Blade Runner

Why did he save Deckard in the end Sup Forums?

Is that what happened at the end of that movie?

Damn, it's been a while.

He rather explained that. In detail.

Time to die.

It's too bad he didn't live. But then again who does?

he was a good friend

He just wanted to help a fellow Replicant (Deckard) understand how it felt to be a slave to prove a point, and once he did that there was no reason to let him die since his time was about to come

He realized Deckard was an replicant.

Because Deckard was a cyborg

Because they were both subaltern.

Kindred spirits telling a story the oldest human gesture you can do perhaps. We will never know what Roy was talking about in his (non-existent) extended universe to blade runner won't answer these questions. The point of the closing words of the monologue is him likening his memories disappearing with his death with tears washing away in rain. Much like how the history of cultures of oppressed groups (subaltern) vanish.

IMO he wanted to experience what it was like to save someone.

Maybe he wanted to share his final moments with someone else. Who wants to die alone?

he had an awesome epilogue to deliver

He didn't. It was all just artificial memories in a replicant's mind, none of it actually happened.

>"oh shit, if this nigga dies I won't have anyone to tell my sick ass speech to. I spent too much time writing it!"

Because that's what a real human bean would do

Oh snap!

He wasn't a real human bean, he was an artificial nigger

Proofs?

>that tears in the rain speech
the feels !

Nexus were artificial hominids made for heavy work in outer space user, not actual human beings, this movie is sympathetic towards these artificial niggers and tries to blur the line because it was made by cucks but anyone with a brain can tell the difference between a human being and a Nexus replicant

Minimize information death by sharing at least a few of his experiences before he expired.

*raises paw*

I tried to get my friends to watch this but one of them kept bitching that the movie was "boring"

How do I get new friends?

His artificial brain was malfunctioning in its final moments.

ran out of battery

He was getting us hyped for the sequel thats gonna explain all those great moments in detail!! Ridley was paramount about this, Its gonna be great :^D

A gesture of humanity, what else?

He wants Deckard to see that his death meant something. Not just robot shutting down. He wants Deckard to see the dove flies away from his hand

because it didn't matter, he trascended his android nature and wanted to share those last moments with the person that was supposed to kill him.

As deckard realizes he's going to lose his grip and fall he looks at Roy and spits at him.
In a split second Roy sees this and recognizes the warrior attitude towards life and his creator, defiance, which is what got him there on the rooftop with Deckard in the first place.
He led a team of rebels on a mission to get more life, all the way to their creator's residence, they died on the way (one got fried in a field) they were executed when they were detected.
Roy's life was that of a hunted slave, his defiance in the face of mortality was due to his warrior nature, he saw and valued that in Deckard. The snap to catch his hand is that fast because to the last, Batty was that superior.

this movie was fucking amazing.

that score by vangelis, the way everyone's irises glowed with gold, that final fucking speech

I gotta rewatch it

a little late on that wagon honey, but better late than never.

He wanted someone to remember him, to tell his story. Primarily since Deck too now knows what it's like to be hunted and to be afraid to die.

His last words were about all his experiences and memories that are going to be gone once he's dead.

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>He wanted someone to remember him, to tell his story.
The opposite, he knew that all his brilliance was impermanent, like tears in the rain.
It's really very Japanese.

Yeah no. Fuck hollywood and fuck ridley scott. Anyone whos read 'do androids dream...' Knows why i say this. Its not even a fucking 'adaptation' and the entire story breaks down without mercerism and the buster friendly arc. You are al, ignorant plebs. Seriously GDIAF for ruining literal art by supporting hollywood faeces

Always felt that it was just a human moment of the film, how emotions and the human mind can always surprise and determine the most random and precious acts. The reflexes and power of his body are like a cold snap and you remember he's a replicant but is still the most human character in the film.

The actual story has deckard just about maybe a teeny tiny little bit accepting that robots can be 'alove' too, shown through the toad story, but its a minor tiny teeny miniscule insignificant change. Deckard abands mercerism and empathy and juet doesnt give a shit anymore by storys end. Broken man. Fuck ridley scott for ruining pkds vision

Shit... Alive and abandons. Ipad, sorry gents

At his own end he began to understand the value of life in all creatures.

It's a pretty fucking simple but well told tale about the acceptance of death and what it means to be human.

Which (in the book) is literally the opposite journey that deckard takes. Too bad the film gutted that part of the story

Looks like I have become a blade runner

It's based on the book, not an adaptation, even Philip Dick came around about liking the movie, stop being such an imbecille.

Can someone explain to me why he fought Deckard like a video game boss? Being all theatrical instead of just finishing him quickly? Did he wanted to toy with him?

Also for what reason did Deckard climb to the roof?

Tits

To show that he's not an autist and is able to relate to other people.

>fellow Replicant (Deckard)
Deckard was confirmed to be human.

>"it's not like my genre fiction so it's bad!"
No

PKD died before the movie was even finished.

Your memories of him having liked it are implanted.

Just like the memories that died with Roy. They weren't even his own.

I saw this for the first time at an old theater last year. I popped a bar, so the plot barely made sense, but it was pretty.

So that someone will remember him

and also because Deckard is a replicant

Sauce?

Partially wrong, Deckard is human in the early releases, but heavily implied to be a replicant in later cuts because of the unicorn scenes.

