Blade Runner (1982) Reaction *First Time Watching*

[@SlamminGraham]

The editor skipped past Roy's whole speech at the end? WTF?

[@JohnnyGoGoGo1]

That's the best part of the movie!

[@Shad0wmoses]

welp saved me a watch i guess. whats up with the editor doing that? and it seemed like the impact of that scene kinda just went over her head so no loss lol.

[@ViperOfMino]

@@Shad0wmoses I hate to be that guy, but, literally, kids these days lmao

[@yourbasicninja]

Because it wasn't important and holds no value to not just the story but in cinema history....said no one ever!

[@UnderhillKoufax]

The tears in the rain speech is one of the most thought provoking moments in movie history. Don’t cut it out.

[@yooochoooob]

Seconded.

[@rdale2k5]

Aww...Literally cut out Roy's entire speech from the end of the movie for the video. Arguably some of the most iconic lines in Sci-Fi film history.

[@JimBob-iw2nd]

In film history.

[@gravedigger8414]

You cut the "Tears in Rain" scene? How dare you?!

[@Theomite]

She drives an '81 Honda I guess.

[@brendanmohareful]

No one knows what that guy was yammering on about. Anyways very interesting film examination of the paradox of himanity.

[@mrwarped]

@@brendanmohareful you take that back

[@brendanmohareful]

@@mrwarped it was weird when the robot started malfunctioning and talking about rain at the end. Other than that great flick

[@McKamikazeHighlander]

@@brendanmohareful some people just need their hand held during a ground-up film

[@Hereticked]

You SKIPPED Tears In The Rain?!? Fire your editor.

[@tomwhistler9772]

Stop laughing at everything and pay attention to the dialog

[@evilalex87]

sad fact but the actor rutger hauer that plays the main villian died in 2019 same year the film takes place where he dies at the end , he was a great actor

[@zairac2564]

That's taking method acting a bit too far.

[@jahimjauh-hey5653]

She should react to Hobo With a Shotgun

[@tomski120]

Well thats weird 😮 I've seen this film dozens of times and never knew it was a comedy

[@PalJorgensen]

I cant believe you cut away Roy’s dying monologue 🙄🤷🏼‍♂️

[@jonmercano1138]

Important distinction: Replicants aren’t robots in the sense of being machines. They’re completely organic, but not made the traditional way, engineered, custom made. An early version of the movie actually gave them a definition that made that a bit clearer. _Synthetic humans having skin/flesh._ With the terms robot and android being labelled as antique and obsolete, respectively. It’s all just talk to get around the ethics of slave labor. “We made them in labs, they’re not real people, they don’t have souls, so we can make them do as we please.” So when you ask something like “What if he just killed a human?” _He did!_ Roy (leader), Pris (acrobatic pleasure model), Leon (the guy one who was questioned), Zhora (the snake dancer). And Rachel was the extra one not part of the rebel group. Roy wasn’t aware of her and was only referring to their group Yes, Rachel confirmed the owl was artificial “At least try to pull your hand back through!” He couldn’t because replicants are stronger. Roy pierced his hand because his death was approaching and he was malfunctioning from deterioration, so he inflicted pain to stabilize himself. How does having an injured hand an therefore unable to hold onto things properly make you an idiot? 😵‍💫🤣 Dominant hand injured, gun lost, opponent crazed and much stronger. And you ask why he doesn’t just kill him instead of running away? Deckard had a dream about a unicorn, at the end he discovers Gaff was in his place and left an origami unicorn. How would Gaff know about his dream? This implies Deckard is a replicant and the unicorn is an implanted memory. There’s one other small thing supporting the idea. The glow of the replicant’s eyes, which you saw in Deckard’s eyes briefly This has been theorized about for years, branching into other theories. Like maybe all Blade Runners are replicants, or Deckard has some of Gaff’s memories and that’s how he knows about the unicorn and why he seems to dislike Deckard so much. Something to keep in mind when you watch 2049. Only the Nexus 6 models had the 4 year life span. Rachel’s number wasn’t specified

[@NuclearFridge1]

Tyrell did tell Deckard... "Rachel is an experiment - nothing more."

[@TheLaFleur]

An unicorn scene from another movie placed by a director obsessed with a Deckard replicant, yeah no, Deckard is a human

[@helifanodobezanozi7689]

Great answer friend, but one minor correction. Roy's death wasn't a "malfunction." He was designed to have a 4 year lifespan. It was probably some variation of the virus he and Tyrrell were discussing earlier that is implanted in all human Replicants.

[@richardyoung3462]

In the PK Dick story, there's already a subculture of androids existing in LA, with their own police force and detectives that use a VK style test. Deckard and his opposite do the tests on each other, but it isn't revealed what the results are when they part ways.

