I initially saw this movie when it came out. I was transfixed. Visually LA had been transformed into a scifi  future of new gas filled streets, flying cars, and the disturbing unknown. The future was here and I had been lucky, well sort of, to be immersed into the future. The movie had me almost hyperventilating. Over the years I have watched Blade Runner numerous times. Though all acted superbly, and the visuals and the special affects were superb it was Rutger Hauer's role as Roy Batty that made the film catch fire. There is plenty of symbolic characters to go around but it is clear that Hauer's character is the new Christ figure. Besides putting the nail in his hand and being called savior, he saves Deckart, (Harrison Fords) Judas character. The importance of the new philosophy is in Hauer's killing the creator. There is a mistake in the cosmos you die. Everyone dies.
I initially saw this movie when it came out. I was transfixed. Visually LA had been transformed into a scifi  future of new gas filled streets, flying cars, and the disturbing unknown. The future was here and I had been lucky, well sort of, to be immersed into the future. The movie had me almost hyperventilating. Over the years I have watched Blade Runner numerous times. Though all acted superbly, and the visuals and the special affects were superb it was Rutger Hauer's role as Roy Batty that made the film catch fire. There is plenty of symbolic characters to go around but it is clear that Hauer's character is the new Christ figure. Besides putting the nail in his hand and being called savior, he saves Deckart, (Harrison Fords) Judas character. The importance of the new philosophy is in Hauer's killing the creator. There is a mistake in the cosmos you die. Everyone dies.