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What, in your opinion, would Deckard enjoyed doing during his "down time"? What sort of hobbies, musical interests (besides what the sheet music on his piano would indicate), etc., do you think he would have spent his free time enjoying?

Hmmm...<BR><BR>Drinking and feeling self pitty.

drinking and drinking
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Drinking all the way baby! Just like me! <IMG SRC="/forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif">
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Two answers:<BR>1. Probably drinking, maybe with Holden. or perhaps eating noodles (?).<BR><BR>2. None, hes a rep.
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When he's not drinking, he might also do volunteer work for The Department of Moral Abuses.<BR><BR>"You'd be surprised what a guy would go through to get a glimps of a beautiful body."<BR><BR>

Tomtrek, you maked an interesting statement. Do you realy think reps might not have hobbies? Or at least develope them later on? I think if they are prone to develope basic emotions, that will lead them to take personal interest in other things, thus they might develope a hobby. <BR><BR>What do others think about all this?

<!-- BBCode Quote Start --><TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=85%><TR><TD><font size=-1>Quote:</font><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE=-1><BLOCKQUOTE><BR>On 2002-02-19 14:54, endzem wrote:<BR>When he's not drinking, he might also do volunteer work for The Department of Moral Abuses.<BR><BR>"You'd be surprised what a guy would go through to get a glimps of a beautiful body."<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR></TD></TR></TABLE><!-- BBCode Quote End --><BR><BR>LOL!<BR><BR>Anyway, I belive that reps would only start hobbies after thier emotions have developed a bit, and there are two reasons why Deckard had no hobbies because he was a Rep.<BR>He was 'grown' specificly for being a Blade Runner, and he is a new rep<BR>OR, he was one of the Batty six (as I like the call the group), and was 'reprogrammed' and lossed the memorys of his hobbies (allthough my may have some subconcois (sp?) memorys, as shown my his one-fingered piano solo).
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Replicant hobbies? I guess Leon's was photography. Roy . . . Murder and antagonism. Zhora . . . dancing and taking care of snakes. And Pris (the pleasure model) . . . well, we all know what her hobby was! <IMG SRC="/forum/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif">
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Talking about replicant hobbies, we see something close to it in Roy's interest in the chess game. As a combat rep, I don't see them Tyrell's programming him as a chessmaster too. But since he's got a brilliant mind, he has the potential to be a good player, but he should develop it somehow. A high IQ doesn't make you instantly a good chess player, and you can see it when Roy discovers a subtle move that can end the game, even when Sebastian, a quite brilliant man, didn't realize it even when he had much more time to analyze (did I spell that right?) the board. <BR><BR>And that makes me wonder, when did Roy develop his chess skills? He had to be hooked into chess playing at some point. Therefore, I assume he had at least one hobby.<BR><BR>...<BR><BR>On a second tought, chess knowledge could be indeed very useful to a soldier, for obvious reasons. Chess is a war game. So, they could've considered this a good reason for programming him a chessmaster... Now I'm tired and won't go on over this.<BR><BR>...<BR><BR>About Deckard's hobbies? Hmm... I don't see him enjoying that much being an "ex-guy" (ex-cop, ex-bladerunner, ex-killer, ex-husband...). He drinks it all the way.
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wasnt that chess game setup in br the same as some famous chess match that happened long ago?
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The chess game between Tyrell and Sebastian uses the conclusion of a game played between Anderssen and Kieseritzky, in London in 1851. It is considered one of the most brilliant games ever played, and is universally known as "The Immortal Game".<BR><BR>The above is an excerpt from the <!-- BBCode u2 Start --><A HREF="http://www.brmovie.com/FAQs/BR_FAQ_Themes.htm#Chess" TARGET="_blank">Blade Runner FAQ</A><!-- BBCode u2 End --> which also lists the moves and other facts should you be interested.<BR>
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I love that FAQ, almost as much as Mr Sammon's Bible (known as Future Noir)
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Well that is very nice to hear. It contains contributions from many people and many sources, but is mainly the work of one Lukas Mariman - a regular on the alt.fan.blade-runner newsgroup.<BR><BR>The intention is for it to be the definitive Blade Runner FAQ. Obviously it is never complete, so if you have any ideas, I am sure Lukas would love to hear them.<BR>
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Trying to dig up archaelogical stuff while fighting Nazis. <IMG SRC="/forum/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif"> <BR><BR>
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