[@mattp6089]

Replicants aren't human. The Voight-Kampff test still shows them as thinking differently from humans. That's the big one. But also they've been engineered to be stronger, more agile and have shorter life spans than humans. What are they then? And are they a sentient life form even if not precisely human? And if they aren't a sentient life form, at what point during their further development do they tip that particular scale? At the Rachel level where it takes far more questions for the test to reveal her nature? Even more advanced than that? I don't know the answers to those questions. Nobody really does, which is what makes Blade Runner so good.

[@jimbruton9482]

Gen Z'er's.... we are doomed......

[@UltraHD.7]

Sorry, but would you please not turn every movie into a comedy, with constant giggling and laughing?

[@tonydeluna8095]

Vangelis music score soundtrack is very beautiful and Haunting! Rip 🪦 such a great composer

[@Gort-Marvin0Martian]

It is a masterpiece. There are copies on Y.t. that are 3 hours long. You can just sit and listen to it while reading or whatever.

[@Benm701]

One of the best pieces of music ever.

[@marcfischer2133]

did you check out "aphtodite's child"? it was his psychedelic-band from the 70's

[@johnrussell-bk7lv]

The first time I got back from South America my friends asked me at a party what it was like. I said, "I've... SEEN things you people wouldn't believe..."

[@KC-bv9kf]

Terrible. Some considered to be one of the best monologue in movie history was not even included. A very deep movie looked at in a very superficial way. Confused was an understatement

[@Cletus_the_Elder]

Seriously. Were you in a coma? In residency after medical school? Raised in a cult?

[@davidanderson1639]

Blade Runner is quite literally a perfect film. The script, the cast, the design, the soundtrack are all top tier. It is a genuine masterpiece; not just of sci-fi, but of cinema in general. I studied theatre & film design at the same art college Ridley Scott attended. The opening sequence of the LA skyline is based upon the oil refineries & blast furnaces that stand on the Tees Estuary near Middlesbrough, North East England. Scott grew up in the area & the post apocalyptic skyline left a lasting impact on him. When I was at art college, I used to walk down the beach at dusk just to see the flames & lights on the estuary. It was both beautiful & nightmarish at the same time. When I was in LA, I visited the Bradbury Building, which is where they filmed some of the sequences of JF Sebastian’s apartment; mainly the exterior & the Art Deco lifts. Please make sure you watch Blade Runner 2049!! It’s soo soo good….& my god seeing it in IMAX mindblowing. To answer any questions about the darkness. The atmosphere has become so polluted, that it’s almost a perpetual twilight. Also due to the collapse of the environment, there’s been wide spread extinction of animals; which is what was alluded to in the first meeting with Rachel & also why there’s people making synthetic animals. Also, classic BBC sci if comedy series Red Dwarf played homage to Blade Runner in their final series; the photograph analysis was one thing & also, the Tyrell building showed up in the London skyline 😂 Daryl Hannah recreated her ‘Pris death throw’s’ in Kill Bill 2. Before anyone mentions the horse dream sequence ISNT a left over from Ridley Scotts ‘Legend’. Basically the horse sequence was in test screenings & was cut before release due to negative responses from the audience. The footage disappeared until the directors cut came out. Legend was released several years after Blade Runner & people just assumed it was unused footage from Legend. The main give away is that the horse aren’t the same breed 😂

[@JedHead77]

I love playing the soundtrack at night when it’s raining.

[@anubisftn]

a man of culture i see

[@TheJojo718]

When you focus on silly things and comment too much you tend to be confused and not know what's going on.

[@ebutuoy6055]

I've never seen a reactor giggle so much.

[@SFOlson]

10:56 The reason it looks like it’s been placed on her head, is because it was, it was a rained on blonde fright wig. Edit: I’ve seen multiple reactions to this movie, and it always bugs me a little bit how unobservant people are with the female replicants. They specifically show them at Bryant’s office, but when they show up on screen, no one seems to recognize them. But maybe I’m just reading too much into it because I’ve seen the movie so many times.

[@csunalum4220]

Terrible editing to miss the tears in rain speech

[@alexkaen1701]

Two guys roughing up an old guy "I'm so confused, why are they doing this?" Has this girl never seen a bad guy threatening innocents?

[@personatodo]

The question of whether Deckard is a replicant or not depends on which version you'd watched. The Final Cut(the version you watched) confirm Deckard as a replicant because of the unicorn dream and the unicorn origami at the end . Deckard is a human in the International Cut and Theatrical Cut as they did not show the unicorn dream and both Rachel and Deckard drive up to the mountains where it was revealed by Tyrell that Rachel is special, has no expiration date so she can live like a normal human. It was a very different ending and the version I grew up with. The reason Roy put a nail through his hand is because he is expiring and his body is shutting down, he needs to feel something. There are many versions of this movie including fanedits that goes over 3 hours with a lot of footage restored even showing what happened to the Blade Runner who got shot at the start of the movie and his relationship with Deckard.

[@FuzzyDlop]

Incorrect. Deckard is a replicant in all the versions, because even without the Unicron scenes, there's a bunch of other hints that he's a replicant still. You can look up all the hints from those inferior versions as well. Not to mention, Rachel wouldn't have asked him the question otherwise. Question he doesn't answer.

