OK, let’s talk Blade Runner 2049. Spoilers, duh.
Posted by
Mop (aka Rburriel)
Oct 21 '17, 18:57
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I love how the movie asks more questions than it answers. We’re challenged to consider the humanity of the replicants. The earlier versions seemed to have all the aspects of a human, while the current versions are less human, customizable to the duties at hand. “K” rarely shows emotion (Keanu Reeves would have made a good replicant) or pain. And yet he’s got Joi. In the heirarchy of things, “K” is the human and Joi is his replicant. Is Joi human? Or is she programmed to be human? Are we supposed to feel bad when she’s “killed”? Are we supposed to feel bad for Deckard’s dog when he’s left behind? Is the whole movie just our own version of the Voight-Kampff test?
Here I am trying to figure out if there’s a resolution to the “Is Deckard really a replicant?” question and instead of getting that answer, we just get more questions. Was Rachel programmed to seduce Deckard? Was Deckard pre-disposed to fall for Rachel? And what does that make their daughter? Is she human?
Of course, I feel we’re asking the wrong question. It’s not who is and isn’t human, but rather, what is a human?
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