Blade Runner
09/15/16 13:31
As we discussed in class...
For me, the important detail is that 1) the future here is represented as Japanese, or at least Japanesey and 2) a major threat in that future are robots that look like humans. It doesn’t feel like too much of a leap to suggest that the film is representing Japanese-ness as potential threatening precisely because “their” humanity is somehow less confirmed. Think of the pangolin!
For me, the important detail is that 1) the future here is represented as Japanese, or at least Japanesey and 2) a major threat in that future are robots that look like humans. It doesn’t feel like too much of a leap to suggest that the film is representing Japanese-ness as potential threatening precisely because “their” humanity is somehow less confirmed. Think of the pangolin!