"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

[nottheterritory.livejournal.com]

Nevermind that, why does Deckard say, of the Replicants returning to Earth, "why would they do that, that's unusual?"

It can't be that unusual because it's your job!

There are quite a number of holes in the script, really...

On the other hand, there really were Nazis crawling all over Egypt in 1937 - it's the same thing that's referred to in _The English Patient_. In theory, they were looking for routes into Egypt that they could use to flank and so undermine the English occupation of Egypt to open up access to the Middle East - but then again, that's only what the historians want you to believe!

[momentrabbit.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing that most Replicants Deckard retired were previous non-offworld replicants who were, in all likelihood, trying to get offworld and escape in the first place (like most everybody else on Earth). So a Replicant who had escaped their command in space and was trying to get onworld would be like an escapee trying to sneak back into prison; rather uncommon.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, in the opening credits it says an offworld uprising prompted the government(s?) on Earth to outlaw Replicants on Earth.

Batty et el. going to Earth is sort of like Americans sneaking into North Korea.

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

Ah! Yes. I had been cleverly ignoring that silly plot-point for years. It's amazing how many of the changes made to the original source's narrative to "streamline it" basically make no sense when you look at them closely.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Well, they did have a reason - they wanted more life and stuff. So, it's like Americans sneaking into North Korea because they needed something badly, but no one expected them to want it, or something... I dunno.

Sneaking into North Korea to ask Kim Jong Il for the secret of Juche, maybe. :)

[pyat.livejournal.com]

It's a fair cop! Indiana Jones, I mean.

The "unusual" line meant that Deckard previously dealt with Replicants on Earth. In my GURPS Blade Runner game, the Replicant uprising in the offworld colonies prompted their being outlawed on Earth. And, checking just now I see the opening credits say that explicitly.

So, Deckard is wondering why they came to Earth.

[thebitterguy]

This regarding RotLA.