Blade Runner - great or no?

[Evil_Death]

*Originally posted by smiling bandit *
**Doves? Yeah, right! They are like flying rats.

I was confused about one thing: Did Roy kill the oddball scientist guy, the one who made the little marching men? **

Yes, he did - in the hovercar sequence following, the police report lists two victims and names JF as one of them.

I have slightly less problem with the symbolism of the dove than with it being there in the first place. Where the hell did it come from?

[ftg]

(Regarding my earlier post on Ford killing the replicant revelation.)

*Originally posted by CalMeacham *
This has not come up, AFAIK, in any oprevious discussions on the Board, nor in any of the things I’ve read about the film – and I read quite a bit during the initial release and for several years after. If this is true, it was a well-kept secret for a long time.

Umm, “click the link” CalMeacham. Or, to make it really, really simple:

• Ridley Scott and Harrison Ford have stated that Deckard was meant to be a
  replicant. In Details magazine (US) October 1992 Ford says:

    "Blade Runner was not one of my favorite films. I tangled
    with Ridley. The biggest problem was that at the end, he wanted the
    audience to find out that Deckard was a replicant. I fought that
    because I felt the audience needed somebody to cheer for."