Blade Runner is a 1982 film directed by Ridley Scott, based on a novel by Philip K. Dick. It depicts a man hunting runaway replicants: human-looking androids, in a dark, rather dystopian Los Angeles.
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Forget about Deckard being a replicant, what if everyone is? [closed]
The possibility of Deckard being a replicant is a popular theme in Blade Runner and was intentionally left ambiguous (enough so that the director and screenwriter appear to have different ...
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Can someone explain the end of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
In Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? when Deckard goes to Oregon at the end of the novel, what is all that about? Did he have an epiphany? What exactly was the epiphany? Is he ...
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Why did the Rosen corporation want to discredit the Voight-Kampff test?
In Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? why did the Rosen corporation want to discredit the Voight-Kampff test? If the new Nexus 6 types were to be so good and human like that they ...
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Why did Deckard get a citation from his police department?
In Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? why did Deckard get a citation at the end from his police department? Because he retired too many andys in a single day? I thought the police ...
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Could Gaff have known about the unicorn without Deckard being a Replicant?
Or is that supposed to cinch it?
He appears to take the revelation rather calmly, doesn't he?
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Why is it so hard to detect Replicants?
In Blade Runner (1982), Deckard used the Voight-Kampff test to detect Replicants. This complicated test verified if their emotional response was appropriate. But they also displayed superhuman ...
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What is a “Plutition Camp”? [closed]
Okay, we're deep blue inside baseball here. In the original Blade Runner script, Batty's valedictory speech goes like this:
“I’ve known adventures, seen places you people will never see, I’ve
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Why does Roy Batty save Deckard from falling?
At the end of Blade Runner why does Roy Batty catch Deckard as he is about to fall? I have always assumed that it was perhaps the realization of his own imminent demise that caused his actions. I was ...
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Why did they name the movie “Blade Runner”?
I just finished reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and I found it interesting that Deckard was always described as a bounty hunter never as a blade runner or anything similar.
What exactly ...
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If Deckard is a replicant, how is it that he is hunting the other replicants?
How did it come to be that Deckard started hunting the other replicants? Was he programmed to find them in the last minute or what.
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What version of Blade Runner should I watch first?
I have the Blade Runner Five-Disc Blu-Ray and it comes with a variety of different versions of the film. I'm not sure which version would be appropriate for my first viewing of the film - Theatrical ...
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Are the owls in Futurama a backwards reference to Blade Runner and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Owls in Futurama are so numerous and plentiful that they are considered a pest. Conversely, the electric owl in Blade Runner represents something beautiful that no longer exists. And in a larger ...
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Difference between science fiction/fantasy and futurism according to Philip K. Dick
In this letter from Philip K. Dick to The Ladd Company, he references a Harrison Ford interview where he says that that Blade Runner is not fantasy nor science fiction, but futurism.
What's did he ...
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Why do replicants have a short lifespan?
In Blade Runner the replicants have a limited lifespan, which is of course a key part of the film. When Deckard and Bryant are talking, Bryant states the short lifespan was deliberately built in to ...
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What is the drink Deckard has in the bar (Blade Runner)?
In the movie, Deckard is shown to have a drink in a bar. The drink seemed to have worms under the glass. Is there a sci-fi explanation for that drink?
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Why is the future LA full of chinese in Blade Runner?
In the movie Blade Runner, the future Los Angeles(2019) is depicted as having lots of chinese people and chinese influence. Why is that the case?
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How “hard” is the science behind the genetics mentioned in Blade Runner?
How accurately does the science in Blade Runner reflect the current understanding of genetics?
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Significance of the origami Deckard found in Blade Runner
What was the significance of the origami figure Deckard found at the end of Blade Runner? What could it have symbolized?
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Did Philip Dick watch Blade Runner before his death?
Was Philip K. Dick able to watch a complete version of "Blade Runner" before his death or just unedited material?
The "Blade Runner" release date according to Wikipedia and IMDB was 25 June, 1982. ...
