Bladerunner

Bladerunner is a very unique film in its' own right. When it was released in 1982 it was one of the most technologically advanced films America had seen in that time. They wisely picked Harrison Ford to further their tech-prowess by simply being his don't-give-a-damn-the-world-sucks acting attitude in which he isn't looking around everywhere and ogling at the world around him.

    The concept behind the movie itself is very intriguing. A large corporate company, Tyrell Corp., decides to invest in human replication with a  catchy jingle that just gets investors; “More human than human.” Out of this demon seed spawns a ban on all the replicants from earth with the basis of it being that they are not conducive to the world. With their lifespans only lasting 4 years, time in which Tyrell believed they could not able to produce genuine ideas or experience. Sooner before later some of the replicants come back to Earth requesting more time and contradicting Tyrell's theory. This is a huge issue which can be taken on by today with our vastly growing technology. With such machines as Walice, the jeopardy playing program and even one that tells jokes depending on the reaction of the audience its truly terrifying that we can give judgment to machines. Large wiffs of Terminator always resonate in my brain whenever I hear of these types of machines.

For everyone's benefit in humor I hope they turn out like Schwarzenegger

It seems like Bladerunner is not so off when we need to truly consider if such “inhuman” beings can create or feel true human emotion.
    Throughout the movie there was a strong leit motif of eyes. Everywhere; testing Rachel (the replicant who believes she is human), the consultant who specifies in eye enhancement, multiple shots all involving the eye. What does it mean? Going back there are references in the bible that focus strictly on the eye;
     Matthew 6:22-23 (King James Version)
King James Version (KJV)
22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

It has been traced back further to even Cicero (106-43 B.C.) who is quoted saying, 'Ut imago est animi voltus sic indices oculi' (The face is a picture of the mind as the eyes are its interpreter).

The ability to judge and form ideas are all conclusive to what we call the soul. So will we give our robots souls in the future? Will we need to contend with what we sow? Movies such as the Matrix, Bladerunner, and Battlestar Galactica so far off? Time will only tell.

Please future?