Blade Runner - Opening Titles (HQ)

The opening titles of one of my favorite Sci-fi movies, straight from the Blu-ray disc. One of the most evocative openings in a sci-fi film that I can remember.

[@tron1176]

Blade runner is The GODFATHER of the cyberpunk genre

[@LukSter18998]

Do androids dream of electric sheep?

[@LS1056]

Neuramancer, Do Androinds dream of electronic sleep, and altered carbon really set the tones of cyberpunk

[@ian_b]

RIP Vangelis. A musical genius whose contribution to this movie was immense.

[@ritualentertainment]

There will never be an opening scene as evocative as this. A perfect audiovisual symbiosis. Beautiful yet dystopic, hair-raising yet chilling, ominous and yet oddly comforting all at once.

[@Jameschittenden2024]

Bravo

[@Howlingburd19]

You put it so well, especially the “beautiful yet dystopic”. Because it’s very eye-pleasing but also haunting. All of the lights and darkness of future LA make you go “wow, this is incredible” but at the same time you’re like “wow, this is unsettling and mysterious”. A lot of the movie’s like that, total masterpiece :)

[@imakeapp]

@@Jameschittenden2024.loop O😊ppOpo ,😊😊

[@nuffzed2001]

even that closing shot of the man backlit as a silhouette in the interrogation room , it evokes the noir genre

[@GodOfVictory501]

A masterpiece of an opening sequence

[@alexgaskin4723]

A masterpiece for its time! Still floored this movie was released in 82. That's even before Scarface. Incredible so futuristic and so ahead of its time.

[@waivedwench]

It always makes me think of Hamilton, Ontario. Driving down the Mountain at night and seeing the steel mill in the distance.

[@yomamasapeach]

With the Hamilton hum also rolling in the distance

[@henriducard2946]

waivedwench stop it.

[@zba876]

Absolutely! And it remains to be a masterpiece!!!

[@lordauriel8724]

That first chord when the city fades into view.. this movie makes a statement right in the beginning. A true masterpiece

[@xRolyJoel]

couldnt agree more, chills me every time its beautiful

[@boredfartless4221]

The beginning of the movie is just a series of occult symbols which point to Eldon Tyrells true identity. Tyrell is god, that is who he represents. And what happens at the end of the movie? He is murdered by supermen who fall from the sky, the fallen angels. The original story was about poor imitations of the authentic human, the andys, and Rosen isn't killed. Ridley twisted the story to make it suit his own occult purpose. The androids became supermen who couldn't fly and Rosen became Tyrell (Eldon Tyrell=Elder God).

[@CivilEngineerWroxton]

You are so right. Vangelis MADE this movie with his soundtrack. This movie wouldn't have been near as foreboding and awesome as it is if not for Vangelis and his music to set the tone, mood, and make statements with. That chord you are talking about is in the very low G range and if you listen to the next 7 or 8 seconds I'd actually the very first chord of an awesome chord progression. When the A base chords set in it chills to the bone, just as you said. This movie was literally 30 years ahead of its time. I was 15 when this movie was originally released in 1982 and all of us thought it was the most awesome thing we had ever seen. It's because it was. This and Tron came out the same year and was the beginning of the era of movies that totally blew you away. Movie makers stopped thinking inside the box and started asking themselves not, "Can this be done", but started asking themselves, "HOW can this be done?" I am SOOOOOOOOO happy to hear that a sequel to Blade Runner is now being made and Harrison Ford is going to be in it again as Deckard. The sequel movie is said to be set at a time in the 2060's. It's really something to think that the year this original Blade Runner movie is set in is just 4 years from now.

[@boredfartless4221]

