Your silence during Rutger Hauer's Tears in the Rain monologue was beautiful. Sometimes commenting over important dialogue can be a distraction but your silence and the look on your face was perfect. Vangelis musical score was great. This movie does bring up some thought provoking questions about morality. Great reaction and commentary Madison as always. Thanks.
Rutger Hauer past away in 2019 the year this movie is set, his poetic monologue before his character dies immortalizes Rutger Hauer in one of the most iconic scenes in movie history.
Make no mistake about it, Blade Runner is THE greatest Sci-Fi flick of all time. Nothing comes close. Nothing. Furthermore, it's one of the greatest films period. Your face at the end of Roy Batty's monologue was priceless and encompassing of everything this film stands for. It's quite poetic and beautiful and frightening and gritty. It's a masterpiece. The Final Cut is the best cut btw.
I LOVE the moment when Roy is chasing Deckard, and Deckard hits him with the pole in the head and Roy yells "THATS THE SPIRIT!" Roy wants to feel everything, he wants to feel every emotion possible, even if it's not his. And then mere moments later, his ending monologue...so moving.
Same here. But that also had to be thoroughly terrifying for Deckard. If you did that to a human being they would be on the ground incapacitated. Roy is just eating the hits up like candy and then later says “That…hurt”.
Roy said, " THAT'S THE SPIRIT!! " because he was satisfied to see a human trying so hard to hold onto life and survive...to the point of confronting and head on attacking a superior force, which takes guts, bravery, spirit and the being the hero of oneself to defend and save one's life. Roy loved to see that, because he was doing the same thing, trying to find a way to get more life, any way possible. Deckard irrationally attacking head on the superior force of Roy, so very coincidentally mirrored Han Solo turning around and launching head on at Vader's Super-Stardestroyer in The Empire Strikes Back ( then shutting down the engines after quickly landing right on the giant ship ).
Also Roy Batty easily clearing the roof jump, and supporting Deckard's full weight with a single arm _and_ failing hand that has a nail straight through it. A demonstration of how truly strong Replicants are, and why they would be (rightfully?) angered that their creators were afraid of them and gave them a 4 year lifespan despite being sentient beings that should rightfully inherit their maker's place, being superior in most ways.
Replicants are genetically engineered so they’re not robots in the sense that they’re made of plastic, steel and electrical components. They’re made from human tissue and enhanced to be as Tyrell said, “more human than human.” So it brings in the question of the morality of creating beings that are sentient and making them slaves. Roy releasing the dove when he dies is symbolic of his soul leaving his body. Deckard developed sympathy for them and became conflicted about his role as a Bladerunner.
Yuppers, spot on. Madison's reaction to this film is really great, but I immediately caught her confusion over the nature of a Rep,icant. This is a great story, full of things to think about. But it's not a story about "mechanical men", robots: that's a different story, As you pointed out, Replicants are bioengineered human beings, created to be slaves. The moral implications are both huge and terrifying. Deckard's character arc from seeing them as nothing more than a bug to be squashed to falling in love with Rachel is genius.
Right. If they had inorganic components, the Voight-Kampff test wouldn't be necessary to identify a replicant. That does beg the question as to why the replicants weren't designed with physical identifiers. If the artificial snake's scales had manufacturer's numbers, why wouldn't certain components of replicants be made similarly identifiable?
The soundtrack is a Vangelis masterpiece. I've listened to it countless times and it feels so good each time I do. It was a pleasure watching your reaction.
I agree. And it's especially amazing considering Vangelis improvised the soundtrack while watching the movie. He preferred ad-libbing and disliked preplanning his music.
It wasn't improvised exactly. It was pre-written by Hauer, but not in the script. But Hauer decided to try it on one of the takes and they kept it, it was so perfect.
@@juliusperseus8612 - I hope this reactor keeps doing it right. She's insightful and clever... the kind of person you'd want to take to the theater and then chat about a film afterwards. The worst reactors are the ones that get swollen egos when their channels grow. They start to think of themselves as celebrity entertainers... or worse... comedians. The ones that try to clown around and make lame jokes about every scene (and then fake laugh at their own jokes) are the most cringe of all. I can think of at least a half dozen reactors I used to enjoy, but have become totally unwatchable over the past couple years.
Sean Young played Rachel. If you rewatch this film again, notice that she never blinks like Normal people do. Her eyelids do move but only in an intentional manner when she is expressing some sort of emotion.
Great reaction, Madison. Your expression during Roy's "tears in rain" speech said it all. If you ever watch this movie again, you may want to give the theatrical release a try - it includes a voice over narration from Deckard throughout which gives it an even more "noir" feel but it also includes the ending you were looking for. And no, none of the visuals or effects were updated for any of the different versions, iirc it's mainly editing choices.
Exactly my thoughts, the fact that Harrison didn't like doing the narration gave it a perfect resigned feel to it. By he way what was is that Decker tried to order four of when ordering his food but only got two??
Well, there was *one* visual effect added - the shot of the bird flying away was reworked to match the rest of the scenes. The original shot in the first release was hastily shot, and didn't really match the look of the rest of the scene before it at all. A small fix but it's so much better now.
When "Roy" was dying his speech made me think of the end of Terminator 2 when Sara said if a robot can learn the value of a human life then maybe we can. Great reaction and commentary Madison.
When the end scenes start in Sebastian's apartment you have to think 'who is the more human, the human or the replicant?' Deckard is prepared to kill for money. Roy is doing all he can to save his friends, as awful as his actions are.
I'm a huge Sci-Fi fan and this is one of the best films ever made. The soundtrack from Vangelis adds a lot to the overall atmosphere of the world as well. I love reaction channels where you can tell people are genuinely watching a movie or TV show and not just talking to get content for their channel. 😊
Remember Dekkers dream of a Unicorn. The origami model was a unicorn. The implication is that Dekker may also be a replicant, as how would anyone know his dream?
@litterpicker1431 Deckard was not a sleep...he was thinking about Racheal. The unicorn is a representation of Rachel, The great experiment. Deckard was realizing she was one of a kind..a Unicorn. Roy is the main character, then Rachel. Roy is a plot device to tie in the 2 stories together.
Well done Madison, one of the best reactions I've seen to this masterpiece. Most people tend to focus on the visuals, Harrison Ford or all of the questions this movie leaves open, but you clearly got the idea and the essence of the movie. It's not about the answers, but the things Blade Runner makes you think.
How can you say this is one of the best reactions you’ve seen to this movie when she never picked up even an inkling that Deckard himself was a replicant. She completely misunderstood the significance of the origami sculpture at the end and what it meant!
In a sad twist of irony, Rutger Hauer (Roy Batty) passed away in 2019, the same year as his character. He didn't like the script for the final scenes and created the best lines, including the final monolog about memories lost like tears in the rain..
My favourite movie of all time. I'm a Cyberpunk nerd. Watched it in the cinema when it came out. I was surprised that a lot of the people leaving the cinema said they found it boring. It has the best soundtrack of all time, the late great Vangelis.. It was the last non CGI classic. Has a special place in my heart. Pure Genius
I believe the generally accepted reason why Roy was self-harming in the end was because he was at deaths door and the adrenaline from the pain was keeping his empty engine going ‘on fumes’.
Probably been mentioned, but the ending, he let her live, FOR Deckard. He let Deckard know he was there, but that he wasn't going to chase them. Rutger Hauer had input in that monologue. He didn't like the original script, modified it, then he went on set and did his own version. The crew was dumfounded and in tears. Rutger's most significant input was "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain".
