So, finally and a century
late, I start to write my blog. I apologize for that! (both starting so late
and the fact you'll have to read, well... this).
I named this entrance as
one of my favorite quotes in the movie. Why? Because, yes it's touching, but
also because is one of the most relevant topic in the plot, especially for the
replicants this time. How long will they live? When will they die? But why
should they die when they’re supposed to do it. What give someone the power to decide
that something or someone will live "x" amount of time? Or just
kill them before that time happens.
This, for me is one important
and big etic issue to discuss. As we talked in class a couple of weeks before,
this “egocentrism”, I don’t know when appeared but it has been present in so
many event through human history that is hard to think of us, a human society without
it. But what do I refer as this “egocentrism”?, well just the idea of believing
that we are more worth it, better and bigger, and not just us as a whole human
society in the 21. century, but just us (or them) who have the real power and
the society that is socialized to support them. Because us, as South Americans
and indigenous weren’t enough to be humans and they could take people back to
Europe and show them in a circus, and because women weren’t allowed to talk or
even think by themselves. Or even the fact that today we consider ourselves
better than any other animal and we stand apart of the definition itself!
This lack of empathy and
humanity, the lack of responsibility, makes me think that even though that the
central thing in Blade Runner haven’t happen yet (the replicants and the development
of the robotics and genetic engineering that will allow to make them), in the case we do, the same or even worse
would happen. Because we’re used to use “the other”. We don’t care if they might
feel, or die, or think, we just do it. Yesterday was the Jews, and the black
people, etc., tomorrow might be easily the clones, replicants, or whoever. Today
it’s happening with the kids in Asia and with nature itself, I won’t be
surprised that someone will find a method to slave cows, and we’ll just do it,
and then we’ll kill it. Because most of us would be as Tyrell, if it didn’t
work, we can delete it! It’s not like they are important. Who cares anyway? They
are not humans.
But well, I really enjoy
the movie, it makes you think on what can we do, how far we can go, how we may
think. And besides, Harrison Ford it’s always nice for the view.
