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
