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     Our group decided to create a physical play on Roy's final words, "...All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die...". We first brainstormed and decided to form a literal cloud of rain, but the raindrops are his tears containing his memories being lost. I chose to include actual moments and people from the movie, such as Pris, Deckard, and Tyrell, along with the moments where he saved Deckard, when he killed Tyrell, and when he was on the run from the police. I also chose to include images of his famous recap prior to his death, "...I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate...". Aside from these specific images, I also included images of of "themes" that I think plagued his mind. The concepts of lost time, AI, data, death, sonship, space, running, fire and ice, and pain were all played upon with various ima...

     Following the class showing of Blade Runner , I was intrigued reading into the works of Philip K. Dick. Dick spent over 20 years publishing novels in the realm of science fiction. A fair part of his work was influenced by drug use and extraordinary religious experiences, but that’s a story for a different time. Most notably, Dick published the novel, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? , which inspired the famous film, Blade Runner . Not only was this film monumental in dystopian fiction, but Dick had a lasting impact in a variety of ways across science fiction as a whole. Even recently, Dick’s writings have served as the basis for several popular films and series such as, The Adjustment Bureau, Minority Report, and The Man in the High Castle . I can’t wait to see how accurate or inaccurate Dick’s visions turn out to be regarding the future of society.

  Blade Runner AI human “replicants” on Earth Tyrell corp Test to provoke an emotional response - man shoots questioner Very futuristic world, highly electronic, but dirty and crowded Flying cars Nexus 6 Roy Batty - leaders of replicants on Earth  Have you ever retired a human by mistake? Rachael is a replicant and doesn’t know  Tyrell wants to provide them with pasts and memories (emotional experiences) before telling them they're not human so they can control them better Roy and gunman question man who makes the Nexus eyes - tips them off to go to Tyrell with Sebastian He tells Rachael her memories aren’t her own, she cries and is clearly distraught by finding out she’s a replicant Pris and JF Sebastian meet, he lets her in his home Deckard meets Selame and the snake, retires her  1:00:38 Spots Rachael, goes after her - runs into Leon, Leon tries to kill Deckard but Rachael comes and kills Leon “Have you ever taken that test yourself?”  Rachael lets down her h...