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* Which seems to fit with a common interpretation of the film that the humans are NotSoDifferent from the replicants as they would like to believe. The Replicants become more human, as the humans become more inhumane.

[[WMG: Sebastian is a Replicant, and his condition is the result of extending his lifespan.]]
If he were able to help Batty and Priss, they would age in the same manner as he does.

* Doesn't it run against the central theme of the film to say that Rachel is 'not an actual woman' because she's a replicant?

The subliminal advertisements in L. A. seem to suggest that the government wanted people to emigrate to the off-world colonies. The Grey plague from VideoGame/DeusEx was a conspiracy to get even more people off planet Earth. Also, [[spoiler: J. C. Denton was created]] using a more advanced version of the technology used to make replicants.

* Because, since his replacement at his old job has been shot, Deckard is being brought out of retirement to hunt the Batty-led replicants. This indicates that he has lived more than the mandatory four year lifespan of a replicant.
* Deckard has no superhuman talents to match those of the Batty crew. Deckard's stalking methods on all of them aren't particularly brilliant or original. And Roy, Leon, Zhora, and Pris are all physically superior to him, plus Roy is a genius. The only reason Zhora didn't kill Deckard was because someone stumbled into the room as she was strangling him. Leon would have also killed him if Rachel hadn't shot Leon first. Deckard was no match against Pris in a hand to hand combat; he only won because he had a gun. Deckard survived against Roy because Roy had mercy on him. Why then would the police send an older model to hunt down four better and extremely murderous replicants?
** And if he were an older model, his expiration would have come before Batty (the oldest of the four fugitives) expired.
* Replicants are highly illegal on Earth. Gaff saying that it's too bad she (Rachel) won't live doesn't mean that Bryant has exhonerated Deckard from retiring her. If Bryant isn't taking any chances with the meekest and most advanced replicant, why would they give an older model a free pass if Deckard were to be one?
* Also, if Bryant and Gaff ''are'' letting Rachel live, Gaff saying that it's too bad that she won't live becomes unnecessary if Deckard weren't a real human, because in this case, Deckard would be an older model than Rachel and hence, he would «die» before her.
* Because the police are taking their sweet ass time to catch the replicants. Right at the beginning the movie is set on November 2019. Replicants are supposed to last only four years. When Bryant briefs Deckard, you can see in Batty's file that he was created on January 2016. This means that when Batty expired by himself, it was January 2020. In other words, from the time Leon shoots Holden until Batty's expiration, around two months have passed. It seems that Deckard is under no pressure to do his job fast. This means that the police is not worried that Deckard may expire before catching the runaway replicants. Therefore, Deckard is not a replicant.
* After Deckard aplies the Voight-Kampf test to Rachel, Tyrell tells Deckard that Rachel is an experimental model, but also says that what makes her different is that the previous replicants are emotionally inexperienced. If Deckard were a replicant he would be maladjusted to human society as the Batty runaways were. Plus, Tyrell identifies himself with Deckard in the following quote:
-->'''Tyrell''': Rachel is an experiment, nothing more. We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all, they are emotionally inexperienced with only a few years in which to store the experiences which ''YOU AND I'' take for granted. If we give them past we create a cushion or pillow for their emotions and consequently we can control them better...

* Deckard has no superhuman talents to one-up the Batty crew. Deckard's stalking methods on all of them aren't particularly brilliant or original. And Roy, Leon, Zhora, and Pris are all physically superior to him, plus Roy is a genius. The only reason Zhora didn't kill Deckard was because someone stumbled into the room as she was strangling him. Leon would have also killed him if Rachel hadn't shot Leon first. Deckard was no match against Pris in a hand to hand combat; he only won because he had a gun. Deckard survived against Roy because Roy had mercy on him. Why then would the police send an older model to hunt down four better and extremely murderous replicants?

* Replicants are highly illegal on Earth. Gaff saying that it's too bad she (Rachel) won't live doesn't mean that Deckard is exhonerated from retiring her. Bryant and Gaff are still expecting that Deckard will retire her. If they aren't taking chances with the meekest and most advanced replicant, why wouldn't they give an older model a free pass if Deckard were to be one?

* After Deckard aplies the Voight-Kampf test to Rachel, Tyrelll tells Deckard that Rachel is an experimental model, but also tells him that what makes her different is that the previous replicants are emotionally inexperienced. If Deckard were a replicant he would be maladjusted to human society as the Batty runaways were. Plus, Tyrell identifies himself with Deckard in the following quote:
-->'''Tyrell''': Rachel is an experiment, nothing more. We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all, they are emotionally inexperienced with only a few years in which to store the experiences which YOU AND I take for granted. If we give them past we create a cushion or pillow for their emotions and consequently we can control them better...

* Also remember Gaff's «It's too bad she (Rachel) won't live, but then again, ''who does''?

* Because the police are taking their sweet ass time to catch the replicants. Right at the beginning the movie is set in November 2019. Replicants are supposed to last only four years. When Bryant briefs Deckard, you can see in Batty's file that he was created in January 2016. This means that when Batty expired by himself, it was January 2020. In other words, from the time Leon shoots Holden until Batty's expiration, around two months have passed. It seems that Deckard is under no pressure to do his job fast. This means that the police is not worried that Deckard may expire before catching the runaway replicants. Therefore, Deckard is not a replicant.