As the original author said, this is a story about human beings who started to think about the difference between the copy and themselves in the process of hunting down the copy. A method called empathize is set up in the film to distinguish the clones. The method is to ask a series of basic human emotions such as happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy, and then observe the subtle physiological changes in the face of the other party when answering these questions, such as changes in pupils and pores. Duplicators lack the rich emotions of human beings and cannot be accurately reflected through physiological changes, so they can be distinguished. But the latest generation of clones like Batty has obviously "evolved" emotions, so much so that they can't be distinguished even after being tortured by hundreds of questions. I think the decisive role in this "evolution" is memory, which is also the subject of the film. The new generation of clones is implanted with a large number of memories. This is a revolutionary technology. It is the rich memory that internalizes past life experiences into current emotions. I don't know whether the human brain has evolved a more developed memory function than other creatures from a biological point of view, but there is no doubt that a person who has no memories must be cold and ruthless, no different from the walking dead. It is precisely because of memories, whether it is a good memory or a sad memory, whether it is memories of ourselves or memories of others, our lives divided by the blade of time can be connected into a complete whole. The gift of memory allows us to know what we have thought about, what we have experienced, who we have loved, who we have been loved by, where we come from and where we are going, our lives have become a game of reason and sensibility full of causal connections. The process is not just making simple choices based on biological instincts, and people become humans because of this.
At the end of the film, the replica Batty rescued the human Deckard who was sent to kill him, and then stood in the rain, waiting for the last moment of his life, and slowly said that shocking line, which is also his life The ultimate feeling: "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain." (Memories will eventually disappear in the years, like tears in the rain), for this already human copy person, the love of life It originally came from good memories. The disappearance of memories is equivalent to the death of life, and death actually means not remembering anymore. This is like sometimes when we talk about a relationship and say "the relationship is dead", in fact, we don't want to remember the relationship anymore. Tears disappear in the rain so silently, just like memories disappear in time so unconsciously, the passing of life is so peaceful and so tragic.
It is worth mentioning that another director who likes to explore the theme of memory is the famous Noran, from the hero who lost his memory in "Shards of Memory" to the "implantation" of memories in "Inception", Noran Use his movie to uncover the mystery of our memory. From the "Inception" that everyone is very familiar with, we have seen that by changing a person's memory, a person can be changed. Does erasing a person's memory mean killing a person?
Human beings consider themselves to be the highest species and are the masters who do our part. It is only because our wisdom and kindness represent the development direction of civilization, so we can have a clear conscience over other species. However, the cruelty and greed of human nature also far surpass other species. Nie Xiaoqian in "A Chinese Ghost Story", T-800 in "Terminator 2", and Batty, the cloner in this film, seem to be more "human" than people. Perhaps all individuals who understand the preciousness of life, desire and cherish life should be respected, because this is not only the brilliance of human nature, but also the brilliance of life. Just like the line in the famous Korean movie "Old Boy" "Even though I am a beast, am I not qualified to survive?"
For many "Blade Runner" believers, this movie that actually explores human nature through the appearance of science fiction has endless connotations, and some even compare it to a gift to God. Although I have gone through serious thinking, I can only express some of the most superficial feelings. Although there is a dark side inherent in human nature, the existence of many works that can directly face the dark side of human nature like "Blade Runner" also reflects one of the advantages of human beings, that is, reflection, acknowledging the existence of evil and reflecting on it. Maybe this is another species. Can't help it. We have reason to be optimistic about the future of mankind.
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