If you look at Wallace in BR2036, he is identical in 2049 and came to prominence around 2022. Yet his character is otherwise very emotive and empathic - the two things are not incompatible with violence. 281 - What Is Collider and Who Are These Guys?J.K. You can check this on various websites that list the meaning of names. It could be shown how Luv was attempting to prove herself to her master by never giving up in accomplishing the task.He had somewhat of a god complex, as he called the replicants he creates "angels," and stated that he was a father of millions.Additionally, Wallace was shown to be a brilliant strategist, delegating and employing others, rather than getting his hands dirty. Wallace later tortured Deckard after he was brought before him, showing Deckard a clone of Rachael. A subtle easter egg example of this is in a Clockwork Orange, when the protagonist… Or perhaps the feeds are passed through some intermediary system that compiles them into a single image (something akin to looking at a bank of security monitors). If "Wallace" is driven by the need for order and control and power, it would make little or no difference to him that he was controlling replicants or humans. This reading would also tie in with the biblical overtones of Racheal's story. And on top of all that, each drone could have multiple cameras. He has the private army as well. Consider, for example.Several drones fly around him to give him vision. Stack Exchange network consists of 176 Q&A communities including,By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand our.Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for science fiction and fantasy enthusiasts. Here is one for reference.Meanwhile the name Wallace can be ascribed the meaning Stranger. Or did they deliberately leave the question unanswered ?I don't recall them saying anything about this. Here is the Wikipedia entry..."New Man" plus "Stranger" could be interpreted as "strange new form of man" and if applied to Wallace himself could indicate that he is a replicant. The common aim amongst extreme utopian ideologies is to be 'more human than human'. It would undermine their characters if they started hinting that other random characters might be replicants. (Nexus-8 replicants had natural lifespans, not 4 year life-spans and were the last models created by the Tyrell Corporation before it was destroyed in 2022.) This also intertwines quite nicely with K’s love story where everything is rooted in sacrifice. They each answered that question even though their answers conflicted. Sapper has been suggested as a reference to taking the goodness from naturally grown plants like a tree or flowers, or the worms of the soil. Humans in the first movie called them skinjobs and considered killing them as "retirement".In one scene, Wallace killed a replicant just seconds after it was activated. It all comes down to what method they use to 'programme' or condition the mind of mechanically born humans. @PaulD.Waite You have two retinas; Wallace had at least 3 eye-drones. Niander Wallace is the main antagonist of the 2017 neo-noir sci-fiction film Blade Runner 2049, the second installment of the Blade Runner franchise after the original 1980s cult classic film Blade Runner. 28 comments. What about Lt. Joshi; she seemingly sacrificed her life to uphold an ideal she held. Niander Wallace’s hench-replicant Luv (Sylvia Hoeks) calls Rachael “unremarkable,” but Deckard disagrees. If Niander Wallace's backstory was missing, people would suspect he was a Nexus-8 model. He is an avid statue and Funko Pop! He was also not a man who gave up easily, as he stated before Luv that the child of Rachael was the key for the future, not to the future of the humanity, but to the replicants he willed to create. Tell me what you think. Am I understanding that correctly?It would be difficult to argue that it is not (I think it is evil), but Wallace also offered up his protein farming patents for free which saved humanity from mass starvation.He’s morally “evil”. He whines about not being capable of creating sufficient slaves fast enough, and shrugs faced with replicant cops acting as his.The ruthlessness of Tyrell was casual, distant. Emmys 2020: The 7 Biggest Snubs and Surprises from This Year’s Ceremony,First ‘WandaVision’ Trailer Reveals a Trippy New Take on the MCU,Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Teases ‘The Matrix 4’ Script: “People Are Really Gonna Like This”,‘Goodfellas’: 10 Things You Never Knew About Scorsese’s Masterpiece Revealed in New Book,J.K. Eventually she dies in child birth when she is finally given a second son in later life, Benjamin. That is about as evil as it gets. He believes humanity, such as it is, should be spread around the entire galaxy -- maybe even the universe. The 1982 dystopian science fiction action film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young.Press J to jump to the feed. He believes in ends justifying means, but also consider the fact that he slaughters an innocent “newborn” replicant solely because of a flaw she innately possesses (being barren) due to her replicant nature. This may be due to him having his eyes damaged so nobody could read the replicant serial number imprinted on his eyeballs.Several eye-drones fly around him to give him vision. Sapper himself cared for other replicants. Featuring appropriately in Genesis, she is Jacob's first wife, first love. 'Wallace' also conjures up images of the stranger from the north bringing war, and Niander does come from a space station to wage a sort of war on the Earth, which he believes is righteous, but which causes great suffering. How will the Wallace corporation react? In practical terms there would, for some real CEOs, be no difference between how you feel about a human employee and a machine on the shop floor. (Nexus-8 replicants had natural lifespans, not 4 year life-spans and were the last models created by the Tyrell Corporation before it was destroyed in 2022. He’s the kind of guy that would buy a 12 pack of La Croix, crack one open, take a sip, say “Oh man, I hate La Croix”, and toss it in the trash can. Their families are known. This changes the complexion of his story from one of destiny to one where he must actively choose to do the right thing and help Deckard even if it means dying. Simmons’ ‘Spider-Man: Far from Home’ Cameo Led to Some Creative Disputes,But now that the movie has been released, it’s time to dive into some of those.Image via Alcon Entertainment / Warner Bros.Okay, if you’re still reading at this point, that’s on you.The two make their way to the memory-making facility where K has figured out that Dr. Ana Stelline (,It’s a bittersweet ending, but it comes to a definitive conclusion about its characters. Mariette, seems to be suggestive of a Marionette, an illusion or pretend act involving a body, and reminds us of Pris playing with the puppets. She has a tyranical father, Leban, who they flee from, attempting to steal from him and becoming cursed in the process. Will the replicant uprising begin? He creates life, gives food to the world - he brings life and death.