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“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe…”

Actually, Roy, you’re about to see things we wouldn’t believe. Because as it turns out, today is the day you are going to be born. Happy Incept Day!



I’m talking, of course, about Roy Batty, the Replicant played by Rutger Hauer in the classic sci-fi film Blade Runner. Constructed by the Tyrell Corporation, whose motto was “More human than human,” Batty certainly fit that description. Harrison Ford’s boss in the Replicant-hunting police unit of Blade Runners explained the android’s specs like this: “NEXUS 6. Roy Batty. Incept date 2016. Combat model. Optimum self-sufficiency… Probably the leader.” That last part was said with a bit of a nervous chuckle, with the clear implication being that you don’t want to mess with Roy…

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