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Blade Runner

¡§Blade Runner: Creator and Created¡¨
What does it meant to be human? What is reality? What are the moral issues we face when creating artificial humans? These are the questions Ridley Scott seeks to answer in his film Blade Runner. As technology and science advances, we see human tries to act like god in many ways, such as creating artificial humans and animals; yet, in such action, man also encounters many consequences. In addition, questions relating to the meaning of life, the definition of human race, and the moral issues concerning creating artificial humans are also raised.
The story begins in postmodern Los Angeles with its permanent dark cloud of smog, its advertising billboards hundreds of feet high, its unimaginable skyscrapers tower over streets, and its street poverty living side by side with incredible wealth, in 2019. Rick Deckard, a main character, is a retired ¡§Blade Runner,¡¨ whose task is to terminate the replicants¡Xartificial humans, indistinguishable ...

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