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If anything, 2049 makes this scene feel even more out of place, because we're led to believe in this rather tragic and romantic interpretation of Rachel and Deckard's relationship. The rapey scene doesn't really fit at all with this interpretation, in my opinion.

However, 2049 also hints that Rachel (and possibly Deckard) were literally programmed to fall in love and procreate, regardless of their own free will. So in that sense, the rapey scene is actually at its most poignant and thought provoking.

How do you feel about the infamous, goofy, and tonally out of place "Deckard reporter" scene?

More than you believe.

I'm an addictions therapist at a treatment center renowned for our chronic pain program, and I've seen some pretty miraculous things. People with traumatic brain injuries, severe neuropathy, crushed backs and hips and legs. And they've learned how to cope with their pain without the use of opioids.

All pain is real. That is for certain. But there are many ways to manage chronic pain, particularly in mindfulness exercises and intense physical therapy. It is possible and it does happen, even if it seems silly to you.

Opioid painkillers wind up causing more harm than good in the long run, anyway. These drugs were never designed to be long term solutions. Hyperalgesia is a real thing.

Good insight.

I thought 2049 quite elegantly hinted, no, Deckard is not a replicant without outright ruining that head canon for certain fans.

Replicant Deckard, in my opinion, never made a lick of thematic or logical narrative sense in the original Blade Runner. Thematically, Deckard, a human, finds humanity in something inhuman, which is sort of lost if he's also a replicant. And on a narrative level, there are too many holes, too much ambiguity (some of which you've pointed out). The idea of Tyrell producing a unique replicant (like Rachael), only to send it out into the real world simply doesn't make sense to me.

I always took the origami unicorn at the end of BR to mean that Gaff is giving his old partner a head start. He knows Deckard has changed, has forsaken his blade runner duties, and going awol with a replicant. It's just a little nod from Gaff that he's coming after Deckard.

The unicorn dream wasn't even shot for Blade Runner. It was a cutting room floor scene from another Ridley Scott film that he jammed into BR after the fact. Replicant Deckard is canon only to Scott.

Even if they took the time to address your schizo rambling, you would just accuse them of lying, so what’s the point?

And mRNA rapidly degrades at room temperature. How do you think it will fare in stomach acid?

Interesting. I've never liked that scene because it feels so out of character for Deckard, and frankly, too silly in such a serious film. But I understand now why some would think it works, especially as a callback to classic noir.

Thanks for the response!