Blade Runner Book Vs Movie Essay
The transition of a novel into a movie always has its drawbacks. Like translating a document from one language to another, discrepancies arise between their plot lines. This is not because film writers believe the novel has flaws, or that they have better ideas than the original story writer. Instead, these differences reflect the demands of popular movie culture. The movie should be clear, relatively brief, suspenseful and have beautiful on-screen picture since no one would be entertained by a long, dull, confusing movie. The novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? experienced this firsthand when it was stripped and redrawn into its sister movie, Blade Runner. Although much of the original story is preserved, several aspects of its original plot were omitted, and new ones were added. The
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Through his encounters with the androids, he learns that the distinctions he made between a human and android cannot hold water, and eventually feels empathy for the androids. The film, however, radically refashions Deckard’s encounters with the androids. A major change in the plot is Deckard’s development of a romantic relationship with Rachel, an android. In the novel, Deckard falls in love with Rachel and they have sex. Rachel is not in love with him, but uses sex as a tool to keep Deckard away from her android friends. She eventually tells Deckard that she had slept with many bounty hunters to protect her friends, but Deckard maintains his android killing role (although he cannot bring himself to kill Rachel). This relationship is extremely romanticized in Blade Runner, as love becomes Deckard’s main source of motivation for his actions. He realizes his true love for Rachel and denies his previous existence as a rogue android killer. He then manages to save Rachel from termination, leaving a happy ending. The film’s alteration in Deckard’s and Rachel’s relationship shows the popular culture of movies
Through his encounters with the androids, he learns that the distinctions he made between a human and android cannot hold water, and eventually feels empathy for the androids. The film, however, radically refashions Deckard’s encounters with the androids. A major change in the plot is Deckard’s development of a romantic relationship with Rachel, an android. In the novel, Deckard falls in love with Rachel and they have sex. Rachel is not in love with him, but uses sex as a tool to keep Deckard away from her android friends. She eventually tells Deckard that she had slept with many bounty hunters to protect her friends, but Deckard maintains his android killing role (although he cannot bring himself to kill Rachel). This relationship is extremely romanticized in Blade Runner, as love becomes Deckard’s main source of motivation for his actions. He realizes his true love for Rachel and denies his previous existence as a rogue android killer. He then manages to save Rachel from termination, leaving a happy ending. The film’s alteration in Deckard’s and Rachel’s relationship shows the popular culture of movies