Angela Scales The movie is full of occult symbols that point to Tyrell being God, which go under the radar of 99% of the viewers. Not a symbol, but first off Rosen was renamed Eldon Tyrell (Elder God). Then you have the starting sequence. A flying car in a strangely empty sky is for orientation, so that when the scene changes to face the pyramids you've turned 180 degrees. Then there is a lightning bolt on the left of the screen which symbolises Satan. This is because in the bible Jesus has a vision of Satan as a bolt, and Satanists love that image. The camera turns 180 degrees, so now left has become right and vice versa, the pyramid on the right is satans pyramid as its on the same side as the lightning. The uncapped pyramids symbolise Eyes looking at you, the eyes of Horus, and the scene cuts to a real left eye so you know they are looking at you. The left eye pyramid symbolises Satan/Evil, the Right eye Pyramid symbolises God/Good. Eldon Tyrell, the MAKER, is in the Right eye pyramid and is murdered by his creation. Before Tyrell is murdered, he says to batty that he was "a light that burned so very brightly", a reference to the light bearer Lucifer? Then he is murdered by having his eyes gouged out. When Horus battles evil Set, Set gouges out his left eye and yet Horus still defeats him. Satanists call this the eye of Set. But Ridley has both eyes gouged out to put the creator down for good. In the end the fallen angels spirit in the form of a bird rises into the heavens. To me the message of the movie is the age of god is gone, and this is the age of Lucifer. The movie was also supposed to have a scene that shows the Replicants/fallen angels rise from a hell of corpses at the start, again not from the book. The movies starting text also mentions a "Mutiny" by replicants after which they are declared illegal on earth, another fallen angel reference perhaps? And then of course the whole thing about the "supermen who could fly" that Ridley wanted. Although Deckard (which destroys the meaning of the book) and Rachel are replicants, they have no super powers. This is because they symbolise Adam and Eve. They too are created by the maker, but have no super powers because they are really human. On top of that Batty the fallen angel, saves the human Deckard from falling at the end, he becomes Deckards "saviour". Which is a common theme in movies, where the fallen angel becomes the hero, as in the twisted version of Noah.

[@Tigerman1138]

Kind of hits you with a “Welcome to a film which means a lot to us and we don’t pander…”

[@KevinStriker]

VANGELIS: The Greek God of Synthesizers.

[@Revan2908]

+Kevin Striker I still love the music he composed for the original Cosmos series, too.

[@smileydog5941]

Kevin Striker I know this is an old comment, but you haven't happened to have seen the Lords of Synth parody on the Adult Swim KZbin channel have you?

[@KevinStriker]

I don't believe so, no.

[@smileydog5941]

Kevin Striker Watch it. Its a funny and bizzare homage to 3 real life gods of Synth. Vangelis is one of them

[@ThePineappleCamper]

Kevin Striker lk

[@DevolaPopola]

It is November 2019, Blade Runner is officially not set in the future anymore.

[@benthejrporter]

Where's my flying car!?

[@jamescrabb1697]

Where's my Rachel? Is that wrong?

[@switzerlandful]

So why is it not set in the future anymore

[@thegreyman7449]

I think my boss is a replicant.

[@buffallobill007]

@@benthejrporter There is flying cars but can you afford them !!!

[@alastairgrowley1083]

If you're wondering, the reason the eye appears in this scene and so often throughout the film is because of it's symbolic and literal attachment to the concept of identity and humanity. Replicants are told apart from humans through a machine that focuses on their eyes, their eyes light up in low light, and Batty often talks about what he's "seen with his eyes". This ties into the film's other overatching theme of the humanity of memories; experiences in our past that evoke emotion because we remember the way *we* saw them.

[@bunnies1978]

This really gonna help in my English thanks

[@troppie7823]

Ok but who’s eye is it?

[@tobiasholding855]

​@@troppie7823 dont we all share the same eyes?

[@troppie7823]

@@tobiasholding855 Is it my eye???

[@nitroxylictv]

​​@@troppie7823 Im pretty sure its Rachael's. Shes the replicant who is falling in love so it would make sense in the context of the deeper meaning. Edit: also her eyes are green and those are green eyes

[@BackyardEpicMovies]

Happy November 2019! Especially everyone in Los Angeles!

[@Ostermond]

With you there!

[@oberon79]

I was there!

[@oberon79]

Next stop, 2049

[@delhall8170]

Me, too - but wait: where are my flying cars?

[@DaveFisher-cq2dr]

yes it's November 2019 now, AND STILL there are no flying cars, how many more years? hopefully before November 2049

[@GlobeTrotterAlpha]

Gives me goosebumps every time!

[@buffallobill007]

since I was 20 !!

[@buffallobill007]

long time ago ! seems like a start to a story.

[@MultiEvil85]

GlobeTrotterAlpha Me too!

[@samanders2676]

That pyramid looks like skynet.