Also Roy saved Deckard because it wasn't expected of him. He defied instinct and made a civilized act to prove to somebody that he had the capacity to be human.

Are you joking?

To continue his work, you dumb ledditor.

Watch the theater cut

Was it a group viewing?

Some movies work far, far better as a solo watch.

Can't believe they dare make a sequel to this.
Those fucker sreally want to destroy every fucking classic sci-fi/buddy/classic movies from 80's/90's.

Fuck the whole movie industry.

DUDE, TEARS IN THE RAIN, LMAO

You already do, here we are. I literally told an ex not to even bother watching Inception if she wasn't going to pay attention and just talk like usual.

Wasn't he a combat model stationed on the colonies? I always took it that those were his real memories

I think the ambiguity is purposeful.

>movie about proud antagonist doesn't want to die alone
>want to change friends for movie

That's not how you make friends

That makes sense

He developed a conscience. One of the questions they asked in the test earlier in the movie is along the lines of "A turtle is lying on its back, it will die if you don't turn it over. Do you save the turtle?".
Seeing Deckard helpless and about to die by falling caused Roy to face the decision for real and he chooses to save him. It's furthering the implication that the replicants are just as human as humans.

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Also note that if this true it doesn't really matter whether Deckard was human or not.

Pretty good.

When he was dying, he realized how precious life is. He became more "human" than the actual human. This is why the movie is so great, and this is why Deckard being a replicant is fucking retarded and ruins the whole movie.

>he was an artificial nigger
He was an artificial aryan!

B Tongue fucking sucks

Because of Arya & Jaqen, LOL HAHA

>tfw you realise the same person that made this absolute masterpiece also made Prometheus
Where did he go so wrong?

Because just before he died, he realized how precious life is and at the same time, how small all living creatures are, how fleeting.

don't worry, i got it

Prometheus was pure kino you plebeian negro

then how did the asian detective guy know his dreams?

he didn't write Prometheus

i don't know if you're just trolling but the book was shit, one of dick's worst. The film is much better.

>ITT: Scenes women will never understand

>asain detective
Pretty sure Gaff was a Hispanic guy.

the best thing about Blade Runner is that with so many cuts you just choose the one that's the best and stick with that for the canon.

In this case, Director's Cut, because it only makes the light implication to make things more interesting and ambiguous, versus the overly stupid Final Cut (which doesn't look that much better imo) which tries to hit you over the head with how "clever" (read: stupid) Ridley is with his DECKARDS A ROBOT DURRRR plot "twist."

And if you're really crazy you'll prefer the theatrical cut and I'll respect you but keep a safe distance from such a dangerous mind.

What's the best version to watch?

Theatrical with added car honking sounds.

The characters who showcase humanity in Blade Runner are the replicants while the human characters come off as robotic and autistic. I always thought it was poetic.

Tyrell's motto was More human than human.

Theatrical Cut.

No one will admit it, but the only reason everyone hates it is because it says "nigger" during one of Harrison Ford's voice overs when they actually added to the film noir style the movie was going for

That and no retarded "Was Deckard a replicant" twist shit

He wanted someone to remember his final moments and maybe pass on what he said and saw to someone else. Ya see, that replicant was an existentialist.

because deckard saved him from life by killing his gf

Truly a business men with a rich vision.

Everybody knows this but of course the 'like tears in rain' part was improv. Right after he says it he kind of smirks at Harrison Ford. I've always thought that smirk was saying "haha I made that up faggot holy shit I'm such a good actor."

Anyone here who read the book?

I only recently got around to it and some parts of it were just... weird.

Like the whole experience with Rachael. Why the fuck would Deckard, or any other bounty hunter, having sex with her make them incapable of retiring any androids in the future? Also, why not retire Rachael after she killed Deckard's goat?

Dont forget Ash and Bishop are replicants too.

This,

Its on the blu ray commentary. The moment Deckard loses his grip and spits at Batty as a last Fuck You.
Is the moment Batty decided to save him.

What were the Replicants exactly? Were they androids like in the book or were they artificially created humans? (I don't mean clones)

That's hilarious, because replicants are the opposite in the book. They don't give a shit about each other, or anyone else, and would sacrifice anyone in a heartbeat to prolong their own existence.

They were artificially created humans, better than the Androids from Alien series that's for sure.

Friendly reminder that there will be more Blade Runner sequels coming to your local theater.

Also merchandise, comics, videogames, luchbox, candy, action figueres and more...

Blade Runner will get its own franchise.

Oh boy, lunchboxes and candy? Should I resub to Nerd Box or Geek Crate to get it all? Do you think Harrison Ford would sign my lunchbox if I met him? Is he going to Comic Con?

shit nigger that's it

Why not both? Yeah sure, Harrison Ford loves and cares about his loyal fans and Blade Runner franchise, will sign everything. Also creditcards only.

>Why did he save Deckard in the end

Simply fulfilling Tyrell's vision:

"More human, than human."

A genetically engineered human, awakened as an adult, with implanted childhood memories, created as a slave race, given a 4 year lifespan, to prevent their evolution, spares the life of a man, a Replicant, unaware, but beginning to realize, his own status, created especially to destroy their own kind, becomes in the end a a new form of humanity, showing an empathy to one who would not have shown the same to him, thus becoming "more human than human", we learn about ourselves from that which we have created, the father becomes the son and the son the father, g_d and his creation switch places.