If Decker is a replicant.: FanTheories.
One of the more contentious ongoing debates in cinema is whether Deckard in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner is a replicant or not. Over the course of the three decades and seven cuts of the film since its release, fans have broken down any and every piece of symbolism, line of dialogue and corner of set-design in order to try and develop some sort of concrete theory.
By revealing Deckard as a replicant, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner suggests that to find what it really means to be alive, one must consider the possibility that humanity may exist in biotechnology. When Deckard informs Rachael that she is a replicant, explaining that her photos are not real, only implanted memories, his reaction to her tears effectively demonstrate his honest emotional response.
Deckard fell in love with her as a human, and by doing so; she became human which inturn replaced Deckard’s cold-hearted contrast to a more humane replicant. Deckard joins Rachael in the elevator. He has found love with a replicant under the most unlikely of circumstances.
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The big shift for Deckard comes when he meets Rachael, a replicant with a particularly enhanced degree of humanity. When he gives her a Voight-Kampff test, which is designed to identify replicants, it takes far longer than usual to out her—and she herself is unaware of her replicant status.
Deckard takes the Voight-Kampff test and passes, confirming that he is a human. Harrison Ford, who played Deckard in the film, has said that he did not think Deckard is a replicant, and has said that he and director Ridley Scott had discussions that ended in the agreement that the character was human.
Advertisements for moving to the off-world colonies promote the opportunity to own a replicant as an incentive. There are also other synthetic life forms available to those who can afford them, including snakes, fish and the owl that Deckard sees when he visits the Tyrell Corporation. The replicant, however, is the epitome of robotic life.