Questions tagged [blade-runner-series]
For use when referring to any part of the Blade Runner franchise. Use with any work set in the Blade Runner universe ([blade-runner], [blade-runner-2049] [blade-runner-black-lotus], etc).
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Are Replicants ever standard police?
As far as we know, (I think) K is only sent to retire Replicants. He has no normal policing role.
I could see humans, deeply resentful of Replicants who, after all, set the world back many years with ...
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Mental level of replicants -- as intelligent as engineers who made them?
It is clear that Batty is very intelligent but he is level A -- Pris is level B and indeed looks to Batty for leadership.
Is she less intelligent by design (my guess) or due to her maker's own ...
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In which version of Blade Runner (1982) did Gaff say this alternate dialogue at the end of the movie?
By the end of the movie Blade Runner (1982), the following conversation happens between Gaff and Deckard:
Gaff: You've done a man's job, sir! I guess you're through, huh?
Deckard: Finished.
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K tells the archivist is something like, You must have been adorable -- significance?
When K is visiting the vast record archive (IIRC it is a Wallace facility) the archivist says something about his childhood and K says to this man, certainly not a conventionally handsome person, &...
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What kind of gun did Leon use to shoot Holden in Blade Runner?
Early in the film, Dave Holden, a Blade Runner, administers the Voight-Kampff test to the replicant Leon. Leon shoots Holden before the test is finished. I have questions:
How did Leon get a gun into ...
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After the Voight-Kampff, but before the Baseline test, is there any other way to detect Replicants in 2030s?
As replicants were improved, it's my understanding that the Voight-Kampff test ceased to be an effective tool. We see that by 2049 they are using the Baseline test. Any thoughts (or knowledge) on if ...
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Is Nandez (Wood Harris) a Blade Runner in Blade Runner 2049?
What do we know about Nandez from Blade Runner 2049? He's with K in the police coroner's office scene. Clearly LAPD, but is he a Blade Runner?
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Who are all the known Blade Runners?
In anticipation of the upcoming release of the Blade Runner RPG, I'm becoming as much of a BR completist as I can (books, games, comics, etc).
As I go through this, I want to create a list of all ...
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Would not Wallace have understood that K would have valuable information?
It is unclear to me why K was so badly treated by Luv -- she at one point mutters, "Do your fucking job..." while watching him remotely -- surely K could know and in fact does possess ...
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Deckard asks K, Who am I to you? Why indeed does K save, rather than kill, Deckard?
It is hard to understand why K saved Deckard when he had been asked to kill him to prevent Wallace from getting information from him -- in that Ana's memories are also those of K, could it be that K ...
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Luv says "Sorry about that" -- what is she referring to?
When K first meets her in the data repository, when she opens a door, she says, "Sorry about that." No idea why she says that.
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What did Freysa mean about Sapper allowing K to kill him?
This was to keep the secret of the child. But would not killing K have been a good idea? Or did she mean, given that K had won the fight, Sapper forced K to kill him to avoid being taken in and ...
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Did Deckard genuinely not care about the Rachael copy?
Even without knowing that the Rachael copy would be shot if he rejected her, the Replicant that Wallace offered him was plainly programmed to love Deckard -- his rejection is obviously a message to ...
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Why would Rachael be hunted?
It seems like Tyrell (and he is still alive when she talks to Deckard about fleeing) would easily be able to protect her. I don't think he would have allowed Deckard to administer the VK test if he ...
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Why doesn't Deckard know basic details about Replicants?
Obviously, the effect is to inform the audience but Deckard acts as if some of the information he's being given by Bryant is completely new to him, for example that they have a 4-year lifespan and ...
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