The Ending Of Blade Runner Explained

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I thought Gaff left that Unicorn there at Deckard's place to let him know that he was there and could have killed Rachel while she was sleeping, but instead chose not to. When he told Deckard that it's "Too bad she'll never live, but then again who doe's" he didn't mean it in a "i'm going to kill her eventually type of way" but instead in a sympathetic type of way, understanding that she is still technically a replicate that will never truly "Live" in the human sense of the word. And the Unicorn he made Symbolizes her "Rarity and Uniqueness" which later gets explained in the 2049 movie.

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.

I used to think that Deckard being a Replicant was brilliant and made sense, but know I think that him being human gives the movie more meaning and is more poetic. But that's just me.

I think the biggest indicator that Deckard is human is how much he struggles physically against the replicants. Its shown to our face constantly. He gets his ass kicked constantly and is in real fear through his whole fight with Roy. It would make much more sense to be human especially with Roy’s dialogue at the end connecting the two. But yes, there is too much evidence in the movie that indicates he’s a replicant

Just from re-watching it last night (Final Cut), the film makes Deckard's humanity ambiguous but I realized if you decide he's a replicant then it takes most of the meaning out of the movie. To me, Blade Runner is about a human man who's lost his humanity and only regains it through the empathy of machines. If he's a replicant the whole time, then what's the point?

Rachel was a babe

If Deckard is a replicant he is a terrible one. He is a lonely melancholy alcoholic that gets his ass kicked and is saved by Rachael. Then he gets his ass kicked again and can't make a jump that a dying Roy makes with ease and has to be saved cause he can barely hang on. He basically displays the opposite of every thing presented about replicants.

I watched the original movie in the theater and never once thought decker was a skin job. Never once in all these years.

You calling me a moron Mr. Scott?

I personally think that Deckard being a human would make the movie more meaningful and fit more with the theme of blurring the lines between what makes someone human or less than human just like the author of the book said. During the movie, Deckard is slowly becoming more like a replicant because of being so secluded and due to the killing that he does for a living. On the other hand, we have the replicants who are becoming more human throughout the film and are feeling more emotions like love. As we reach the end, they both learn to accept love and end up with a fear of dying and thus their emotions are one in the same making them both seem incredibly human. I think that's why Roy saves him and let's him live because he knows what a scary thing death can be. That's my interpretation of it anyway.

I think Decker was never meant to have a specific identity. The writer deliberately made efforts for us to question his being. And that's the whole point of the movie. That's how we never forget such movies, and that's how it lives forever in us.

"you've done a man's job, sir" in case anyone couldn't quite understand what Gaff said

You know that this is not the ending explained. This is just you saying that Deckard is a replicant.

He's not a human, he's not a replicant... he clearly states in the move that he is a "meat popsicle" and .... oh wait, wrong movie.

I watched this movie when it first came out in 1982 and I always thought Decker was a human, but the origami unicorn at the end had always puzzled me? What a Brilliant movie!!! There is still so much debate 39 years later, got to love it ❤️

I think Harrison Ford is really a replicant.. who thinks he is a human actor... who is playing the part of a replicant... who thinks he is human... but then finds out he is a replicant. But then he did not want to play the part of a replicant... so he just played the part of a human... when all along he was really a replicant. Or was he?

Deckard’s eyes glowing was a mistake during filming. Harrison Ford even said he accidentally stepped into close to the light that made Sean Young’s eyes glow. If Deckard is a replicant, why give him an apartment, car, and let him wander around on his own when Gaff could retire all replicants involved. It probably would have saved Tyrell. Also, there is a very large Unicorn in JF Sebastian’s apartment. Gaff saw it when he went through to collect Deckard’s gun. Deckard also does not have the reflexes and aim of a replicant. When Deckard is attacked by Leon, Rachel saves him by landing a head shot on Leon, who is standing less than a foot away from Deckard. That’s very precise shooting for her and better than what Deckard could hit.

Looks like Ridley didn't even know the story he was telling. He should be confronted about his insult towards people who thought of Deckard as human.

Deckard was a human becoming a robot emotionally. The narrative version Deckard's wife called him "cold fish". He got conquered by the robots, a sign he was human. The robots just wanted more life. The point? Rachel and the others are robots becoming human, valuing the important things of human life. Deckard accepts Rachel's need to be human which returns his humanity. Even Ridley Scott missed Philip Dick's message.