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⌈ Secret Post #5195 ⌋

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Comments

[sparklywalls]

Really love everything you've said here and don't think I could really expand upon it beyond saying...I just really love Roy's arc in the film.

And this has made me think of the book. I remember being really disappointed with Roy in the book because, even allowing for the fact Blade Runner isn't meant to be a direct adaption, it just wasn't the same. I expected there to be something that inspired the film character in there somewhere but (it's been a few years since I read it) there just wasn't for me.

I get why the film left out the collective hallucinations of the martyr figure though. That stuff probably wouldn't have translated well.

Anyway, K's end is just such a waste because it makes me wonder why I've been following his story for what feels like half a day of my life if he's just going to be a good little boy and let himself die for the "right" people. There's just no real conflict there like there was with Roy where you know he's killed people yet still feel bad for his death because he just saved his enemy as a last act, and also he has a point.

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Roy's arc was the best. Granted I'm a bit inclined towards magnetic villains, but him, Pris and Gaff were easily the most interesting things in the movie (and Gaff mostly because a) enigmatic and b) played by Edward James Olmos).

I've never actually read the book. I haven't read any of P.K. Dick's, now that I think about it. I think I tried once, and bounced off the narration style.

[sparklywalls]

I do love a good "rooting for the villain" story! The only part about watching Roy in Blade Runner I don't like is when he kills Tyrell, but that's purely because I can't deal with eye-gore in films. The reason for killing him is understandable narratively, I just always have to look away!

I have a conflict with Do Andriods....? where I'll say it's not a bad book by itself but if you're a fan of Blade Runner it's very different. I'm not sure if I'd recommend it or not. I don't regret reading it, but it's not something Blade Runner fans HAVE to read imo. In many ways, the film improved it. And in some other ways the book is worse or not much better e.g. the storylines involving Rachel and Deckard's wife.