Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

The concept of the unceasing and inexorable pace of technology inevitably tying into and altering human morality and values is something that has been considered for quite some time. Phillip K. Dick’s “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”, which questions what truly makes humans human, to Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World”, which looks at the far reaching social and cultural implications of instant gratification, are excellent examples of an examination of technology and its ability to alter…

Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi film ‘Blade Runner’ questions the idea of true humanity through the style of Film Noir. Based on the 1968 short story ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?’ by Phillip K. Dick, ‘Blade Runner’ shows the inhumane, dark side of the human race. Scott is successful in catching audience’s interest with the use of Film Noir, showing the dystopian society of Los Angeles, the depiction of gender roles and the shifting views of true humanity between human and replicant. ‘Blade…

they are cases that science fiction is not always about advanced technology and space exploration but it explores concepts such as human qualities, psychology and sociology. Blade Runner by Ridley Scott is one of them (adaptation from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Phillip K. Dick) it uses its own terminology such as referring to the clones as ‘Replicants’, a word chosen for its relation to cell replication. The terminology is introduced to us by use of a narrative device commonly found…

dick jokes and a new world of literature that liberated my mind and influenced my own writing. One day in the spring of 1995 I attended a physics demonstration at my middle school that would change how I viewed literature. What does physics have to do with literature? Well, the physics provoked but the instructor well...* The instructor, a physics professor and father of one of my friends, was no Professor Moriarty in tweed. Emaciated by his vegetarian diet he had the unkempt mop of Russell…

conventions and associated codes to conclude that Blade Runner does deserve to be on Watchmojo’s ‘best list’. Blade Runner (1982) directed by Ridley Scott is a neo-noir film adapted from Phillip K. Dick’s 1968 science fiction novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. The feature length film pays homage to the classical…