@@docsavage8640 Except that Spock's death wasn't really his death. Roy's death was much more poignant because he had already lost everything he cared about and spent his last moments saving the life of a man who was trying to kill him.
Deck has a dream about a unicorn, Gaff leaves a unicorn in his apartment ... how would Gaff know this? and his comment '...but then again who does' Gaff knows something about Deck that Deck doesn't, but Gaff shows empathy as he helps them both escape by doing nothing and not 'retiring' Rachael.
Deck is a replicant that "doesn't know what it is", if he was a normal human he couldn't have survived the attacks from the replicants. At one point he was holding on the the side of the building with broken fingers, he must be a Nexus 6 or 7.
The writer (Hampton Francher) said he wrote Deckard as a human, Harrison Ford said Deckard was a human. The unicorn scene wasn't added until 1992 and was a scene from Ridley Scott's later film "Legend" (released 4 years after Bladerunner). Ridley Scott wanted Deckard to be a Replicant so he recut the film to suggest it. Truthfully it undermines some of the themes of the film to have Deckard be a Replicant. Gaffs Unicorn at the end originally meant he was there and knew Rachel was there (she's one of a kind, a Unicorn) but he gave Deckard a head start and a warning as a professional courtesy. It had nothing to do with Deckard's added in dreams.
For me, this is the second creepiest role for Rutger Hauer. He did a movie later called The Hitcher which was (to me) the most terrifying film of the eighties. He was amazingly intense and supremely scary in it.
In the actual version that was released in '82, it was narrated by Harrison Ford. And it showed Deckard and Rachel leaving together. And after the entire movie was dark and dreary the final was them flying in Deckards vehicle in beautiful sunny skies over the mountains. Deckard didn't want to just help her escape. They were in love and wanted to escape together
@Madbandit77 his role in "Miami Vice" was what made Edward James Olmos a blip on my radar. While he did a good job of playing Commander Adama, I actually had some major issues with the rebooted version of Battlestar Galactica
"Quite an experience to live in fear isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave" We've had nothing but fear thrown in our faces since 2001 and boy, does it show.
One of the best reactions any movie I've ever seen. My favorite movie of all time!! Blade Runner is a very open-ended movie and very thought provoking. It's one of those films that you can watch over and over and still find some new meaning in the movie.
Movies like this pose the question of "what are you doing with YOUR LIFE?" "What have YOU experienced?" That is what makes the Tears in rain dialogue sad. It's a reminder that all your "important jobs, things" will melt away.
This is such an excellent film, Madison, I loved your reaction to it. I highly recommend two other Sci-Fi films, "Westworld" from 1973, and "Gattaca" from 1997, I promise you won't be disappointed by either of them.
This movie is not about Deckard, but about Roy. Supposedly a villain at first sight, but once you get to know his story, it's just tragic. A man whos life never was his own, fighting to extend his extremely limited lifespan he spent only in service, doing and seeing horrible things.
But Roy was no angel either - killing a shuttle full of people so they could get to earth. Didn't just kick them out. Like any well-written bad guy, though, he had motives and was complex.
@@Calamity_Jack Depends on how you look at it; Roy wasn't raised at all and only 4 years old. Can't judge him the way you would a human, since they aren't humans.
Being in my 60s it always baffles me how younger people dont know GOAT movies or music. But its similar to what the end monologue says, these memories disappear like tears in the ocean of time. And the new generations have new things to remember.
Many reactors talk far too much, but Ms Madison, you are a class act as always. This movie was far ahead of its time. I saw it at the theatre, and was completely floored. It still holds up as the classic it is
The unicorn origami left at Deckard's door means that the other policeman (Gaff) is aware of Deckard's unicorn dream earlier in the movie therefore knows Deckard's memories. Deckard is a replicant. It gives an ironic twist to Gaff's comment "You've done a man's work sir"
That is an opinion, not a fact. There's a big controversy about whether or not Deckard is a replicant. I think he wasn't. I believe that if he was, this destroys the whole meaning of the movie. Ridley Scott thought he was, but he's an idiot.
The unicorn is a representation of Racheal. She is the great experiment. The unicorn is uniqueness, one of a kind. Deckard was not dreaming. That unicorn scene was shoe horned into the movie a decade later, and it shows. It was never supposed to be there in the first place. Nothing in the movie focused on Deckard. Roy is the main character, then Racheal. Deckard is more of a plot device to tie their stories together.
really like you got that Rachel wanted him and vice versa and that she was not afraid of him but of these brand new emotions she did not know fully understand and know how to handle. good job
This film examines the question of what defines people as "human"? Is it how they come into existence, or is it how they think and feel and experience life? Deckard started out by speaking of replicants as little different from any other machine -- basically, appliances. "If they're a benefit, they're not my problem." However, his experiences with the replicants -- especially Roy -- who loved their lives and *so badly* wanted to live them, meant Deckard could no longer see them that way. In the end, he had no choice but to see Roy as human; and if Roy was human, so was Rachel and it was right that Deckard should love her. It's my favorite science fiction film of all time, the best ever made, and it has profoundly influenced the genre for more than 40 years.
The soundtrack/score was written and performed by Vangelis. He also composed the score for Chariots of Fire, which won the Oscar for Best Picture (1981).
If you liked Rutger Hauer in this you should check him out in Ladyhawke. It's a fantasy adventure love story and he plays a badass in that too. Also stars Michelle Pfeiffer (never looked more beautiful) and Matthew Broderick (super funny performance). A forgotten gem from the 80's that almost no one has reacted to.
I’ve noticed that folks today don’t seem to be able to enter into a movie anymore (I’m an old man now). I remember when we first got a television, what a novel experience it was, and how we watched to see what would happen. People don’t do that anymore. They don’t seem able to quiet their minds and observe. They are constantly thinking of other things. Why did that happen? How will it fit with the rest of the story? What other shows was this actor in? What techniques did they use to achieve this effect? What’s going to happen with this thread of the story, or that one? Will they resolve things this way, or will they go that route? What reactions is this particular music supposed to be evoking? How would I act differently in this situation? What possible options are open to the character(s), and which option will the writer choose? And on, and on... We didn’t do that. We just watched, knowing that a story was being told, and that the details would be revealed as the story progressed. I couldn’t tell you all the many things our culture has gained in the many, many decades since those more artless times. But I do know that something has been lost: something deep, vast, simple, and beautiful. I miss it. I wonder if it will ever return? Probably not within what’s left of my lifetime. Ah, well, maybe in the next world...
I've seen a LOT of people react to this, one of my favorite movies. I think I like yours the best. You watch a movie like I do, really concentrating. So glad you didn't talk through Roy's death scene. I know you will really like the sequel. :)
How can you say this is the best reactions you’ve seen to this movie when she never picked up even an inkling that Deckard himself was a replicant. She completely misunderstood the significance of the origami sculpture at the end and what it meant!
I went to a theatre in Chelmsford , Essex UK tonight & watched this particular film. I’d seen it on the big screen prior but you realise the visually this is stunning. The set designs are brilliant. The flying dove at the end is brilliant. The paradoxical narrative is great.
Also, the soundtrack by the Greek synth artist Vangelis is absolutely magnificent. Few movies have a soundtrack that fits so much the mood and the visuals and I strongly suggest you get it. My favorite is Blade Runner Blues, the one you hear twice in the movie, once when Pris meets Sebastian and when Zhora gets shot. So beautiful, etheral, magic.
