Talk:Replicant

No image of Roy Batty?

Considering that Rutger Hauer's character 'Roy Batty' is one of the most famous replicants in movie history, if not perhaps even the most famous, shouldn't there consequently also be an image of his character in the article? Okama-San (talk) 17:13, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Gant & the Unicorn

Walter Görlitz, with regard to this reversion, I'll clarify my reasoning, and can you clarify yours please?

I removed the entire section because it hinges on the assumption that Gant may know that Deckard is a replicant: "that Gaff leaves an origami unicorn at Deckard's house may imply that he knows of Deckard's implanted dream". Not only is this completely unsourced, but your reversion reinserted the {{OR|date=June 2019}} tag. The relevance of the unicorn and the rest of the paragraph hinges on this assumption that Gaff has some extra knowledge of Deckard - which is not backed up by any part of the film in any format.

There is no doubt that Gaff calls out "It's too bad she won't live... then again, who does?", but what is the relevance to Deckard being a replicant? There is nothing to support this claim, and in reality my summary that it's just as likely (and just as unsourced) that Gaff himself is a replicant therefore has knowledge of such things.

The inclusion of the Unicorns and dreams is in the film, but the leap that this proves in some way that he's a replicant is unsourced supposition. Chaheel Riens (talk) 10:19, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

I see your point. I was arguing that plots are verifiable by their existence on the media. MOS:PLOTSOURCE: "The plot summary for a work, on a page about that work, does not need to be sourced with in-line citations, as it is generally assumed that the work itself is the primary source for the plot summary." We cannot assume what it means, but that it happens does not need to be sourced. The difference between cuts has no bearing on replicants. The "may imply that he knows of Deckard's implanted dream" phrase is what you object to, not the lack of sourcing. Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:07, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

Was Deckard a replicant?

Is this section even relevant? This article is about replicants in the Blade Runner universe, the question of whether a particular character seems far too specific for an encyclopedia entry.--Roybatty675 (talk) 03:41, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Since there is a debate about whether he was or was not, I see it as relevant. I did not add it though. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:29, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Requested move 3 May 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (non-admin closure) Sophisticatedevening🍷^(talk) 19:16, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

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• Replicant → Template:No redirect
• Replicant (disambiguation) → Template:No redirect

– There doesn't appear to be a primary topic between the Blade Runner race and the film Replicant (film), which appears unrelated to Blade Runner and has gotten consistently high pageviews over a long period. Even if the word was in fact coined by Blade Runner, being the origin of a term does not definitively make it the primary topic. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 01:05, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

• Support per nomination. There are 16 entries listed upon the Replicant (disambiguation) page, with little indication that the descriptive name of Blade Runner's bioengineered androids has become iconic to the extent of overshadowing the combined prominence of the remaining 15 entries. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 23:57, 3 May 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose. Clear primary topic by long-term significance. The useage in the cinema classic Blade Runner is still by far the best-known useage. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:51, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose. Replicant has clearly more page views than Replicant (film) and Replicant (operating system) together: [1]. Adumbrativus (talk) 04:19, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.