We have all been in the same spot: our favorite book gets its chance on the big screen. The anticipation builds up as trailers are released and small bits of this fictional world is revealed, but when we go to see it, we see that the movie is in fact nothing like the book. They have changed some important details or just left entire facts out. Those changes can result in an overall tone shift from the book to the movie. All of a sudden, a character who was the lowly underdog is transformed into the macho lead; the humorous best friend becomes a sarcastic know-it-all. Whatever the changes are, they matter, and they can drastically alter a movie’s message and focus. When Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep was loosely adapted
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The city is stacked upon itself, growing higher and higher as the economy grows. Near ground level, it is crowded; there are lots of people and ads and is generally very crowded and dark and grimey. The people are mainly of Asian descent, and the food and wares reflect that culture. In today’s economy, Asia is the main source of production; nearly everything comes from somewhere in Asia-China, Japan, India, Taiwan. As the producers, these people live in relative poverty and are at the bottom of the food chain, hence they live on ground level of Los Angeles. They are literally at the bottom and live in the worst part of the city. The consumers of those products live up above, in apartments high above the ground that are in much better shape than those on the ground. They represent the “Western” world, which is primarily a consumer economy and has less poverty than the Asian countries. The Tyrell Corporation, which manufactures androids, is literally above everybody else, signifying their power and class standing. JR Sebastian, the slightly abnormal guy who takes in Pris, lives in an abandoned building on the ground, signifying his low class standing and his separation from the rest of the human population. This representation of the economy helps viewers understand where each character fits in and how they play a role in the
The city is stacked upon itself, growing higher and higher as the economy grows. Near ground level, it is crowded; there are lots of people and ads and is generally very crowded and dark and grimey. The people are mainly of Asian descent, and the food and wares reflect that culture. In today’s economy, Asia is the main source of production; nearly everything comes from somewhere in Asia-China, Japan, India, Taiwan. As the producers, these people live in relative poverty and are at the bottom of the food chain, hence they live on ground level of Los Angeles. They are literally at the bottom and live in the worst part of the city. The consumers of those products live up above, in apartments high above the ground that are in much better shape than those on the ground. They represent the “Western” world, which is primarily a consumer economy and has less poverty than the Asian countries. The Tyrell Corporation, which manufactures androids, is literally above everybody else, signifying their power and class standing. JR Sebastian, the slightly abnormal guy who takes in Pris, lives in an abandoned building on the ground, signifying his low class standing and his separation from the rest of the human population. This representation of the economy helps viewers understand where each character fits in and how they play a role in the