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   Sentinel to me@privacy.net   
   Re: About the recent deck-a-rep thread   
   22 Mar 08 21:44:07   
   
   From: darth.vader@empire.gov   
      
    schreef in bericht   
   news:64kjekF2ab59lU1@mid.individual.net...   
   > Eberhard Schefold wrote:   
   >> me@privacy.net wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Can't understand why everyone is so puzzled about that.  Scott says   
   >>> firmly, in one of his interviews, that there were many things pointing   
   >>> to the fact that Deckard was a replicant.  He mentions the unicorn dream   
   >>> and the origami unicorn link, saying that Gaff must have seen what was   
   >>> in Deckard's files.  Then, Scott says words to the effect that anyone   
   >>> who doubts that Deckard is a replicant is a bloody fool.   
   >>   
   >> You clearly didn't even read the thread you're referring to.   
   >   
   > Yes, I did.  It went on and on, with some 69 posts, with posters arguing   
   > back and forth, with one poster saying that he would continue to maintain   
   > that Deckard was NOT a replicant, that Scott's view was not important.   
   > Then, there is the poster in this thread that said "And besides, Ridley   
   > Scott can go f*** himself."   
   >   
   > The reason I posted in this particular thread was that I finally got   
   > around to watching Disc 4 of the set, and all the interviews.  Up until   
   > that point, I had no particular opinion of Deckard's humanity or not.   
   > Ridley Scott's proclamation that he WAS a replicant finalized the argument   
   > for me.   
   >   
   > Some argue that Scott was ONLY the director; what would HE know?  That, I   
   > believe, is a ridiculous position, and why I entered my post   
      
   For what it is worth I tend to agree.   
      
   I have seen people argue that, and yes, it is ridiculous, and silly.   
      
   Deck-a-rep is one of those Religious Discussions that will never die, no   
   matter what anyone says - not even Ridley Scott, even if he was the one who   
   came up with it.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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