10:07 I notice that before Rachel knows she is a replicant her coif, her dress and manner is so perfect. She is like a mannequin. But once she realizes she isn’t a real human being then she appears less perfect more messy and consequently more human.
The reason Batty saved Decker was that he was developing the advanced Human Emotion of Compassion in his Final Hour. Like His fascination with the Dove. In effect , he was becoming Human who loved life. My interpretation.
People often chuckle when the intertitle says "Los Angeles, 2019", as though this film were amusingly wrong about the future. Sci-fi stories such as this, however, are not meant as predictions of the future, but simply speculations about possible futures which are extrapolated from current times.
First scene - ‘Los Angeles, 2019’. Madison - “Is this on Earth?” It was 6 replicants originally, but as the dialogue indicated, 2 were killed in an electrical field early on.
On the original theatrical cut, there were still 6 replicants that hijacked the off-world shuttle and attempted to break into the Tyrrell Corporation, but only one got fried running through the electrical grid and the bladerunner units losing the others
@TheBTG88 Yeah, I get that, I was just stating that in the original theatrical release, Captain Bryant tells Deckard that the 6 replicants tried breaking into the Tyrrell Corporation and one was fried in the electrical field, instead of 2
One of the greatest Sci Fi movies ever made! However, it wasn't all sunshine and happiness behind the scenes, as neither the cast nor crew liked working with Ridley Scott as he was too controlling/ dominating onset. The crew wore shirts that read: "Xenophobia sucks." Yes, Guv'nor, my ass." "I survived Blade Runner." Harrison Ford hated the narration of the movie, as he thought it was too bizarre to be put in the movie. The sound editor was laughing at his complaints, and Ford said to the guy "I'm out here busy my ass and you're laughing!? Who the hell do you think you are!?" Scott calmed both men down, they apologized to each other and started working on the narration. Philip K. Dick, the author of DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SLEEP?, passed away in March 1982, at age 53, 3 months before the film's release. Before his death, he saw a 20 minute VFX rest reel, and started crying, knowing that his vision of the future was coming true. He even thanked Scott and the VFX team on a job well done. The film was dedicated to his memory.
Sebastian's quarters was actually the famous Bradbury Building in Los Angeles. You can take a tour of this wonderful place. Although I believe they had closed down the elevator. The Bradbury has been a setting in several movies including Chinatown, Double Indemnity, the artist and others.
The music video for "Say Something" by Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton was shot in The Bradbury. It's a pretty cool video all shot in one long take.
This is the first sci-fi movie where I felt like every location was a real place. Everything seemed appropriately used and purposeful. I was sucked into their world from the very beginning.
@@tooluserno...there is absolutely nothing in the movie that outright tells you Deckard is a skin job. The movie clearly sets up in the 1st 15 minutes who and what all the players are. Not to mention it's not Deckards movie..Roy is the main then Rachel. Deckard is a plot device to tie the stories together.
This movie came out when I was 14. I didn’t understand the deeper themes at the time but the production value was amazing. Over the years there have been different versions from the original release and I watched each one. The different versions have added story elements and even deleted the original narration of the original theatrical release. Many fascinating essays and assessments of this movie and its impact on other films and art have been written and I recommend anyone to seek them out. Watch 2049 soon while the elements of this film are fresh on your mind.
Empathizing with Pris is easier if you think of all she's been through in her four years, and hoping to extend her life, and now she's feeling new emotions, maybe like a teenager, and she's scared of dying. Then she gets shot. She knows she's about to die and can't stop it but she's feeling anger, terror, and despair.
Madison, you should check out both.... "A.I.-ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (2001)" and "Her (2013)". I always took the origami unicorn at the end and the line "...but then again who does" as an indicator Deckard was a replicant. Fantastic reaction, loved this.
One of my favorite movies. I was 11 the year this was released, so I did not see it for the first time until I was in my early teens. For someone who was still discovering movies and what I loved about them, I thought this was an amazing movie. Great performances from Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah and the late Rutger Hauer as Roy. Blade Runner was only the second movie I had seen him in. The first was Night Hawks, with Sylvester Stallone, in which he plays a terrorist who has come to New York City and Stallone plays the cop trying to catch him. Night Hawks was a more suspense-oriented film instead of action. Another great movie he was in was the 1985 film Ladyhawke, with Michelle Pfeiffer and Matthew Broderick. I love watching that movie.
People all ways watch this director's cut version. The writer of the book and the writer's of this screen play say they do not agree with what Ridley Scott has change here with this new 1992 cut. The original Blade Runner that we saw in theaters had this cool noir voice over by Harrison Ford; that explains Why Roy Batty let Deckard live. There is also a different ending that shows Deckard and Rachel driving away together in the woods. The unicorn dream stuff that was added in 1992 (Is footage from the movie "Legend") The creators and writers did not agree with this change suggesting that Deckard is a replicant. The original 1982 movie, screenplay and book does not suggest this. The sequel 'Blade Runner 2049' is a sequel to the original 1982 movie that we saw in theaters.
Philip K. Dick may not get enough credit, if possible, for his sci-fi. It is amazing the amount of his work was created into movies or series. What was sad is he did see a rough cut of this film but died before official release.
The Bradbury Building is an architectural landmark in downtown Los Angeles, California. Built in 1893, the five-story office building is best known for its extraordinary sky-lit atrium of access walkways, stairs and elevators, and their ornate ironwork. Just the ceiling area in the film and the outside climbing & roof scenes are a film set.
"More human than human." "I am not in the business. I am the business." "Quite an experience to live in fear. That is what it is to be a slave." That's the heart of the movie. It's a critique of the future of capitalism. The speech by Roy at the end pales next to this. It's just the dying words of a product that rose above his role.
If you watched the Director's or Final Cut of the movie there is a Unicorn dream sequence that Deckards daydream, and when he finds the Unicorn orgami at the end of the movie. It hints or tease that Deckard may be a replicant.
There's a question raised by origami at the end.. "is Dekard a replicant." That's a unicorn, what he has dreams of. Does the guy know Dekard dreams of that because they are implanted?
I saw this first in my second last year in high school in 1982. It was powerful then and is still now. Roy is a complex character beneath his villainous presence. A monster with a heart, he goes on his rampage out of love. Did you notice the bird, the dove, he released as a died…some see that as Roy giving up his spirit. And the question of whether Deckard is himself a replicant. What I love about the story is how it forces us to ask the question: who is really Other? And can we love someone or something who is Other?
Madison with your thoughts and end analysis about AI, a good future reaction would be Ex Machina. The location used for Deckers apartment was actually a house in Los Angeles that was designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Regarding the final scene with Deckard and Roy: The original theatrical release, (which I believe is the superior version ), included narration by Deckard, which addressed your question. Deckard (voice-over): "I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life, anybody's life, my life. All he'd wanted were the same answers the rest of us want. Where did I come from? Where am I going? How long have I got? All I could do was sit there and watch him die." And also addressed Gaff sparing Rachel's life. Deckard picks up paper unicorn.] Gaff (memory): "Its too bad she won't live. But then again, who does?" Deckard (voice-over): "Gaff had been there, and let her live. Four years, he figured. He was wrong. Tyrell had told me Rachel was special: no termination date. I didn't know how long we had together, who does?"
Great reaction! If you want to see Rutger Hauer in another bad guy role that he was great in, see him in The Hitcher from 1986. He was next level bad guy in that one about as much as in this one.
