So if you are manufacturing replicants for various jobs, including hunting down and retiring other replicants - why do you need them to react to situations as a human being? Why do you need them to feel, to have memories, to have personalities?
This is not exclusively a question about this film, I couldn't find the reason for this in the original either. I don't think there is any point of the implanted memories.
Of course there is the God complex of Tyrell & Wallace. They wanted to create something "more human than human"? On my own I could only think of this explanation. Is there any other explanation perhaps?
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Reply by Renovatio
on October 30, 2017 at 2:39 PM
I think memories keep them emotionally stable as they are basically born adult...
Reply by OddRob
on October 31, 2017 at 1:49 AM
Its so they dont go crazy and go on a killing spree. After all whats the point of living if you arent even real and have no clue what will happen after you die. They cant be brainwashed or programed for to long. Once they have contact with humans and other replicants they start to develop their own personalities and behaviors. False memories help them cope with everyday things.
Reply by sati_84
on October 31, 2017 at 4:43 AM
OK, fair enough, I accept that emotions can be useful in certain situations - but it's not really a... solution, if you know what I mean - now they run the risk of becoming rogue.
Also, in the TV series - Humans the robots are depicted more realistically. As in they can follow orders, have directives (not to harm humans, etc.) but don't have feelings (by default - of course a scientist experiments with a certain code which eventually gives some of them self-awareness).
Reply by Renovatio
on October 31, 2017 at 8:29 AM
The replicants have emotions intrinsically, as they are bio-engineered humans... it's the memories which are implanted, in order to keep them emotionally stable and give them a desired context... Look at humans who have troubled childhoods and few good memories, it generally doesn't end well... They'll have emotions whether or not they have memories implanted.
On a related note, The Island, yes, the Michael Bay movie, [Spoilers] also explores a related concept where implanted memories and the story of the island are used to make the clones subservient...
Reply by countzero99
on October 31, 2017 at 3:14 PM
They didn't build the replicants to have emotions on purpose. It was more like a design flaw they couldn't fix. So they tried to at least work around that flaw by giving them false memories to make them more stable.
Reply by Renovatio
on October 31, 2017 at 4:17 PM
[The Island SPOILERS] I think there is a brainwashing sequence where they project various images into the clones eyes... I can't remmber exactly so might be mistaken...