GWOM and Bladerunner

Bri Fowle
Gun, with Occasional Music and Bladerunner both project an interesting view of the future. Bladerunner seems to be a very bleak view, complete with (now) not-so-impressive technology and ‘80s hairstyles. Gun, with Occasional Music, on the other hand, is a very different view of the future that holds evolved animals that are part of society and people being measured by the amount of karma they have, which the government controls. It also seems to be a world that is slowly spiraling downward. It seems that the detective in the story has been restored, the fearless man who is going to get to the bottom of the story, no matter what. I wonder if there is any good that is going to come out of Bladerunner, if any justice is going to be served or if there is a twist at the end where the bad guys aren’t as bad as they are portrayed. I wonder if in Gun, with Occasional Music, the supposed good guys aren’t as good as the public sees them. I hope that there is more sense made than the postmodern, metaphysical works such as City of Glass. I hope that we do not analyze details in the book that seem important but are just left in the dust and discarded. So far, the two works that we are in the process of watching/reading seem to be promising. There is a real mystery in the book and the movie draws you in and makes you want to finish and find out the meaning of everything.