Blade Runner focusses on a new aspect of technology -- the cyborg. The creaters of these cyborgs were so succesful that their craetions are in fact a danger to society. After an uprising of the cyborgs, or replicants, they must be restrained. The replicants are kept on a seperate planet. This idea of isolation is interesting because it is almost a new form of racism for cyborgs, this is a commentary on our society and how we are intimidated by anything that is different or that we perceive as a threat to our way of life. The cyborg combines aspects of technology with aspects of humanity. Modern society could be said to contain cyborgs, for example, peope with advanced prostetics. The cyborgs in this film are also very human -- when their skins are pierced they bleed. This brings a humanity to all machines, when you pierce their outer layer, they bear their insides just like humans. Another idea that is touched upon is the idea of reality versus perception.
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