[@personatodo]

​​@@FuzzyDlopyou must be a serious hardcore defender of Scott's version to call them inferior. I guess you never grew up with the theatrical version or own the Criterion laserdisc.A real BR fan would love all the versions of the movie .If you watched and read past interviews, you know there's conflicting answers from the actors and the director. The ending is left vague so it can go either way. There is no wrong or right answer. Scott is the only one that insist Deckard is a replicant. Here's one of the excerpt: "Creator opinions. Harrison Ford, who played Deckard in the film, has said that he did not think Deckard is a replicant, and that he and director Ridley Scott had discussions that ended in the agreement that the character was human. "

[@chrisytfc879]

​@@FuzzyDlopThe film makes absolutely no sense if he is a replicant. The unicorn shot is from another film, it wasn't shot for this. Gaffe makes a unicorn because he likes origami, it means no more than that. The origami just indicates he had been there before Deckard.

[@lagnok]

The omission of tears in the rain is baffling and absolutely laughable. Guranteed the only reaction to this i will ever watch that doesnt feature it. Im guessing the editor knows fuck all about the film or just generally isn't able to appreciate beauty in film or discern important scenes.

[@TerminatorJuice]

I put this movie squarely in the category of "needs to be watched multiple times in order to be fully appreciated", because most people have a similarly confused reaction to their first time... Usually without all the laughter, tho! 😊

[@richlisola1]

The movie confuses you because you talk too much and listen too little.

[@drewskull5181]

💯

[@craigfuller1532]

Yeah this chick is goofy.

[@imcrazedandconfused]

The "Like Tears in Rain" monologue was written by Rutger Hauer himself because he wasn't satisfied by the original script for his role. He presented it to Ridley Scott the evening before his shot, and Scott decided to let him do it like this. Rutger Hauer was a seriously underrated actor IMHO. Yeah, he took the cake with this one scene, definitely. Most probably the best movie scene in his long career as an actor. After this one, he specialized in doing SciFi movies and playing mostly the villains. But he got the main roles in many lower budget movies that mostly became classics just for the sake of him being in the movie and acting very well. Like "Juggers" or "The Hitcher". But he overall was a very productive actor, on tv too. He was even the main villain in "Buffy" (yeah, the highschool vampire slayer, look this one up, it was hilariously successful for a reason). When "Turkish Delight", if I remember it right, it was his second movie, already made him pretty famous in Europe, "Blade Runner" opened up for an international career also in the US. Some things you might not have gotten the first time with Blade Runner, but you did pretty good. Replicants are de facto human slaves, although being genetically designed. The final scene of the extended cut says, that she is going to survive, because Tyrell "forgot" (oh, well, maybe intentionally) to include the time-bomb genetics on her, so they have a chance to live a happy life. The police guy let them go, because he thought they would not have a long time together anyway. The glass-shattering scene is pretty impressive, because it was not faked. Actually the actress got hurt and decided to keep laying without screaming to not ruin this extraordinary shot. The soundtrack made Vangelis famous as a film composer, who later one even got an Oscar. The style of the movie set new standards in the direction of later cyberpunk. The novel by Philip K. Dick was already a cult Scifi, like most of his books, yet, it took more than a decade before someone dared to make another movie adaption of his novels, because he was so ahead of his time. Best regards!

[@corack252]

The Tears in Rain scene is my favourite scene of all-time. Deckard being a replicant is deliberately left ambiguous but I think there are enough indicators to say he more likely IS a replicant.

[@jameseddleman6944]

did you know he misspoke saying that line? It was suppose to be "tears in the rain"

[@matttriano]

Ridley Scott retconned him to be replicant in this latter edition directors cut, including the unicorn footage which has nothing to do with this movie (was an abandoned shot from LEGEND). Decker being a replicant makes no sense unless he too is a Series 6, but Rachel is the newest prototype. He can't be older and more advanced than she, at no point does Tyrell or anyone else treat him like a replicant. It's just...nonsense. It isn't in the story.

[@kingbrutusxxvi]

@@matttriano To be fair, there's no real proof that Deckard even existed before the film began. We're "told" that he is a former member of the Blade Runner unit and the Police call him back in to handle the issue of Roy and his crew but what if he is a Replicant that was just activated and all of his "memories" are implants. The cops, including Gaff, could be playing along. Deckard could very well be newer than Rachael. Just a thought.

[@matttriano]

@@kingbrutusxxvi If Scott had not retconned it, would you be asking these questions?

[@WrathOfGrapesN7]

He kinda outlived that 4 year lifespan then...

[@fulangator]

Girl you just don't get the idea of anything, is not that complex or conceptually directed, the answers are right there, I don't know maybe you need to watch super mega literal right to the point movies I don't know.

[@Sir_AlexxTv]

The finale has one of the most iconic quotes in film history, and it's beautiful.