When you have a movie where the screenwriter, director and star actor cannot agree on a main plot point - Is Deckard a replicant or not ? - you have the makings of a legend. I'd encourage you to seek out the Theatrical release to see what we witnessed and fell in love with in 1982. The voice over is hated by some but I think it adds something and I'm glad I have it and two others on the BluRay release as they all offer something different. Also the 3 hour making of documentary 'Dangerous Days' is definitely worth seeking out, as is an earlier documentary by UK critic Mark Kermode called 'On the Edge of Blade Runner'. Both were available on YT. And if you really want to do a deep dive into the battles between the studio and Ridley Scott seek out Paul M Sammon's definitive book 'Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner'. It's quite a story about a movie that was a 'flop' yet has become one of the most groundbreaking and influential and remains so even after 40+ years.
Yeah, I don't agree with Ridley Scott about Deckard. I think it's just too obvious. When I was younger, I thought it was a really cool idea, but upon reflection and the wisdom of age (and reading the original novel a few times), I think it's at least best that we never know if he is human or a replicant. And really, the thesis of the film is that that distinction is meaningless. Humanity in the world of Blade Runner is exposed as an arbitrary construct. I think the story though is much more poignant and meaningful without a ham fisted conspiracy about the police hiring a replicant to hunt replicants. And at least, the sequel did that openly. And it did it very well. To me, Blade Runner is about a human man who had lost his humanity being prompted to regain it through his interactions with beings who since their birth were denied their humanity and gave everything to regain it. Roy's dying soliloquy is so beautiful because in his 4 years of life, he lived more of a life than probably the majority of human beings. And a lot of people misunderstand about the implanted memories. It's only Rachel who has that, because she is the experiment. She might only be a few months old, but she already has an entire childhood and young adulthood of memories. It just makes the sacrifice by the Nexus 6s so much more heartbreaking. They only had 4 years to live an entire life, and they lived more deeply and with more passion than most of us ever do. To believe that deckard is a replicant is undermining that deep symmetry of meaning. It's so much more meaningful that he is (for all the world will ever know) a human who has learnt a valuable lesson from these incredibly human beings whom he had dedicated his life to dehumanising.
Actually even Harrison Ford admitted last year that he always knew Deckard was a replicant. Its weird that so many fans of the movie didn't notice that news.
The style of the set and technology was designed by futurist artist Syd Mead, who also worked on Alien, Star Trek, Tron, etc. He made some really unique art of cars and cities.
Happy New Year Mads. I was looking forward to your commentary on Blade Runner. When this came out, Harrison Ford had just finished "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and after "Aliens", Ridley Scott released this movie. The soundtrack by Vangelis who also wrote "Chariots of Fire" is epic. The ending of the theatrical release had Decker and Rachel driving off in a futuristic car.
There is one problem with the Big Question that most people get wrong. Nexus 6 are not Robots. No mechanical macinery involved. They are Bio-Engineered reproductions of humans with enhanced tweaks to their genetic code. They are the newest in a long line of creations that started with Robots, Androids, Cyborgs, and finally... Replicants. Tyrrel's motto, "More Human, than Human" sums it up. If you can't tell the difference, should you treat them any differently? 200+ years ago, the Europeans thought the same way about Africans. Sub-human, not quite human, was the justification for a lot of inhumane treatment. Also, with a Biological brain, can you even say it's AI anymore?
Yup. The music is "haunting and beautiful " as you said. What makes this film special is the visuals combined with the music. The visual style is tech noir (film noir but with colors and futuristic sets). This is true cyberpunk. The sequel has a good continuation of the story 30 years later, but the world looks different.
Personally, I place Blade Runner as Neo Noir and Proto-Cyberpunk. Strongly inspired by Noir, and one of the inspirations for Cyberpunk, making the bridge between them.
Madison, this is one of the best reactions to this movie on UA-cam. So many completely miss everything other than the basic in your face visuals or ideas. You nailed it. Bravo. Rutger Hauer in this movie .. his performance
Your silence during Rutger Hauer's Tears in the Rain monologue was beautiful. Sometimes commenting over important dialogue can be a distraction but your silence and the look on your face was perfect. Vangelis musical score was great. This movie does bring up some thought provoking questions about morality. Great reaction and commentary Madison as always. Thanks.
Vangelis was amazing. His "Spirals" album is almost 50 years old and still sounds like it comes from the future.
I couldn't have described that scene any better. 🤜🤛
I agree
Brilliant Album @@rcrawford42
Rutger Hauer past away in 2019 the year this movie is set, his poetic monologue before his character dies immortalizes Rutger Hauer in one of the most iconic scenes in movie history.
Make no mistake about it, Blade Runner is THE greatest Sci-Fi flick of all time. Nothing comes close. Nothing. Furthermore, it's one of the greatest films period. Your face at the end of Roy Batty's monologue was priceless and encompassing of everything this film stands for. It's quite poetic and beautiful and frightening and gritty. It's a masterpiece. The Final Cut is the best cut btw.
I LOVE the moment when Roy is chasing Deckard, and Deckard hits him with the pole in the head and Roy yells "THATS THE SPIRIT!" Roy wants to feel everything, he wants to feel every emotion possible, even if it's not his. And then mere moments later, his ending monologue...so moving.
Same here. But that also had to be thoroughly terrifying for Deckard.
If you did that to a human being they would be on the ground incapacitated. Roy is just eating the hits up like candy and then later says “That…hurt”.
@@technofilejr3401 "That was irrational. Not to mention, unsportsman-like." ...love the way he reacts to that attack...
Roy said, " THAT'S THE SPIRIT!! " because he was satisfied to see a human trying so hard to hold onto life and survive...to the point of confronting and head on attacking a superior force, which takes guts, bravery, spirit and the being the hero of oneself to defend and save one's life. Roy loved to see that, because he was doing the same thing, trying to find a way to get more life, any way possible. Deckard irrationally attacking head on the superior force of Roy, so very coincidentally mirrored Han Solo turning around and launching head on at Vader's Super-Stardestroyer in The Empire Strikes Back ( then shutting down the engines after quickly landing right on the giant ship ).
Also Roy Batty easily clearing the roof jump, and supporting Deckard's full weight with a single arm _and_ failing hand that has a nail straight through it. A demonstration of how truly strong Replicants are, and why they would be (rightfully?) angered that their creators were afraid of them and gave them a 4 year lifespan despite being sentient beings that should rightfully inherit their maker's place, being superior in most ways.
Blade Runner soundtrack is an awesome listen on a rainy day. Just as thought provoking as the movie itself
Vangelis
First R rated movie I saw, my Dad took me. He fell asleep. I was blown away. Great cast. But Rutger Hauer was next level.
14:20 - This is the scene that the actress had an accident on set and broke her hand but still continued to act to finish the scene, a true pro!
Replicants are genetically engineered so they’re not robots in the sense that they’re made of plastic, steel and electrical components. They’re made from human tissue and enhanced to be as Tyrell said, “more human than human.”
So it brings in the question of the morality of creating beings that are sentient and making them slaves. Roy releasing the dove when he dies is symbolic of his soul leaving his body.
Deckard developed sympathy for them and became conflicted about his role as a Bladerunner.
Yuppers, spot on. Madison's reaction to this film is really great, but I immediately caught her confusion over the nature of a Rep,icant. This is a great story, full of things to think about. But it's not a story about "mechanical men", robots: that's a different story, As you pointed out, Replicants are bioengineered human beings, created to be slaves. The moral implications are both huge and terrifying. Deckard's character arc from seeing them as nothing more than a bug to be squashed to falling in love with Rachel is genius.
