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Anybody wish Deckard said this?

posted 7 years ago by Hydro (3)
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Great sequel, and would have been perfect if Deckard had walked up the stairs at the end, paused and said one last thing to K in gratitude, “...you’ve done a man’s job” and walks inside to see his daughter, and K can now rest in peace.

Note: this line was spoken in the first movie by Olmos character to Deckard at the end, and signifies a job well done by a Blade Runner agent. When spoken to Deckard it was meant as a dubious compliment at best, but when spoken to K it would have been quite sincere. Hence the line comes full circle.

[–] atd8vii (592) 7 years ago

It's too bad they didn't put that line in....but then again, who does?

[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

I like it.

Reminds me of a line I want to put in my rewrite of The Phantom Menace (with a 13 year old Anakin). At the end, Obi-Wan berates Anakin for taking a fighter and risking himself (Anakin had taken the Naboo fighter very purposefully, no accident like the original).

Anakin defends himself by pointing out what he accomplished, and Obi-Wan says "You could have been killed. You got lucky."

Then Annie snaps back with "There's no such thing as luck," and walks away to join the celebration seen before the credits.

This begins Anakin's rebelliousness, it begins the conflict between him and Obi-Wan, and it references the line in A New Hope when Obi-Wan says that someone once told him there is no such thing as luck.

[–] DracTarashV2 (4493) 7 years ago

Fan service that would have maybe felt... forced? I approve of it anyway! I can only imagine how Ford’s delivery would’ve been.

Btw - “politically correct”: don’t offend me with your non-authoritarian, non-conservative views. 👇

[–] movieLoader (115) 7 years ago

In this politically correct movie business, there's no way "you've done a man's job" would get approved by the suits at the film studios sitting around their hardwood conference tables. They don't make movies like they used to.