Triay - Bladerunner

In the final scene of Bladerunner, Deckard has reached his final "retirement" target, Roy Batty. After a showdown on the roof of the skyscraper, Deckard is seemingly at the end of the road. He is dangling off the edge, and Batty has the upper hand. However, Batty, overcome by finally attaining what he believes to be is human emotion, saves Deckard from falling to his death. At this moment, the replicant gains the power of human compassion. Batty fulfills the Tyrell promise of their replicants being "more human than human" and allows this new emotion to overcome the inherent evil that was plaguing him.

A dove is then released. This dove is highly symbolic of Batty's position in the film. As the dove is the traditional symbol of peace, this dove is too. Batty has become a new man, a man of compassion and emotion. As the dove flies away, we are left with the question "what makes us human?" Emotion, compassion? Perhaps it is the recognition of life as a beautiful thing to be cherished. Batty seems to have achieved this idea.

Bauer: Blade Runner

There is a lot of symbolism present in the final scene of Blade Runner with Roy Batty. The first thing that Roy does that is interesting is that he saves Deckard from falling after chasing him all over the building trying to kill him. I think that Roy does this because in his final moments, he sees that he and Deckard are not too different from each other. I think that he realizes how precious life is and that if he truly does cherish. When he first grabs Deckard he says “Ah, kinship.” We can see here that he recognizes the two of them share some sort of bond. Although it is constantly unclear what is replicant and what is not, Roy realizes that these things do not really matter. He goes on to say that he has seen incredible things and with his last breath, that these things “will be lost in time like tears in rain.” Roy seems to show here that being a part of humanity is experiencing things that will never be known when you die. He saves Deckard because he realizes being a part of humaity means protecting the memories and ideas of other humans.

The dove that flys into the sky from Roys hands is a symbol of his pure soul leaving him. By the end of the movie Roy understands what it means to be human and that he is human because he chose to save Deckard. He has memories, emotions and can choose what his actions are. He is fully human and the dove shows that he had a human soul. The white dove shows that he was purely human despite the fact that he was created by man.

Morris- Blade Runner

In the last scene with Roy Batty, a lot is explained about Roy's character. Throughout the movie Roy is seen as the leader of the replicants on Earth and he is perceived to be the worst of them. It's his mission that they are on. The Roy that we see in this scene contradicts everything the audience is shown throughout the movie.

Roy's mission is to find a way to live longer than his four years. When he confronts Dr. Tyrell and finds out that he cannot extend his life, he kills him. Then, he heads to see Pris because she is all he has left. When he arrives at the apartment, Roy finds her dead and gets into a fight with Deckard. At the end of this fight, Deckard is about to fall to his death, and Roy saves him.

While they were fighting, Roy knew his time was coming. He started to short circuit and lose the use of his hands. The reason I think Roy saved Deckard was so there was a human that could pass on the knowledge that Deckard had gained about replicants. Roy was not bad. He had thoughts and emotions like humans and put in his position, any human would fight for their life like he had. Roy had nothing to gain from letting Deckard fall to his death, but by saving him, Roy knew that someone would understand his kind better.

The dove in this scene represents peace and innocence. Roy has saved Deckard and shown that there is peace between him and Deckard. Roy is also at peace with dying. When the audience sees this side of Roy, it shows his innocence as a being. He did not ask to be created or given the knowledge that he was, and all he wanted was to have more time.