Description: This is part 2 of a two part conversation on the movie Blade Runner (1982). We are joined today by Xander and Erik from the podcast Reconsider to discuss the many deep messages of this film.

 

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This is part two of a two part conversation on the 1982 movie Blade Runner with Eric and Zander from the podcast reconsider. I highly suggest you go back and listen to part 1 of this conversation. Don't worry we'll be waiting for you beyond the big screen.

You brought up those ideas of neech Nietzschean and the Christian elements and all those really come together when Roy confronts Dr. Tai Rao. What happens there and what how do those themes all tied together that you've brought up that you brought up earlier.

I it's funny I as I was making my notes I was thinking oh this is my favorite scene. Now this is my favorite scene. Now this one and I have six I realized six favorite scenes so this is one of them. And what happens is Roy finally gets to Dr. Tyrrel by tricking Sebastian and then coercing Sebastian and they get access. What's interesting by play is by playing and finishing the same moves as what's called The Immortal Game in chess. So it's a famous 1400's chess game where the I forget the guy's name. Whatever where the guy who ended up winning sacrificed tons of pieces to fool his opponent into making a move that exposed the king and so yeah checkmate. With some minor pieces at the end those pieces of course represent those minor pieces represent the replicants who are treated like pawns.

The King of course is Dr. Tyrrel and so once Roy makes those moves over the phone. Tyrrel actually Roy tells Sebastion to do it. Subash makes those moves over the phone and Tyrel is very impressed and he says something must be on your mind Subash. C'mon. And the big reveal. Roy is there. Tyrrel doesn't seem to surprise he actually says like I'm surprised it took me so long to get here. He knew that Roy was coming to talk to him. They have this discussion over whether Tyrrel can give Roy more life but Tyrrel cannot and they in that discussion Tyrrel tries to reason with Roy saying that he's lived this incredibly powerful. Flourishing life especially compared to other humans and he has the quote the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long. It's this great scene of his face being very fatherly and in fact of course being the character of God he created Roy he decided how long Roy got to live.

And he's judging Roy as having lived a good life and sort of saying it's okay for you to die and here's with a Nietzschean moment comes up. God reveals Himself to be powerless to help Roy and to do anything for Roy. And so in that moment God dies for him right. Roy realizes that God is helpless and worthless to him. And Roy is so Royse still loves God as his father and he actually when he realizes that nothing can be done he holds Tyrrel by the face and kisses him on the lips. But then in holding Tyrrel he uses his superhuman strength to brutally crushed Tyrrell's skull and he digs his fingers into Tyrrell's eyes which in this movie are the window to the soul.

So Roy has become that ubermensch that judges God. And he says that like you know God is a hornet and evil for creating lives that are enslaved and.

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