Timeline of the Cyberpunk films through time. Week 4 - Task 5

  • Blade Runner

    Replicants are genetically altered humans with superior intellects. Speaking like humans and even bleeding when wounded. These man-made products are under attack, and are not seen as humans, but seen as monsters. If the replicants can mimic the human’s physical appearances and ways of living, how many humans are human…
  • RoboCop

    The town of Detroit is crime-ridden and influenced by a powerful company, which developed a crime –fighting robot to stop the crimes. The machine develops a dangerous glitch. The town’s police-man Alex Murphy is killed by violent robbers, and the company see a potential redevelopment of their robotic cop.
  • A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)

    A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become ‘real’ so that he can gain the love of his human mother. Abandoned by his family once learnt that he cannot be a part of the human race, David journeys out into the world and finds life within the human’s world. Just like the fairy tale of Pinocchio, David wanders among the life of humans to find his ‘blue fairy’ to make him become a real boy.
  • Wall-E

    Wall-E is left behind by humans after they had abandoned earth, becoming covered with trash from products by the Buy N Large Corporation. The humans are being influenced by heavily watched Television, and overly obese by the constant use of chairs with a TV directly in their faces.
  • Looper

    In 2074, it is probable to explore through time, but prohibited. When criminal administrations execute someone, they send their targets to thirty years in the past where ‘Loopers’ murder them. The film takes a dramatic turn once one of the ‘Loopers’ comes face to face with themselves.