Blade Runner - Final scene, "Tears in Rain" Monologue (HD)

The climax of the classic Sci-fi film "Blade Runner". Taken from the "Final Cut" version.
Roy Batty:
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. [laughs] 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 [coughs] tears in rain. Time to die."

[@GuillermoSTD]

I've sadly had to see many actors pass away throughout my life, but this one feels sadder than most. Rutger Hauer made possible one of my favorite cinematic experiences during my childhood, which helped me love cinema to this day. One thing's for sure: his legacy won't be lost in time, like tears in the rain. There are way too many people who love this movie like I do to let that happen. Time to die... but you will be forever remembered.

[@tommykevans3]

Guillermo St Had to come here as soon as I heard the news. He will be missed

[@nikolakoco]

I've watched this video yesterday, to remind myself about this scene. And today I've heard about these sad news

[@WolfsH0ok]

I was talking to a friend only last Saturday Told him I would love to meet Rutger Hauer some day

[@cucuca7281]

@@WolfsH0ok You will ;O)

[@Domb2011]

I don't know what to say..... great loss, thank God we still got movies

[@savage7882]

Rutger Hauer passed away in 2019, the same year his character died in blade runner.

[@snowinsummer603]

Really ?Strange a bit

[@plissken2156]

It was his "time to die."

[@ParanoidParkProject]

''Time to die''

[@DanielSmith-rs6iu]

Its rather poetic

[@snowinsummer603]

@@DanielSmith-rs6iu yes

[@Natedawg38]

This monologue has its own Wikipedia page. Its THAT good.

[@IronMan-tk8uc]

It really does. I just read it.

[@Dominic-Decoco]

To be fair, skibidi toilet has its own Wikipedia page. So that’s not saying much. But yeah, it is amazing

[@sigmaohiogyattfanumrizz]

​@@Dominic-Decocoskibidi toilet has like 100 episodes

[@sagnikroy7967]

The irony is Roy Batty turns out to be the most human-like character in the entire film. Such a powerful monologue, to end this masterpiece!

[@paulleckner8235]

If Roy could not get the professor to reset his internal alarm clock, with his last bit of strength he saved the man sent to kill him. Only those about to die can see how life is so precious.

[@ultracreador]

Él se puso filosófico

[@stephenrobinson9709]

Absolute class in every movie he was in.... I loved 'Split Second'! 😉😉

[@caiocouto3450]

agreed. he didn't want to kill, he didn't hate deckard even having the reason to. roy just wanted to live his life as a normal person, extend his life. after not being able to do it, he became aware of his inevitable ending; he could just let Deckard die, but why? there was no reason to both of them die there. as other comments said, only the ones who are aware of their ending can value life the most

[@chrisdiver6224]

Well said. Because the lone detective is traditionally the noble, moral center of the corrupt society, it took me a while to realize that Deckard in this film is an assassin sponsored by a police state that enslaves human-quality creatures to do their dirty work. Batty and Pris are freedom fighters in a life and death struggle to break out of their bondage! Batty's act of humanity in saving Deckard and his poetic meditation about all mortal beings (suggesting that he has the right to be treated as a human being!) rises above everything in the inhuman world we have come to know through this film. And deckard is clearly astonished and moved by Batty - as are we. But this is a traditional theme: the slave demonstrates what being human is to the oppressor and thereby saves him morally. Deckard's falling in love with, respect for, and escaping with "replicant" Rachel at the end may mean that he has become this.

[@ParanoidParkProject]

He saves him in the last moment and proves that he is more human than we considers to be human. Well done

[@TrueBuddhaCat]

And in the process, he gives Deckerd his humanity back so that he won’t become soulless as well

[@widepootis]

Deckard isn't human though

[@bscene1]

More human than the human in the scene in fact. Who wanted to kill. The irony is that compassion came from the robot and not from the human

[@garethspotfur1]

and he grabbed him with the hand with the nail through it. 🤔

[@PLAYERJLC]

Yes. Yes. Yes.

[@Paisleyposey]

I think he left Deckard alive because he wants someone to remember him, that is a form of existence.

[@afd1040]

Or could be that he is one of them so he wouldn't wanna kill his kind

[@The_once_future_king]

Paisleyposey it was because he couldn't live long so he valued life, that's why he didn't kill the bird he was holding

[@Johnny-rx4hs]

He killed Tyrell and Sebastian, but saved the guy that killed Pris and Zhora? I'm still wondering where that shift takes place.

[@oomusd]

if the actor's face is an indication, it's at the very last seconds of seeing Deckard struggling.

[@Johnny-rx4hs]

oomusd I just realized this scene reminds me of the question about the tortoise.

[@Qrtzapp]

He died in 2019. Just like his character.

[@santiagoferrari1973]

was the movie in 2019?!

[@Qrtzapp]

@@santiagoferrari1973 Yes, it took place in 2019.

[@santiagoferrari1973]

@@Qrtzapp Thanks Mr Abate

[@Qrtzapp]

@@santiagoferrari1973 no problem.

[@tessavaneijk2118]

Really. ..? I didn't know that. ... what a coïncidence. Ik miss this beautifull man!! Het was allways been there. Since in was a young girl. He allways reminds me as my dad.

[@drrockkso8882]

Rutger Hauer actually re-wrote this monologue on-set from the original screenplay version - he trimmed and edited a bunch of stuff to give it more focus and added the famous final two lines ("All these moments will be lost in time like tears in rain. Time to die.") himself. He showed the revised speech to Ridley Scott who liked the changes and told him to go with it. As Hauer performed this take the cast and crew were in tears, and when Scott called "cut" the entire set erupted in applause. Right away they all knew this performance was something really special.

[@AlbertHofmann7]

yeah it's crazy to think that the most famous and beautiful lines of the movie weren't supposed to be there at first. Without them the ending wouldn't be so deep. It really shows how Roy, at the very end of his existence, understood perfectly how life is at the same time so precious and so futile. He understood and respected life better than real humans.

[@clashwithmoi8926]

My guy, slightly is an understatement

[@nelsonzambrano5788]

Yes he stayed up until 4am to come up with the right lines..He said it on an interview...

[@christopheradkins8500]

@@AlbertHofmann7 I have not watched the movie in quite a bit but I think that he intentionally terrorized Deckard in the end to show him that he needed to appreciate life, the one thing he was no longer afforded. He could have killed him at any time, but chose not to. He became a messiah to Deckard in the end, when Deckard was trembling in fear at the thought that he could die. And not simply die, but die for no reason. He offered him a different outlook, a different path - a way to evolve, where he, Batty, could not.

[@Finlandiaperkele]

​@@AlbertHofmann7That's what happens when you have good actors that are actually invested in their characters. They understand how a character would behave or what they would say and it would be bad direction to not allow them to use this insight to flesh out the characters and bring more impact to scenes.

