I love how, in the movie, something has happened where it rains all the time and this US city is full of Japanese people. Unexplained, as is almost everything else. I think the deal here is that you are supposed to get that Deckard, as he thinks about how Rachel is a replicant and doesn't know it, comes to suspect that he, or anyone, could also be a replicant, and comes then to sympathize with them. I don't think a strong woman showed up in a Sci Fi movie until Alien, which, strangely, was the movie Ridley Scott made before he made Blade Runner. Still, they haven't exactly caught on.

David, this was altogether a great blog post. I am glad I finally got to read and watch it, after having it open in a tab for three days.