Naked

Ever wonder why Roy took his clothes off at the end when he starts chasing after Deckard?
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To get more primal?
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To go out the way he came in?

Perhaps, but it could also be that Roy didn't want his clothes to bind him or "get in his way" while he and Deckard were running around the rooftops.

And, being the simplest, that is probably correct.<BR>

He wanted to release the animal from within.<BR>A wolf, more precisely (he howls).<BR><BR>At the other side, he wanted to be like Christ - to be tortured, hanging naked on the cross (he pushes a nail through his palm) and cleanse the humanity from all the sins.<BR><BR><BR>It's too difficult, you know... <BR><BR>_________________<BR>Medieval Thievery? Futuristic Shocking? Cyberpunkish Espionage? <BR><!-- BBCode u2 Start --><A HREF="http://www.ttlg.com" TARGET="_blank">Through the Looking Glass Forums!</A><!-- BBCode u2 End --><!-- BBCode Start --><IMG SRC="http://www.ttlg.com/forums/images/smilies/thumb.gif" BORDER="0"><!-- BBCode End --><BR><BR><font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: BR796164 on 2002-04-02 00:10 ]</font>

Not to take away from your image, but I thought the nail-through-the-palm bit was to sustain his life...injection of adrenalin and all that.<BR><BR>

Maybe he was hot.<BR><BR>What? Its a suggestion, isn't it?!
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Hmm. I wonder what the average temperature in the BR world is.<BR>Anyone know this?<BR>
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probably cold, rains all the damn time
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There are more factors we must count in - the world there is obviously under consequences of advanced greenhouse effect and strong pollution of the air. <BR>And if we count in the possibility of the recent nuclear war...<BR><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>On 2002-04-02 01:13, Parallax wrote:<BR>Not to take away from your image, but I thought the nail-through-the-palm bit was to sustain his life...injection of adrenalin and all that.<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR></TD></TR></TABLE><!-- BBCode Quote End --><BR><BR>This is a possibility. I figured that he impaled his hand to stop some sort of muscle contractions/spasms that might have begun to wrack parts of his body in the final hours of his life.

Thats a very good possibility. If you can't stop it, jam a nail in it. If anything it would probably cause a lot of damage to the guilty muscle/nerve/whatever.
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It may be a bit difficult to completely understand why Roy begins to systematically strip at this point in the story. There are myriad possibilities:<BR><BR>1. A metaphor of some sort that doesn't necessarily contribute to the plot, but might be presented for the viewer to observe nevertheless<BR><BR>2. Batty was hot and exhausted or perhaps felt uncomfortable in wet clothing<BR><BR>3. Perhaps Batty was attempting to become reacquainted with a baser element of his personality. Note that all of the replicants (except for the dolt Leon) tend to work or spend leisure time in varying stages of undress. <BR><BR>

<!-- 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 2002-04-07 19:46, IntelliDroid wrote:<BR><BR>3. Perhaps Batty was attempting to become reacquainted with a baser element of his personality. Note that all of the replicants (except for the dolt Leon) tend to work or spend leisure time in varying stages of undress. <BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR></TD></TR></TABLE><!-- BBCode Quote End --><BR><BR>When did pris spend leasure time in a state of undress? oh, and I take it your not including Racheal...
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