[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by kach22i

In the interview on the BluRay Ridley Scott claims that the doubts raised in the original release about Decker being anything but 100% human were unintentional. He is annoyed and maybe even angered when people suggest that Decker could be a replicant.

The "Final Cut" version never even hinted Decker was a replicant, which was the director's corrective intent.

In the original, doubts about Decker, if he were a replicant, and if he could love a replicant (Rachael) and therefore love himself were in my memory one of the wonderful humanistic, mystic, physiological, philosophical aspects of the story.

The Final Cut strips this all away, leaving us nothing to ponder and wonder about.

The Final Cut did not even raise the question if Decker could be falling in love with Rachael. His motivation for taking her away at the end is now a mystery, and it fails with tragic disconnect.

By contrast, the BluRay of 2001 Space Odyssey leaves in the fetus looking at Earth at the end. The various interpretations of it's meaning delights the director to this day, at least according to his comments in the extra features on the BluRay.

Ambiguity when done artistically, can be a beautiful thing.

Ridley Scott has openly admitted that Deckard is a replicant. The Director's Cut and the Final Cut make it more clear that this is the case, not the opposite.