Pictures for comparison between v48 and v50 (v49 looks the same as v50). Even on the title screen v48 has richer saturation, so it's not an in-game setting. Same settings, same (lack of) mods between the two. While playing v50 everything is washed out.
Playing on a Macbook Air M1. Does anyone know what is happening?
Love this movie. Have only ever seen the Final Cut (multiple times). It never occured to me, until I recently read it somewhere else, that the unicorn might represent Deckard being a replicant. I had always assumed the unicorn represented Rachel or Deckard's grappling with his feelings toward her (and more broadly, feelings toward something that isn't human and which is supposed to be hunted). When she steps on the unicorn origiami as she leaves Deckard's apartment, I assumed it was an omen or a warning from Gaff that she'd be next.
So I guess I'm wondering why everyone assumes unicorn = replicant.
EDIT: Thanks for all the answers. I agree it makes sense that Gaff would only know about the unicorn dream if Deckard was a replicant with implanted memories/dreams--unless, like I had always assumed, the dream was prophetic. However, I think a lot of ambiguity remains so that maybe the unicorn sequence isn't as definitive an answer as others suggest. For instance, even if Deckard was given a bunch of memories, how would Gaff know Deckard had had the unicorn dream recently? Presumably there would be many imported dreams he could have had. There is no indication that the humans know what the replicants are thinking (otherwise, there would be no need to spend the first half of the movie searching for the Nexus 6). Unless, as the fan theory someone brought up suggests, Deckard has Gaff's memories (in the way Rachel has Tyrell's niece's), giving Gaff some sort of special mental connection to Deckard, which would also explain why Gaff seems to always know where Deckard is. But then in this case it wouldn't matter if Deckard and Rachel escape since Gaff would always know where they are.
I find structuralism a really useful way of thinking about things. It just seems the most natural way to learn about something, at least for me. An overly simplified definition of what I mean by structuralism is studying an object not by itself but by how the web of relations it exists within give it meaning.
I have read the poststructuralist critiques of structuralism and, actually, I enjoyed them. But I don't really think they are critiques. They seemed more like addenda to structuralism, further explaining certain threads, rather that criticisms. For instance, early Derrida seems already anticipated in Levi-Strauss or Merleau-Ponty* (in the latter's essay "Indirect Language and the Voices of Silence"), but Derrida fixates (emphasizes) certain details that Levi-Strauss does not, or makes assumptions that Levi-Strauss did not make. Maybe I just haven't actually undertood any of it.
So basically, what are some of the criticisms of structuralism that aren't from the poststructuralists? You can answer by giving me suggested reading. Thanks
*I realize Merleau-Ponty was not a structuralist but that essay is basically a blueprint to 60s and 70s Derrida.
I find structuralism a really useful way of thinking about things. It just seems the most natural way to learn about something, at least for me. An overly simplified definition of what I mean by structuralism is studying an object not by itself but by how the web of relations it exists within give it meaning.
I have read the poststructuralist critiques of structuralism and, actually, I enjoyed them. But I don't really think they are critiques. They seemed more like addenda to structuralism, further explaining certain threads, rather that criticisms. For instance, early Derrida seems already anticipated in Levi-Strauss or Merleau-Ponty* (in the latter's essay "Indirect Language and the Voices of Silence"), but Derrida fixates (emphasizes) certain details that Levi-Strauss does not, or makes assumptions that Levi-Strauss did not make. Maybe I just haven't actually undertood any of it.
So basically, what are some of the criticisms of structuralism that aren't from the poststructuralists? You can answer by giving me suggested reading. Thanks
*I realize Merleau-Ponty was not a structuralist but that essay is basically a blueprint to 60s and 70s Derrida.
I live in a major metropolitan city that will be hosting the World Cup soon. Not a single request since the update, whereas before I would receive a few a week, and even more during spring when people are traveling.
Anyway, I cancelled by subscription and am slowly deleting my info from their site before I completely delete my account. It was fun while it lasted. We should remember that nothing is permanent.
