
Episode 284: Reel Choices
Very Bad Wizards
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Blade Runner: Exploring Existential Themes and Human Identity
The chapter delves into the classic 1982 sci-fi film Blade Runner, discussing its dystopian future setting with android replicants and the existential themes portrayed. It explores the question of whether Deckard is a replicant, the development of emotional maturity in replicants, and the philosophical ideas of freedom and living authentically despite inevitable death.
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