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A primary element of the Blade Runner film is the ambiguity over whether the protagonist, Deckard, is a human or a replicant. This ties into one of the central themes of the film: the nature of humanity. Ultimately, the important point is not whether Deckard is a replicant but that the ambiguity blurs the line between humans and replicants. [2]
In 2049, 30 years after the events of Blade Runner, bioengineered humans known as replicants are still used for slave labor. K (short for serial number, KD6-3.7), a Nexus-9 replicant, works for the Los Angeles Police Department as a "blade runner", an officer who hunts and "retires" (kills) rogue replicant models.
The 2009 album I, Human by Singaporean band Deus Ex Machina makes numerous references to the genetic engineering and cloning themes from the film, and even features a track titled "Replicant". [174] Blade Runner is cited as a major influence on Warren Spector, [175] designer of the video game Deus Ex, which displays evidence of the film's ...
In 1996, K. W. Jeter published science fiction novel Blade Runner 3: Replicant Night, the sequel to Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human. The novel follows Rick Deckard, now living on Mars, as he is acting as a consultant to a film crew filming the story of his days as a blade runner.
His top Blade Runner, Holden, was in hospital on a medical ventilator after an encounter with the Leon replicant, earlier in the film. Bryant uses thinly-veiled threats against Rick Deckard, a retired Blade Runner, to enlist his aid. Deckard's narration in the original theatrical version compares Bryant to the racist cops of the past.
2036: Nexus Dawn (known in Chinese and Taiwanese territories as 2036: Clone Era, 2036: Chain Dawn, or 2036: Copy of the Times; alternatively known as Blade Runner 2036) [1] is a 2017 American short film acting as a prequel to the feature film Blade Runner 2049.
Replicant, 2001 film by Ringo Lam. "The Replicants" (episode), a 2017 TV episode of Ancient Aliens, see List of Ancient Aliens episodes; Nier (video game), which had releases with subtitles of Replicant and Gestalt. The game has bioengineered humans similar to replicants in Blade Runner. "Replicants", an artwork by Roxy Paine
The book's plot draws from other material related to Blade Runner in a number of ways: . Deckard, Pris, Sebastian, Leon, Batty, and Holden all appeared in Blade Runner.; Many of the parts of the "conspiracy" are based on errors or plot holes identified by fans of the original movie, such as Leon's ability to bring a gun into the Tyrell building, or the reference to the sixth replicant.