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Soroush Blade Runner, I Think, Therefore I Am In Ridley Scott’s film, Blade Runner, the distinction between humans and machines, or replicants, is blurred. Throughout the film, those that appear human regard replicants as objects of possession. However, these replicants continue to question this image for the audience through their intellectual, emotional and almost spiritual sense of being. This is supported not only by the dialogue that they have with humans, but also by …

…actions. Clearly Ridley Scott wants us to ponder and think about the relationship the majority has to those it ‘enslaves’ and those that may be considered as the minority. He is socially critiquing society with a futuristic appeal. He also challenges us to define what makes us human and by what right do we play ‘god.’ And if and when we do play ‘god,’ are we creating possessions, or are we creating free willed beings.