funny, i always took the line "it's too bad she won't live, but then again,
who does?" to be a simple meditation on mortality. all of us, whether
replicant or human, will die eventually. the point is to live and love with
the time you have, be it 8 years or 74.
just my 2 cents.
- d
----- Original Message -----
From: forel <forel@mac.com>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: [idm] blade runner, geogaddi, visual futurist
quoted 3 lines patrick matte wrote:
> patrick matte wrote:
>
> > I just saw Blade Runner director's cut for the X time... and once again,
i'm
quoted 1 line not too sure of the ending. I think Deckard is a replicant too, because
> > not too sure of the ending. I think Deckard is a replicant too, because
he
quoted 1 line dreams of a unicorn and he finds a unicorn on the floor of his
> > dreams of a unicorn and he finds a unicorn on the floor of his
apartment. At
quoted 1 line the end, Gaff says "Its too bad she wont live, but then again who does"
> > the end, Gaff says "Its too bad she wont live, but then again who does"
but
quoted 3 lines I'm not sure what that means?
> > I'm not sure what that means?
>
> Gaff made the unicorn (during the movie you might notice he has a thing
with
quoted 1 line origami). Deckard may or may not be a replicant- that's the point the
> origami). Deckard may or may not be a replicant- that's the point the
movie
quoted 1 line is trying to make, what defines a human being? Life, intelligence,
> is trying to make, what defines a human being? Life, intelligence,
emotions?
quoted 1 line The replicants are human- they are called androids, but they are
> The replicants are human- they are called androids, but they are
biological,
quoted 1 line gentically engineered and grown in a lab. They are considered not human
> gentically engineered and grown in a lab. They are considered not human
and
quoted 9 lines expendable because of this and that they have no empathy for other beings,
> expendable because of this and that they have no empathy for other beings,
> no feeling. Which is likely a result of not having a childhood, memories.
> The line "it's too bad she won't live long" refers to Sean Young's
> character, who is a replicant but has memories artificially created in her
> mind. Replicants are engineered to live for only 8 years I believe. If you
> want to understand it somewhat better, read the book, Do Androids Dream of
> Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. A strange situation where the movie and
> the book are both equally as good, because, though the story is the same,
> they are so different. In the book, Deckard even questions the likelihood
of
quoted 15 lines himself being a replicant because he has no empathy for them, and finds
> himself being a replicant because he has no empathy for them, and finds
> killing them so easy.
>
> Hope all that helps...
>
> -- forel
> I delight in all manifestations of the terpsichorean muse.
>
>
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