[@COTOHAXX]

You don't need no SFX and colossal fighting scenes to do an epic Sci-Fi movie. All you need is good actors, good lines and good music. R.i.p Rutger. R.i.p. Vangelis.

[@francescosaporito_86]

But first of all, a great story...RIP Philip K. Dick

[@silasmachado2971]

And rain😅😅

[@RWZiggy]

@@silasmachado2971 and a dove

[@vespenegas261]

The fact that the entire monologue was an improvisation is still shocking to me

[@Marksman_12]

May Mr. Hauer, Vangelis and Philp K Dick be at peace.

[@owenlangton9641]

He was created to kill, so in an act of defiance, he saves someone as his last act alive

[@j9313150a]

It's a kind of redemption coming from an assassin

[@mardukgilgamesh1500]

He had no more reason to protect himself :c

[@j.a.kempton3350]

Perhaps it takes a killer to see the value in life, it has always been far easier to kill than to create. An assassin would know that better than most.

[@MichaelMcCallister097]

Ragnar1910 Were the replicants made to kill? I thought they were agriculture slaves on mars. Maybe I remembered that wrong.

[@Bullistic777]

@@MichaelMcCallister097 there were made for specific tasks, this one and his escapees where created for war.

[@Syns94]

When i was kid, all my friends were speaking about how blade was an awesome movie. Then i rented blade runner instead of blade (the vampire stuff). Never regretted it

[@halkydus4062]

*Task failed successfully*

[@mikereyes2488]

*MISSION FAILED* *ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED*

[@rockluee37]

Genius

[@bud389]

I mean, both are good.

[@TheDeadMau]

"Came looking for copper, but found Gold"

[@johnbrouillet988]

You can feel Hauer himself getting choked up on the delivery. Truly one of the best moments of cinema.

[@drrockkso8882]

Hauer wrote most of this speech himself on-set. I mean there was already a speech in the screenplay but it was kind of long and rambling, so Hauer cut it down a lot to give it more focus, re-worded some of the remaining lines, and then came up with the final two lines ("All these moments will be lost in time like tears in rain. Time to die.") himself. He showed the changes to Ridley Scott who agreed Hauer's version was better and told him to go with it. As they filmed this take, the cast and crew were in tears and when Scott yelled cut everyone erupted in applause.

[@hillena]

it was his most beloved role and it was used in his eulogy, Rutger was an extraordinary man..

[@Zeugenschutz]

You are 100% correct, raw emotion caught on camera. They cant make movies like this these days

[@Zeugenschutz]

@@drrockkso8882 great share thank you

[@Electricshrock]

I'm pretty sure the choking was his depiction of Batty's body shutting down

[@AmIDeadYet]

I love how Deckard just doesn't say anything while Roy speaks his last words. Just sits and listens.

[@OceanMetTheSky]

Yeah, it's beautiful because you can tell he's processing how he's not some robot and capable of more emotions than the average person.

[@vasjak.1770]

If memory serves, Deckard never addresses a single word to Batty.

[@AmIDeadYet]

@@vasjak.1770 That's a good point. The both of them weren't on screen together for very long. The battle scenes i don't recall Deckard saying anything just shooting lol

[@shoos9315]

Modern interviewers could learn a lot from this lesson

[@Acrylescent]

And in awe. All of his doubts and fears about replicants seemingly come to being all at once in front of him. What he thought would make him more willing to kill made him less. It made him remember his own humanity. A shared experience between two separate entities yet becoming so similar that it scared him in the opposite direction.

[@alexanderostroff5431]

Years ago, I met Rutger at the American Film Market in Santa Monica. He was, surprisingly, sitting alone on a bench by the beach. I worked up the courage to approach him and the first thing I said was “I also do circumcision.” He kinda stared at me blankly for a moment then erupted in laughter. This is his line from an 80s movie called “Blind Fury,” which I’d seen as a kid. We started talking. He was a very nice man, down to earth, genuine. At that time there were rumors of Blade Runner 2 and I told him I hope they figure out a way to bring his character back. He shrugged, chuckled. We talked for about fifteen minutes, far more than I ever thought he’d spare. He wished me all the best, I left, and he resumed looking at the beach. Legends never die. RIP.

[@brucelamberton8819]

Wow - now that's something to remember!

[@skaterandkiller789]

I envy you, dude.

[@johnm2631]

forget that mate@@brucelamberton8819

[@johnm2631]

forget that mate@@skaterandkiller789

[@FUBARGunpla]

best part is this encapsulates the speech beautifully.. those moments aren't truly lost as long as someone remembers the story, and by sharing this story, you've done the same. beautiful.

[@burnttoast26]

He was a soldier model, literally born to kill. He had learned that each life is unique, precious, and that even memories have a life, and a death. In his final act, he defied his creator, and chose not to take life, but spare it. He was wise far beyond his brief years, and perhaps more human than most. A legendary monologue, to cap a one of a kind movie. May Hauer rest in peace, I hope he knows that he inspires still, even beyond the veil.

[@rosePetrichor]

rutger hauer lent so much to this character by his performance. every time he takes action impulsively, emotionally, childishly, when he inflicts violence, he is a different man. the soldier with no conscience, taught to treat violence as a game. his body language is joyful, his face lights up. and then once he saves deckard, he is his true self. calm, contemplative, wise, remorseful. a timeless performance

[@potatopotawto1412]

More human than human

[@thomashoppe893]

This was mostly improvised, not scripted.

[@rosePetrichor]

@@thomashoppe893 it wasn't 'improvised', Rutger Hauer proposed the line changes to Ridley Scott on the night of the shooting and he decided to let him do a take with those lines. It was Rutger Hauer's idea to change it from the longer, much less poignant version though.

[@igkgigoh]

I've read about a kid, not much older or younger than Batty here, whose dog died. When asked if he understood why his dog's life was so short, he said he knew. His dog already knew how to live his best life, that's why he could go so early. Humans live longer, because they don't know. Roy understood what it meant to be more human than human.

[@Hermit362]

Rutger Hauer should've won an Oscar based on the last 4 minutes alone.

[@mattgoett2799]

My grandmother died today and for some reason I thought of Roy's monolog. That all the stories and experiences, hopes and dreams of a person will fade away after death. It makes me sad. See you in heaven, grandma

[@Marksman_12]

May she be at peace. This reminded me to call my maternal grandma. It was not a good call but at least I did that instead of not doing it.

[@mankowskienator]

My grandma will probably be dead tomorrow and I couldn’t get this scene out of my head

[@joereilly1519]

every man dies twice in life, the first time, is the physical death, the second time is when no one speaks his name.

[@samotr7713]

yes

[@Chuked]

Sad

[@usersif6493]

@@samotr7713 thats it right?

[@OfficerFriendly2006]

To quote Ryan George: did you ever stop and realise that one day you'll be thought about for the very last time?

