Open AccessElektroniczny łowca: postać cyborga w kinie science fiction głównego nurtu
Author(s) -
Agnieszka Kamrowska
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
images
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
0eISSN - 2720-040X
pISSN - 1731-450X
DOI - 10.14746/i.2020.37.02
Subject(s) - mainstream , humanity , anthropocentrism , art , status quo , motif (music) , art history , aesthetics , literature , philosophy , environmental ethics , theology , political science , law
The aim of this text is to analyze the cyborg motif in mainstream American science fiction films, as represented by the Terminator and RoboCop film series. The cyborg characters presented in these films are focused mainly on violence and destruction, which emphasizes the technophobic attitude of the culture within which these films were made. The only redemption of their otherness is showing their humanity. For a cyborg, its technological provenance is a burden and results in its sense of guilt. In this manner, American science fiction films support anthropocentrism and the conservative status quo.