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"Kirk W. Laughlin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 23 May 1996 23:38:28 GMT
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David Goldblatt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
 
>>As I was lying in bed half asleep the other night, I realized why. In
>>all of Deckard's encounters with the replicants he is either physically
>>or mentally outclassed. If Deckard were a replicant designed to be a
>>blade runner, why would Tyrell Corperation purposely manufacture him to
>>be less efficient than the replicants he is supposed to retire?
>>
If they are trying to make a replicant that thinks its human ("More
Human Than Human") then it would make sense for him to be not endowed
with super strength.
 
But, we really don't know.  In the Director's Cut, I think it may be
more strongly hinted that he is a replicant, but I believe it's
supposed to be the suggestion that the line between the replicants and
humans is very thin.  That's all.  You can't really "decide" if he is
or not.
 
Besides, don't you have better things to do in bed than think about
"Blade Runner" controversy?  I mean, you could be mulling over the
season finales of "The X-Files" or "Star Trek: Voyager."  That's what
I do!
 
 
Kirk W. Laughlin
Grants Coordinator
Pacific Science Center
Seattle, WA
 
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