Blade runner as postmodern media

 Blade runner is a postmodern aesthetic film with references and images. The film set takes place in a futuristic dystopian world, the city in the movie the city is depicted as Los Angeles in the future. The image we see creates a mise en scene of the decline and extinction of the human race from the earth and it is all related to people who feel human but are synthetic striving for an extension of their lifespan.

The question that arises from the film is what is the purpose of humanity in the postmodern age where the distinction between machine and human is eroded and unclear. The film questions thing such as can machines have emotions? or can humanity be manufactured? These are the same question asked by philosophers regarding hyperreality. This creates an image of a separate world for which people are switching from the real world to a more attractive one.