Planta wrote:who knows... "analitically" speaking, the film makes clear he's a Replicant. but being BR a romantic movie after all, it leads the viewer hope he's human.
i also read somewhere the Deckard could even be a Replicant with Gaff's memories implanted, because of Gaff's leg injury that keeps him to be a Blade Runner anymore. this would explain how Gaff knows where to find Deckard at any moment, and what Deckard is thinking (and representing it with origamis). interesting point...
Considering the deleted scenes, this would not make sense. Gaff dearly wants to be promoted to the position that Deckard occupies. This clearly implies that he is
not yet a Blade Runner.
The deletion also points to the idea that Gaff is the smartest of the police. He understands clearly what the
Replicants want. He calls Bryant an idiot in Japanese during the Holden interview because Bryant can't grasp the
Replicant motives.
Ignoring the deletions:In all versions of the film, Gaff is mentally ahead of Deckard. He goes so far as to be able to retrieve Deckard's gun even though Deckard does not tell anyone where he is.
The obvious problem this causes is, that intellectually, the two opposing minds would be Gaff VS Tyrell. Since this is too confusing and off center for the story, it had to be made Deckard VS Batty. Which it is.
The explanation for the unicorn is clear...Deckard sampled Rachael's implant. We already know he did because he told her as much. Since Gaff is way ahead of Deckard, it is obvious that Gaff also sampled the implant.
It wasn't Deckard's unicorn...it was
Rachael's! This is made clear in the FC as Deckard's eye are now open when he thinks about it...and the
Replicants he is chasing.
The Origami was a communication between Gaff and Deckard. Deckard nods because he gets the message.
And the reason Gaff lets Rachael go is due to his own ambition. If Rachael lives, then Deckard runs away. When Deckard is gone, Gaff becomes the top Blade Runner!
BTW, years before Darabont's interview, I have also held the minority opinion that a
Replicant Deckard drains all meaning from the story.
After all, who cares who wins in a battle of super androids?