[@theflash9735]

@@OfficerFriendly2006 I understood that reference

[@darthgibsonlp6631]

"Quite an experience to live in fear isn't it?" I feel like the significance of this line is underrated

[@antonboludo8886]

Where were you when you saw this scene?

[@damontfill1417]

That's what I'd say to a dying god, if such a thing existed... Then he moan about the fact that all those things that have been given to him are about to be taken away, and lost. Best scene ever!

[@antonboludo8886]

@@damontfill1417 live your life, then

[@antonboludo8886]

@@damontfill1417 Where were you when you saw this scene?

[@hmst2434]

Osman Yousif I don’t think he’s a villain really. And also certainly don’t think he’s tragic either. He had a limited life span and yet lived life to its fullest, desperately hanging onto it, embracing the beauty and suffering, expressing everything that is human. Him saving Deckard represents his life affirmation.

[@gtassa01]

"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."

[@Bayan1905]

As you get older in life and you realize there are more days behind than ahead, this scene becomes more powerful. All the things that we see that makes each of us unique will pass on with us. Our memories and things we have seen are lost when we die. This scene was perhaps one of the most powerful ever put to film and certainly arguably the most powerful in the history of science fiction.

[@aurele2]

The only thing which we leave in this world is the memories left in the minds of men, an endless battle of contrasting memories is what this world is.

[@triggertits]

True, I first saw this movie when I was 8-9 years old, and the concept of an end was hard for me to conceptualize. But now 30 years later, and having crossed what is statistically the halfway point of my life, it has taken a completely different meaning.

[@user-by3qw9km5b]

This year I turn 54. And I have really felt this the last 6 months. Taking some adjustment to it.

[@cine_caro]

RIP Rutger Hauer. Your role and your moment will not be lost like tears in rain.

[@brotherzero]

F

[@Nintega94]

F

[@valeriusakimoff166]

...So sorry....😔 😱 😱 😱

[@user-ln2mu2sc4t]

Пусть Рутгер Хауэр покоится с миром..

[@marskinggamez5879]

One of the best actors in the world, his moments will never be forgotten

[@user-kd7dj4gj2g]

Instead of letting him die, he saves him and shares his final words with Deckard. He wants to be recognised as a human being. To be remembered. Pretty powerful scene...

[@joaosoares-rr5mj]

acctuly, he saved deckard because he know what it is to be afraid of death, and he realized that he didnt want any one to suffer the way he did, he did it more for deckard than he did for himself

[@switzerlandful]

I like that idea. He was showing him that he was capable of humanity too. Also, by letting Deckard live, he could at least let him know what happened. Share some memories. Have a last conversation with someone before your death. ...not to mention Roy also made Deckard hang on to the last second so that Deckard would know what its like to live in fear and think you're going to die. Then to have mercy extended from the one you were trying to heartlessly kill. It showed he wasn't just a biological robot.

[@markoutram7589]

Yeah. I guess it means he has the experience of what it's like to be a god, to have power over life-&-death and to still have the capacity to redeem & show compassion to creatures in pain despite his own pain. Immensely powerful - probably up there in the most scenes in movie history. Not bad for a moment, eh ? Cos - unlike what he feared - some moments do live on in eternity.

[@roycastanon5754]

The only problem with that is the whole movie he never cared about anybody’s life. So it doesn’t make sense for him to all of a sudden spare Deckard.

[@ramblingrapscallion8583]

I couldn't have said it better myself

[@CoolDrifty]

i love that he sits down next to and just talks amiably with deckard. as if he really didn't hold any ill will towards the end, he was just playing a game, like making a point. the roy we see in this monologue is the real roy, just a man talking to another fellow man, accepting his death and the loss of his beautiful, wonderful, and painful experiences.

[@PMason85]

I’m 37 and I’ve just watched this film for the first time. Can’t begin to explain how the whole thing has made me feel. This scene is incredible, though provoking and moving. A truly spectacular moment.

[@michaelking9818]

Why so long ,dragged my kids when they where old enough

[@SlapStyleAnims]

@@michaelking9818 Probably sheltered childhood. I only saw it on my own at 20.

[@michaelking9818]

@@SlapStyleAnims Did it blow you away ? Even my kids shut up and watched

[@arthurchadwell9267]

I saw it in the theatre back in '82, rode home in the bed of my dad's 1977 Ford F150 talking about it to my friend. It changed my life.

[@skippythealien9627]

@@arthurchadwell9267 it's such a shame this movie was not very financially successful (and even critically successful for some fucking weird reason) when it was released because quite frankly, i think it is one of the greatest movies ever made. and it's a testament to how good it was that so many years later, people still think about this scene and are so emotionally moved by it

[@imthinkinwacky2859]

Ironic. Rutger Hauer died in the same year as Roy: 2019. May he rest in peace.

[@merrittanimation7721]

Oh god he did. It's so appropriate yet sad.

[@starwarsroo2448]

Well that's a weird one

[@jorgearias5471]

OMG, right... Amazing..

[@Tabish29]

Damn!!!@

[@slowemm]

Whaaaaat!

[@ZonnexNecton]

"Time to die...", he smiles before his body shuts down. R.I.P. Rutger "Roy Batty" Hauer

[@dominiquepowell3158]

RIP

[@johnm2631]

tears xo

[@niwokord4266]

rip legend great qeauts

[@alex_zem]

I guess it is a good thing that it is about to rain where I am at right now, considering these devastating news. Rest in peace, good sir.

[@theastonvillaseal585]

The man born to be a killing machine managed to talk of the upmost humanity in his final sacrifice. Legendary character. God bless

[@Daniel-ym4to]

Right when Deckard is about to fall it looks like he spits, like he was spitting in the face of death, before being saved by the man who nearly brought him to that death. When he's saved he looks terrified as if he still believes Roy will kill him, but after Roy sits down and starts talking about his memories he has a look of confusion almost as if still not grasping at the fact Roy has emotions. After Roy dies he closes his eyes shortly getting all the fear out of his mind and like a sign of respect for Roy's death, almost like he understood Roy in a sense. This movie is so beautiful and so is this scene. Rest In Piece Rutger Hauer. 1944 - 2019

[@Necrovenge18]

Roy was built to kill, Deckard never had a chance to actually 'retire' him, but in truth he was never going to kill Deckard from the beginning. He simply wanted to play the role of the predator (hence why he kept making wolf noises) to instill a fear inside of him, to be completely fearful for his life, so that maybe he could make Deckard understand and empathize with him on how it truly feels to live as a replicant, or as he calls it, as a slave, before his final moments. He chooses instead to accept his tragic existence rather than get revenge against Deckard, because despite all his suffering he finally understood that it will all become insignificant in the grand scheme of things, that they're ultimately nothing more than 'tears in rain'. His character is so beautiful because despite being a replicant, his entire character arc is reminiscent of the human experience.

