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The whole thing in the Blade Runner world is that you can't tell the difference between a human and a replicant with a physical examination. That's the whole po

The whole thing in the Blade Runner world is that you can't tell the difference between a human and a replicant with a physical examination. That's the whole point why they have the Voight-Kampff in the first movie instead of just checking if Rachael has a DATA PORT. In 2049 they _know_ that K is a replicant, but they need to detect whether he is getting too emotional to be reliable. Again, no data port. He's biologically human, but not mentally.

the_af 4y ago
> The whole thing in the Blade Runner world is that you can't tell the difference between a human and a replicant with a physical examination. You can, but only through a very intrusive bone marrow analysis. It's mentioned (in either the movie or the novel) that they were hours into an autopsy before they realized it was a replicant. VK is the alternative when you don't want to subject a suspect to dangerous and intrusive surgery.
- justsomehnguy 4y ago
  > bone marrow Just a serial on the bone in the film https://youtu.be/jXuJi-kFTOg?t=168 https://youtu.be/jXuJi-kFTOg?t=168
  - the_af 4y ago
    Ah, true... for the sequel. To be honest I was referring to the original Blade Runner and PKD's novel. I didn't like the sequel much (and I didn't think it needed to be made to begin with). Though I suppose it applies even to the sequel; unless the serial shows up in x-rays you probably need to do surgery to find out!
prepend 4y ago
Again, I understand the logic of the movie, but that’s what I don’t really like that much. Wouldn’t it be more likely that as part of this synthetic org that they include some simple market like setting a specific gene so you just test a skin cell. Of course picking apart movies leads to cinematic anhedonia, but this is sort of my point. This test exists, in the movie, for REASONS that are a macguffin for cool acting and scenes.

the_af 4y ago

> The whole thing in the Blade Runner world is that you can't tell the difference between a human and a replicant with a physical examination. You can, but only through a very intrusive bone marrow analysis. It's mentioned (in either the movie or the novel) that they were hours into an autopsy before they realized it was a replicant. VK is the alternative when you don't want to subject a suspect to dangerous and intrusive surgery.

justsomehnguy 4y ago
> bone marrow Just a serial on the bone in the film https://youtu.be/jXuJi-kFTOg?t=168 https://youtu.be/jXuJi-kFTOg?t=168
- the_af 4y ago
  Ah, true... for the sequel. To be honest I was referring to the original Blade Runner and PKD's novel. I didn't like the sequel much (and I didn't think it needed to be made to begin with). Though I suppose it applies even to the sequel; unless the serial shows up in x-rays you probably need to do surgery to find out!

prepend 4y ago

Again, I understand the logic of the movie, but that’s what I don’t really like that much. Wouldn’t it be more likely that as part of this synthetic org that they include some simple market like setting a specific gene so you just test a skin cell. Of course picking apart movies leads to cinematic anhedonia, but this is sort of my point. This test exists, in the movie, for REASONS that are a macguffin for cool acting and scenes.