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Media Series - TV
Hybridity and intertextuality
Media Language - Page 7
Identify any intertextual elements within Episode 1 of “Humans”. Look at these elements and consider how they work in terms of media language (creating meaning), genre and audiences.
Elster – Hitchcockian reference to “Vertigo” in which Gavin Elster “creates” the perfect woman to serve his own ends
“The Stepford Wives”– domestic, beautiful, subservient female robots replace real women (male conspiracy)
“AI” – Odi is treated like a son by George Millican. Odi (ODI) references the Open Data Institute founded by Tim Berners-Lee
“Blade Runner” – synths becoming sentient – conscious. Niska is reminiscent of Pris – the “basic pleasure model”
‘Asimov blocks’ in their programs ( Laws of Robotics outlined e.g. in “I, Robot”)