[@ivanramirez1027]

Come to think of it, Roy is kind of like Zod. Both were created for the purpose of war and will do whatever it takes to save their own people. In way, they’re both villains because they are in the minority, a small sect trying to survive amongst the vastness of humanity

[@richardstorm4603]

@@ivanramirez1027 ......"Oh, God.." - President of the United States......."Zod." - Zod

[@shanakelleher4311]

This. Thank you, Alric.

[@alicemi4155]

And what is the grand scheme of things exactly?

[@lewisjtnb]

Michiel van der Hoeven not seen many other comments but my take from this whole scene is Roy Batty saves Deckard to show him that replicants are just as human as he is and that he’s fearful that once he dies that’s it. But that’s where the beauty of this speech comes in, Roy saves Deckard to say look I can make my own decisions like a human, I’m not programmed to just one task. Then he tells Deckard of all his memories and again, Roy is saying look, I posses memory and emotion to these memories but I’m afraid to die because once I’m gone those memories no longer exist, but those memories now exist within Deckard and Roy in a way, got that extension on his life that he always wanted. In the overall scale of things, Roy and Deckard are just ‘tears in the rain’ but Roy shown Deckard how human replicants are and managed to extend his life by living on in the memory of Deckard, he says his memories are lost like tears in the rain but they lived on through Deckard! That’s my take on the whole thing anyway!

[@Look_Dad_Old_Tunes]

Like tears in rain. Hail and farewell, Mr. Hauer.

[@chantaljpc19]

I also heard when I got home I have also tears in my eyes ( I am Dutch) I saw blade Runner the Movie and more. RIP.

[@Gezoes]

Indeed, indeed, I will miss him a lot. I can't believe he's gone.

[@DarkCreed]

We should all make origami unicorns.

[@davidbautista351]

R.I.P

[@chantaljpc19]

Yes reast in tears ❤

[@concernedspectator]

This movie is a revelation. 2049 was nice but it just cannot measure up to this incredible timeless classic.

[@nickelbrickell]

Then watch this one and shuddup about the new one boy

[@keithremedy]

@@nickelbrickellhow bout you take ten steps back and fuck your own face

[@zacharyfindlay-maddox171]

Same. I made it half way through and I just turned it off. The original blade runner is a masterpiece.

[@jacoballen5538]

​@zacharyfindlay-maddox171 how could you possibly do that when you know how the first is. You have to be a insane person to think that's a rational thing to do. 2049 is incredible, just cause it's not a top 10 or 20 movie all time does not make it any less like the original

[@chrisdawson1776]

2049 is miles ahead of this dishonest slop.

[@emanuel81111]

The whole monologue is perfection , i rewatched this scene maybe a thousand time and expect to watch it a thousand more... but the smile at the end. The smile at the end is what gets me. Its the most soft, heartwarming smile ive seen. Its the smile of a being in total peace, like a friend who says one last good bye . "There is my call... you take care of things while im gone alright? take care"

[@jamesmcgeachie]

The music in this scene will live forever in our history. RIP Vangelis.

[@SuperSpasticNinja]

Damn bro I didn't know he died. RIP

[@philipchesleyiii]

I just found out 2 days ago. COVID got um

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[@HartmutJagerArt]

RIP Vangelis and Rutger Hauer ! 😥

[@iawy8264]

Thats a beautiful thing to say xxx

[@kenthefele113]

I love how the dove flying away represents his soul leaving his body. Easily one of the most beautiful scenes in the history of cinema.

[@barryjmcculloch4596]

No cheese whatsoever in that moment. No cheese at all.

[@moonlitme]

@@barryjmcculloch4596 If it had been overdone it would have been cheesy. Hauer brought subtlety to the scene.

[@moonlitme]

Did you also get the symbolism of the nails through the hands?

[@barryjmcculloch4596]

@@moonlitme Nah, the dove flying off was a nice slice of Edam. Just not required.

[@barryjmcculloch4596]

@@moonlitme No. Can't think of anyone else that had nails driven through their hands in history.

[@spiritranger9202]

This may be one of the greatest moments in film. The aesthetic, the themes. What is it to be human, how fleeting time is... To live in fear is what it is to be a slave. 😢😮 ABSOLUTELY EPIC 👏

[@Zeugenschutz]

very well said x

[@Jgheiler]

In the end, all we want to is to die alongside someone that can witness the essence of our life story.

[@DBrown-gu4ry]

Man, I just realized...Blade Runner is set in 2019. Rutger Hauer died the same year that Roy Batty did.

[@gallucinogenia]

Ты прав! Ты чертовски прав!

[@AngryJesus1]

what the fuuu....

[@LordMarvin1993]

Don’t you just love coincidence

[@Abigor115]

coincidence.....?

[@chibi5180]

*cries in german*

[@ZombryaTheDark]

Roy's final act is what made him "human"

[@ALLinALLgood]

+ZombryaTheDark ... *"More Human Then Human"*... more then most dumb-down sodium fluoride induced calcified pineal gland natural organic humans, which are really subhuman-like as a result of this dampened "seat-of-the-soul" feature. Why? Well, Roy Batty burned very bright with his super clean mid-brain ajna chakra/God-gland spiritual connection portal. This is why he was able to feel compassion and then self-reflect upon his mortality.

[@Kevo216666]

You're just like the author without the "Phillip K." bit... :)

[@AFGalwayz]

if there are aliens out there and they have all those traits you described, are they more 'human' than us? perhaps being human isn't the pinnacle of life as we are led to believe. that is, if we can even define roy as 'alive'

[@thestewlaw]

I have always assumed that Batty lifting Deckard back to life in that majestic way was a deliberate riff on Michelangelo's "God creates Adam" painting? With God's arm outstretched to Adam to give him life? Has this been discussed? There's a reversal of meaning because it was Batty created by the "God" Tyrell. Now Batty "restores" Deckard back to a new life inspired by the superior "humanity" of the replicants.

[@TheSamun]

This is not exactly true, but you get a thumbs up for pointing it out. In fact, in retrospect, many of his actions leading to his end, were actually driven by motives that you would expect to encounter in a human - as is the need for survival, exploring, pondering on one's own existance, been loved and respected. What makes this only evident in the later parts of the films, which is how a well crafted script masterfully supposed to reveal, is that those motives aren't clear, but they are there. That's the beauty of it..

[@richarddhuelbig]

One of the best movies of all time. One of the best monologues EVER. "All those memories will be lost like tears in rain"--we should all remember that; it's not only the fate of Roy Batty's memories, it's the fate of ALL OF OUR memories. A very sad and poignant realization; yet a true telling of just how ephemeral all of us and our lives really are.

[@Marksman_12]

But it also presents us the opportunity to make sure our memories live through ages. Many did that and made their names in history.

