the life Wade lives and the decision Deckard must