ART 211: Bladerunner

The Bladerunner is a science fiction film about a futuristic world that was predicted many years ago. The directors and producers of this film attempted to put a dystopic, punk twist on what would potentially be the 21st century. The film was definitely interesting to watch, with all of its technological aspects and thrill from the action scenes. As far as 21st century predictions, the movie got some things wrong and some things wildly blown out of proportion.
As far as technology goes with communication, most of the tools they used in the movie were accurate. They implemented video chatting technology as their main source, which is close to accurate as far as today's main source of technology. We do use Skype and FaceTime frequently, but we use text messaging and calling far more.
The Bladerunner exaggerated with a lot of the technological aspects. While we are working on hover vehicles, we do not yet have flying cars; which was the main source of transportation in the movie. The overcrowded, stacked levels of buildings and roads were also incorrect. While there are definitely areas in the world that may exhibit overcrowding, it is definitely not as bad as it is portrayed in the movie.
Another aspect that was interesting in the movie was the different types of people. They placed a large emphasis on the Asian culture, whereas in reality, the Asian culture, while largely prevalent, is not the overriding ethnicity in America right now. Also, they used synthetic people. While we are working on the scientific and medical discovery of synthetically creating organs, we are not nearly as close as the movie was in creating whole human beings.
Lastly, one of the biggest features of the film that I noticed was off was the vibe and setting of the film. The film portrayed Los Angeles in the year 2019 to be very dystopic. And by that, I mean, extremely dark, evil, and full of negative emotions. America, and Los Angeles, today is not like that at all. In the film, it was very dark and nastily polluted. The pollution level was overtly exaggerated and we are a very well-lit country.