Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto: Blade Runner

Three Geeky Dads

This week, we're taking a look at Ridley Scott's groundbreaking, visually striking 1982 movie, Blade Runner. It tells the story of a retired cop, Rick Deckerd, who happens to be a former BLADE RUNNER, a specially trained breed of cop whose sole duty is to hunt down “replicants”, artificial beings created for hard labor off-world. Replicants are not allowed back on their home planet under pain of death, and that’s where Deckerd comes in, he’s pulled out of retirement for the purpose of hunting down 4 of these escaped replicants who have returned to Earth to question their creator, Elden Tyrell. While investigating the Tyrell Corporation, Deckerd learns that there is a 5th replicant on Earth, Tyrell’s assistant, Rachel, however, she is unaware that she is a replicant because she has been implanted with the memories of Tyrell’s niece. Now Deckerd not only has the problem of hunting down the original 4 replicants, he seems to be developing feelings for Rachel who, herself, isn’t human. What did we think of this neo-noir/cyber-punk/sci-fi classic? Listen in to the conversation and find out!