Reasons why deckard is a replicant

Things get complicated when Deckard falls in love with Rachael, a beautiful replicant played by Sean Young. Director Ridley Scott also weaved in a number of hints and clues Deckard might unknowingly be a replicant himself. Fast forward to "Blade Runner ". Replicants are now docile and no longer illegal. Deckard's job has been taken over by one such tame android: Officer K, played by Ryan Gosling.

Uncovering a horrifying conspiracy, K seeks out Deckard and brings the older cop back into the centre of conflict between human and replicant. The original film drops tantalising clues Deckard might be a replicant.

He isn't blessed with superhuman strength like the other replicants, but he is shown with glowing eyes, a visual cue identifying androids.

Most significantly, his partner Gaff presents him with an origami unicorn, suggesting his dreams of such a beast could actually be fake implanted memories. The teasing continues in "". For example, Gaff tells K that Deckard is "retired" -- the euphemism for killing a replicant. The question is most directly addressed in the new film when Deckard is brought before industrialist Niander Wallace, played by Jared Leto.

Wallace now heads the production of replicants, having bought the Tyrell Corporation that first created them.

Wallace knows Deckard fathered the first child born of a replicant, which is a world-changing paradigm shift in replicant -- and human -- evolution. Wallace then asks if it occurred to Deckard he might have been "designed" specifically to fall for the replicant named Rachael to create "a perfect specimen". That use of the word "designed" sounds like a pretty strong hint Wallace believes Deckard is a replicant.

At the very least, it adds more talking points to both sides of the argument. The first potential clue comes from the opening title card, which states: The NEXUS 6 Replicants were superior in strength and agility, and at least equal in intelligence, to the genetic engineers who created them. If Deckard was a replicant, this would make us believe that he would be stronger than a normal person. It would also make us believe that if Deckard and a replicant got in a fight, they would be evenly matched.

This happens at several points in the film, and the results are mixed. Although Deckard comes out on top in all of his encounters with the identified replicants, he mostly wins due to luck, not strength. Consider the first physical encounter with Leon. Leon is clearly superior to Deckard in terms of strength, and he really has no chance.

He only escapes because Rachel shows up and kills Leon. In his confrontation with Priss, Deckard is again physically no match. He flies across the room when she lands her first blow.

Deckard eventually prevails courtesy of an unexpected gunshot, and also because Priss is playing with Deckard rather than trying to kill Deckard as quickly as possible. In the battle with Roy, Deckard takes a beating. Many people argue that the beating he takes is too much for a human to withstand, which is why he is a replicant. Deckard is a hardened cop, a self-proclaimed killer. However, the connotations of the referenced line from the opening title can be explored from a different perspective too.

For one, Deckard is noted as having success at being a Blade Runner. I need you, Deck. This is a bad one, the worst yet. I need the old Blade Runner, I need your magic. As a different model from the Nexus 6, he may not be as strong. Yet, he has lasted longer and had more success than his peers. That counts for something. This could also be the reason that Deckard lives through all his encounters with the Nexus 6 Replicants.

In the first encounter, Rachel shows up to save him because he IS something special. Like Rachel, Deckard himself could be a special creation which the Tyrell Corporation could both not afford to lose and not afford to be identified if he was killed.

In his confrontation with Priss, Deckard survives because of his cunning. In his confrontation with Roy, Deckard is allowed to live. In many ways, Roy is playing with Deckard. All of the other replicants exhibit childlike behaviors due to their reduced intelligence in comparison to humans — Leon is frustrated when things get complicated, Priss likes to play around.

Come on Deckard. Why would Roy let Deckard live if Deckard was human? But why does Gaff leave a unicorn of all things? Well, unicorns are magical creatures that stand apart from their real-world equestrian cousins. Of course, everything changes when you watch the Final Cut, all thanks to a rather unusual dream sequence. Earlier in the film, we see Deckard sitting at a piano, nursing a drink while pecking at the keys, and suddenly, he imagines a lone unicorn galloping through a forest glen.

What does the unicorn signify? Perhaps it symbolizes Rachael, a beautiful being who can help Deckard escape his emotionless existence. For example, both versions include a scene in which Deckard plays a melody on the piano, and then later on, we see Rachael play the exact same song. Is it simply a coincidence?

How many have acted in or produced or directed a film? How many have academic backgrounds in film? I find most critics verbose and cliched as they attempt to be witty and appear insighful. Anyone can be a critic as they so readily prove. Nor does it explain how a director of his stature could put out something like Prometheus — a film so riddled with plot holes and disconnects that I simply could not take my own advice and enjoy it for what it was.

Blade Runner prevails by being such a cool throwback to film noir detective movies and a touching love story all set in a remarkable and original setting. Count me as one of the most dedicated, stubborn, long-suffering, and fanatical believers that Deckard IS NOT a replicant! He simply fell in love with one. I've read many arguments against my position. And I've made my counter-arguements. But more than what clues and implications we all take from the various versions of the film, I have always believed that the sheer beauty and power of the film rests on this: that Deckard, as a human, not only finds himself falling in love with one of the beings he has hunted and killed during his career, but incredibly has his life saved by, not one, but two different replicants!

First of course is when Rachel shoots Leon a replicant killing another replicant, no less! If Deckard is a replicant, then these stunning events lose all meaning, all of their power, and all of the beauty of the film is wasted. If they are all replicants, who cares if they fall in love with each other. We already get that from Roy and Pris. But a human and a replicant -- now that is something truly endearing.