The movie Blade Runner is a lot like Capek’s drama Rossum’s Universal Robots. We see that the robots in Blade Runner wanted to learn the secret of their life, just like the robots wanted the manual on how they were made. Both creatures had the intention of attempting to expand their life span. The movie also shows the fear of technology, after the technology had already been introduced to the world. We notice this when the head of police tells Deckard that no one was going to find out that three “Replicants” had killed twenty-three people, taken over a ship and returned to earth. It is just like Victor Frankenstein had created a monster and kept it a secret. Although Victor was kept his secret because everyone would think he was a lunatic, there was still a danger roaming around and citizens were unable to prepare to defend themselves if they did come in contact with them. There is also the feeling of calmness from the people that created these creatures. The reader does not feel a sense of urgency in R.U.R. until close to the end when the robots final go through the gates and into the factory. It is the same way in the movie, there is no sense of urgency until the final fight scene. The police officers and Deckard himself seem to have a nonchalant attitude towards the fact that there are dangerous creatures running the streets.
I think that Roy Baty decides to spare Deckard at the end because he wanted to show that he had developed feelings. Although he was able to kill his creator and others that had had a part in creating him, Deckard had spent his life to destroying “Replicants”. Maybe with this gesture, Deckard would learn to live with the robots and help others to live with them as well. The dialog, or monologue since Deckard was not doing much talking, had to do with the fear of living life as a slave. The possibility that Deckard was over powered by Roy alone showed him that if the robots really wanted to, they could take over and make people their slaves very easily.
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