[@bfdidc6604]

In the novel by Phillip K Dick, almost all of the animals in the world are dead, which is why there are robotic ones and why there are so many references to animals in the movie. Two other Harrison Form movies I'd like to suggest are Witness (1985) and Frantic (1988). Phillip K Dick has written other books that have become movies, most notably Total Recall (1990), though a lesser known novel by him, A Scanner Darkly (2006), is also quite good, starring Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, and Robert Downey Jr.

[@SFOlson]

I’d recommend she watch both A Scanner Darkly and Total Recall.

[@penfold7455]

Don't forget the Amazon original TV show version of "The Man in the High Castle" from ~8-10 years ago.

[@sheert]

And Minority Report and Paycheck and The Adjustment Bureau and a bunch more.

[@MrFirsito]

you cut out the final speech, that quote remains one of the most sci fi stuff ever crafted... all the retoric finale is talking to us anyway, this movie wont hold this days, This is why i believe bladerunner 2049 improve almost every detail of this concept

[@christianwise637]

Ngl, the casual disrespect to opening credits gave me a mild aneurysm (though I will admit these ones are a little bit dull in terms of their style and execution). But I digress. Anyway, Blade Runner - I mean what else is there that can be said that hasn't already? The film that defined the cyberpunk aesthetic, boasting an impressive cast (especially Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty), a phenomenal score by the late great Vangelis, and one of the best soliloquys in cinematic history. Some aspects haven't aged to well, most notably the relationship between Deckard and Rachel, but overall a magnificent cinematic achievement for Ridley Scott. Definitely check out the sequel Blade Runner 2049, that's arguably even better that the original. On the question of whether or not Deckard is a human or a replicant, the answer ultimately is - you decide. Personally I believe he's a human, partly because he's consistently getting overpowered by the other replicants, and partly because it fits the film's general thematic explorations. That said, there's enough evidence to suggest the latter, and the film never provides a definitive answer. For what it's worth, the people involved in making the film didn't decide on a concrete answer either - Ridley Scott is firmly on the replicant side, while Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer sided with the human interpretation, so ultimately it's down to the audience to decide for themselves

[@amandeepv]

You don’t understand the significance of key scenes

[@Tigermania]

The replicants were near the end of their 4 year life and wanted to live, that's why they killed an came back to Earth. Imagine developing adult emotions after living only 4 years, that is why Roy acts weird when he explains Leon is dead and when he discovers Pris dead body. Also the scene between Rachel and Deckard making out probably felt strange to you because you picked up on the actors not having any chemistry because they didn't like each other. Equally that works for Rachel having only limited emotional development as a replicant. Basically you watch this film a few more times to catch all the nuance, but you spotted loads on the first watch. :) Roy used the nail and put his head through the wall to use pain to counter his body seizing up because he was about to die, which made him cherish life even of his "enemy" and save Deckard. The unicorn origami implies that the Bladerunners know the dream implants of the replicants just as Deckard knew of the spider egg dream of Rachel, but it is never spelt out either way that Deckard is a replicant and the argument has raged for decades is he or isn't he a replicant.

[@professorJorge11]

I am at odds if I should add Deckard's closing words ( they were cut out of this film)

[@robertaguilera4042]

This generation would not understand this movie

[@franklingonzales9306]

She edited the best part...lol

[@ronnyb5890]

the romantic scene: Rachel wanted to get away from Decard after his advances because she did'nt know (not programmed) how to react and reciprocate, she is also a lot stronger than Decard because of being a replicant and no, she was'nt part of the 4, like Tyrell said, she was a special project, an experiment to create more humanlike replicants replicants are artificial humans, not mechanical, they are made with DNA and their brain programmed for the job they were made to do they also proveded them with fake memories to let them think they are human

[@Agent.Bob58]

So glad you watched this! Yes ,Harrison Ford does play a lot of the cocky, rogue types, his 90s characters do change, What Lies Beneath, and The Fugitive are well worth a look.

[@sparafucile9]

I also really recommend Regarding Henry

[@hbrant]

"Harrison Ford always seems to play a cocky character" The irony in Star Wars from 1977: Millennium Falcon getting ambushed by empire's tie fighters. Luke Skywalker: "I got one! I got one" Han Solo: "Great kid, but don't get too cocky"

[@brendansheehy8124]

Whether Deckard is a replicant is basically left open to the interpretation of the audience. It’s purposely left ambiguous in the movie so you didn’t miss anything that provided a definite answer to this.

[@DEEJAYWAL]

Ridley Scott says he's a replicant. Harrison Ford says he isn't. Denis Vilneuve, director of the sequel, says it's great that the two people at the heart of the debate are on opposite sides.

[@thenotoriousgryyn342]

The Soundtrack for this movie by Vangelis has never been matched, absolute perfection!

[@JedHead77]

1980: The Empire Strikes Back 1981: Raiders Of The Lost Ark 1982: Blade Runner 1983: Return Of The Jedi Harrison Ford was at the top of his game!

