FrC 13E

Ungraded assignment for Wed. 1/30: responses
 
 

Does anyone think that allowing a corporation with the ability to make "replicants" such as those in Bladerunner will ever be morally acceptable? If so, what would be the justification?—PJI

At the beginning when we are told that the replicants were sent to other planets for labor, were they built to serve as slaves for the humans? Could this overall have been representing a class struggle?—SM

What was the significance of talking about other planets or aliens? Like the reference made about Sebastian not being able to leave Earth because of his gland disorder.—SC

What is the significance of the midgets that live with the man assisting the replicants?—RS

What was the significance of the origami figure though out the movie?—ER

Do you think that Decker is a human or replica?—JB

Deckard dreamt about a unicorn, and there is also Gaff's Origami unicorn at the end of the movie in his apartment. Does it indicate that Deckard is a replicant, since it may suggest that his memory is implanted, and so does his dream?—KT

So I read up a bit on the movie, when Harrison Ford's character had the dream about the unicorn and at the end of the movie he found the origami of the unicorn from his police partner. Do you guys think this is a hint that he is a replicant, not a human? Because his partner would have access to his memory implants, so ideas?—KW

Why do we trust our memories as accurate accounts of what happened in the past? In the movie, memories can't be trusted. Even a veteran blade runner like Deckard keeps many photos scattered on his piano, almost as if to reassure him that his memories were truthful.—RA

If you were to live in the movie would you be scared to give yourself the test like Deckard?—LK

Towards the end of the film, do you think Roy could have been just as human as anyone?—EC

As the movie goes on, the replicants seem to be more humane, while Deckard seems to be more and more of the opposite. Hence, is there any difference between the replicants and human?—KT

Why is is that Roy toyed with Deckard rather than kill him?—JP

Why does Roy decide to save Decker from the rooftop as he is falling? Is the film trying to communicate that Decker is a replicant as well? If so, does that mean that Roy only displays altruism toward his own kind?—CD

What do you think Decker learned about life during Roy's monologue just before he dies at the end of the movie?—JB

Throughout most of the movie it was raining or there was water present in the scene. What importance, if any, does all of this water have in the movie?—KM