blade runner and brave new world (1 Viewer)

[lukey15#]

what two scenes one in each br and bnw would be best to use to describe there similarities and differences?

 

[sly fly]

I think it would be good to do the openings of both BNW and BR. Good luck with it.

 

[lukey15#]

yeh thanks what do you think would be the best similarities and differences in the opening scenes of bnw and blade runner.

 

[sly fly]

- Nature is undermined in both. In BNW its through the harsh description of nature and in BR u can immediately see the pollution, smog etc
- BR portrays a scary scene, similar to hell whereas BNW exhibits a world which is not scary, but rather it is cold, mechanical, alienating etc
- BR uses imagery to convey meanings eg: eye is the window to the soul, dominant ziggurat shape of Tyrell building etc as does BNW eg: sun is seen as a ''harsh thin light'', suggesting a lack of understanding of nature
- BNW is more scientific and technological whereas BR is more sci-fi, futuristic. This is immediately evident.
- In BR, we get a warning and are expecting this scene (ie. the scrolled text at the beginning) whereas in BNW we recieve no warning (unless you've read the foreword)

Thats all I can think of atm.

 

[wrong_turn]

why not the end scenes? i like the constant suspense of both

 

[lukey15#]

ok

so what similarities and differences are in the last scenes?????????????

 

[sarahn]

the end of bladerunner is optimistic (as much as it could be, anyway)...the products of the system (ie. rachel and deckard) have defied it - love, what we would define as being a human emotion, between a pair of replicants has triumphed. in brave new world, huxley's tone in the last chapter is very different to the rest of the novel - very solemn. as youd know (or should, anyway) it ends with john's suicide - there is no hope for change in the world state...couple this with the banishment of helmholtz and bernard.

i reckon the ending gives each text a fundamentally different ideas - dont know how right i am on that one though...

 

[Abtari]

i dont think it relly matters which scenes u choose to show similarities and differences...whichever u feel comfortable with. u dont have to do the start or the end..