Blog #2

1.)Doane: Reproduction is one of the most commonly associated aspects given to women. This text states that although the advancing technology of text and cinema are elluding to the fact that the cyborgs can not reproduce like humans, the thought of it is not being forgotten.

Sandman: The eyes are the window into the soul of a person. This text focuses on how the eyes of a person are possible the most important part of the body. Olympia was not complete without the pair of human eyes, and without those she was distroyed.

2.) What is the meaning of the concepts of the uncanny?
In Bladerunner what did the pictures inserted into the machinery mean to Deckard?
Why is there such a need to reinvent or recreate woman? Does bringing them into realms of robotics and technology really compare to the human form and mind?

With all honesty, these texts and the entire subject of this class is completely new to me. I have never thought about these kinds of issues and debates, so if my abstracts do not seem entirely understandable, its because I am in a new realm of thinking that I have not mastered yet, and probably will never completely master. The concepts of maternal nature of women v.s. cyborgs/robots brings up great questions. Bringing together the aspects of written text, cinema, and actual technological advances in the text creates a concept of a woman that is not very clear.