Elektroniczny łowca: postać cyborga w kinie science fiction głównego nurtu

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...

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Main Author: Agnieszka Kamrowska
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Language:English
Published: Adam Mickiewicz University Press 2021-03-01
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Online Access:https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/i/article/view/27631
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description 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.
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spelling doaj-art-1ddc74ab4a044f64b3181a856ffdf54f2025-08-20T03:09:28ZengAdam Mickiewicz University PressImages1731-450X2720-040X2021-03-01283710.14746/i.2020.37.02Elektroniczny łowca: postać cyborga w kinie science fiction głównego nurtuAgnieszka Kamrowska0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9474-9271Instytut Sztuki Mediów Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny w Krakowie 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. https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/i/article/view/27631science fictioncyborgmainstream cinemaTerminator film seriesRoboCop film seriestechnophobia
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Elektroniczny łowca: postać cyborga w kinie science fiction głównego nurtu
Images
science fiction
cyborg
mainstream cinema
Terminator film series
RoboCop film series
technophobia
title Elektroniczny łowca: postać cyborga w kinie science fiction głównego nurtu
title_full Elektroniczny łowca: postać cyborga w kinie science fiction głównego nurtu
title_fullStr Elektroniczny łowca: postać cyborga w kinie science fiction głównego nurtu
title_full_unstemmed Elektroniczny łowca: postać cyborga w kinie science fiction głównego nurtu
title_short Elektroniczny łowca: postać cyborga w kinie science fiction głównego nurtu
title_sort elektroniczny lowca postac cyborga w kinie science fiction glownego nurtu
topic science fiction
cyborg
mainstream cinema
Terminator film series
RoboCop film series
technophobia
url https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/i/article/view/27631
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