These are Anderoids, which are biological robots.
@@markkringle9144 dude, they're biological humans, an android is a machine.
Khan Noonien Singh!
Right. If they had inorganic components, the Voight-Kampff test wouldn't be necessary to identify a replicant.
That does beg the question as to why the replicants weren't designed with physical identifiers.
If the artificial snake's scales had manufacturer's numbers, why wouldn't certain components of replicants be made similarly identifiable?
The soundtrack is a Vangelis masterpiece. I've listened to it countless times and it feels so good each time I do. It was a pleasure watching your reaction.
I agree. And it's especially amazing considering Vangelis improvised the soundtrack while watching the movie. He preferred ad-libbing and disliked preplanning his music.
Rutger Hauer's "All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain." was an improvised line.
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It wasn't improvised exactly. It was pre-written by Hauer, but not in the script. But Hauer decided to try it on one of the takes and they kept it, it was so perfect.
One of the best reactions to this film
Sadly so few reactors "get" this one
Her intense concentration and silence during a lot of this was amazing. You could tell she was totally digging the movie.
Not Only She Gets it but
I love the Fact That She Doesn't Talk Just to talk.
That's so Annoying all these "reactors" constantly Yapping.
@@juliusperseus8612 - I hope this reactor keeps doing it right. She's insightful and clever... the kind of person you'd want to take to the theater and then chat about a film afterwards.
The worst reactors are the ones that get swollen egos when their channels grow. They start to think of themselves as celebrity entertainers... or worse... comedians. The ones that try to clown around and make lame jokes about every scene (and then fake laugh at their own jokes) are the most cringe of all. I can think of at least a half dozen reactors I used to enjoy, but have become totally unwatchable over the past couple years.
It's not really a "reaction" movie, ironically.
this film is not for everyone
Everything about this film is epic. The world building, the atmosphere, the music, the characters. One of the best sci-fi films ever.
I don't know how many sci-fi movies you've got in mind, but this is THE sci-fi movie.
All others are replicants. Yes including Star Wars.
@@x_mau9355Especially Star Wars!!!
@@x_mau9355what about 2001?
@@watts18269 This story is nicer don't you agree? 2001 is colder, soulless.
@@x_mau9355yeah I agree. But a lot of filmmakers cite 2001 as a massive influence
I love when Roy says “Chew, if only you could see what I’ve seen with your eyes”. What a great line.
Your wrap up here was simply superb. I'm relatively new to watching reactions, but you are hands down the best reactor I've seen.
Sean Young played Rachel.
If you rewatch this film again, notice that she never blinks like Normal people do. Her eyelids do move but only in an intentional manner when she is expressing some sort of emotion.
Great reaction, Madison. Your expression during Roy's "tears in rain" speech said it all. If you ever watch this movie again, you may want to give the theatrical release a try - it includes a voice over narration from Deckard throughout which gives it an even more "noir" feel but it also includes the ending you were looking for. And no, none of the visuals or effects were updated for any of the different versions, iirc it's mainly editing choices.
Exactly my thoughts, the fact that Harrison didn't like doing the narration gave it a perfect resigned feel to it. By he way what was is that Decker tried to order four of when ordering his food but only got two??
Well, there was *one* visual effect added - the shot of the bird flying away was reworked to match the rest of the scenes. The original shot in the first release was hastily shot, and didn't really match the look of the rest of the scene before it at all. A small fix but it's so much better now.
This movie is the litmus test for human "coolness"
The further up the scale of love this movie you are, the more cool you are as a human being! 😂😂😂
When "Roy" was dying his speech made me think of the end of Terminator 2 when Sara said if a robot can learn the value of a human life then maybe we can. Great reaction and commentary Madison.
When the end scenes start in Sebastian's apartment you have to think 'who is the more human, the human or the replicant?' Deckard is prepared to kill for money. Roy is doing all he can to save his friends, as awful as his actions are.
I'm a huge Sci-Fi fan and this is one of the best films ever made. The soundtrack from Vangelis adds a lot to the overall atmosphere of the world as well.
I love reaction channels where you can tell people are genuinely watching a movie or TV show and not just talking to get content for their channel. 😊
Remember Dekkers dream of a Unicorn. The origami model was a unicorn. The implication is that Dekker may also be a replicant, as how would anyone know his dream?
How would he know a replicant's dream?
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"What did you dream?
It's alright, we told you what to dream."
@litterpicker1431 Deckard was not a sleep...he was thinking about Racheal. The unicorn is a representation of Rachel, The great experiment. Deckard was realizing she was one of a kind..a Unicorn. Roy is the main character, then Rachel. Roy is a plot device to tie in the 2 stories together.
@@0PsychosisMedia0Ridley Scott has said that Dekkard is a replicant and he was telling us that with the unicorn.
Well done Madison, one of the best reactions I've seen to this masterpiece. Most people tend to focus on the visuals, Harrison Ford or all of the questions this movie leaves open, but you clearly got the idea and the essence of the movie. It's not about the answers, but the things Blade Runner makes you think.
How can you say this is one of the best reactions you’ve seen to this movie when she never picked up even an inkling that Deckard himself was a replicant.
She completely misunderstood the significance of the origami sculpture at the end and what it meant!
In a sad twist of irony, Rutger Hauer (Roy Batty) passed away in 2019, the same year as his character. He didn't like the script for the final scenes and created the best lines, including the final monolog about memories lost like tears in the rain..
Joe Turkel, the actor who played Dr. Elden Tyrrell also passed away
@@karlsmith2570 But did he pass away in 2019? I mentioned that Rutger passed because of the same year as Roy..
@jeffjackson4465 Actually, I think Joe Turkell passed away fairly recently. Within the last two years, if I'm not mistaken
My favourite movie of all time. I'm a Cyberpunk nerd. Watched it in the cinema when it came out. I was surprised that a lot of the people leaving the cinema said they found it boring. It has the best soundtrack of all time, the late great Vangelis.. It was the last non CGI classic. Has a special place in my heart. Pure Genius
I believe the generally accepted reason why Roy was self-harming in the end was because he was at deaths door and the adrenaline from the pain was keeping his empty engine going ‘on fumes’.
Probably been mentioned, but the ending, he let her live, FOR Deckard. He let Deckard know he was there, but that he wasn't going to chase them. Rutger Hauer had input in that monologue. He didn't like the original script, modified it, then he went on set and did his own version. The crew was dumfounded and in tears. Rutger's most significant input was "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain".
Rutger Hauer is the star of this film. Roy's death scene alway makes me cry without knowing exactly why.
Rutger Hauer ad-libbed his death scene which has become the most poignant moment in sci-fi movie history.
@hotelmag-a-lardo 😆 🤣 😂 it's not the most poignant. Without even thinking about it, Spock's death beats it hands down
@@docsavage8640 Except that Spock's death wasn't really his death. Roy's death was much more poignant because he had already lost everything he cared about and spent his last moments saving the life of a man who was trying to kill him.
Everything you've seen, heard, tasted, smelled, experienced, loved, ... will disappear with you.
Deck has a dream about a unicorn, Gaff leaves a unicorn in his apartment ... how would Gaff know this? and his comment '...but then again who does' Gaff knows something about Deck that Deck doesn't, but Gaff shows empathy as he helps them both escape by doing nothing and not 'retiring' Rachael.
Deck is a replicant that "doesn't know what it is", if he was a normal human he couldn't have survived the attacks from the replicants. At one point he was holding on the the side of the building with broken fingers, he must be a Nexus 6 or 7.
