The Man and the Machine: The concept of humanity in cybernetic organisms

Abstract

This thesis focuses on the depiction of man, machines and cyborgs in the American cinema of the 1980's in the movies The Terminator, Robocop and Blade Runner. The theoretical part establishes important background information regarding cybernetics, machines, popular fiction, and ethics. The following chapter is dedicated to exploration of possible positives and negatives of previously mentioned technologies. The final, practical, part examines the selected movies and the relationship of technology and man depicted in them