From: lukas.mariman@REMOVETHISdommel.be   
      
   Gnomus wrote:   
   >>>> ...   
   >>>> More subtle? With the VO and the "happy ending"?   
   >>>>   
   >>> No, in terms of the whole Deck-a-rep thing.  It's gotten to the   
   >>> point where Ridley Scott is calling people morons if they don't get   
   >>> it.   
   >>   
   >> Well, he was clearly being in a joking mood when he said that, for   
   >> whatever that is worth.   
   >   
   > Was he?  I'll have to watch it again.   
      
   Well, he was laughing, so I wouldn't take that *too* serious. He obviously   
   has a sense of humour about it.   
      
   >> But having said thar, you said the OV was somehow "more" subtle. But   
   >> what actually happened was that they threw out the unicorn daydream,   
   >> added a happy ending and a VO that had to explain it all to the   
   >> audience.   
   >>   
   >> I can understand how & why some people don't like the deck-a-rep   
   >> subtext, but even so I can't see how any of the changes make the OV   
   >> more subtle.   
   >   
   > The ambiguity of Deckard's status (human/rep) in the OV is much more   
   > open to interpretation, therefore more subtle.  In the FC, it seems   
   > pretty concrete that he's a rep.  That's all I'm arguing here.  Yes,   
   > the OV's less subtle regarding the VO and ending.  But even when I   
   > owned the Criterion laserdisc, I rarely watched the ending.  Overall,   
   > I guess I consider Deck's status to be more important than the   
   > VO/ending. Your mileage may vary.   
      
   Well, I think I see what you mean. Moving along... :-)   
      
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