[@stuartwesthall]

Sam Anders you mean Skynet looks like that pyramid...

[@dragonhalo8975]

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die." -Rutger Hauer (1944-2019)

[@dtks888]

And now #Vangelis. RIP both 🙏🌧️😭💧😇🕊️😇🦉🏃🏻🔫💃🏻🎂👁️🖖

[@gabrielgerman359]

Is November 1st 2019. The future is finally here.

[@saschafriedrich7041]

I"ll be your future oO But it looks quite different ... greetings to the #LuschoParadisePast

[@gabrielgerman359]

@@saschafriedrich7041 I know. No replicants ,no off world colonies, no blade runners. Maybe in another timeline :(

[@joshuavanzyl6536]

The future is now old man!😂

[@moxica6478]

Where TF is my flying car??

[@PilkScientist]

@Disney is the Devil I mean... did you watch the same film, or just not think about the themes much? The way the replicants get treated is meant to paralell the sorts of minorities trying to find a better life you're shitting on. And Deckard isn't the good guy for what he does to them, in case you missed that bit. Then again, if we just go off an empathy test, I'm not sure many people these days would pass voight-kampf anyways.

[@AviateNorth]

Ive seen things you people wouldn't believe.

[@brian0057]

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.

[@fancybronze5390]

I watched C-beams...glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate...

[@colleenross8752]

All those... moments will be lost... in time

[@stephenc9936]

Like... tears... in rain. Time... to die.

[@Dvach_Hikka]

Like deer under train. Time to dye.

[@Wolfie_2045]

They can never make a movie like this again such a masterpiece

[@anamku00]

they did in 2017

[@lifeofjeffrey2447]

@@anamku00 and it was even better

[@adamjones1979]

it´s not that we don´t want to, of course we want, desperately, since 1982, and since then, 40 years passed by, and nothing comes close.

[@Howlingburd19]

@@anamku00 and it was honestly as good as this (I can’t decide which one is better). Both Blade Runners are masterpieces!

[@Kestrelhistory]

Alright am I the only one who thinks the old fashioned "forced perspective miniature" techniques makes movie shots way more realistic than CGI? I mean CGI is great, but like all things, must be used in moderation. This method needs to be brought back! 👍

[@GuillermoSTD]

It looks great, but I'm sure a scene like this would also look terrific if it were made as a purely CGI render, as it is relative simple and 'safe' from a CGI point of view. The problem is that as much as CGI software and hardware has advanced in the last two decades, it will still take quite a few years to make truly photo-realistic-looking CGI effects wiith the level of complexity that filmmakers want to include in current movies, so for the time being we're mostly stuck with action films with video-game looks.

[@Kestrelhistory]

Guillermo St That's true. It is a simple shot and could probably be done well with good CGI rendering. I'm mainly speaking for the fact that this is the kind of field I may get into at some point down the road. It just seems a little more rewarding in my opinion to build a physical model. It has more depth and character I guess. But that's just my take on it. And you're absolutely right about the current CGI we have. It's not evolved enough to create the realism that some miniatures were once able to create.

[@Johnny-rx4hs]

CGI is great for background elements and mattes. The closer it gets to the camera though, the harder it becomes to hide the effects. It all depends on the skills of the people working on it.

[@rocketassistedgoat1079]

I remember seeing photos of some of the props used for making this; each row of buildings-is a flat [but intricate-with wires/cables all etched] piece of photo-etch, which when arranged in parallax-and seen from a forced perspective-like you say; looks amazing. They also added mist in between the rows. Tiny little etched holes, mean you don't need a gazillion little lights-just a few, strategically placed. From a 90 degree angle; it would appear as flat as paper, of course. The same method-custom made photo-etch; was used to create some of the more intricate detail [pipes, lattice work e.t.c] for the Refinery from Alien, which is another unbelievably intricate design. Both Ridley Scott films, and some even say; set in the same-universe. They both certainly have a similar dystopian-feel. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if some of these same-parts were reused. Fun fact; Zelda's fleet-from Terrahawks: make a cameo in Aliens, behind Gateway Station; so it's not unknown to use and reuse props.

[@apologyisnothepolicy]

That's because Douglas Trumbull,the man behind the sfx on Blade Runner and 2001, is a genius

[@jklappenbach]

Goodbye, Vangelis. What a genius.

