"Ex-Blade Runner. Ex-Killer."
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 7:08 pm
The FC was the first version of the film I saw. I watched the TC the next day. I have now seen all versions multiple times.
I always thought a big part of Deckard's journey was deciding that replicants were people, and therefore killing them was wrong. He had been sucked into a system that told him killing replicants was fine, and he just went along with it. But at the end, he is free from that system, and so regains his humanity.
In the theatrical cut, this is the first thing we hear Deckard say (voiceover):
That line really stood out to me. Here, Deckard calls himself a killer in no uncertain terms. He indicates that he believes "retiring" replicants is killing. This seems to throw a wrench into everything I just said. He believes killing replicants is wrong from the beginning.
What do you all think? I am still thinking it through.
I always thought a big part of Deckard's journey was deciding that replicants were people, and therefore killing them was wrong. He had been sucked into a system that told him killing replicants was fine, and he just went along with it. But at the end, he is free from that system, and so regains his humanity.
In the theatrical cut, this is the first thing we hear Deckard say (voiceover):
"They don't advertise for killers in a newspaper. That was my profession. Ex-cop. Ex-Blade Runner. Ex-killer."
That line really stood out to me. Here, Deckard calls himself a killer in no uncertain terms. He indicates that he believes "retiring" replicants is killing. This seems to throw a wrench into everything I just said. He believes killing replicants is wrong from the beginning.
What do you all think? I am still thinking it through.