Ridley Scott - Is Deckard A Replicant?

Ridley Scott discusses the character of Rick Deckard from BLADE RUNNER and whether he is a replicant or not.

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[15catsburg]

@rathraven1313 If they did a sequel it would be shit

[b7r7u7c7e]

In terms of Deckard being a Replicant, of course he is. Theres more clues of him being an android then human. His mindless pursuit of Replics. His non back story. The fact he can take loads of damage from the powerful nexis 6 replicants. His cold, robotic reaction to Rachel during there love seen. Rachel asking if he took the test on himself. The unicorn dream. The collection of photos on the piano. HIs eyes glowing red at his apt. Gaff never backs him up or helps him during his pursuits.

[Jawsphobia]

Oddly, Ridley here says "Deckard's neice" here when it was Tyrell's neice.

[whocareswutmynameis]

this movie is fascinating

[chosentonessournotes]

@GardenOfLoveMUSIC It's really nothing special. It's very dated as it was released almost 10 years ago. But I'll definitely have to check that out!

[GardenOfLoveMUSIC]

@chosentonessournotes I haven´t heard about it yet. =) It just seems to me like, if he turned out to be a replicant himself, the movie would loose it´s impact. Talking about BR Related stuff, there´s also a song about it (Star One - It all ends here). It´s from an Album dealing with Sci-Fi Movies only... =)

[chosentonessournotes]

@NVLUTZ007 Harrison has actually said in a few interviews that he felt Deckard was human, and he at least WANTED him to be human so the audience had someone to connect with since a majority of the cast are either androids, or unlikable people (IE Bryant.)

[chosentonessournotes]

@GardenOfLoveMUSIC It's actually kinda funny you mentioned the line between, as there is a tribute to Blade Runner called A Blurred Line made for RPG Maker 2000. It deals with the blurred line between man and machine. It was very crude, but obvious the guy loved BR very much.

[BruinFilm13]

@15catsburg there is going to be one and ridleys on board google that ish and get pumped

[wildley007]

Personally I've never thought Deckard was a replicant, but if ONE detail was to cast doubt on that, then it would have to be the collection of photographs on his piano. I got the feeling that they were of people who didn't mean anything to him, but he collected them to feel some kind of attachment to anything that WASN'T related to him or his mercenary lifestyle.