Re: Why do you like Blade Runner?

"Ned Ludd" <andy.block@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> There is so much to recommend it.
>
> The visuals, certainly.
>
> ... but for me, the dark, dreary post-holocaust dystopia serves as the 
> perfect backdrop for characters with a bright view of the future.
>
> Roy and the rest of his band clearly love life, want to live, want to
keep 
> living.  Just before he dies, he comes to realize that all life is 
> precious -- and that is why his soul ascends.
>
> Rachael falls in love, and certainly that is full of hope.
>
> ... and Deckard is starting to see the hope around him.
>
> Toss in the question of "what defines 'humanity'?" and you've got a 
> winner.

Can I just say "uh, what he said"? Because that framed it really nicely.