[@Sharmelle586]

RIP Vangelis. Thank you for what I consider to be the best soundtrack ever composed.

[@kopitejake87]

That intro is perfection.

[@starbeastrave]

Rest in Peace, Vangelis. You are a legend.

[@crweewrc1388]

I just love the shot of the eyeball. Gives me chills everytime.

[@billyh88uk]

I saw this film in 2006, on a worn-out videotape when I was 17. It absolutely blew my mind even then. Can't imagine how it must have felt on a massive cinema screen back in 1982!

[@sillyone52062]

Berlin, Germany on a rainy November night. I had no idea what it was about. It blew me away.

[@pspboy7]

Can't be considered a science fiction movie expert without seeing this movie at least 50 times or more.

[@OshiDood]

It still looks better than any CGI. Ridley Scott... you da man

[@SaidParker]

One of THE GREATEST opening sequences to any film, ever⚡️✨⚡️✨

[@risingsonseven]

Ridley Scott's best work, in my view

[@stargell777]

Harrison Ford's best film.

[@Camiloquai1]

Doubtlessly

[@GB3770]

Obviously - this film is a masterpiece nothing Scott did before or since is anywhere near this film...yes ok Aliens is good but compared to this? Nah... This films poses existensiatial questions of existence, morality, bioethics, transhumanism etc etc etc Aliens is a haunted house in space...very well shot but lacking the big ideas in bladerunner.... The IDEAS and the EXECUTION is why this film is amazing... Aliens has the execution but not the ideas.... This has both.

[@hh582]

@@GB3770 Aliens is James Cameron

[@chagis100]

I agree and Alien 1 is a close second.

[@seanjohnson663]

Am I the only one who finds Blade Runner at least a little bit scary? Sure it has a lot of beautiful moments, but there are a lot of dark, disturbing moments as well.

[@seanjohnson663]

***** Well, they aren't DISTURBING moments, but it can be creepy at moments. Plus, when Pris died, the way she flipped out after being shot, that was moment was weird.

[@theactioneffect]

Sean Johnson I agree completely. One thing the Noir genre does so well is use real occurrences and structure them in scary manners: dark shadows, creepy people lurking about, death constantly around the corner. This film did an excellent job of taking those elements and using them to their full potential. Near the end when Roy is chasing Deckard, it's structured (and visually looks and feels) like a horror movie. And yes, that part where Pris is shot and starts convulsing is at the least enough to keep your eyes open a little longer before going to sleep.

[@lornemcneil]

+Sean Johnson (dragon fo eva) no its frightening

[@Revan2908]

+Sean Johnson (dragon fo eva) heh Most anything based off of Philip K. Dick's work ends up being bizarre, creepy, or outright disturbing at times.

[@astronomenov99]

my ex - girlfriend thought Bladerunner was a boring gloomy film. Like I said... EX - girlfriend. ..

[@andreferreira6035]

This is the best Sci-Fi movie ever made....With the best soundtrack ever made.... Two masterpieces

[@Matheologia]

What a worthy musical accompaniment to one of the greatest opening scenes in film history. R.I.P. Evángelos, one of the greatest musical geniuses that ever walked on Earth. This is the music I grew up with.

[@vandoesselaerewillem9744]

Truly a masterpiece from Vangelis .

[@wdunn06]

Wish I saw this in the cinema. Must of been something else. Can only imagine it

[@silphaer5353]

Best Science Fiction film of all time. Fact.

[@michaelforthriller]

this and a space odyssey are the top 2 for sure!!

[@jimftr]

Don't forget 2001 and Empire strikes back.

[@ItsSomeDeadGuy]

@@jimftr And Stalker.

[@yourbro8906]

2049 is better

[@samotr7713]

@@yourbro8906 because 2049 is a new film u dumb ass

[@tuttt99]

RIP Vangelis (1943-2022)

[@MickeyFlipper]

The opening scene as the flames erupt from the spires of oil refineries... still powerful. I remember driving with family through texas and socal on a dusky sunset as we passed by oil rigs pumping into the ground as flames erupted out of spires. A blood red sun in the background as black smoke and orange flames were shooting up in to the sky. Then I saw this film for first time when I was 16 and was awe-struck by how this opening shot literally mirrored that same moment I remember seeing so vividly as a kid. Talk about chilling.

