This post has zero to do with replicant or human. It accepts that they are   
   replicants. If you think that they are humans... then crawl back under your   
   rock. It has to do with the fact that their 4 years are up and they will   
   die soon.   
      
      
      
   Lynn  wrote:   
   > Dek-a-rep and Dek-a-human are a long standing discussion in the group,   
   > and beyond.  It's been thoroughly discussed for decades, so you may not   
   > get a lot of responses.   
   >   
   > Not sure about "Tyrell Corporation Shields" -- The Tyrell corporation is   
   > a manufacturer, and several people encountered in the film are   
   > subcontractors making parts for Replicants.  I think the Blade Runner   
   > units (the police) zapped the first two, not Tyrell.   
   >   
   > Obviously, Rachael is a replicant, and she's on earth, working as   
   > Tyrell's assistant.  She didn't come from off planet.   
   >   
   > If there is one Replicant on earth (despite the ban) there could be   
   > another.   
   >   
   > On the other hand, when I watch the movie, I see Rachael (and Roy) with   
   > this tremendous "humanity" -- hopes, dreams, aspirations.   
   >   
   > I see Deckard as tired, jaded, with the humanity nearly beaten out of   
   > him by society.   
   >   
   > ... and I think the replicants are clearly "more human than human" if   
   > measured against Deckard, and he's not a replicant.   
   >   
   > So, I'm in the (smaller?) camp that thinks Deckard is human.  It's a   
   > better story that way.   
   >   
   > If Deckard is human, then the Deckard/Rachael romance story line goes   
   > straight to "what makes someone human."   
   >   
   > On 3/5/2011 3:46 AM, nospam@myhouse.um wrote:   
   > >       I'm new to the group so please forgive me if this has been   
   > >       covered. It came up because I recently had a discussion with my   
   > >       nephew about BR at a family gathering. He saw it for the first   
   > >       time at the theater original release and has a problem accepting   
   > >       Deckard as a replicant. I saw the director's cut the first   
   > >       viewing and Thought he clearly was. I went home and started   
   > >       googling around to get some facts to back me up for the next   
   > >       discussion.   
   > >   
   > >       My conception after the first viewing was this: 6 replicants had   
   > >       made it to earth, 3 males and 3 females; 1 male and 1 female had   
   > >       been zapped by the Tyrell Corporation sheilds, the other 4 had to   
   > >       be retired; they reprogrammed the female that had been zapped   
   > >       with new memories to make her believe she was a human to see if   
   > >       it would work; when it did, they reprogrammed the male to believe   
   > >       he was a blade runner and sent him after the other 4. When he   
   > >       realized that Rachael was a replicant he began to suspect that he   
   > >       was too; when he found the unicorn, he knew it was true and   
   > >       decided to leave with Rachael.   
   > >   
   > >       Okay, nothing new so far, BUT..... The original 6 came to earth   
   > >       because they knew that their 4 years were almost up and they   
   > >       would die soon. I assumed that Gaff let Deckard and Rachael go   
   > >       because he knew that they would die soon anyway and now that they   
   > >       were reprogrammed they were harmless. I have just googled around   
   > >       to many sites and read many opinions on BR and I have not once   
   > >       seen anyone mention that they are going to die shortly after Gaff   
   > >       let them go. Hasn't that occured to anyone?   
      
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