Firstly, I thoroughly enjoyed the film, as I do with most sci-fi films I come across. I also loved the combination of futuristic sci-fi with film noir.
Moving on, the eyes are a powerful tool used in this movie to poke and prod our conception of what makes and defines us as human. Eyes in human culture are very important in giving of visual cues as to how we are feeling, and they are also often associated with the soul and truth in the form of the phrases, "The eyes are the portal to the soul" and "If you want to know if I'm telling the truth, look into my eyes". These two phrases and similar sayings are popular and well known across humanity, and that is because the face, especially the eyes, are used as a universal communicator to tell others who we are and how we are feeling, regardless of our nationality, culture, or language barriers. This method of communication is also something used to commonly contrast what makes us human, and not say a cyborg or robot. Our eyes and faces are capable of showing emotions we feel and communicating this with others, where as robots and cyborgs are normally shown to have stoic facial expressions, regardless of whether or not they can feel and process emotions. Now in the movie, the replicant Rachel provides an example of something that can feel and process emotion(we think), that does not or possibly can't display that emotion on her face and in her eyes. From what I observed, I didn't see her facial expression change once during the entire film.
Another thing I found strange, was how the replicants found themselves flawed because they had such short life spans, yet their creators idolized them as being "perfect". Tyrell and Sebastian both remark at how beautiful the replicants are and how they are better and superior to humans in almost every way conceivable. It's almost as if Tyrell and Sebastian can't even manage to sympathize with the replicants because they find them to be perfect because they are better than humans.
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