[@mikegarrens5286]

This opening... Even after 37 yrs still holds!!!!

[@Bayan1905]

Blade Runner isn't so much a movie you watch as something you experience.

[@leominerva3494]

When I left the room, after seeing it, I was stunned but I didn't know why, I realized only later that I had seen one of the greatest masterpieces of all time.

[@evieraotacon]

37 years later and still holds to its full integrity. Glad I was able to see it in the theatre when it came out. This was my film me and my dad would see together. Thank you Dad. Love you and miss you.

[@pensareminimal3348]

An absolute revolutionary and iconic movie. And this intro always gives me tears.

[@candylove2015]

scale models > CGI

[@sn0wiron]

Good news, almost every building in the Blade Runner 2049 were made using miniatures, and with CGI enhanced. I love that.

[@innosanto]

Perhaps the most important factor is not so much the tool but how much effort you put into it. Avatar used CGI and it was great. Blade Runner and Star Wars used models and they were great.

[@DrGrove]

@@innosanto those little creatures in avatar looked obvious to me tbh

[@kaue4arp12]

@@DrGrove Yeah, it's been a decade and it hasn't aged quite well but that was the best technology back then.

[@Z95HeadHunter]

I think a healthy mix of the two goes a long way.

[@desktopshorts7411]

And now we have a perfect sequel. I didn't believe it, wouldn't believe it. Then I saw 2049 last week & my mind was blown. Thank you Denis, from the bottom of my heart.

[@VideoAmericanStyle]

Jagger M an abomination? You're out of your mind. In an era of so much hollywood trash, BR 2049 actually chose to not insult its audience's intelligence and faithfully capture the magic of the original.

[@mrgiskard]

The sequel was a joke

[@xxxxxx5868]

Now it'll be 30 more years until another movie

[@earthwatcher2012]

Conor Doyle Incorrect. BR2049 was a long, boring POS with an incomprehensible plot. if you have an IQ of 60 and under you would think it’s a good film

[@thschnick]

Rutger Hauer said it best. "It had no soul".

[@louiseturner9811]

Such a brilliant film and brilliant music. Rip vangellis

[@surfdigby]

"A smog covered industrialised cityscape, reaching as far as the eye can see, with flames belching out of towers...." Opening shot from the Blues Brothers.

[@TheGooseman14]

This is it guys. November 2019. We are in.

[@CarloPalenius]

Watching this in new year 2019

[@Titleknown]

I do wonder how much the wave of 80s-retro-aesthetic-revivalism comes from "Well, since we already live in the dystopian cyberpunk future, we might as well have the cool parts." Because, we do live in the cyberpunk future. The stupid, stupid cyberpunk future...

[@nicholasdorazio10]

November!!

[@starwarsrebel2006]

June 14, 2019 I'm watching this. Don't see any flying cars or replicants around. However, we do have the Nexus 6, but it's a smartphone, not a replicant. Speaking of which, they didn't have smartphones in this movie.

[@nicholasdorazio10]

@@starwarsrebel2006 must read the book also broo!!!PKD has dat imagination!

[@starwarsrebel2006]

@@nicholasdorazio10I read "Blade Runner," which was the novelized version of the movie, but haven't read the original, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by PKD which was written way back in the 1950s.

[@EvergreenCleanNorfolk]

R.I.P Vangelis. Gone but not forgotten.

[@ORBrunner]

Vangelis is a genious! His music fits so good to the mood of dark, cyberpunk, nearly apocalyptic world of Blade Runner that it crawl under your skin and freeze you to the bones and haunt your brain. This is magic of cinema at it's finest! It is the best film of Ridley Scott ever. Even with my whole respect to the Alien series i cannot say that Alien is the best. Maybe because Blade Runner has the point in plot. Maybe because it is based on the wonderfull book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" written by my favorite novelist Philip Kindred Dick. I cannot decide but what i had realised after i watched this that i fell in love with cyberpunk. And by the way i am so glad that Blade Runner 2 may come to light. This would be a miracle.

