The movie Blade Runner is very dear to my heart. It is a treatise on the nature of existence expanding on, and perhaps exceeding the reach of the Phillip K. Dick work which inspired it, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Perhaps I have missed out on some greater subtlety of PKD's work, but the point of DADoES pursues the definition of fake, while Blade Runner instead focuses on what is real. Where the replicants in the novel are sociopathic monsters who emulate emotions solely to gain traction against humans who may hunt them, the humans there rely on machines to dictate their own emotions for them. They dial for "energetic determination" or "six-hour self-accusatory depression." As much as the replicants are machines incapable of real emotion, humans are similarly reliant on a machine to simulate emotion for them. In contrast, the movie's central them is spelled out for us in Deckard's apartment, when Rachel is playing the piano. She professe...
Letting my geek-flag fly...
ReplyDeleteShe's not the Tim Burton Catwoman; she's the Devin Grayson Catwoman. The goggles and zipper are a giveaway.
... and I am so very, very lame.
Tend to agree, though, that the animated series Catwoman's got a certain something. She's no Harley, but who is?
Actually, I meant that the movie Catwoman isn't represented, and the ones that are are deeee-lish. Didn't fully suss out the variations of the ones that are there, but as an Eartha Kitt/Julie Newmar frottage fan, I had to chime in.
ReplyDeleteFun fact - Adam Hughes, current cover artist of Catwoman, was really enthused about the newer costume because "it's something you can buy at any local sex shop!". Might explain your preference for the newer version. :P
ReplyDeleteIn Japan it's quite easy to find the cosplay gear for the old Pfeiffer costume. Er, so I hear...
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