[@mikealangaloe1774]

This performance demands attention. You can't watch this scene without being totally immersed. This is not just a movie scene. This is that you take with you when you go

[@uneedtherapy42]

He becomes "More human than human" right here

[@radioboys8986]

but then he was always human

[@bipper64]

that's exactly the point of that scene... he became more human and showed more humanity than the "real" human who wanted to whackhim

[@shonemumy]

i think he becomes what we deep down (most of us at least ) strive for. but you know..opinions n asshols...

[@cvspvr]

a real human bean

[@KTK44]

Dying for the right cause, is the most human thing we can do - Blade Runner 2049.

[@ImDougDimmadome]

He simply showed his humanity to him. And in that very moment, we realized, that the replicant had become more human than him, and the “human” had become more robot than he.

[@souloftheage]

"More human then human" is our motto.

[@MHlovesz]

The main twist of this movie: Deckard wasn't a human.(The Unicorn dream scene has been edited out for an alternative ending.)

[@billdavis7577]

@@MHlovesz They shouldn’t have made him a replicant, this scene is far more poetic if he’s human. Think about it, a human whos job is to ruthlessly hunt down rouge replicants being saved by one an coming to realize that the replicant is as human if not more then he.

[@MHlovesz]

@@billdavis7577 You got the point. The audience saw this scene as if Deckard was a human saved by the poetic replicant. In the very next scene Deckard find the origami unikorn which reveals his secret dream. Only then he (and the audience) realise that he is not a human either.

[@billdavis7577]

@@MHlovesz I honestly don’t know what they were thinking, the whole Deckard being a replicant reveal seemed ham fisted an pointless. There isn’t a thing deep or poignant about it, it just cheapens an amazing scene.

[@jackspry9736]

RIP Rutger Hauer (January 23, 1944 - July 19, 2019), aged 75 You will be remembered as a legend.

[@user-ci7up7nt2e]

I saw it in the Theatre back in the 1980's . . .unforgettable

[@jaffarebellion292]

The single most profound and beautiful moment in any movie I've ever seen. Rest in peace, sir. I raise my glass to you.

[@jorgearias5471]

Kind of crying myself..

[@blusuck]

Tealc !!!!!!!

[@johnm2631]

tears xo

[@superagurihyperteam9653]

Especially as it was supposedly a lot of ad-libbing.

[@johnm2631]

My friends, that saved the world xo@@superagurihyperteam9653

[@azizgofurov1575]

Thank you Mr. Hauer! You will be not lost in time, like tears in rain

[@gousisfishproduction6083]

He won't

[@narabdela]

@DrinkwithaMexican Idiot. Show some respect you moron!

@DrinkwithaMexican perhaps to jou...idiot.

[@jmodified]

Rutger Hauer's delivery is so good. You can really believe he is making up this speech on the spot.

[@sergiocalcio9481]

This scene , without fail , always reduces me to tears . Tears remembering all of joy , sadness , excitement, love , friendship, loss , etc ……Tears of life . Longing to relive those memories , but I can’t , and that one day they’ll just be gone .

[@schadenfreude7812]

He died in 2019. Just like in that movie. Sometimes art seems to transcend reality in a very sad way...

[@AliFareedMC]

Life imitates Art

[@matthewmoran5297]

+Iron Without Iron Within Holy Shit, I'm just realizing that now... "All those...moments...will be lost...in time...like...tears...in rain"

[@derajnitram1882]

Wow, that's crazy weird, the irony of him dying the same year as his character Roy Batty is chilling.

[@chocolatecake6588]

Rutger Hauer passed away today 24th of July 2019, aged 75. Rest in peace.

[@chrisol0119]

He actually passed away last friday, but it was kept a secret until now. R.I.P. What a legend

[@joyanna9433]

Nice try, but he passed away on the 19th. They family didn't announced untill today.

[@FriendZone75]

The same year as he passed in Blade Runner 😕

[@Marcushalberstram749]

“A tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't.” The Voight Kampff test distinguishes humans from replicants by their emotional response. In this scene, Deckard is the tortoise who can’t flip over. Yet, Batty, a killing machine, defies his programming, blurring the lines between human and replicant. Beautiful

[@aedes947]

Probably a psychopath wouldn't pass in the voight-kampff test

[@williammorgan1083]

@@aedes947 In the original novel, they discover people with schizophrenia or psychopathy can fail the test and they have to keep it covered up to avoid ruining the test altogether

[@aedes947]

@@williammorgan1083 TBF, anyone with a basic knowledge about such pathologies could figure out that the test wasn't reliable. Unless the details of the voight-kampff test were some kind of secret and you should just trust blindly the authorities.

[@the_sixxness]

In my opinion Roy proves to Deckard that there is no longer a difference between humans and replicants. Replicants are human. Which means Rachel is human. And no test is the measure of a man.

[@qwot1]

Not just that; but the focus on Batty’s eyes by the camera is exactly like the way the blade runner watches the test subject’s eyes. IMHO, Batty has that curious, detached look at first; but then something changes right before he rescues Deckard.

[@OdinsRaven8]

One of the most powerful scenes in film history.

[@quietside3734]

When I first saw this film in my early teens, I thought the ending was so boring and disappointing. But then ten years later, I watched it again, and realised that the ending was not only perfect, it was sublime.

[@signalinthaskiez]

Wow... I thought the same in my younger years too... truly amazing

[@Turrican60]

It's amazing what maturity does to our eyes. It opens them.

[@oubimcius4032]

The score behind it made me feel like it needed to be important when I was a kid now tht I'm older all of it means alot.

[@mikepritchard87]

The whole thing was a masterpiece, from the story telling to Los Angeles and that perfect soundtrack. Come out in 82 I wasnt even born till 87, yet it's my favourite film ever

[@GravityBoy72]

Which ending? The one with the paper unicorn was perfect. Ah... but so were the others... the original voice over one I liked as well.

[@YummyBaer]

I came here to pay my respects to Rutger Hauer. May you fly with the crystal ships among the galaxies across the universe. #RIP

[@sherry9439]

Thank you for this YummyBaer.

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

Same here RIP

[@BaddaBigBoom]

Well said.

[@infernalmachine64]

Same. One of the best performances in one of the greatest films of all time. RIP

[@oni741]

YummyBaer We'll see him again at the Tannhäuser Gate.

[@gustavctresselt6192]

Men can go through entire lives without regard for poetry, theatre and other histrionics, but watching this scene, I think we all feel the same thing. Why we struggle, explore, why we mourn - it makes sense. Living is hard, yes, it is intense, but it is worth it.

[@Fiveminded]

Amazing actors, plot, script. And those final words are legendary

[@Autisticguywithacamera]

This scene is so awesome because he knew he was dying, he had already tried to extend his life but couldn't, he had been a soldier all his life and didn't want his last memory to be of him killing somebody who didn't deserve it. Such a great scene.

[@theoverthinkingalien224]

An argument can be made that Deckard would deserve it, but the entire point of Roy sparing his life in this scene is an act of defiance against his creator and of self-determination in one action: He was created with the purpose of killing, but by sparing Deckard he redefines his own purpose and obtains true humanity. As a little bonus: he lives on through Deckard as a memory, which in the long run is all any of us really are.