[@MikeWood]

So good. Rutger Hauer was amazing in this. The tears in the rain monologue. One of my favourite scenes. Almost Shakespearean in it's tone and delivery. 'I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion... I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die.'

[@robertreichle1]

The original version of this has voice overs that people complain about but they do help explain some things. I like that version because it's more obvious film noir in feel. And... it's the original. What I saw a hundred times before these other director's cut versions started getting around.

[@WayneCoston-kj1go]

You ought to watch The Hitcher (1986) to see another great Rutger Hauer performance. Blade Runner 2049 is a visual and audio treat with a great Ryan Gosling performance.

[@Umbra-r4k]

Like tears in Rain.

[@ciphernine7824]

The controversial "love" scene is misunderstood. Rachael has believed that she was human. But once she realizes the truth that she is a replicant, and her childhood memories belong to Tyrell's niece, her world is shattered. She's unable and unwilling to trust her own thoughts and feelings, as she views them with suspicion. Nothing about her is "real." Bryant tells Deckard that the Nexus-6 series is so advanced that they're capable of developing their own emotional responses, and given only a 4-year lifespan as a safeguard against emotional instability. Tyrell himself tells Deckard that Rachael, having implanted memories, is an experiment. But to what extent? As a blade runner, Deckard is not a hero. He's an executioner. It's unclear whether Deckard is actually in love with Rachael. He's obviously caught between his attraction to Rachael and his understanding that she's not what his society considers human. But he does come to care about Rachel, especially after she saves him from Leon. How he treats her in that moment and how we as an audience consider her agency and "feelings" is fascinating, complex, and deeply disconcerting. It's meant to be. It's deliberately provocative. It's asking the viewer to confront what it truly means to be human, as Deckard forces Rachael to confront and accept her own feelings as genuine. I don't think the raised consciousness we now have detracts from the scene. If anything, it heightens the tensions in it. It strikes me as one of the most challenging and powerful scenes in the film. Ford and Scott did not get along with Young during filming, which made things more difficult as much of the rougher parts of that scene were unscripted. Having watched the uncut version of it, Young herself is clearly upset afterwards.

[@isaiahrilles6922]

11:16 she literally trip in this scene so her falling is unintentional and props to her for staying in character as well

[@Benm701]

Hot take: Blade Runner 2049 is one of the best sequels of all time.

[@JedHead77]

While it’s still fresh in your mind, on to *Blade Runner: 2049*

[@RonColeArt]

I didn't make it a full 3 minutes into this review before I had to shut it off.... you laugh at literally everything and I can't deal with that. Goodbye.

[@JamesKilkenny-f7e]

One of the greatest scfi movies ever made.and all you did is talk pap

[@bajes328]

This is my favourite film of all time. Also, the tears in the rain speech is one of the best monologues in human history, don't cut it out. The point of the movie is that the replicants are just as human as humans are, and they're discriminated against and used as slaves because they're "different".

[@domingocurbelomorales8635]

Vangelis music it´s epic.

[@Dreamfox-df6bg]

This is one of the few movies that asks questions, but doesn't give you any answers. The answers are up to you. What does it mean to be human? What makes us human? What does it mean if we create something that is more human than humans are? And so on. Is Deckard a Replicant? That Gaff seems to know Deckard dreams of unicorn and his parting words suggests so. Of course that's something Deckard could have told Gaff or someone else in the past. The scary thought? If Deckard is a Replicant, another Deckard could wake up in his apartment, thinking he has been living there for a while now, remembering his own life and the 'choices' that brought him there. it also means that Rachel and Deckard have only four years to live at the most. But the question answer to the question if Deckard is a Replicant is ultimately left to the audience.

[@TehCream]

In the context of this version of the film Deckard is definitely a replicant. The unicorn scene, the origami unicorn left at his apartment, and the line “it’s too bad she won’t live, but then again who does” are enough to say he is certainly a replicant. Then with the added context of Blade Runner 2049 which to m just go into what the main plot is, literally confirms him as a replicant.

[@weshaworth619]

Rachel asking Deckard if he ever took the Voight-Kampff test himself would also indicate he is a replicant.

[@tombombadil6841]

Thank you Alyska :) Love Rutger Hauer, RIP :(. He played in a few hundred movies. My favorite being Lady Hawke (1984), magical, in medieval England. With Michelle Pfeifer and Matthew Broderick.

[@SFOlson]

Ladyhawke came out in 1985, not ‘84. I saw it when it came out, and have the dvd as well.

[@Moricant]

Pris, the replicant with big hair hiding at Sebastian’s place, is played by Daryl Hannah, whom you have also seen in the Kill Bill movies as Elle Driver. Both characters have very energetic death scenes with lots of shrieking and hammering on the floor.

[@BudhagRizzo]

Roy's monologue right before he dies is beautiful and sad. It alludes to him being a slave and possibly a soldier, and how all those experiences will die and fade away along with him. It's quite moving. I heard there were a couple written versions of it, but Rutger Hauer improvised it, which is the version in the movie. It was so good the crew applauded, some even teared up.

