Blade Runner Character Notes
Character Notes
Rick Deckard
Rick Deckard is a “Blade Runner”, a special agent in the Los Angeles police department employed to hunt down and “retire” replicants, played by Harrison ford. He is a hard-boiled sort of character meaning he is dominated by an over riding cynicism and a generally fearless composure combined with great strength and skill. He is the engine behind which the audience can place their faith in for humanity, as they watch how he reacts to the replicants, in particular Roy and Rachael. He is the protagonist of the story. Theories are thrown around about whether Deckard is a replicant or not, considering he can withstand huge amounts of pain, however he is often physically dominated by other replicants too. The main evidence for this theory is that Gaff leaves an origami unicorn outside his apartment, the same unicorn he daydreamed about previously in the film, and Gaff would have no idea he could have dreamed about a unicorn unless he was a replicant and Gaff had seen the thoughts and memories he was injected with. Harrison Ford the actor claims he was human while director Ridley Scot claims he was most likely a replicant, but wanted ambiguity.
Roy Batty
Roy Batty is the leader of the renegade nexus-6 replicants and the main antagonist of the film. He is very intelligent, fast, and skilled at combat and is a character who learns how to develop and experience emotions and humanity towards the latter part of his life. He has an A physical level and an A intelligence level, making him by nature superior to all other existing replicants. He is also very dangerous coming from a murderous and subjugated past, with a strong thirst for more life as he has realized that in the great paradox of his superiority he is only able to live for such a short period and is labeled as a “slave”. Prior to his escape he was used as a military service off-world. He represents the way in which humanity is explored from a robotic side, as despite being
Rick Deckard
Rick Deckard is a “Blade Runner”, a special agent in the Los Angeles police department employed to hunt down and “retire” replicants, played by Harrison ford. He is a hard-boiled sort of character meaning he is dominated by an over riding cynicism and a generally fearless composure combined with great strength and skill. He is the engine behind which the audience can place their faith in for humanity, as they watch how he reacts to the replicants, in particular Roy and Rachael. He is the protagonist of the story. Theories are thrown around about whether Deckard is a replicant or not, considering he can withstand huge amounts of pain, however he is often physically dominated by other replicants too. The main evidence for this theory is that Gaff leaves an origami unicorn outside his apartment, the same unicorn he daydreamed about previously in the film, and Gaff would have no idea he could have dreamed about a unicorn unless he was a replicant and Gaff had seen the thoughts and memories he was injected with. Harrison Ford the actor claims he was human while director Ridley Scot claims he was most likely a replicant, but wanted ambiguity.
Roy Batty
Roy Batty is the leader of the renegade nexus-6 replicants and the main antagonist of the film. He is very intelligent, fast, and skilled at combat and is a character who learns how to develop and experience emotions and humanity towards the latter part of his life. He has an A physical level and an A intelligence level, making him by nature superior to all other existing replicants. He is also very dangerous coming from a murderous and subjugated past, with a strong thirst for more life as he has realized that in the great paradox of his superiority he is only able to live for such a short period and is labeled as a “slave”. Prior to his escape he was used as a military service off-world. He represents the way in which humanity is explored from a robotic side, as despite being