Fahrenheit 451

This was an interesting movie. I thought it wasn't so bad. In this time period firefighter's must burn any books that they see because the government says so. In the movie a certain firefighter named Guy Montag runs into a girl named Clarisse, who collects books. Montag becomes interested in the books and reads one. Montag is later chased into a hidden group of people who spend their whole lives just reading one book and memorizing it. Montag figures he ought to do this also so ends up just working on memorizing his book.

Design

There are many aspects of design that I have not put a great deal of thought into until now. One thing is how much work can go into one little thing. Designers work hard to make even the smallest thing pop out at you and make you like their product without even knowing what it is. Many hours are put into the tiny detail that caused you to buy a certain product. Another aspect of design that you usually don't think about is simplicity. Items that you see can stand out due to how simple they are. Their example was Apple products. Apple products have a sleek, simple design that appeal to many different people around the globe. These products were made like this specifically to appeal to certain people and to catch everyone's eye. A final quality of design that I never thought too much about is how certain objects have lagged behind in some areas. Chairs are a good example because of how easy it is to find an uncomfortable chair. We have so many objects in our lives that are easy to use and are nice to use but then we find ourselves sitting in an uncomfortable chair that was not well designed. It's funny how advanced we can be in some aspects but behind in many others at the same time, despite how simple those items can be.

Blade Runner

In the movie Blade Runner there is a scene near the end involving Deckard and Roy.  How this scene plays out can be confusing because of how it ends.  Roy ends up dying but he plays out the scene so that Deckard can understand the replicants better and feel empathy for them.  Roy realizes that he is dying while he is going after Deckard so he puts a giant nail through his hand to help slow down the process of his body shutting down.  After meeting Deckard on a rooftop, Roy scares Deckard enough that Deckard jumps off the roof onto another building.  His jump is short and he begins to hold on for his life.  Roy also makes this jump, but successfully this time.  As Deckard begins to fall Roy grabs onto him and pulls him up, saving him.  Deckard is obviously very confused at this point and Roy goes on talking about his memories and such.  Knowing that he has taught Deckard to feel empathy for the replicants, Roy lets himself die finally.  This was an interesting scene because Roy went from being crazy to being nice in an instant.  I think that he did this because since he knew that he was dying he knew he couldn't do much else to change the world directly so instead he spent his time teaching Deckard a lesson so that Deckard has a chance to change the world himself.  He knew that killing Deckard wouldn't accomplish much so he used his intelligence to end his life in the best possible way.