Blade Runner And Frankenstein Comparison

The movie Blade Runner and the novel Frankenstein have multiple common themes. One of the easiest connections is the use of science and intelligence to act as a God and create a new type of life. In both Blade Runner and Frankenstein, intelligence and science were used to the eventual detriment of the creators. The novel Frankenstein has a main character that uses science to play God. Victor Frankenstein becomes God, and his creation recognizes that, and calls himself Adam. Victor is too smart for his own good, since his own creation ruins his life. He goes to college at seventeen, and creates the monster by himself. His intelligence is his downfall, so it would have been better if the monster had never been created, since the monster is shunned
by the world and eventually kills most of Victor’s family. In Blade Runner, science is the one saving grace for humanity. Dr. Tyrell also uses science to play God to create the replicants. The replicants both help and harm humanity as a whole. They perform jobs that are too dangerous or menial for humans, but they are also responsible for the deaths of many humans. Dr. Tyrell uses his intelligence to make himself very rich by selling the Nexus-6 replicants. This could be seen as unethical, since he creates sentient beings to be used as slaves until they automatically die four years after being activated. One od Dr. Tyrell’s creations, Roy Batty, does eventually kill Tyrell, providing strong evidence that Tyrell’s genius was his own downfall. Dr. Tyrell is comparable to Victor in that their use of their intelligence may have been intended to benefit the world, but becomes a menace to humans. Blade Runner and Frankenstein share many features, even though they were written or performed over one hundred and fifty years apart. Frankenstein, like the vampire classic Dracula, became the foundation of a great deal of fiction. It wouldn’t be a far stretch to believe that the story of Victor Frankenstein inspired the character of Dr. Tyrell.