[@theoverthinkingalien224]

@@TravellerTinker Maybe, but just because someone may 'deserve' death that doesn't make the would be executioner justified in doing the act. "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone" and all that. Deckard isn't much better than those he hunts down.

[@milchael]

How did he die tho? I watched the movie many times but I never quite understood how he eventually died? Did his program just stopped this exact moment? Or is the faint "bang" sound a shot? Perhaps fired by the man in the end?

[@Autisticguywithacamera]

@@milchael His life force ran out. Remember that the Nexus 6 only had one year life spans and earlier he was trying to extend his life by hunting down J.F. Sebastian and Tyrell.

[@agentcooper4627]

Deckard did deserve it. He killed all of Batty's friends and crew. His decision to spare Deckard was to demonstrate that he could break the cycle of violence and perform an act of good. His hand is nailed like Christ and he releases a dove, a symbol of peace.

[@hypotheskeptic]

For those who didn't know. Rutger Hauer wrote those lines and presented them to Ridley Scott at 1 in the morning on set. Ya shit just got even cooler didn't it.

[@Quantum36911]

LOL, Yes!!

[@MrWolfSnack]

Yeah it's because he found the original writing too boring and lengthy. He shortened it from the original writing, and then when the actual scene was shot, he did improv and ad-libbed what he originally edited and handed in before the cameras rolled, so it was even further different from the first draft of the script. But he did it all in one take, completely perfect. It made cinema history. He was proud of what he contributed, because he never considered himself a writer - he just found that directors and film writers made stuff too lengthy and drawn out and "it became boring" so he did it his own way.

[@thisismyname007]

Harrison Ford wrote a speech for himself to say to Rachel in the elevator. “I AM NOT A REPLICANT!” But Ridley Scott said “You’re a replicant. Shut up!”

[@gcHK47]

@@MrWolfSnack The crew was in tears when Ridley Scott said “Cut.”

[@barbarabaldwin7120]

GOD BLESS HIM-A LOVELY WRITER TOO!!!

[@DngrDan]

I feel like every combat veteran can relate to this speech. The things you see on deployment can be terrifying but also beautiful in a way. You go home and those memories are only yours. And one day they'll be gone forever, as if they never happened at all.

[@90chestnut]

The facial expressions are so inexplicably well acted. It is definetely one of the best performances in all of cinema. Especially after he was the dominant guy with the threatening grin for most of the movie before.

[@frabsurdity]

Roy is the ultimate epitome of the human condition, to live in dread with the knowledge of our Inescapable demise. In a few short hours he encapsulates our deepest fears, the existential angst of being blessed and cursed with self awareness, knowing that nothing we do matters. We witness Roy’s grief throughout the movie; bargaining, anger, and finally acceptance of his impending doom. It resonates with the audience because we live the same experience, albeit on a much longer time scale.

[@georgemulford2910]

Roy saved Dekard because he realised what you do does matter

[@sebastianaminoff9703]

@@Viktor-jq2br Idk about that. There really isn't any evidence for an afterlife tbh. I think when we die we die, nothing to fear and nothing to experience, as was the case before we were born

[@Polemarchus404]

@@georgemulford2910 Roy saved Deckard because it was a way of perpetuating his own existence. Deckard would live the rest of his life knowing it was attributable to Roy's mercy. In this way Roy's existence and his memories extend beyond the death of his body. Aristotle explains altruism and poetry in the same way, as extensions of our existence because the effects are beyond the limits of our bodies.

[@KrisKringle2]

@@georgemulford2910 yes and no. Nothing matters to 'Nature' and the Universe. Not love, happiness, horror, pain. Just matter and energy moving about dictated by laws that exist for no reason. Only we ourselves give meaning to anything we experience, and that eventually is extinguished. Even the echos and shadows of experience shareable by language and art eventually fade to nothing. Countless souls of all scopes, some great and many merely groping in an existence in which they are without voice and reason, pass through and exit life on this planet and throughout the universe nearly infinitely.

[@wagner9050]

​@@KrisKringle2 Dear Santa Claus, mind telling me\us what your occupation? I'd say you are A Thinker.

[@CEngelbrecht]

*_I've seen things, you people wouldn't believe_* *_Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion_* *_I've 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_* 🕊 Hauer is responsible for the final phrasing, Scott allowing him to shorten an originally much longer speech, Hauer adding the last three lines. And for what ever reason, Roy Batty's holding a dove, the traditional symbol of the soul. Hauer came up with up that too. (Thanks for listening to people when they're right, Mr. Scott.) And as he dies, the dove flies off towards the only piece of blue sky in the entire film. That's when Roy Batty's soul leaves the body of an artificial creature, that's not even supposed to have a soul. And this F's me up now: Roy Batty the Replicant dies in the fictional year 2019, while Rutger Hauer the Actor passes away in the real 2019.

[@metalinl-a1128]

Yes. Reminds me of Prince dying in an elevator and his song when the elevator tries to break you down. Or George Micheals LAST XMAS. DIES XMAS MORNING.:-(

[@thecrowpit24]

@Richard Desjarlais c-beams is the correct term.

[@ThePalatineHill]

there was probably a physical reason for holding the bird, if he knew his time was up but not the exact moment, the pressure exerted to hold the bird would be released when he died. in essence it was like him holding onto his own life until the very last moment, combine that with the other allusions of soul and it makes for an absolutely perfect addition to this moment

[@starboy2077]

That is insane. I swear I fall more and more in love with the art behind Blade Runner when I watch it, wasn't really affected by Rutger Hauer's death but seeing this scene again actually hits me. Even with the fact that you said of 2019...

[@wilhelmdcruz7476]

You know the nail in his palm, The dove, when I saw this scene for some reason I thought of the bible. Jesus's crucifixion.

[@johnpap804]

the sound of the piano or syntheshizer,the backround music,that goes along with the piano and rises,its amazing.

[@JaimeGirl]

One of the greatest and most poignant monologues in movie history, delivered in a way that makes you think as well as makes you feel what Batty was saying Time-anyone’s time- seems both endless and fleeting Batty had seen such wonders in so short a time-and those wonders were going to be lost in time. But when he witnessed them, he thought he had all the time in the world, that such wonders would come to him again. In this moment, knowing that it wasn’t so, that all he knew and all he felt was going to vanish with him… rain was appropriate for this.

[@Zeugenschutz]

Imo he was hungry for more life so he could tell people the things he had done. validate his experiences

[@Certifiable]

And to think : Rutger WROTE THIS HIMSELF. Even Scott was impressed.

[@jorgearias5471]

Not many know it.