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast,More posts from the bladerunner community.A subreddit dedicated to Blade Runner. 1 year ago. The key, for him, is to find out how to make as many Replicants as he sees fit, and then to take them off-world and help humanity spread even further. It's not at all impossible.Wallace can control replicants, regardless of his own type. Sadly I don't think we'll get a sequel, but if we did that is where this kind of theory would need to be addressed.I was going to post this as a comment, but I don't think I can embed images nor use spoiler tags in comments. What human brain can process vision from several distinct sources?When asked if he has children, he responds, ",How could a replicant become the CEO of major corporation? With his artificial eyes and his off world connections he is a literal "stranger" on earth. He also at times seemed to see himself as a god, and states that he is a father of millions, which, while partially is true, he says it in a narcissistic way.Wallace is blind so he uses to floating cameras as eyes that operate with a device on his neck moving around at Wallace's will.Find Rachael and Deckard's child in order to extract a way to produce new and improved Replicants for himself.Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat.https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Niander_Wallace?oldid=3962524.In order to portray the blind character of Niander Wallace Jared Leto decided to fit himself with opaque contact lenses that made it impossible for him to see anything.Jared Leto used Silicon Valley tech investors and inventors that he personally knows as examples of how Niander Wallace would behave.Jared Leto worked with the organization Junior Blind of America to research blindness in preparation for the role of Niander Wallace.Gary Oldman and Ed Harris were considered for the role of Wallace before the much younger Jared Leto was cast.In Blade Runner's Universe, wood is rare and very expensive, Wallace chamber is made of wood emphasizing how rich he is. For instance, he may have intentions to create replicants who are like him and have them rule his empire alongside 'worthy' humans.The eye problem is interesting because he refers to it as an affliction, but there is no sign of disease on the man. The freshly born replicant could have easily snapped his neck, but it was so genetically conditioned to suffer death. As the movie begins, we are informed that Wallace, an industrialist who revolutionized farming, has taken over where the Tyrell Corporation left off after going under. Also, not sure if a movie poster should be considered as canon, but consider:The viewer can quickly see two "groupings" of these 4 characters, one by color and the other by direction they are facing.we see K, Joi and Deckard all facing right, while Wallace faces left. He's in almost every scene except the Niander Wallace scenes. People today know all about Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs. We learn that a hunter had become the hunted (the movie keeps it ambiguous as to whether or not he’s a replicant, but either way, his daughter is a “miracle”) and that he had gone into exile in order to keep Ana safe. He seems to age very little.The most likely option seems to be that Wallace is a crazed trans-humanist who has deliberately removed his eyes in order to upgrade them, rather than someone who is literally a replicant. Your quip missed all those points.I don't think we know enough about how the eye-drones work. figures collector, and he's rapidly running out of shelf space. It seems Wallace views creators of life, social engineers, as truly human and everyone else as a lower order, that needs to find a higher purpose, whether that be replicant humans or regular humans. Whereas Niander seems fully conscious of the destruction he brings; he even wallows in it.But, what would the Blade Runner world without Wallace look like? Or, anyway, it makes little sense from a narrative perspective.I think the answers here which suggest character names may be significant to a degree, may be on to something. Wallace's eye drones move independently from each other. This makes him seek help from Dr. Ana Stelline, the creator of memories for Wallace's replicants, Stelline confirms K that the memories are real, shocked with this he returns to LAPD but fails his replicant obedience test and must be "retired", however his superior, Lt. Joshi trusts in him and lets him escape, K gets the wooden horse examined and this leads him to Las Vegas where he finds Deckard.Luv looks for K in his apartment and the LAPD but when she doesn't find him, he interrogates Joshi, she gets no wanswer from her so she kills her and uses her computer to track K, when Luv arrives to Las Vegas, she and Wallace men kidnap Deckard and beat up K leaving him to die, but he is rescued by the Replicant freedom movement, who tell him that Rachael's child is actually female, and order K to kill Deckard before he reveals the child's location to Wallace.Luv takes Deckard to Wallace (the second and last time he appears), he interrogates him and uses recordings from when Deckard met Rachel at Tyrell Corporation to break him, then he offers Deckard a clone of Rachael in exchange of information, Deckard refuses so Wallace orders Luv to kill the clone and take Deckard to the OffWorld Colonies to be tortured, Wallace is never seen after this.K intercepts Luv's convoy, rescues Deckard and kills Luv but he gets mortally stabbed and shot by her in the process, K fakes Deckard death and takes him to Dr. Stelline after deduscing she's his daughter, K succumbs to his wound while Deckard meets with his daughter after 30 years.Niander Wallace is set to return in a possible third installment as the main antagonist.Wallace introduces the Nexus-9 to the Blade Runners.Niander Wallace was an extremely sophisticated and smart man.He talks in a smooth and calm way with the people that confront him, and is never in the entire movie seen losing his temper, something a lot of other characters did, no matter who is talking with him, he will remain a good-mannered and nice tone.