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The problem with that idea is it makes no sense from the standpoint of Roy's epiphany, which is ultimately the moral of the movie. If Deckard isn't human, there
by jhbadger 9y ago
The problem with that idea is it makes no sense from the standpoint of Roy's epiphany, which is ultimately the moral of the movie. If Deckard isn't human, there is nothing noble about Roy saving Deckard. Anyway, the unicorn wasn't in the original version of the movie. Directors quite often screw up their movies through reedits, like Lucas' edits to make Greedo shoot first.
- coldtea 9y ago>The problem with that idea is it makes no sense from the standpoint of Roy's epiphany, which is ultimately the moral of the movie. If Deckard isn't human, there is nothing noble about Roy saving Deckard. When Roy does that, he doesn't know either way. So whether Deckard is or is not a replicant, the nobility of the act stands. Plus the whole point is in the ambiguity (including of the noble act).
- CalChris 9y agoIn the voice over version, not a fan of the voice over version but it is the original theatrical release: Deckard (voice-over): I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life, anybody's life, my life. All he'd wanted were the same answers the rest of us want. Where did I come from? Where am I going? How long have I got? All I could do was sit there and watch him die. Deckard is talking about the same Roy that crushed the skull of his 'maker', who's only reason for being was to kill. I think Roy's epiphany as he releases the bird from captivity stands up quite well, regardless of whether Deckard is or isn't a replicant.
- Aron 9y agoHow would Roy have known one way or the other about Deckard anyway?
- CalChris 9y agoHe doesn't know. He may suspect but in the end, he doesn't care. That is the epiphany. Before he might have been trying to win an argument and make a point but in the end, facing death, he doesn't care to kill one more time. BTW, the bird is probably artificial. Rachael: Do you like our owl? Deckard: It's artificial? Rachael: Of course it is. Deckard: Must be expensive. Rachael: Very. I'm Rachael.
- FullMtlAlcoholc 9y agoSaving the life of someone who killed your friends is still noble. Roy wasn't some Replicant revolutionary. He was just trying to save his own skin... and the lives of his friends
- njarboe 9y agoI thought the line in the original cut when Roy says to Tyrell, "I want more life, fucker." was great. Roy very succinctly is saying, "You made me with a short life span and that was evil, fix it now. I give you no respect." In Scott's most recent cut he changed it to "I want more life, father." Horrible change to me. Why change that? At least I own the original on DVD and not some paid access to an online cloud copy that can be changed by others at will.
- coldtea 9y ago>In Scott's most recent cut he changed it to "I want more life, father." Horrible change to me. Why change that? Perhaps because he felt the second version is even more powerful, what with the allusion to him being a prodigal son, Tyrell being a father/God, etc.
- CalChris 9y agoI prefer father myself.