[@ralucabramming-hansen]

@MattEscandari He did a sensible change of the monologue. In the original screenplay draft the speech written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples reads this way: I’ve seen things… seen things you little people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion bright as magnesium… I rode on the back decks of a blinker and watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments… they’ll be gone. Now, compare this with what Hauer delivers, especially the last line: "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die. "

[@jaychung8759]

It feels out of place in this movie. Too good a scene to be produced by Hollywood or anyone...

[@ZodsSnappedNeck]

So was Ford. That look of shock on his face was his reaction to the beauty of Rutger Hauer's monologue.

[@donaldsmith3926]

Brando wrote that first monologue of The Godfather's to the guy who wanted him to kill his daughter's attackers, asking why he had never come to the godfather before. The original was terrible.

[@welderella]

My husband’s favorite movie is Blade runner and he loved this quote. Sadly he passed away last year. I miss him so very much!

[@brianbailey3374]

He had good taste.

[@reubensandwich9249]

The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long.

[@stingerjohnny9951]

Did he get to see Bladerunner 2049? If so I hope he enjoyed it.

[@joaopedrocraveirocrajoinas3611]

Damn. Hope you are better man/girl, unfortunately we humans have to cope with grieve more than we desire throughout our lives.

[@indefinitegen]

So sorry for your loss ❤️

[@ZacharyDavidMartyn]

He was as human as any of us 😭

[@alexl7213]

This scene. This movie. Everyone should see it, at least once. It is an immortal work of art.

[@iargaCI]

RIP Rutger Hauer, he passed away today age 75 :( sad day.

[@przemoc19225004]

The funeral was today... Family chose not to inform public until after funeral... Not sure how many days ago has he left us... Great loss, nevertheless...

[@przemoc19225004]

Got it... He passed away on 19th of July... [*]

[@jarekgalik3909]

Last Friday my friend ......

[@captmurdock]

At the moment of his death, he releases the dove, and it flies away, symbolizing the soul that he supposedly did not possess. A beautiful moment after a beautiful monologue. R.I.P. Mr. Hauer.

[@cubehire3653]

Yes so moving. For me anyways...

[@boggy.subtitulos]

Beautifully written

[@oni741]

captmurdock Yes. Someone pointed out the dove can be an allegory of the Holy Ghost that it goes to Heaven. It just a supposition.

[@panzerlieb]

Alberto Gutierrez I think Rutger wrote that dialogue himself. Truly a fascinating individual. RIP Mr Hauer and my condolences to your family.

[@meditationstorytime]

I think it was meant for us to ponder whether he did have a soul, which I think he did. Perhaps the biggest question this film posits.

[@ltdavissupremacy.]

The Greatest Monologue in all of Sci-fi Cinematic History!

[@harlemsfinest141]

That smile after he says "time to die" hurts me to my soul. He wanted to stay alive with Pris, Zhora, and Leon so badly 😥

[@wastehazey6468]

At least he died with his Humanity intact.

[@lostone777]

All he wanted was to live for a bit longer.

[@brentjames9388]

It always hurts my soul when when he sort of chokes @ the 2:27 mark.

[@someindividual8872]

At least he is a slave no more

[@Pagminion]

I might have missed it but he didn't seem to care for Leon too much.

[@MultiEvil85]

Cinematic history. This movie is poetry.One of the best scenes in movie history.

[@colleenross8752]

Beauty in life, beauty in death.

[@AnOunceOfEvil]

and hell, it was improvised

[@jonathanb1406]

From what I've heard of it, I don't think it was improvised so much as it was just rewritten the night before they filmed it by Rutger Hauer.

[@shawnmullen7291]

I redid the scene and got hell for it..this whole screen write is all me...posers will be damed...

[@PlacidDragon]

It was improvised (well, sort of). Batty had a long monologue in the original script. Hauer basically scratched most of it the night before the shoot, kept and adapted two of the lines, and added "all these moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain" himself. I'd call that mostly improvised :)

[@ipi223]

all those moment will be lost in time , like tears in the rain

[@TheNationalien]

One of the most beautiful scenes in film history

[@StriderStryker]

_The fact that this actor died in the same year just adds to the significance of this moment._

[@sherezadevergara9440]

Wtf are you talking about, Rutger died in 2019. Stop trying to get likes on lies you goofball.

[@sleepchannel7168]

He died in 2019, not the year the movie came out.

[@davidloisel3833]

@@sleepchannel7168 The movie takes place in 2019 (I think)

[@usmileisinfectious1975]

@@sleepchannel7168 i think he meant the "year" in the movie

[@lunacxy8293]

Oh yeah July 19 2019

[@spudy1216]

Came here to pay my respects. RIP.

[@johnm2631]

xo

[@jeanbonnefoy1377]

Most surely the most epic moving moment in all film history. Dialogue, acting, filmiing, editing, soundtrack: in less than four minutes, the epitome of perfection.

[@alfalpha3454]

It's the tragic truth of everyones existence... All of your moments will be lost like tears in the rain... don't waste them xx

[@one8hundred188]

Came here instantly to watch after hearing he's gone. :(

[@DurkMcGerk]

Yeah, this scene was a lot sadder for me today.

[@TokraRoch]

So did I....RIP

[@Qwufi]

Same :(

[@mateuszmiazio7359]

And me ;( RIP Rutger Hauer...

[@attackpatterndelta8949]

Possibly the greatest monologue in cinema history. It’s Shakespearean in its depth and in Hauer’s delivery.

[@barbarabaldwin7120]

YES

[@michaeloreilly2533]

I put it in a class with Robert Shaw’s monologue about the USS Indianapolis in Jaws. Just astounding.

[@anthonyc7279]

Think that's better than any Shakespearean line.

[@Rickster691000]

@Attack Pattern Delta It was Hauer who wrote it💜

[@humphrey09applebee61]

Fun fact, it was not scripted like this but rather Hauer's own interpretation. It was so monumentally fitting that the director kept it instead of the scripted version.

[@Melanch0lia9]

This crushed me

[@Slurped836]

This is the only scene from any movie I have ever watched that I watch over again from time to time, they nailed it.

[@jarekgalik3909]

"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." RIP Rutger Hauer ...... LEGEND

[@jarekgalik3909]

I didn't copy it from the vid m8, didn't even know it is there. Many people will comment his death in exactly the same way anyway..... by mentioning his famous words from BR. Don't spoil this day bud.

[@mcalves3]

@Gerard Rietdijk Asshole.

[@mcalves3]

@Gerard Rietdijk Asshole

[@MrNomis333]

@Gerard Rietdijk Why u have to ruin everything, ur life sucks and u want everbody to know,,,too many of ur race!!,,IMBECILE

[@jarekgalik3909]

@Gerard Rietdijk you IMBECILIC character ..... how the whole text is exactly the same as under the vid if its except the laugh and cough... HA HA - just to let you know I didn't know about the text under the video as simply I didn't click SHOW MORE option. Try to "wrap you poisonous troll type of mind" around it....... it is not that hard.