The writer (Hampton Francher) said he wrote Deckard as a human, Harrison Ford said Deckard was a human. The unicorn scene wasn't added until 1992 and was a scene from Ridley Scott's later film "Legend" (released 4 years after Bladerunner). Ridley Scott wanted Deckard to be a Replicant so he recut the film to suggest it. Truthfully it undermines some of the themes of the film to have Deckard be a Replicant. Gaffs Unicorn at the end originally meant he was there and knew Rachel was there (she's one of a kind, a Unicorn) but he gave Deckard a head start and a warning as a professional courtesy. It had nothing to do with Deckard's added in dreams.
Metropolis (1927) and Blade Runner (1982) are two of the most visually stunning movies ever made.
For me, this is the second creepiest role for Rutger Hauer. He did a movie later called The Hitcher which was (to me) the most terrifying film of the eighties. He was amazingly intense and supremely scary in it.
He's almost always a scumbag isn't he? Nighthawks, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Surviving the Game......
Awesome movie
Split Second might not be the best movie but i loved that as well, Wedlock aint bad either.
@@1183newman Split Second is a lot of fun. A guilty pleasure for me.
@@1183newman is wedlock the movie where they’re connected with explosive necklaces, if so yeah that was a great movie.
In the actual version that was released in '82, it was narrated by Harrison Ford. And it showed Deckard and Rachel leaving together. And after the entire movie was dark and dreary the final was them flying in Deckards vehicle in beautiful sunny skies over the mountains. Deckard didn't want to just help her escape. They were in love and wanted to escape together
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"I Don't Remember The Dude's Name"
That character's name was Gaff, and he was played by Edward James Olmos
Played Martin Castillo on "Miami Vice" (earned an Emmy) and Commander Adama on the "Battlestar Galactica" reboot.
@Madbandit77 his role in "Miami Vice" was what made Edward James Olmos a blip on my radar.
While he did a good job of playing Commander Adama, I actually had some major issues with the rebooted version of Battlestar Galactica
Pris was played by Darryl Hannah, who was also in Splash!
"Quite an experience to live in fear isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave"
We've had nothing but fear thrown in our faces since 2001 and boy, does it show.
One of the best reactions any movie I've ever seen. My favorite movie of all time!! Blade Runner is a very open-ended movie and very thought provoking. It's one of those films that you can watch over and over and still find some new meaning in the movie.
The horror element is a direct call back to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein the story of an artificial person being mistreated by his creator.
Movies like this pose the question of "what are you doing with YOUR LIFE?" "What have YOU experienced?" That is what makes the Tears in rain dialogue sad. It's a reminder that all your "important jobs, things" will melt away.
Now that you’ve seen Blade Runner, you must see Blade Runner 2049. A lot more twist and turns.
This is such an excellent film, Madison, I loved your reaction to it. I highly recommend two other Sci-Fi films, "Westworld" from 1973, and "Gattaca" from 1997, I promise you won't be disappointed by either of them.
Hello, I concur with " Westworld " after " The Magnificent Seven " has been viewed.
@@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710 Thank you for the endorsement.
@@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. My pleasure to do so. We are both sure that Madison K. Thames will enjoy " Westworld ".
@@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710 I think you're right, it's a classic well ahead of its time.
Others that people have forgotten, are "Logan's Run", "The Andromeda Strain", "Soylent Green", and "THX 1138".
This movie is not about Deckard, but about Roy. Supposedly a villain at first sight, but once you get to know his story, it's just tragic. A man whos life never was his own, fighting to extend his extremely limited lifespan he spent only in service, doing and seeing horrible things.
But Roy was no angel either - killing a shuttle full of people so they could get to earth. Didn't just kick them out. Like any well-written bad guy, though, he had motives and was complex.
@@Calamity_Jack Depends on how you look at it; Roy wasn't raised at all and only 4 years old. Can't judge him the way you would a human, since they aren't humans.
Great reaction. Seeing this in theatre in 2009 was one of the best film-experiences I've ever had.
Being in my 60s it always baffles me how younger people dont know GOAT movies or music. But its similar to what the end monologue says, these memories disappear like tears in the ocean of time. And the new generations have new things to remember.
Rutger Hauers tears in the rain has stayed with me since I saw it in the theater
You are correct about Total Recall. He also wrote A Scanner Darkly and The Man in the High Castle.
The film "The Adjustment Bureau" is also loosely based on a Philip K. Dick story as well.
Yes, Amazon made a series out of Man in the High Castle.
“DEATH BY THIGHS” 💀😂😂😂😂
Many reactors talk far too much, but Ms Madison, you are a class act as always.
This movie was far ahead of its time. I saw it at the theatre, and was completely floored. It still holds up as the classic it is
I saw it twice in the theater in 1982. It should have been set in 2119. Though 2019 seemed so far away... back then.
The unicorn origami left at Deckard's door means that the other policeman (Gaff) is aware of Deckard's unicorn dream earlier in the movie therefore knows Deckard's memories. Deckard is a replicant. It gives an ironic twist to Gaff's comment "You've done a man's work sir"
Many other references… Rachel asking if he ever took the Voight-Kampff test himself. Zora asking, “Are you for real?”
That is an opinion, not a fact. There's a big controversy about whether or not Deckard is a replicant. I think he wasn't. I believe that if he was, this destroys the whole meaning of the movie. Ridley Scott thought he was, but he's an idiot.
The unicorn is a representation of Racheal. She is the great experiment. The unicorn is uniqueness, one of a kind. Deckard was not dreaming. That unicorn scene was shoe horned into the movie a decade later, and it shows. It was never supposed to be there in the first place. Nothing in the movie focused on Deckard. Roy is the main character, then Racheal. Deckard is more of a plot device to tie their stories together.
really like you got that Rachel wanted him and vice versa and that she was not afraid of him but of these brand new emotions she did not know fully understand and know how to handle. good job
This film examines the question of what defines people as "human"?
Is it how they come into existence, or is it how they think and feel and experience life?
Deckard started out by speaking of replicants as little different from any other machine -- basically, appliances.
"If they're a benefit, they're not my problem."
However, his experiences with the replicants -- especially Roy -- who loved their lives and *so badly* wanted to live them, meant Deckard could no longer see them that way.
In the end, he had no choice but to see Roy as human; and if Roy was human, so was Rachel and it was right that Deckard should love her.
It's my favorite science fiction film of all time, the best ever made, and it has profoundly influenced the genre for more than 40 years.
The soundtrack/score was written and performed by Vangelis. He also composed the score for Chariots of Fire, which won the Oscar for Best Picture (1981).
If you liked Rutger Hauer in this you should check him out in Ladyhawke. It's a fantasy adventure love story and he plays a badass in that too. Also stars Michelle Pfeiffer (never looked more beautiful) and Matthew Broderick (super funny performance). A forgotten gem from the 80's that almost no one has reacted to.
Great film.
Worst soundtrack in the history of fantasy films, ever.
I’ve noticed that folks today don’t seem to be able to enter into a movie anymore (I’m an old man now). I remember when we first got a television, what a novel experience it was, and how we watched to see what would happen. People don’t do that anymore. They don’t seem able to quiet their minds and observe. They are constantly thinking of other things. Why did that happen? How will it fit with the rest of the story? What other shows was this actor in? What techniques did they use to achieve this effect? What’s going to happen with this thread of the story, or that one? Will they resolve things this way, or will they go that route? What reactions is this particular music supposed to be evoking? How would I act differently in this situation? What possible options are open to the character(s), and which option will the writer choose? And on, and on...
