It's clear that Scott intended Deckard to be a replicant. (And the article gets Scott's and Ford's opinions backwards, which is embarrassing.) But Scott also ch

It's clear that Scott intended Deckard to be a replicant. (And the article gets Scott's and Ford's opinions backwards, which is embarrassing.) But Scott also chose to make it ambivalent enough that people are still debating it decades later. The director's intentions are worth noting, but it's still fair to examine the movie on its own.