Fri Dec 26, 2008 3:04 pm by ridleynoir
Taffy is called by his first name too, does that mean he is a replicant?
The Irony to a degree is that we call people whom we know personally by their first name, but usually strangers and those that are in positions of authority by their last name i.e. Mr._, Officer _, Doctor_, Captain_, and so on. People also in the military and police force will also call each other by their last name (or a nickname) with or without their rank, as in all the examples above. In our lives the more human they are to us the more likely we would call them by their first name.
If it was in anyway intentional to use the name idea in the movie, maybe the point was that the replicants were trying to feel more human by using their first names, and people who are playing their professional role are less than human.
Because of the inconsistencies though, I think it was not intentional or meant hint at anything.
Andy