Category "blade-runner"

Do I need to watch Blade Runner before watching Blade Runner 2049?

I haven't watched the Blade Runner movie before. Nonetheless, I already got my tickets for the Blade Runner 2049 for Thursday screening. My question is, do I ne

Why are both Blade Runner films largely shot in darkness?

I watched both the Blade Runner movies today. A few significant things I come across were that 90% of both of the movies' scenes are night scenes. Why did both

What exactly is a Replicant?

Now that Blade Runner 2049 came out, my perception of what a replicant is has been completely blurred. To start off, the first Blade Runner established that Re

Is it necessary to watch the Blade Runner short films before Blade Runner 2049 to understand the story?

I am planning to watch Blade Runner 2049 soon, and I'm going to watch the original Blade Runner (1982) film soon, too, to prepare for this film, but what about

Why is it always raining in Blade Runner universe (Los Angeles)? [duplicate]

Is there any explanation or background information that connects climate related changes with the timeline in Blade Runner? There have been s

Why are they called Blade Runners? What does it mean?

In Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017), the special police task force who hunt down and kill replicants are called Blade Runners, just like the mov

Why does Roy Batty die in 2019?

Roy Batty's incept date was 8 January 2016. Here's the proof: So if he has a 4-year lifespan, then why does he die in 2019, when the movie is taking place?

Are glowing eyes of Replicants only meant for audience?

In Blade Runner, they show many time that Replicants eyes glows in unusual way: Was it just for audience to indicate they are a Replicant or it's part of the

Blade Runner Photos Significance and photo from Rachael

In the original Blade Runner, I notice photographs really have significance for Replicants. Both for example Leon having photographs in his drawers when Deckard

How did the term "skinjob" come about?

In the Blade Runner films a common derogatory term for replicants is "skinjob", apparently also contracted to "skinner" in 2049 (maybe in 2019 already, too). It

Are there allusions to Blade Runner in Alias?

I am rewatching the Bad Robot TV series Alias. I'm on season five with the episode titled The Horizon. There is a scene that features Kelly Payton (Amy Acker) w

Why the mixed reverence for creatures in Blade Runner?

In ...Electric Sheep it is clear that everyone has great reverence for actual living creatures on Earth. In the films, Rachel's Voight-Kampff answer "I'd kill

Why make replicants so hard to detect?

Are there any reasons that Tyrell/Wallace would make replicants indistinguishable from humans? I can understand that they want to imitate the human form, but it

Is there anyone who we can be sure is human in Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049?

In both Blade Runner and its sequel, it is hard to be sure who is or is not a replicant. For example, the exact nature of Deckard is one of the central q

What caused the "blackout" in Blade Runner 2049?

In Blade Runner 2049 there was mentioning of a "blackout" after the first Blade Runner film that caused a lot of problem for humans to determine Replicants' rec

Why do both Batty and Kowalski talk about 'living in fear' and 'time to die' when fighting Deckard?

Why do both Batty and Kowalski talk about 'living in fear' and 'time to die' when fighting Deckard in Blade Runner? Is it just a coincidence? Its just to tell t

Why don't replicants have emotions?

According to the Blade Runner's press kit, replicants were "A genetically engineered creature composed entirely of organic substance." If they're not robots, w

Shared imagery - Blade Runner & Man in the High Castle

Spoilers for Man in the High Castle season 4, beware. Of course, both are adaptations of stories by Philip K Dick, so it wouldn't be unexpected that the film-m

What is the story behind the “made for each other” ending of Blade Runner?

The 1982 movie Blade Runner has multiple alternate endings. In the Director’s Cut and Final Cut the final scene ends with where Rick leaves his apartment

In Blade Runner, did Pris's death imply that she was in some way mechanical/electrical?

I am sure people asked this before but I am not finding it online. It seemed to me that when she was shot her reaction is not at all similar to that of a human