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I do like that they’re bringing up Her (2013). I felt like no one noticed that it took the principle ideas from Blade Runner regarding consciousness and humani
by stochastic_monk 9y ago
I do like that they’re bringing up Her (2013).
I felt like no one noticed that it took the principle ideas from
Blade Runner regarding consciousness and humanity and extrapolated them so much further.
Most people seemed to only notice the relationship.
For example, this was made clear for me during OS setup.
“Describe your relationship with your mother.”
This immediately recalls an early moment from Blade Runner:
“Describe in single words only the good things that come to your mind about your mother.”
‘I'll tell you about my mother.’
- gumby 9y agoIf you're interested in this topic you might prefer the novel the film was made from, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" The film mainly used the topic as a backdrop for an action-adventure film, while the book really gets to the heart of the question.
- pmlnr 9y agoThe film addresses a lot of the questions, but you need to see it many times, as most of them are not spoken out loudly.
- stochastic_monk 9y agoI think this is an important point. Also, there are a number of additional elements that make the film exceptional that the book lacks. My favorite example of this is the deliberate misquotation from America, A Prophecy: “Fiery the angels fell; deep thunder roll’d round their shores, burning with the fires of Orc.” Fell replaces “rose”, signifying that these off-world replicants are angels falling to earth. Truly more human than human. Additionally, for an example of extrapolation, Blade Runner does not explore the consequences of exponentially increasing reasoning/abstraction that an artificial intelligence could theoretically achieve which human intellect could not understand.