From: darth.vader@empire.gov   
      
   "Terry"  schreef in bericht   
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   > "Sentinel"  wrote in message   
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   >> Djeez, some people REALLY don't like the deck-a-rep subtext, do they?   
   >   
   > Jumping in here. It's not the subtext that's the problem, it's the "Ridley   
   > said so" that's a problem for me.   
   >   
   > He's not the only person who had a hand in creating the character of   
   > Deckard.   
      
   But the whole deck's a rep thing was *his idea*! How can the director of a   
   movie *not* be a capital factor in his own idea?   
      
   Who or whatever Deckard was in PK Dick's novel or Fancher's or Peoples   
   screenplays surely is irrelevant.   
      
   > There was a screenwriter (or 20), there was an actor, there was a   
   > director. The actor says he didn't play Deckard as a replicant. Ridley   
   > said that's what he wanted. Who do you believe?   
   >   
   > I think you believe yourself and let the director direct.   
      
   .... Trying to grok that concept. ;-)   
      
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