> On 11/15/2015 9:44 AM, Stephen Wilson wrote:
> > "John Hall" <
john_...@jhall.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:qfVXX9B3vLSWFwm$@jhall_nospamxx.co.uk...
> >> In message <UoW$
yPDOkI...@btinternet.com>, Bill Jillians
> >> <
willaim.j...@btinternet.com> writes
> >>> I'm not so sure this is a double header.
> >>
> >> It isn't.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> But it did end on a rather sombre note for Dr Who.
> >>
> >> I may be misinterpreting the ending, as it was far from clear, but the
> >> fact that we were supposedly viewing the footage from the space station
> >> seemed to imply that it had survived, would be viewed, and that therefore
> >> humanity was doomed.
> >>
> >> But I thought it was an unsatisfactory episode, as the demands it made on
> >> my ability to suspend my sense of disbelief were too great. It was no more
> >> plausible than the episode last season that required us to believe that
> >> the Moon was a giant egg.
> >
> > There are times when it can be interesting to leave implications. Two
> > examples:
> >
> > 1. Blade Runner. Depending of course on which version you see, it's implied
> > that Deckard himself is a replicant. It's also stated in one version that
> > Rachael would live a normal human lifespan.
> >
>
> His being a replicant never made any since to me. As far as I'm
> concerned, he's human. Of course the new movie may retcon that. :-/
Deckard being a replicant ruins the movie. The test they used was based on the
replicants's inability to empathise. But throughout the movie the replicants are
more emotional, more empathetic than all the humans including the drone like
milling background crowds. At the end Deckard makes an emotional, empathetic
connection to a mere construct. Deckard as a human means humans can reawaken
their passion and connect with their children. Deckard as a replicant is just
another robot apocalypse movie trying to be clever.
A short lived Rachel is also a better story because it stresses that it isn't
how much time you have as much as how you use the time you have.
> > 2. Total Recall. At the end of the Schwarzenegger version the screen fades
> > to white instead of black. The implication there is that Hauser really was
> > fantasising and ended up being lobotomised.
> >
>
> Yeah, I really like the way the film drops hints throughout and leaves
> open that possibility.
The scene when he goes into convulsion before the implantation begins
contradicts that it was all in his head.