Elektroniczny łowca: postać cyborga w kinie science fiction głównego nurtu

Abstract

Kamrowska Agnieszka, Elektroniczny łowca: postać cyborga w kinie science fiction głównego nurtu [Electronic hunter: the cyborg in mainstream science fiction films]. “Images” vol. XXVIII, no. 37. Poznań 2020. Adam Mickiewicz University Press. Pp. 21–34. ISSN 1731-450X. DOI 10.14746/i.2020.37.02. 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.