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Deckard does not have superhuman strength or physical resistance to damage, like the rogue replicants. He got his ass kicked multiple times. IMO the monologue

Deckard does not have superhuman strength or physical resistance to damage, like the rogue replicants. He got his ass kicked multiple times. IMO the monologue at the end was Roy coming to terms with the end of his life. There was nothing to be gained by killing Deckard. He wanted to be remembered.

romwell 2y ago
>Deckard does not have superhuman strength or physical resistance to damage We don't know that from the film, because we don't see him fight ordinary humans. All we can gather is that he has maybe a bit less strength than the replicants he's fighting... but still enough to come out on top every time. Weird, huh? >He got his ass kicked multiple times. ...by replicants with superhuman strength. And made it out just fine. No hospital or anything. Huh. >the monologue at the end was Roy coming to terms with the end of his life. There was nothing to be gained by killing Deckard. He wanted to be remembered Agreeing to that. My point was that wanting to be remembered by your executioner, who would never have the grasp of what you saw (or what you truly are), makes less sense than wanting to be remembered by one of your own kind, who you know will outlive you by a long shot.
- kagakuninja 2y ago
  It has been a while, working from memory... We see replicants doing things like: Roy dodging a shot from Deckard with inhuman speed. Priss does amazing acrobatic flips. Replicants dip their hands in boiling water and liquid nitrogen, with no discomfort or pain. The snake woman by is shot by Deckards large calibre handgun, gets up and keeps running. Priss, when dying goes into a spasm of inhuman twitching. Deckard never does anything like that. Deckard by contrast is nearly killed by Roy, who toys with him. Casually dislocates his fingers, causing excruciating pain. Then puts the gun back into Deckard's mangled hand. In the final battle, Deckard is bloody and beaten, and actually loses against Roy. Roy I think laughs off some serious damage, including smashing his own head through a wall; at the end he only stops fighting because his time is up. This isn't "maybe a bit less strength". This is a kid fighting against Mike Tyson. I don't look at it as Deckard being strong "enough to come out on top every time", I look at is as a human with a gun, barely surviving against inhuman opponents.

romwell 2y ago

>Deckard does not have superhuman strength or physical resistance to damage We don't know that from the film, because we don't see him fight ordinary humans. All we can gather is that he has maybe a bit less strength than the replicants he's fighting... but still enough to come out on top every time. Weird, huh? >He got his ass kicked multiple times. ...by replicants with superhuman strength. And made it out just fine. No hospital or anything. Huh. >the monologue at the end was Roy coming to terms with the end of his life. There was nothing to be gained by killing Deckard. He wanted to be remembered Agreeing to that. My point was that wanting to be remembered by your executioner, who would never have the grasp of what you saw (or what you truly are), makes less sense than wanting to be remembered by one of your own kind, who you know will outlive you by a long shot.

kagakuninja 2y ago
It has been a while, working from memory... We see replicants doing things like: Roy dodging a shot from Deckard with inhuman speed. Priss does amazing acrobatic flips. Replicants dip their hands in boiling water and liquid nitrogen, with no discomfort or pain. The snake woman by is shot by Deckards large calibre handgun, gets up and keeps running. Priss, when dying goes into a spasm of inhuman twitching. Deckard never does anything like that. Deckard by contrast is nearly killed by Roy, who toys with him. Casually dislocates his fingers, causing excruciating pain. Then puts the gun back into Deckard's mangled hand. In the final battle, Deckard is bloody and beaten, and actually loses against Roy. Roy I think laughs off some serious damage, including smashing his own head through a wall; at the end he only stops fighting because his time is up. This isn't "maybe a bit less strength". This is a kid fighting against Mike Tyson. I don't look at it as Deckard being strong "enough to come out on top every time", I look at is as a human with a gun, barely surviving against inhuman opponents.