Richard J. Williams wrote:
> TurquoiseB wrote:
>
>> Willytex is easily ignored.
>>
>>
> This brings up the question of human conciousness,
> robot conciousness, and how they are similar and
> different from us thinking humanoids. The main
> theme of Phillip K. Dick's novel, 'Do Androids
> Dream of Electric Sheep?' concerns similarity and
> difference; sentient robots that look identical
> to humans, but are not human at all. The central
> question is wheteher or not we can spot replicants
> in order to retire them. Looming in the background
> is the question: is Deckard himself a replicant?
>
> Thinking like a replicant is the way Deckard
> explores his own conciousness and humanity.
> Replicants, that is, androids, make Deckard
> realize that he might not be so human after all.
> He actually becomes more inhuman than the
> replicants he is remorselessly hunting!
>
> Read more:
> http://www.rwilliams.us/archives/androids.htm
>
> 'Blade Runner'
> Starring Harrison Ford
> Directed by Ridley Scott
> The Final Cut, two-disc Special Edition, 2007
> http://tinyurl.com/2gsu65
You mean you didn't get the 5 disk HD-DVD version? :) (I got the 5 disk
BluRay version).
