Rick Deckard
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I was quit when I came in here. I'm twice as quit now.
In response to news that he is wanted on another assignment as a "blade runner" — an officer of the law who "retires" renegade "replicants."
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In response to news that he is wanted on another assignment as a "blade runner" — an officer of the law who "retires" renegade "replicants."
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Replicants are like any other machine. They're either a benefit or a hazard. If they're a benefit, it's not my problem. Share this quote on facebook
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Revealing to Rachael that she is a replicant] You ever tell anyone that? Your mother, Tyrell? They're implants. Those aren't your memories, they're somebody else's. They're Tyrell's niece's. Okay, bad joke, I'm sorry... No, really, I made a bad joke. Go home, you're not a Replicant... (sigh) you wanna drink? I'll get you a drink.
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The charmer's name was Gaff, I'd seen him around. Bryant must have upped him to the Blade Runner unit. That gibberish he talked was city speak, gutter talk. A mishmash of Japanese, Spanish, German, what have you. I didn't really need a translator, I knew the lingo, every good cop did. But I wasn't going to make it easier for him.
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"Skin jobs". That's what Bryant called Replicants. In history books he's the kind of cop who used to call black men "niggers".
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I'd quit because I'd had a belly full of killing. But then I'd rather be a killer than a victim, and that's exactly what Bryant's threat about "little people" meant. So I hooked in once more thinking if I couldn't take it I'd split later. I didn't have to worry about Gaff. He was brown-nosing for a promotion, so he didn't want me around anyway.
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Tyrell really did a job on Rachael. Right down to a snapshot of a mother she never had... a daughter she never was.
Replicants weren't supposed to have feelings... neither were blade runners. What the hell was happening to me?
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Leon's pictures had to be as phony as Rachael's. I didn't know why a Replicant would collect photos. Maybe they were like Rachael... they needed memories.
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The report would be "routine retirement of a Replicant", which didn't make me feel any better about shooting a woman in the back. There it was again... feeling in myself... for her... for Rachael.
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I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life... anybody's life... my life.
All he'd wanted was the same answers the rest of us want. Where do I come from? Where am I going? How long have I got? All I could do is sit there and watch him die. Share this quote on facebook
Gaff had been there, and let her live. Four years, he figured. He was wrong. Tyrell had told me Rachael was special: no termination date.
I didn't know how long we had together... who does? Share this quote on facebook
This narration was only used for the film's workprint. The only piece of narration used in this version, it is an alternate version of Deckard's questioning of Roy saving his life.
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I watched him die all night. It was a long, slow thing... and he fought it all the way. He never whimpered, and he never quit.
He took all the time he had, as though he loved life very much. Every second of it... even the pain. Then, he was dead. Bryant
Eldon Tyrell
Rachael
Leon
Roy Batty
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Not very sporting to fire on an unarmed opponent. I thought you were supposed to be good. Aren't you the... "good" man?
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C'mon Deckard, show me... what you're made of...
[pulls Deckard's hand through the wall and removes his gun]... This is for Zhora
[breaks finger] and this is for Pris
[breaks another] You gotta shoot straight!
[Deckard shoots and misses] Straight doesn't seem good enough!
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That...
hurt. That was
irrational. Not to mention, unsportsman-like. Ha ha ha.
[pause] Where are you going?
After Deckard beats him with a lead pipe.
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Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave.
Standing over Deckard as he hangs from the side of the building.
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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die. Gaff
Pris
J.F. Sebastian
Others
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PA Voice: A new life awaits you in the Off-World colonies. The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure!
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Holden: The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs, trying to turn itself over but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.
Dialogue
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Holden: Describe in single words only the good things that come into your mind about your mother?
Leon Kowalski: My mother?
Holden: Yes.
[Leon leans forward, speaking in a soft, angry tone]
Leon Kowalski: Let me tell you about my mother!
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Rachael: Do you like our owl?
Deckard: It's artificial?
Rachael: Of course it is.
Deckard: Must be expensive.
Rachael: Very. I'm Rachael.
Deckard: Deckard.
Rachael: It seems you feel our work is not of benefit to the public.
Deckard: Replicants are like any other machine: they're either a benefit or a hazard. If they're a benefit, it's not my problem.
Rachael: May I ask you a personal question?
Deckard: Sure.
Rachael: Have you ever retired a human by mistake?
Deckard: No.
Rachael: But in your position that is a risk...
Tyrell:
[Offscreen]Is this to be an empathy test?
[Tyrell appears at the other end of the room, walks towards the two]
Tyrell: Capillary dilation of the so-called blush response...fluctuation of the pupil...involuntary dilation of the iris.
Deckard: We call it Voight-Kampff for short.
Rachael: Mr. Deckard, Dr. Eldon Tyrell.
Tyrell: Demonstrate it. I want to see it work.
Deckard: Where's the subject?
Tyrell: I want to see it work on a person. I want to see a negative before I provide you with a positive.
Deckard: What's that going to prove?
Tyrell:
[Smiling] Indulge me.
Deckard: On you?
Tyrell:
[Nods at Rachael] Try her.
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Deckard: Taffey.
Taffey Lewis:
[in a gruff voice] Yeah?
Deckard:
[shows Lewis his Police ID] I'd like to ask you a few questions.
Taffey Lewis:
[half-whispered to a woman sitting next to him] Blow.
[Woman gets up from the stool and leaves]
Deckard: You ever buy snakes from the Egyptian, Taffey?
Taffey Lewis:
[sarcasticly] All the time,
pal.
Deckard:
[shows Taffey the photo] You ever see this girl, huh?
Taffey Lewis: Never seen her. Buzz off.
Deckard: Your licenses in order, pal?
Taffey Lewis:
[suddenly changing his demeanor, he speaks to the bartender] Hey, Louie. The man is dry. Give him one on the house, okay?
[smiles at Deckard] See?
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Tyrell: I'm surprised you didn't come here sooner.
Roy: It's not an easy thing to meet your maker.
Tyrell: What can he do for you?
Roy: Can the maker repair what he makes?
Tyrell: Would you like to be modified?
Roy: [to J. F. Sebastian] Stay here.
Roy: Had in mind something a little more radical.
Tyrell: What..? What seems to be the problem?
Roy: Death.
Tyrell: Death. Well, I'm afraid that's a little out of my jurisdiction, you...
Roy:
I want more life, fucker (father)
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Roy: Yes!
[smiles] Questions... Morphology? Longevity? Incept dates?
Chew: Don't know, I don't know such stuff. I just do eyes, juh, juh... just eyes... just genetic design, just eyes. You Nexus, huh? I design your eyes.
Roy: Chew, if only you could see what I have seen with your eyes.
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Roy:
[taunting Deckard with a counting rhyme] Six! Seven! Go to Hell or go to Heaven!
[Deckard beats Roy on the side of the head with a lead pipe]
Roy:
Good! That's the spirit! Voight-Kampff test questions
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You’re in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, it’s crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that?
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You're reading a magazine. You come across a full-page nude photo of a girl. You show it to your husband. He likes it so much, he hangs it on your bedroom wall.
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One more question: You're watching a stage play - a banquet is in progress. The guests are enjoying an appetizer of raw oysters. The entree consists of boiled dog.
Rachael "fails" this question when she shows more empathy for the oysters than the dogs, indicating she's a Replicant by her inappropriate emotional response.
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Rachael "fails" this question when she shows more empathy for the oysters than the dogs, indicating she's a Replicant by her inappropriate emotional response.
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