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That is indeed a great twist in the book. The weird thing was the obsession with robotic animals that's not in the movie at all. I think it was meant to underl

That is indeed a great twist in the book. The weird thing was the obsession with robotic animals that's not in the movie at all. I think it was meant to underline the apocalyptic world where living things have mostly disappeared. The best thing for me about blade runner is the visual style of the movie. It spawned an entire visual genre of cyberpunk and most cyberpunk franchises still lean very heavy on this. The darkness with neon, the 80s vision of the computer, the heavy branding and Eastern influences, the music etc. It's still my favourite genre for techno party cosplay.

F-Lexx 3y ago
It's still my favourite genre for techno party cosplay. What other alternative genres are out there?
- wkat4242 3y ago
  Many. Fantasy, 1920s explorers, egyptian, we've had everything :)
mrob 3y ago
>robotic animals that's not in the movie at all Although I haven't played the game or read the book, the movie features a robotic snake, and there's dialogue about real snakes being very expensive. It seems reasonable that this would apply to other animals too.
- woleium 3y ago
  Isn’t the owl in the movie too?
- keiferski 3y ago
  The animals are mentioned briefly in the film, but in the book, they are a major plot point. Decker mostly wants the money because he wants to buy a real animal.
Jtsummers 3y ago
There's not an obsession with robotic animals in the book, it's an obsession with animals and keeping them as part of the new religion, Mercerism, and its hyper-focus on empathy, and consequently displays of empathy. Caring for an animal is part of that. The robotic animals are not meant to be recognized as robotic, they're surrogates so people can still display their care of an animal and demonstrate empathy even if they can't afford a real one. Real animals being rarer and more expensive, and of course dying much more easily than a machine, as happened to Deckard's prior to the events of the novel.
- Apocryphon 3y ago
  > people can still display their care of an animal and demonstrate empathy It's neat that the adaptation for Children of Men also did this, even though it's very much in the background.
aredox 3y ago
The obsession with animals is also a mark of humanity - lack of compassion for animals is part of the anti-replicant test. It's also a mark of the current neuroses of Humanity: making mechanical imitations of life, including human life.

F-Lexx 3y ago

It's still my favourite genre for techno party cosplay. What other alternative genres are out there?

wkat4242 3y ago
Many. Fantasy, 1920s explorers, egyptian, we've had everything :)

mrob 3y ago

>robotic animals that's not in the movie at all Although I haven't played the game or read the book, the movie features a robotic snake, and there's dialogue about real snakes being very expensive. It seems reasonable that this would apply to other animals too.

woleium 3y ago
Isn’t the owl in the movie too?
keiferski 3y ago
The animals are mentioned briefly in the film, but in the book, they are a major plot point. Decker mostly wants the money because he wants to buy a real animal.

Jtsummers 3y ago

There's not an obsession with robotic animals in the book, it's an obsession with animals and keeping them as part of the new religion, Mercerism, and its hyper-focus on empathy, and consequently displays of empathy. Caring for an animal is part of that. The robotic animals are not meant to be recognized as robotic, they're surrogates so people can still display their care of an animal and demonstrate empathy even if they can't afford a real one. Real animals being rarer and more expensive, and of course dying much more easily than a machine, as happened to Deckard's prior to the events of the novel.

Apocryphon 3y ago
> people can still display their care of an animal and demonstrate empathy It's neat that the adaptation for Children of Men also did this, even though it's very much in the background.

aredox 3y ago

The obsession with animals is also a mark of humanity - lack of compassion for animals is part of the anti-replicant test. It's also a mark of the current neuroses of Humanity: making mechanical imitations of life, including human life.