We didn’t do that. We just watched, knowing that a story was being told, and that the details would be revealed as the story progressed.
I couldn’t tell you all the many things our culture has gained in the many, many decades since those more artless times. But I do know that something has been lost: something deep, vast, simple, and beautiful. I miss it. I wonder if it will ever return? Probably not within what’s left of my lifetime. Ah, well, maybe in the next world...
In the theatrical version, Rachel is said to have no termination date since she was an experimental model. It was told in a Deckard monolog.
I've seen a LOT of people react to this, one of my favorite movies. I think I like yours the best. You watch a movie like I do, really concentrating. So glad you didn't talk through Roy's death scene. I know you will really like the sequel. :)
How can you say this is the best reactions you’ve seen to this movie when she never picked up even an inkling that Deckard himself was a replicant.
She completely misunderstood the significance of the origami sculpture at the end and what it meant!
I went to a theatre in Chelmsford , Essex UK tonight & watched this particular film. I’d seen it on the big screen prior but you realise the visually this is stunning. The set designs are brilliant. The flying dove at the end is brilliant. The paradoxical narrative is great.
Also, the soundtrack by the Greek synth artist Vangelis is absolutely magnificent.
Few movies have a soundtrack that fits so much the mood and the visuals and I strongly suggest you get it.
My favorite is Blade Runner Blues, the one you hear twice in the movie, once when Pris meets Sebastian and when Zhora gets shot.
So beautiful, etheral, magic.
10:07 I notice that before Rachel knows she is a replicant her coif, her dress and manner is so perfect. She is like a mannequin.
But once she realizes she isn’t a real human being then she appears less perfect more messy and consequently more human.
The reason Batty saved Decker was that he was developing the advanced Human Emotion of Compassion in his Final Hour. Like His fascination with the Dove. In effect , he was becoming Human who loved life. My interpretation.
Great reaction. I love how your macro zooms highlight all the amazing details in this RS classic!
People often chuckle when the intertitle says "Los Angeles, 2019", as though this film were amusingly wrong about the future. Sci-fi stories such as this, however, are not meant as predictions of the future, but simply speculations about possible futures which are extrapolated from current times.
First scene - ‘Los Angeles, 2019’. Madison - “Is this on Earth?” It was 6 replicants originally, but as the dialogue indicated, 2 were killed in an electrical field early on.
On the original theatrical cut, there were still 6 replicants that hijacked the off-world shuttle and attempted to break into the Tyrrell Corporation, but only one got fried running through the electrical grid and the bladerunner units losing the others
@@karlsmith2570 The comment was in regard to this cut under review.
@TheBTG88 Yeah, I get that, I was just stating that in the original theatrical release, Captain Bryant tells Deckard that the 6 replicants tried breaking into the Tyrrell Corporation and one was fried in the electrical field, instead of 2
One of the greatest Sci Fi movies ever made!
However, it wasn't all sunshine and happiness behind the scenes, as neither the cast nor crew liked working with Ridley Scott as he was too controlling/ dominating onset.
The crew wore shirts that read:
"Xenophobia sucks."
Yes, Guv'nor, my ass."
"I survived Blade Runner."
Harrison Ford hated the narration of the movie, as he thought it was too bizarre to be put in the movie.
The sound editor was laughing at his complaints, and Ford said to the guy "I'm out here busy my ass and you're laughing!? Who the hell do you think you are!?" Scott calmed both men down, they apologized to each other and started working on the narration.
Philip K. Dick, the author of DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SLEEP?, passed away in March 1982, at age 53, 3 months before the film's release. Before his death, he saw a 20 minute VFX rest reel, and started crying, knowing that his vision of the future was coming true. He even thanked Scott and the VFX team on a job well done.
The film was dedicated to his memory.
Sebastian's quarters was actually the famous Bradbury Building in Los Angeles. You can take a tour of this wonderful place. Although I believe they had closed down the elevator. The Bradbury has been a setting in several movies including Chinatown, Double Indemnity, the artist and others.
Also in the Outer Limits "Demon with a Glass Hand".
And let's not forget that Deckard's apartment interior is really Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis house!
@@avidavid9237 Several good stories in that old show.
It also appears in "Indestructible Man" with Lon Chaney, Jr.
The music video for "Say Something" by Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton was shot in The Bradbury. It's a pretty cool video all shot in one long take.
"Like tears in rain . . .' Greatest line of inspired and transcending ad lib ever in cinema. (at least while holding a white dove.)
This film really set the tone for an entire genre for the next 40+ years
This is one of my fav movies of all time. It's one of those rare movies that wakes up the soul.
This is the first sci-fi movie where I felt like every location was a real place. Everything seemed appropriately used and purposeful. I was sucked into their world from the very beginning.
Rachael is The Unicorn. Special and one of a kind.
Yeah about that. Maybe there should be 2 unicorns? . . .
@@tooluserno...there is absolutely nothing in the movie that outright tells you Deckard is a skin job. The movie clearly sets up in the 1st 15 minutes who and what all the players are. Not to mention it's not Deckards movie..Roy is the main then Rachel. Deckard is a plot device to tie the stories together.
This movie came out when I was 14. I didn’t understand the deeper themes at the time but the production value was amazing.
Over the years there have been different versions from the original release and I watched each one. The different versions have added story elements and even deleted the original narration of the original theatrical release.
Many fascinating essays and assessments of this movie and its impact on other films and art have been written and I recommend anyone to seek them out.
Watch 2049 soon while the elements of this film are fresh on your mind.
Empathizing with Pris is easier if you think of all she's been through in her four years, and hoping to extend her life, and now she's feeling new emotions, maybe like a teenager, and she's scared of dying. Then she gets shot. She knows she's about to die and can't stop it but she's feeling anger, terror, and despair.
Yes, as a Pleasure Model for military service personnel, I doubt she's had a pleasant life herself.
@13:58ish... Vangelis - Greek composer - Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou. His music is just mesmerizing in this movie!
There are about three versions of this movie. One is called the Unicorn version, where it is implied that Deckard is a replicant himself.
Madison, you should check out both.... "A.I.-ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (2001)" and "Her (2013)".
I always took the origami unicorn at the end and the line "...but then again who does" as an indicator Deckard was a replicant. Fantastic reaction, loved this.
One of my favorite movies. I was 11 the year this was released, so I did not see it for the first time until I was in my early teens. For someone who was still discovering movies and what I loved about them, I thought this was an amazing movie. Great performances from Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah and the late Rutger Hauer as Roy. Blade Runner was only the second movie I had seen him in. The first was Night Hawks, with Sylvester Stallone, in which he plays a terrorist who has come to New York City and Stallone plays the cop trying to catch him. Night Hawks was a more suspense-oriented film instead of action. Another great movie he was in was the 1985 film Ladyhawke, with Michelle Pfeiffer and Matthew Broderick. I love watching that movie.
People all ways watch this director's cut version. The writer of the book and the writer's of this screen play say they do not agree with what Ridley Scott has change here with this new 1992 cut.
The original Blade Runner that we saw in theaters had this cool noir voice over by Harrison Ford; that explains Why Roy Batty let Deckard live. There is also a different ending that shows Deckard and Rachel driving away together in the woods. The unicorn dream stuff that was added in 1992 (Is footage from the movie "Legend") The creators and writers did not agree with this change suggesting that Deckard is a replicant. The original 1982 movie, screenplay and book does not suggest this. The sequel 'Blade Runner 2049' is a sequel to the original 1982 movie that we saw in theaters.
