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Why did Roy let Deckard live?
Near the end of Blade Runner, Deckard enters Sebastian’s apartment, gets ambushed and kills the girl. He then gets chased around the apartment by Roy, who leads Deckard to believe that he is going to ...
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What does the origami represent in Blade Runner?
Throughout Blade Runner we see Gaff (Edward James Olmos) making origami figures at various points in the movie. He makes a chicken, matchstick men and at the end of the film there is a unicorn waiting ...
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Why did Blade Runner deviate from the source novel so significantly
In Philip K. Dick's novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' there are key aspects of the plot of the novel that are completely excluded from Blade Runner, including:
That animals have almost ...
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Would a psychopath create a false positive Voight-Kampff test result?
The Voight-Kampff test (the so-called "empathy test") in the film has been bothering me for some time...
It is acknowledged in the film that the test can give a false negative - Rachael would have ...
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How do the differences between the replicants and Deckard evolve in Blade Runner?
In Blade Runner, replicant detection occurs via the subject's ability/inability to show advanced emotion. But early in the movie Deckard starts off as emotionless as the replicants.
How do the ...
