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<DIV><SPAN class=015184223-16062008> <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Stefano Vaj said:</FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN class=015184223-16062008><FONT
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size=3>>></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>Interestingly, however, the "meaning"
of Dick's novels may be easily reversed in their cinematic versions. For
instance, Do Androids Dream of Plastic Sheeps? is definitely anti-tech, but my
grasp of Blade Runner is that replicants are the tragic heroes most of people
are going to identify with...<SPAN class=015184223-16062008><FONT face=Arial
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class=015184223-16062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> I think the
story's title was "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" which wouldn't be nearly
so funny if Spencer's Gifts didn't sell inflatable anatomically correct
plastic sheep as gag gifts for bachelor parties. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=015184223-16062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
didn't really sympathize with the replicants until the end when it appears that
their leader at least, described his angst in exquisite detail and it was
revealed that the girl our human hero had fallen in love with was next
years model.</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>