"They don't advertise for incompetent policemen in a newspaper..."

[pyat]

HEY!

In Blade Runner, Bryant shows Deckard profile data on the Replicants, including photos. So... um... why were they worried about the VK Tests not working? And why didn't Holden just walk into Tyrell Corporation with a photo of Leon and say, "Hey, have you seen this guy around? 6' 3" and a weak chin?"

And why was Deckard so coy when interviewing Zhora at the strip club? He had a positive ID! No need for the lame cover story and questions. Just retire the darn replicant, Rick!

That actually woke me up at 3 AM this morning. Stupid good movies being stupid and good. Like with Indiana Jones - why are all those Nazis running around British-ruled Egypt in 1937?

Also, velvetpage is home.

Comments

[feywild.livejournal.com]

*cough*nitpicking*cough*

Roy WAS a replicant. Deckard's first name wasn't Roy.

But yes, you're right. :)

BR is one of my all-time favorites.

[feywild.livejournal.com]

There's also a hypothesis that Deckard was a replicant himself.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Ridley Scott has said that this is so.

Also, fixed Roy to Rick.

[feywild.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but what would PKD say about it, I wonder.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Something about the Pink Beam, I bet.

More seriously, in the novel Deckard is definitely a physical human, since he can use the Mercer empathy dealie, and androids cannot.

However, he is also unable to feel much of anything without the dial-a-mood, suggesting that he is not entirely human in a more metaphorical sense.

[cargoweasel.livejournal.com]

The Mercer box is IN the movie, it's one of the little devices in Deckard's apartment. At least, it's a video screen depicting a desolate rocky field.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Ooh. Can you point me to a screen shot?

[cargoweasel.livejournal.com]

I'll have to make one myself. not sure if my computer can read HD-DVDs though

[pyat.livejournal.com]

If you tell me the scene, etc, I can do it. :) Thanks!

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

Frankly, I take Scott's statement with a huge grain of salt. There's evidence to the contrary in the original source material, and there's very little in the actual movie to support the assertion. Sure there's the silly vision of the unicorn, and the little origami unicorn that the cop leaves behind to taunt Deckard with, but I'm also completely willing to ignore Scott as spouting bumpf in attempt to add "depth of meaning" to a film that just isn't there.

Frankly, I think the film's narrative plays better if Deckard isn't a replicant, but that's a long discussion...

The clues are all there.

[athelind.livejournal.com]

The Bradbury Building (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradbury_Building).

"Demon with a Glass Hand (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_with_a_Glass_Hand)".