"You know the score pal"

<!-- BBCode Start --><B>"Deckard: I was quit when I came in here, Bryant. I'm twice as quit now. <BR><BR>Bryant: Stop right where you are. You know the score pal. If you're not cop, you're little people."</B><!-- BBCode End --><BR><BR>What, in your opinion, did Bryant mean? What does <!-- BBCode Start --><B> little people </B><!-- BBCode End --> mean? Why does this term subdue the otherwise determined Deckard? What kind of repercussions was implied? Could it be a cop term for civilians?<BR><BR><BR>_________________<BR><!-- BBCode Start --><I>"I've hypothesised things you people wouldn't believe"</I><!-- BBCode End --><BR><BR><font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Dystopian Resident on 2002-03-01 09:40 ]</font><BR><BR><font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Dystopian Resident on 2002-03-01 09:42 ]</font>

In my opinion (and what is implied during Deckard's voiceover in the original theatrical release) is that "little people" may be considered to be synonymous with "target".<BR><BR>In other words, Bryant was making a thinly veiled threat on Deckard's life if he didn't agree to accept the assignment. <BR><BR>Perhaps in Los Angeles of the future, crime is so rampant that the police can't be bothered with crimes committed against "little people." Maybe Bryant just meant that Deckard would be on his own and that anything could happen to him.

He meant that deckard was an unrespected cop
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My take on it has always been that either you're a cop or you're not a cop. Deckard is retired, but still has apartment, car, esper, etc. And perhaps he is on a police pension, (maybe Bryant got him a disability pension), or maybe he is still technically on the payroll? So, my view was Bryant threatening to remove that and Deckard would thus become one of the "little people" that has to go out and get himself a job. Just a thought.<BR>
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You know, that's something I hadn't thought of. What if Deckard was on psychiatric leave from the department and Bryant just decided to cut it short?

I like the line of reasoning, but at least in the Original Theatrical Release, Deckard said he quit. "I'd quit because I had a belly full of killing."

I always thought it was kind of interesting that after Quitting as a Blade Runner, you wouldn't really have any legitimately marketable skills.

[Q] I always thought it was kind of interesting that after Quitting as a Blade Runner, you wouldn't really have any legitimately marketable skills.[/Q]<BR><BR>Quite right. The only options available to a former blade runner would be, in my opinion, a mercenary of sorts or a dishwasher down at the noodle bar.

Yes. And a mercenary that has the skills and know the way of tracking and retiring replicants could be hired by reps for protection.
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<!-- 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 2002-03-10 08:20, Centauro wrote:<BR>Yes. And a mercenary that has the skills and know the way of tracking and retiring replicants could be hired by reps for protection. <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR></TD></TR></TABLE><!-- BBCode Quote End --><BR><BR><BR>But that seems unlikey, due to the fact that most Blade Runners despice reps (like Steele does)
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In circumstances of desperation, money can turn enemies into bedfellows.

Even if you accept the VO and Deckard saying he quit because of the killing, that doesn't change the comments already made above. After all, he still says to Bryant, "I was quit when I come in here. I'm twice as quit now." In fact, I for one consider that he did quit because he had got fed up killing almost-human Replicants. Still doesn't mean he is not receiving police money, as pension, disability or straight salary.<BR><BR>Sick to the gut and not able to do anything else - sure he is "quit", but only so long as he is allowed to be. Until he escapes altogether.
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Well... well... well.....<BR>I have thought on this one too. Does this have a connection with Roy Baty's remarks when he grabs Deckard's hand through the wall and takes his gun and breaks two fingers.<BR><BR>Baty calls Deckard by name (how did he know his name!?) and he calls Deckard "little man". <BR><BR>This can take on different meanings because of the two different movie cuts. In the direcor's cut this very well could mean that Deckard is a replicant.In the original cut this could mean (little people) that they are hunted. Remember that Baty starts to hunt the prey, so to speak, after he gives Deckard back his gun after he has broken his fingers.<BR><BR>Let's all think about this one some more!<BR><BR>

Not sure what it would have to do with the Deck-a-Rep debate or that it makes any difference which version you look at.<BR><BR>Batty says, "police-men", "I thought you were the good man", "little man" and Gaff says "You've done a man's job, sir." All of which can be taken as either literal or sarcastic. So can support either side.<BR><BR>As for Roy knowing Deckard's name, that surely would have been easy for a super-intelligent, combat trained Replicant to come by? Or maybe Leon just overheard it?<BR>
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<!-- 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>As for Roy knowing Deckard's name, that surely would have been easy for a super-intelligent, combat trained Replicant to come by? Or maybe Leon just overheard it?<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR></TD></TR></TABLE><!-- BBCode Quote End --><BR><BR>It would stand to reason that a military specialist model replicant, one whose design allows and requires that he be cunning, sly, capable, and most of all, discreet about his missions would have no problem uncovering Deckard's identity.<BR><BR>However, a more basic reason would be that, in my opinion, most anybody who is being pursued and targeted for assassination would want to know who the pursuer was and why that person was pursuing him. In this case, Batty would have known the "why" already anyway.