was Deckard a replicant?

well, was he?

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rh100

rh100

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Canrider said:
Leaving the cinematography aside for a moment, assuming Deckard to be a replicant does beg the question of why he's emphatically inferior, both physically and arguably mentally, to his targets...
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Well, perhaps that was the goal, superhuman replicants would stick out like a sore thumb, being human includes weaknesses doesn't it?
 
Yellow Fang

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Canrider said:
Leaving the cinematography aside for a moment, assuming Deckard to be a replicant does beg the question of why he's emphatically inferior, both physically and arguably mentally, to his targets...
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Well he does bump off two of them. Rachael shot dead Leo. One was reported to have been fried trying to break through a security system and one was never explained. He is not mentally inferior. He's physically inferior, like Rachael, because he is designed to pass as a human being. The others are designed for off-world use. Deckard does not know himself that he is a replicant.
 
Canrider

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rh100 said:
Well, perhaps that was the goal, superhuman replicants would stick out like a sore thumb, being human includes weaknesses doesn't it?
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Evidently they don't, or you wouldn't need long-winded questionnaires to furtle one out (before they smash you into a greasy smear on the floor). ;)
 
Canrider

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Yellow Fang said:
Well he does bump off two of them.
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Almost more through luck than skill, IMO*
He is not mentally inferior.
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That's debatable. The replicants continually outmaneuver him and ambush him throughout the movie, even the ones who are notionally less-clever (going by their ID profiles at the beginning).

*I realise we're getting into questions of filmmaking and stunt choreography now, which isn't probably a valid avenue to pursue. I don't think (m)any of us would want to watch Bourne Runner..
 
VamP

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Yellow Fang said:
Yes he was.

  1. The first hint was after Rachael's void comp test. She asked him if he'd ever taken the test himself.
  2. Deckard dreams of unicorns, which means nothing by itself, but when that other blade runner left an origami unicorn outside his flat, it meant he knew that he dreamt of unicorns. How could he know this? Because those dreams had been implanted in his brain like Rachael's childhood memories were implanted in hers.
  3. After the final fight with Roy, Roy saved Deckard's life because he had clocked him as a replicant. When Deckard is hanging off the building by one hand, Roy says something like, 'To live in fear, that is what it is to be a slave.' Deckard is at the time very frightened, implying that Deckard is a slave, i.e. a replicant.
  4. After Roy's death, the other bladerunner with the walking stick and the limp says something like, "It's a pity she won't live (about Rachael), but then again, who does?" The answer is Deckard lives, but only if he terminates Rachael.
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I am broad agreement with your assesment, but with a couple of comments.

Re 2. Gaff is just a copper, not a blade runner, but he has access to Deckard's implanted memories, hence the origami unicorn.

Re 3. Both Ridley Scott and Rutger Hauer have a different interpretation for why Roy saves Deckard.

Re 4. I understood this comment to mean that neither Rachel nor Deckard had much time left (inception dates).
 
guitarpete247

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I have a computer game based on the film somewhere. Never managed to finish it when I tried working through it about 6 years ago. I might have to find it out and try it again :whistle:.
I only have 3 versions of the film :becool:.
 
oliglynn

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Now that was an epic game - I actually played it on my first ever PC before watching the film and was blown away. The game has multiple endings and the grapics (for its day) were immense.
 
rh100

rh100

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VamP said:
Are you going to tell him there are 6 versions, shall I? ;)
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The directors cut in hi-def on blu ray is gorgeous, some great cinematography, in particular the reflection of the city in his eye with Vangelis in the background.

I think I had the original cut on vhs, the one with the talk over, still a great film but I prefer the cut.
 
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