[@MetastaticMaladies]

I don’t think Deckard is a replicant, it’s just a way to add more ambiguity and mystery to the film. Also, you should definitely watch the sequel, it’s really good

[@somthingbrutal]

you are not wrong the replicants are basically kids, roy is emotionally speaking only four years old after all

[@kevinpogue7294]

And also, because of this, replicants have no sense of empathy. this is what makes them dangerous and banned on earth. they are basically sociopaths.

[@kegr1066]

"More long opening credits where they mention everyone that breathed on set" Well, yes. In 1982, the main movie viewing experience was in theaters. Streaming hadn't been invented yet. VCR popularity was in it's infancy. Opening credits were long to get the theater audience full of people settled down and start immersing them in the movie. Not surprised this parasocial generation has no clue about IRL social needs.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Heh. Pretty clearly she's not into it. Checking to see how much longer the film has to play, is a good indicator

[@BaconEggNCheez]

Harrison Ford usually plays strong, silent types because it was still an archetype when he was in his prime. Male characters that acknowledged their feelings were rare back then. You see that generational difference today between those that acknowledge their feelings and those that suppress them.

[@RabidTribble]

The original theatrical release had a narration track by Harrison Ford. Personally, I don't understand why this was so hated by fans, but I'm sad that it was removed from future releases.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Every time she said “I’m so confused,” I thought, “If she’d only watched the theatrical release.”

[@brom00]

@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 I always recommend the theatrical release for first timers and ones that haven't read the original novel. The narration adds a 1940's film noir feel and gives exposition in a good way.

[@jonmercano1138]

Harrison Ford hated it too I actually uploaded a clip from the making of documentary talking about the narration if you wanna check it out

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

@@jonmercano1138Lol, Harrison Ford hates everything to do with making films. I’d guess that he hated the voiceover cause it meant extra work.

[@RabidTribble]

@@brom00 I agree completely. The original felt like an old time detective movie...blending with great science fiction. I also think the people who hated the narration were fans of the novel and didn't want/need the exposition. Most of the audience, however, did need it.

[@SovKnight]

We old people have been debating Deckard being a replicant for 42 years! The common consensus is yes, but Ridley Scott refuses to clarify. Infuriating.

[@sheert]

Eh? Ridley Scott has often insistent that he is a replicant. Many other people involved in the movie and the original novel (which is quite different) disagree. It would be most interesting if left ambiguous.

[@iamredoctober]

The director’s cut has an ending that works nicely in the sequel.

[@sheert]

The director's cut has the same ending as this. I presume you mean the theatrical cut which has the car driving scene with voice over.

[@bobbombar6711]

There is a possibility Deckard had to have his eyes replaced at some point.

[@SpearM3064]

Since I haven't seen any other comments that directly reference this: "Is Deckard a replicant?" In the book, NO. He's human. In the original theatrical release: Also NO. The screenwriters originally wrote him as human. Harrison Ford says Deckard is human. The director (Ridley Scott) thought it would be more interesting to imply that he WAS a replicant, to highlight the central theme of the movie, which is "what does it mean to be human?". He kept trying to sneak things in, but Ford kept catching them. Then the Director's Cut and Final Cut took some scenes that were edited out, added some new scenes (the unicorn scene is actually a scene from Legend that was cut), and put them back in without the knowledge of Harrison Ford. Ridley Scott says Deckard is a Nexus-6, but all Nexus-6 models were built with a 4-year lifespan, so if Deckard was a Nexus-6, he should've been dead in Blade Runner 2049. Rachel was the first, and possibly ONLY, Nexus-7, the first model capable of procreation. So Deckard would have had to be a Nexus-7 at least. (The CEO of the company that builds replicants in Blade Runner 2049 says that Deckard might have been a Nexus-7 INTENDED to become Rachel's partner, but that "with the destruction of Tyrell and all their records, we'll never know".) Another thing to consider is Roy's line, "I've seen things YOU PEOPLE wouldn't believe." (emphasis mine) "You people" implies that Roy thinks Deckard is human. (And everyone who's been talked to, except for Ridley Scott, has said that he is human, and in the book he is DEFINITELY human.) On the other hand, Roy wouldn't have had any way of knowing whether he's human or not. It's not like he had access to Deckard's files. Ultimately, it's best left deliberately vague, I think. The author of the book, Philip K. Dick, is known for stories that explore the lines between what is real and what is artificial. Philip's entire point is to ask us why we need to make a distinction between human and replicant, and where that line is. If you insist on a definitive answer, you've missed the entire point he was trying to make.

[@questionablehumor2800]

I play this film for the score, alone. Vangelis was such a mæstro!

[@frugalseverin2282]

Deckard was not asleep, he was remembering the unicorn. The origami unicorn showed that Gaff knew that memory was an implant which means Deckard is a replicant too. Ford didn't believe that but the director Ridley Scott did. If Alyska wasn't a replicant she'd have had sympathy for the replicants. Rachael thought she was human until told she wasn't. Roy and the others wanted more life than 4 years but were denied that, treated as slaves. They liked toys and playing games because they were basically 4 year olds in adult bodies.

