Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:15 pm by bousley
?I'm sorry Bousley but your arguments just don't convince me.?
I'm sorry Deckard BR26354 but your arguments just don't convince_me_?
?he was pretty determined that Deck was a Rep.?
If the state of Deckard?s character wasn?t ambiguous in the film (any version), we wouldn?t be having this dialog. Ridley claiming that the state of the character is unambiguous, is either a) admitting he did a piss-poor job of story telling or b) doesn?t understand that the beauty and value of the film is not what questions it answers, but what questions it raises.
?- both perspectives on Deckard's origins are equally valid.?
I agree that both perspectives are worthy of suggestion, and both are indeed suggested by the film. This is why Ridley making an absolute declaration one way or the other smacks of a cop-out. ?Gee, I?m tired of answering this question. I?m just going to tell them what they want to hear and hope it shuts the little SOBs up.?
?At the end of the day does it matter what Ridley says now??
In a way, it doesn?t. From this vantage, twenty-some years after the fact, Ridley?s perspective on the film is, in many ways, no more relevant than yours or mine. People grow and change and so do their perceptions. Does it matter that Ridley?s current _opinion_ is that the character is unambiguous? No, not really. But if even the fanatical fan-base of the film can?t reconcile his statement with reality, then his statements should be held to the same standards of scrutiny as everyone elses.
?If you don't like the idea that Deckard could be a Replicant then fair enough ?
Don?t you see that by embracing the ambiguity of the character, I also have to embrace the possibility of Deckard being either a replicant or a human?
? - but the option is there whether you like it or not.?
Exactly. Now you?re getting it. ?The option?. What Ridley?s recent statements do is attempt to deprive us of an option. He attempts to take something away from us. He opens this huge realm of possibilities, encourages us to form our own perspectives, and then ,years later, tells us exactly what we should think. Sorry, doesn?t work.