[@slackstarfish8133]

Something about this scene feels so much more ethereal and bittersweet than anything I’ve ever seen

[@Howlingburd19]

Same kind of thing with the ending in Blade Runner 2049. Very bittersweet (except the ending in 2049 has to do more with the character’s journey, and this is more thought-provoking). I think both movies do a fantastic job making us feel sympathetic for the Replicants, who, despite being androids, seemed just as human as humans, and it’s a hurts to see them being discriminated

[@Julian-jj1wc]

It's cause Roy is a slave, and he doesn't deserve any of the thigns that happened to him in his short life.

[@SuperBartles]

There was this kind of weird beauty in the best of PKD's books. Unreal, yet reaches the parts of your soul other books can't reach This film manages to capture some of that, I think

[@cheekofnut]

@@SuperBartles yes! different in some major respects, but PKD's grasp of the metaphysical is absolutely one of his star qualities, infusing everything with a kind of gnostic longing for paradise that is so real emotionally to many people, even if they don't assign it the same meaning he does.

[@milesshirley6251]

The relief in his voice that it’s all finally over is haunting.

[@kyliegordon3980]

Rutger Hauer never needed to do anything else in his acting career. He was perfect in this

[@miguelservetus9534]

For me, the Single greatest scene in a movie. Such a beautiful ending. Human empathy as a final act.

[@PatBatemanAtDorsia]

RIP Mr. Hauer, thank you for leaving behind one of the most beautiful moments in cinema for years to come. These moments will NEVER be lost in time.

[@jackiebayliss]

That's the most Poignant part of the film..And it's odd because he was a replicant and yet he showed such humanity by saving his life..Also I must admit I do prefer the film version with the voice over myself because you hear his thoughts.

[@xDryZek]

What strikes me the most is that he's an replicant meaning, an artificial human, probably more machine than human and yet he still thinks and acts like human, he might be an artificial in hearth, but what makes hin more human than human is his soul and awarness of that empathy towards his enemy. In the final end he showed his enemy how he felt in fear and how he seen the world around himself while also he saved rick deckard. Rip Rutger Haurer (Roy batty's actor) and Vangelis (soundtrack composer)

[@Rob954ever]

I was 15 years old when this movie came out. The depth of irony in it escaped me then, but now at almost 56 years old, it resonates with me so much. The idea that life is so precious, even a machine wants more of it. The parallels will make your head spin. There a ton of common themes between the Bladerunner and Aliens ( Prometheus/ Covenant) films about androids taking over the world in the future. Ridley Scott has created a mythology in these films that is astounding.

[@tekelupharsin4426]

In my opinion this is the most thought-provoking and melancholy death scene in cinematic history.

[@patgogan7324]

Its Existensialism ramped up to 100

[@memorialgardens1664]

Uriah Light 💔🤝🏿

[@pmarreck]

Didn't Rutger Hauer ad-lib most of it, as well?

[@morpheus6749]

Carlito's Way - final scene Phenomenon - death scene near the end Tombstone - Doc Holiday's death Godfather II - parting scene between Frankie Pentangeli and Tom Hagan (technically not a death scene, but goodbye before imminent death) Do yourself a favor and watch the ones you haven't seen.

[@klausbrinck2137]

Then you haven´t seen lots of films, I guess... Yet you are right, it belongs to the better ones...

[@NektaLife]

“Quiet an experience to live in FEAR isnt it?….thats what it mean to be a Slave.” That line alone means so much

[@nelsonzambrano5788]

and dispels the myth of "benign slavery" -

[@Page-Hendryx]

There's that "ethno-narcissism" again....

[@Metaphysicist]

​@Page-Hendryx how? Human trafficking and exploitation is aliv4 and well.

[@pashadanilov3490]

this moment was never about slavery, shut up

[@marsneedstowels]

@@Page-Hendryx What's your angle?

[@rajmajumder636]

One of the best movies I've ever watched. The ending just stays with you, it makes you think about everything,

[@boc7185]

Rutger wrote this the night before the shoot after disagreeing with the original scripted lines he felt didn’t connect well enough with Roy Batty. Perhaps the most thought provoking improvisation ever filmed.

[@josgor9061]

The biggest twist in cinema history. The audience watches while film watching the protagonist hunt down these evil killer androids only to find out Deckard was the villain of the film and the androids wanted only to live.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Look at all the people those replicants killed. You think J. Sebastion wanted to die? .

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

@@PodreyJenkin138 They were still killers and Sebastian didn't deserve to die. He had helped them. He had gotten Roy in to see the big boss. Sebastian had been a friend to them - and they killed him. There is no excusing that. Yes - it's the kind of thing that killer robots do - but that's why you put them down. Of course - it mentions that they had killed a number of other people. The reason Roy's last words are moving - is because what he is saying doesn't just apply to killer robots but to us all. .

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

@@PodreyJenkin138 Yeah. That's about right. I can agree to that. .

[@sawris7294]

@@BobSmith-dk8nw no1 deserve to die and we all wanish in this world

[@mitrooper]

Deckard is not a villain, neither was Batty.

[@Alt2Air]

Rutger, you were one of the most underrated iconic actor of our time - RIP

[@starwarsroo2448]

Wasnt really underrated, this is recognised as cinematic magic and this scene especially iconic

[@Tabish29]

He was not underrated

[@starwarsroo2448]

@@Tabish29 someone always puts that on YT, I recall someone saying Jimmy Page was an underrated guitarist, it's dumb and fishing for likes

[@Tabish29]

@@starwarsroo2448 not everyone needs KZbin attention. Some people actually say what they mean and feel. Ford is just plain bad as an actor. Page is one of my fav guitarists but KZbin had plenty of solos by him and they are not his strong suit.

[@starwarsroo2448]

@@Tabish29 Page is top of his game, or regarded as, but even the best have too much smack and beer sometimes. As for Harrison Ford I think he's absolutely brilliant, really entertaining actor, and although hes not Pacino he is my all time favourite. Anyway this is about Hauer who criminally dont even think he got an oscar nod for this, it's as good as anything anyone has ever done in my opinion, electric in every scene

[@TheWorkBench]

July 19th 2019 Rest in Peace Rutger Hauer. Movie plot time: November 2019.

[@veganbutcherhackepeter]

This scene brings tears to my eyes every time I watch it and I watched it countless times in my lifetime. Easily one of the best scenes in cinematic history.

[@TheEugeep]

“I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.” Charlie Chaplin

[@scottallison2296]

A favourite quote of mine

[@peoplez129]

"I always like farting in the ocean, so no one but the fish can smell it"

[@jabberwockld4316]

Yep, thats going to my cringe collection

[@flavio7180]

@@jabberwockld4316 Yeah I don’t find it cringy for some reason, maybe just because a legend like Charlie Chaplin said it. But if anyone else had said it it would be far too cringy.

[@sanidhya3370]

@@jabberwockld4316 more like edgy