[@RobertReed-k5v]

Why does it take folk so long to sit & watch a honest to god classic movie?

[@RobertLutece909]

When they had test screenings most people in the audience spent most of the movie confused. That's why the theatrical release had a voiceover. Fans of the movie say "Oh, the voiceover was terrible. It's much better without." But most of those people saw the release with the voiceover first, so they already understood it.

[@McKamikazeHighlander]

23:00 When Bryant spoke about another girl, he was talking about Rachel ("Didn't even know she was a replicant!"). The half-naked dancer in the plastic jacket (Zhora) was one of the four rogues (you see her face when Bryant shows Deckard their IDs at the beginning). After he shot her, Bryant said that there were "3 left" - Deckard objected saying that there were only 2 because he knew Bryant was talkiing about Rachel (which he then confirmed). So when Roy says to Pris that there is "only two of us left now", he was referring to the fact that the Zhora and Leon (both their replicants friends) were dead

[@joerenaud8292]

Imagine finding out you only have a 4 year life span but everyone else lives for decades, and you have literally no reference to life itself, how would you understand anything outside of your programing? Rachel was never given any experience of how to love anyone, but was recently told she's a replicant, how would you feel or react? The only person who showed any concern for her was Deckard, so she reached out to him just as a child would. A replicant without experience is virtually a child without knowledge, now imagine that child is stronger, faster and smarter than you are.

[@privateer9181]

I recommend you watch this once a year for 10 years to understand its greatness…people here r complaining u missed this or that…but your supposed to be left confused wondering if u just watch..a good movie or. Or ..and wondering what you just watched….over the next 20 yrs..if u watch this film again…and again…you will see why it’s considered a great…and to some the greatest sci fi film

[@seannorth6968]

I have to say since discovering your channel i have gorged on your playthrough's and reactions to movies and TV series & it's been an a absolute joyful experience thank you Alyska for all your efforts in producing such outstanding work 🤘 sending good vibes and happiness to all 🌻🐝

[@ortho-g9826]

This is not a comedy. You don't seem to understand anything that you are watching.

[@DavidStebbins]

I think we are MEANT to be confused throughout much of the movie. The question of whether or not Deckard was a replicant has raged for more than 40 years now. The director and screenwriters pretty much left that as an open question on purpose. For me, the film and the story it is based upon (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick) pose wonderful philosophical questions about what it means to be alive and what sets us apart as humans. As much as I have loved Blade Runner for decades, I enjoyed Blade Runner 2049 even more, so I hope you will react to it.

[@thenotoriousgryyn342]

Just so you know Alyska, this story takes place in the same Universe as Alien and Predator, according to Director Ridley Scott.

[@williamjones6031]

1. Joe Turkel/Tyrell played Lloyd (bartender) in "The Shining". 2. Roy/Rutger Hauer😇 plays in Blind Fury a great first time/share. 3. Leon/ Brion James in Tango and Cash. Much bigger role first time/share also. 4. Deckard/Harrison Ford two overlooked must first time/share "Witness" and "Force 10 from Naverone". 5. In the original Roy tells Tyrell, "I want more life FUCKER" not father. 6. Ford disliked almost everything about this movie (including Sean Young). He mostly disliked the voiceover. He refused to even watch it until it was "fixed". 7. Daryl Hannah cut her elbow when she ran into that van window 8. Philipe K Dick first came up with the idea for his novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" 9. You must watch Blade Runner 2049.

[@normlee6566]

Decard is a replicant. The question is, is he the same new model as Rachel in that they have extended life.

[@PaulGT]

Bladerunner was based on the Philip K Dick Book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. The Cop that said Deckard was under arrest at the Noodle stand was Edward J Olmos. Admiral William Adama on Battlestar Galactica. I was a junior in high school when this film came out in 1982.. If you haven't seen it review Outland, The Thing with Kurt Russell. Romancing the Stone and The Jewel of the Nile.

[@I.Lostalim]

The far future of 2019 ... oh old sci-fi you had such big plans for us 😆

[@EdmontonRealEstate01]

A movie Harrison Ford plays in where he’s not the brash and cocky lead is “Working Girl” staring Melanie Griffith, Sigourney Weaver and, of corse, Harrison Ford. If you haven’t seen that one, consider reacting to it. I know you’ll love it.

[@georges6580]

Ridley Scott intended to leave the fact that Decker was a replicant or not. A game existed in the 90's where you where another Blade Runner (sort of point and click). The choices you made, well... Made you a replicant, or not. You have to read a lot of Philip K. Dick to understand the sureal of it all. But it makes sense of some sort.

[@misteryoshimitsu3519]

Grow up and watch it again...

