I still don't buy a few things

Rating: 10/10 (13 August 2010)

Just saw Blade Runner (The Final Cut) on my 119 cm LG TV. Wow, doesn't it look great, even 'just' on DVD! Blade Runner I have seen many, many times. I consider it a great scifi classic, but I know that some of the criticism I had when I first saw it in the cinema back in 1983 still exists.
For instance, no replicant on the move will agree to participate in the Voight-Kampff-test that the Blade Runners perform. They know that when their true nature is revealed, the Blade Runner will kill them. So why cooperate? And why does it take so long for the Voight-Kampff machine to get results? Wouldn't it be more logical if Blade Runners got a gadget that can recognize a replicant in 5 seconds? For instance by body temperature? Isn't it a little bit silly when you say: "Okay, I suspect that you're not human but a renegade replicant. Would you mind sitting down with me for 15 minutes so I can investigate whether my suspicions are false or indeed correct?"
Another thing that's still hard to swallow: Deckard maybe being a replicant himself. Before the Directors Cut there was no Unicorn dream sequence. Therefor there weren't any indications that Deckard might be a machine. So why think of the idea? If Ridley Scott truly wanted to tell a tale of replicant chasing replicant he should have been more clear on that subject.
Last but not least. If you think of Deckard being fully human (instead of being a replicant) I think the love story between him and Rachel is also difficult to believe. Why should a human fall in love with an android, even if she's so beautiful as Rachel? Isn't that... immoral? Wrong? Sick?
Okay, it's not my goal to burn down Blade Runner, because I still think it's one of the 30 best films ever made. Rutger Hauer is impressive and Harrison Ford's part of Deckard is a more daring one than the one in Witness. As 'a hero' he only succeeds in killing two replicants... and they're both female. And of course the city itself looks stunning. Even in this age of CGI the images of LA and the flying cars are unsurpassed. Great gadget art by Syd Mead.
Blade Runner... yeah!
9/10