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   Standing in the dark, rainy shadows of a city alleyway, I spied the   
   Replicant Netrunner covertly transmitting a message to renegade   
   friends in alt.fan.blade-runner.  Tracking...   
      
   >Standing in the dark, rainy shadows of a city alleyway, I spied the   
   >Replicant Eberhard Schefold covertly transmitting a message to   
   >renegade friends in alt.fan.blade-runner.  Tracking...   
   >   
   >>wwhamer wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I just finished watching the BRFC HD-DVD with the Ridley Scott   
   >>> commentary and was startled to hear the Deckard spat at Batty while   
   >>> hanging from the girder in their final scene. Sure enough if you look   
   >>> for it he does spit! How many times have I watched that movie and not   
   >>> caught the spit. Of course its a tad easier to pick up in HD.   
   >>   
   >>That took me many times, too! I guess I had always fixated the hand.   
   >>   
   >>Somebody even suggested that it was this “warrior” attitude of Deckard’s   
   >>that prompted Roy into sparing his live. If the spitting was that major   
   >>a plot point, it’s been missed on me.   
   >   
   >Well, "an interpretation" (wasn't it original concept) was that   
   >Deckard's defiance at that point is precisely why Roy catches him.  In   
   >the face of what seems to be certain death, Deckard lets go and spits   
   >in the face of his nemesis.  Roy recognises that and reacts instantly   
   >to it.   
      
   I was moved to look at the scripts and found this in the 1981 version:   
      
           Deckard's hand is going.  He knows it's over now, he   
           bites the bullet of his anger.  He glares at Batty as   
           his grip gives way.   
      
                                   DECKARD   
                     Asshole!   
      
           Batty meets Deckard's angry eyes.   
      
           Deckard's hand continues to slip.   
      
           Batty is still looking at Deckard's rage.  It moves the   
           warrior in him, you can see Batty change his opinion.   
      
           Too late!  Deckard's hand goes.   
      
           Batty's hand is like lightning.  He catches Deckard's   
           hand and holds Deckard.   
      
   Netrunner   
      
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