After seeing 2049, i'm trying to understand what replicants are supposed to be.
They're not like terminators on the inside right ?.They're made of flesh and blood,but not born naturally. They have no real childhood and their memories are manifactured correct ?
But why are they so strong ? Just part of the genetic modification ? They're like, enhanced copies of humans ?
In K Dick's book they're genuine androids though right ? But not in Blade Runner, correct ?
But then, how come Rutger Hauer's character (in the original blade runner). Was "programmed" to live a certain amount of time ? how does that work ? do they mean by "programmed" do they mean "genetically modified" ?
Also (spoilers)
In 2049...Why did Luv kill the Rachel Clone ? Maybe she could've also become pregnant no ? ....Or am i missing something ? Was it only a look-alike ? (but not an exact copy)...
From what i understand her data was incomplete because of the black out right ?...Or is it just a plot hole ?
Also, how the fact was that serial number written on her bone ?...In other words how are these replicants created ? in 2049 we see how these "angels" (as Wallace calls them) are born... But it begs the question...If they're souless copies (without a real past/childhood...Not androids, how was that serial even put there in the first place ?...
Are we to believe that the skeleton is somehow artificially grown? (then the organs etc..)
Not trolling just very curious.
When i first saw the original blade runner i thought they actually were androids...But after seeing 2049 i'm kinda confused...
One final thing...
If Deckard is himself potentially a replicant, why is he physically weaker than other replicants ? (then again Rachel also seemed weaker with no apparent super strength).
So let's say that he is...That would mean that he's just a different model like Rachel.
So Gosling's character is made of flesh and blood but was genetically modified to be a mental midget/slave correct ?