[@chrisytfc879]

Get over yourself

[@michaelsmith1262]

Deckard is not a replicant in the source material by Philip K Dick. However, Ridley Scott wanted him to be and put in things that imply that, especially in the Director’s Cut. Whether one thinks he is largely depends on which version they saw first. I saw the original with the narration and without the scenes implying he was one. So, I prefer to think he isn’t, but I think most fans do think he is. I haven’t seen the remake, so I don’t know if this is revealed either way.

[@thepiousskull]

Would highly recommend Blade Runner 2049 as well. It's a really incredible film and a lot less strange and confusing than the original.

[@YourNeighborhoodItalian]

You HAVE to watch The Fugitive and Air Force One!!! Must see Harrison Ford films

[@MichaelKelly-eg6jo]

You mentioned how Mr. Ford usually plays the same character or character type, at least in the movies you've seen him in. I think the word you're looking for is sardonic. That's the vibe I get.

[@magicbrownie1357]

The finest entry into the sci/fi/cyberpunk/film noir genre. Except for maybe Blade Runner: 2049.

[@prischm5462]

"The future isn't what it used to be." I don't know who said that, but he/she was right.

[@lazyhominid]

Roy is acting the way he is at the end because he has no idea how to handle his emotions. He's four years old, and has no memory implants to help guide him. At the same time he's a highly trained and capable soldier. The combination makes him... weird. And he was dying at the end. That's why his hand was messing up. He was shutting down. He used the pain to get through a few more minutes, but at the end, at the tears in the rain, he died. And yes, Rutger Hauer is an immense actor. Watch Ladyhawke for another good one with him. As to Deckard being a replicant. That's Scott's fix idea. The story is about a grey, pathetic man - he can't even get four pieces of fish with his noodles, he's so sad - who meets a combat toaster and learns what it's like to live, and meets Rachel and learns what it means to love. It's a profound and deep core theme, on which is built a pretty decent tech noir story. If Deckard is a replicant. the story is about a badly programmed toaster who learns some new tricks from other toasters, and in the end walks out on his job. Not a very interesting core premise, but then, Scott does seem to like not making any sense. One of my favorite movies, in theatrical cut. Or workprint. Or, well, any cut really.

[@dragotale89]

I'll be honest, I've seen Blade Runner only once, and it really confused me too.

[@centurycountess4949]

the girl with the frizzy blonde hair who later paints black all over her eyes I don't know why but she reminds me of one of the characters from farscape.

[@eduardocostadasilva3593]

28:21 by the way, Daryl Hannah replies this scene at Kill Bill vol. 2, as a reference. Cool, huh

[@wwklnd]

19:32 To be clear, he didn't say he's older than Deckard, Leon asks Deckard how long he (Leon) has to live, deckard responds "Four years", and Leon says "More than you!" before trying to kill Deckard. :) Also, originally it was left vague whether Deckard is a replicant or not, but Ridley Scott has since said that he is one, and the intent behind the unicorn origami that Gaff leaves for Deckard to find is to show that he knows Deckard's dreams, because as a replicant Deckard's memories are implanted just like Rachel's (as Deckard shows when he brings up Rachel's memory of the spider eggsac that she never told anyone about.)

[@wwklnd]

23:15 Zhora, the girl Deckard shot, was a replicant just like Leon, Pris, and Roy. :) The movie is definitely a bit confusing on the first watch, haha.

[@wwklnd]

24:37 In the world of Blade Runner, almost all animals are extinct, so the owl is indeed synthetic!

[@wwklnd]

Some notes after finishing the video: - Roy and the other replicants are engineered to have very short life spans, so the reason Roy just dies at the end is that, well, he's *been* dying. During the entire chase sequence his body is basically giving up, and the stuff like driving a nail through his hand is basically to try and keep going by triggering a nervous system response that keeps him awake. - Gaff saying "It's too bad she won't live, but then again... who does?" also refers to Rachel since, as replicants both she and Deckard are technically not allowed on earth and will have to go into hiding to survive, and even if they do survive they (or at least she) likely have the same four-year lifespan as the other replicants in the movie. The original theatrical releases of the movie had a "happy ending" where they used leftover footage from The Shining to show Deckard and Rachel driving off into the mountains through the woods, and had Deckard narrating that actually it was fine and Rachel didn't have the four-year limited lifespan and they lived happily ever after. It was a terrible ending that the studio forced the makers to add on because they didn't think audiences would like the real ending. - In essence, Deckard has the same role as the slave hunters in Django Unchained (and in history obvs). The replicants rising up on an off-world colony is a bit like the Haitian slave rebellion where a lot of people also died, but it was for a justified cause. - The "love scene" between Rachel and Deckard *definitely* feels less romantic and more like assault to me, it kinda ruins the romance a lot IMO lol.

[@ianhill8345]

great reaction to a classic ridley scott movie Alyska Big thumbs up

[@magicbrownie1357]

I don't think she quite has the right disposition for serious sci fi. I've never seen anyone laugh so much at this movie.

[@misteryoshimitsu3519]

Yes,a "great reaction" for a comedy.