More Human Than Human

I find the religious allusions and themes contained within Blade Runner to be incredibly intriguing. Even moreso than the actual main character of Deckard. To view this film as a a shadow puppet version that epic struggle between God and the Fallen opens up myriad views of the imagery employed by Ridley Scott.

There are effectively two different type of Replicants displayed. There are the older models such as Leon that do not have any implanted memories, but still yearn for some sense of their identity at this late stage in their life. Although these types, again like Leon, can be extremely violent, in a way its not really their fault as they are basically children and this is what they have been taught to do. The other type is like Roy and Rachael, either they have implanted memories like Rachael or they like Roy, but don't miss them. These are the truly human Replicants.

The analogy between Tyrell and God kid of falls to pieces since he is actually killed by his so=called prodigal son, rather than casting him down (or out of Earth as the case would be).  That is why  I originally described this happening as a shadow play of the real events. But, perhaps that is not correct. A shadow play is a mockery of real life, but the Blade Runner with its super-humans, the replicants, is more like super-reality. I suppose this only makes sense with Tyrell Corp's motto, "More Human Than Human.