... to be able to live longer means they will be more human. Yet, we will see that the replicants with four-year life spans at times exhibit a desire for life, love and dignity more than most of the real humans in the film. Their accession to human status is stopped by only the unwillingness and refusal of other human beings. They ... to the niece of her creator, Tyrell. Memories then can be faked. They do not last as Roy points out in his moving final words "all those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain." Our memories are not what make us human. We see another possible answer ...

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... term for Replicants, cursed with a four year life span and desperately trying to extend it, hijack a ship back to Earth seeking to confront their maker. But when Deckerd falls in love with one such clone, Rachel, he has to think twice about what he is doing. The city that Deckard must search for his prey is a huge, sprawling cyberpunk vision of ... seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."-Roy Batty. I t...

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... World. He, like us, needs to experience both ends of the spectrum of life. He needs to know what pain is to appreciate pleasure and to have hatred to know love. Savage cannot accept the grey mediocre existence that is BNW. It is a false portrayal of happiness in John's eyes because they don't know why they are happy because they don ... . Also his suicide is predictable because it's the death of a tragic hero. He is a victim of his own aberrant conditioning. Savage cannot live in a world where emotions are suppressed and love is perverted. And so he chooses death rather than living in a ...

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... 's room where they are both "set free" and become intimate with one another. Just as Joh Fredersen , master and founder, lost control of Metropolis, the boss of the factory was clearly no longer in command and had lost his slave (a symbol of status) in the process. The video ends with the quote "Without the heart, there can be no ... ...

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... and emotionally throughout the film. The characters in the movie, even the ones that were not human, had many humanistic and believable qualities. Many of them were able to feel love as well as hate. Although Deckard is supposedly human he at times shows less emotion than Roy. He seems heartless and uncompassionate making himself look very unhuman. We see that ... viewers. The whole definition of humanity is changed by its interaction with the Replicants. For the replicant Roy Batty it was obvious that that he felt strong emotions, perhaps even love for his fellow replicants. After Deck...

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... at least one scene where light eminates from the iris of their eye like a cat with light reflecting in its night eyes. Deckard's eyes do this just before his first love scene with Rachel. Like Roy and Rachel, Deckard clearly has severe issues dealing with any emotion besides anger. In addition, Deckard exhibits a fascination with pictures much like the replicants in ... leave much to think about. This, above all else, is what makes Blade Runner a fantastic film and a true classic. Wither Deckard is now a renegade cop running away with his replicant love, or a replicant cop doing the sam...

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... , or act happy when they see a picture of their family. How could these emotions be real, if those pictures are not even of their family? How can it be true love and elation they are feeling if they've never even met these people? Obviously it must be a programmed response. In conclusion, these replicants, while very similar to humans, are not ... ...

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... set the mood for a place of crime and punishment. The Acting in Blade Runner was very good. Harrison Ford did very well; he showed the raw emotion, the spite, the love, the fear brilliantly. He fitted perfectly into the movie. His lame voice over no longer there shows a whole new side. He also extended the Romance between Rachael played by Sean ... ...

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... on the bed, he decides to spare her life because he loves her and wants to spend the rest of his life with her, since she has no termination date. Love is an emotion. Machines don't have emotions. Therefore Deckard isn't a machine. However, if Deckard were a replicant, he would have no second thought to kill Rachel or not. He would have ... ...

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