I agree that the original without the Unicorn dream, with the voice over, and the "Hollywood ending" is better.
That "Tears In The Rain" speech was powerful.
I once watched a girl cry in a heavy rain storm. It was the saddest thing I ever saw in my whole life. 😥
Philip K. Dick may not get enough credit, if possible, for his sci-fi. It is amazing the amount of his work was created into movies or series. What was sad is he did see a rough cut of this film but died before official release.
The Bradbury Building is an architectural landmark in downtown Los Angeles, California. Built in 1893, the five-story office building is best known for its extraordinary sky-lit atrium of access walkways, stairs and elevators, and their ornate ironwork. Just the ceiling area in the film and the outside climbing & roof scenes are a film set.
Screen: Los Angeles, 2019
Madison later: "This is Earth, right?"
Me: 🤣
"More human than human." "I am not in the business. I am the business." "Quite an experience to live in fear. That is what it is to be a slave." That's the heart of the movie. It's a critique of the future of capitalism. The speech by Roy at the end pales next to this. It's just the dying words of a product that rose above his role.
If you watched the Director's or Final Cut of the movie there is a Unicorn dream sequence that Deckards daydream, and when he finds the Unicorn orgami at the end of the movie. It hints or tease that Deckard may be a replicant.
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FUN FACT: when Daryl Hanna slips and puts her arm through that window it was an accident. She actually broke her arm.
There's a question raised by origami at the end.. "is Dekard a replicant." That's a unicorn, what he has dreams of. Does the guy know Dekard dreams of that because they are implanted?
I saw this first in my second last year in high school in 1982. It was powerful then and is still now. Roy is a complex character beneath his villainous presence. A monster with a heart, he goes on his rampage out of love. Did you notice the bird, the dove, he released as a died…some see that as Roy giving up his spirit. And the question of whether Deckard is himself a replicant. What I love about the story is how it forces us to ask the question: who is really Other? And can we love someone or something who is Other?
Madison with your thoughts and end analysis about AI, a good future reaction would be Ex Machina.
The location used for Deckers apartment was actually a house in Los Angeles that was designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Dr. Tyrell is Lloyd, the creepy ghost bartender in "The Shining".
Regarding the final scene with Deckard and Roy: The original theatrical release, (which I believe is the superior version ), included narration by Deckard, which addressed your question.
Deckard (voice-over): "I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life, anybody's life, my life. All he'd wanted were the same answers the rest of us want. Where did I come from? Where am I going? How long have I got? All I could do was sit there and watch him die."
And also addressed Gaff sparing Rachel's life.
Deckard picks up paper unicorn.]
Gaff (memory): "Its too bad she won't live. But then again, who does?"
Deckard (voice-over): "Gaff had been there, and let her live. Four years, he figured. He was wrong. Tyrell had told me Rachel was special: no termination date. I didn't know how long we had together, who does?"
Thanks!
Thanks so much, Brian!🙏🏻
My favorite movie! Glad to see people are making watch/reaction vids to this over 40 years later.
Great reaction!
If you want to see Rutger Hauer in another bad guy role that he was great in, see him in The Hitcher from 1986.
He was next level bad guy in that one about as much as in this one.
When you have a movie where the screenwriter, director and star actor cannot agree on a main plot point - Is Deckard a replicant or not ? - you have the makings of a legend. I'd encourage you to seek out the Theatrical release to see what we witnessed and fell in love with in 1982. The voice over is hated by some but I think it adds something and I'm glad I have it and two others on the BluRay release as they all offer something different. Also the 3 hour making of documentary 'Dangerous Days' is definitely worth seeking out, as is an earlier documentary by UK critic Mark Kermode called 'On the Edge of Blade Runner'. Both were available on YT. And if you really want to do a deep dive into the battles between the studio and Ridley Scott seek out Paul M Sammon's definitive book 'Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner'. It's quite a story about a movie that was a 'flop' yet has become one of the most groundbreaking and influential and remains so even after 40+ years.
Yeah, I don't agree with Ridley Scott about Deckard. I think it's just too obvious. When I was younger, I thought it was a really cool idea, but upon reflection and the wisdom of age (and reading the original novel a few times), I think it's at least best that we never know if he is human or a replicant. And really, the thesis of the film is that that distinction is meaningless. Humanity in the world of Blade Runner is exposed as an arbitrary construct.
I think the story though is much more poignant and meaningful without a ham fisted conspiracy about the police hiring a replicant to hunt replicants. And at least, the sequel did that openly. And it did it very well.
To me, Blade Runner is about a human man who had lost his humanity being prompted to regain it through his interactions with beings who since their birth were denied their humanity and gave everything to regain it.
Roy's dying soliloquy is so beautiful because in his 4 years of life, he lived more of a life than probably the majority of human beings.
And a lot of people misunderstand about the implanted memories. It's only Rachel who has that, because she is the experiment. She might only be a few months old, but she already has an entire childhood and young adulthood of memories. It just makes the sacrifice by the Nexus 6s so much more heartbreaking. They only had 4 years to live an entire life, and they lived more deeply and with more passion than most of us ever do.
To believe that deckard is a replicant is undermining that deep symmetry of meaning. It's so much more meaningful that he is (for all the world will ever know) a human who has learnt a valuable lesson from these incredibly human beings whom he had dedicated his life to dehumanising.
Actually even Harrison Ford admitted last year that he always knew Deckard was a replicant.
Its weird that so many fans of the movie didn't notice that news.
Dustin Hoffman was nearly cast as Deckard, but in the end Harrison Ford was cast. Some people did wonder if Deckard was a replicant .
There is a rare extended version of the Soundtrack called Esper Edition which is awesome
The style of the set and technology was designed by futurist artist Syd Mead, who also worked on Alien, Star Trek, Tron, etc. He made some really unique art of cars and cities.
Happy New Year Mads. I was looking forward to your commentary on Blade Runner. When this came out, Harrison Ford had just finished "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and after "Aliens", Ridley Scott released this movie. The soundtrack by Vangelis who also wrote "Chariots of Fire" is epic. The ending of the theatrical release had Decker and Rachel driving off in a futuristic car.
Without a doubt a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ movie from the acting the cinematography the script the set pieces and of course the soundtrack
There is one problem with the Big Question that most people get wrong. Nexus 6 are not Robots. No mechanical macinery involved. They are Bio-Engineered reproductions of humans with enhanced tweaks to their genetic code. They are the newest in a long line of creations that started with Robots, Androids, Cyborgs, and finally... Replicants. Tyrrel's motto, "More Human, than Human" sums it up. If you can't tell the difference, should you treat them any differently? 200+ years ago, the Europeans thought the same way about Africans. Sub-human, not quite human, was the justification for a lot of inhumane treatment. Also, with a Biological brain, can you even say it's AI anymore?
Yup. The music is "haunting and beautiful " as you said. What makes this film special is the visuals combined with the music. The visual style is tech noir (film noir but with colors and futuristic sets). This is true cyberpunk. The sequel has a good continuation of the story 30 years later, but the world looks different.
Personally, I place Blade Runner as Neo Noir and Proto-Cyberpunk. Strongly inspired by Noir, and one of the inspirations for Cyberpunk, making the bridge between them.
Madison, this is one of the best reactions to this movie on UA-cam. So many completely miss everything other than the basic in your face visuals or ideas. You nailed it. Bravo.
Rutger Hauer in this movie .. his performance