[@CivilEngineerWroxton]

Blade Runner 2 IS coming to light. It was just announced that Blade Runner 2 is starting production in a year and Harrison Ford is in it again as Deckard. The sequel is said to be set in the 2060's and Deckard has to travel to another planet to hunt down more rogue replicants. However, they say there is a twist that will blow our minds in the story and they are not telling it, of course. So the sequel will be out just two years before the year that the original Blade Runner was set in, which was 2019, of course. Hard to believe that year is just 4 years away. In 1982 when this movie first came out it seemed an eternity away.

[@CivilEngineerWroxton]

Pierre V. Wilson Apparently you didn't actually read my comments. This made you miss my point completely.

[@Turrican60]

@@lukeschroter3468 In fairness, they're not directly comparable as these films represent completely different genres. Blade Runner is a science fiction 'film noir' with a massive and very deep social statement to make, whereas Alien (at least the original film) is basically pure horror. Both, in my opinion, are exquisite examples of their respective genres. However, if asked which film is my personal favourite, then it's Blade Runner, no question at all.

[@Michformer]

Holy crap, 0:33-3:04 is giving me serious goosebumps. Once you hear THAT track, you know you're in for something special!

[@The_Deaf_Aussie]

+Michformer Vangelis knows exactly how to compose compelling music for sure.

[@uuduu7]

Yup .. this is one of the greatest intro music that emobodies so much atmosphere and epic sense of foreboding with so little sounds .. Another example of the use of such quiet atmospheric style I can remember is the U2 song Where the Streets Have No Name ... it sends chills down your spine and gives goosebumps ...

[@The_Deaf_Aussie]

uuduu7 well... U2's street have no.. etc etc.. doesnt do that for me.. in fact.. U2's Stay (far away so close) does.

[@uuduu7]

Matthew Harvey uhh .. I mean as in intro ..

[@The_Deaf_Aussie]

uuduu7 ooh I get you now.. yes.. that song does have a brilliant intro

[@edgarcastelan1959]

November 2019 will be lost in time like tears in...rain...

[@Cenindo]

It is annoying when "future" dates in classical sci-fi movies are suddenly in the PAST. Think of Kubrick's 2001, or "2015" as the future year Doc and Marty visiited in a 1989 movie. Heck, I'm even old enough to remember when Orwell's "1984" was still actually a future year! Oh well ... at least there are still some years to go until Blade Runner 2049.

[@cb7235]

Although it didn’t get everything right about 2019 and onwards, it got the VIBE of the times we live in PERFECTLY

[@jamesdeavin7457]

Who's watching this after November 2019, when the film is set?

[@nerdyafro5415]

I can't believe I didn't relish the monthly moment. Oh, well, there's 2049.

[@creekandseminole]

The sequel to this film is one of the best sequels ever made. Both stand side-by-side just like Alien/Aliens, Godfather/Godfather2, Star Wars/Empire Strikes Back, and Batman Begins/Dark Knight.

[@blubbit]

Ferrapont Buggenum Wallace was written pretty badly, but I read something that kind of made sense of why he is the way he is. It correlates with the "more human than human" phrase. Wallace, though human, is less human than a replicant. Physically blind, be uses machines to see. His behavior is obscure and emotionless, robotic. He's not a well written character, but the way he is written is a good contrast to the replicants who are more human than him.

[@demariushenderson1802]

-Star Trek the Motion Picture / Star Trek the Wrath of Khan -Terminator / Terminator 2

[@drdeadbeat1604]

Terminator 2!

[@KevinJohnson-cv2no]

Wallace is written very well. He's supposed to be written as having outlandish type of behavior, he's essentially no longer human but a God. His blindness is a reference to this. He sacrifices humanity (his eyes and human vision) but through technology, he engineers the replicants, which makes him a Godlike figure, more than human (he uses the machines to see, now having a much bigger perspective than any single human possibly can, vision-wise). This is why he seems off, he's purposely written that way.

[@alexeyvishnyakov8132]

You forgot Terminator)

[@Debagio]

RIP Vangelis. What an amazing talent.

[@Stylax32]

Just watched this on my Nexus 7 ! Blew me away...

[@normietwiceremoved]

Aaaaaaaahhhhh I see what you did there

[@Stylax32]

HattedSandwich It was a test.Designed to provoke an emotional response. 🐢

[@normietwiceremoved]

Shall we continue?

[@Stylax32]

Sorry my bad !

[@dacosta1972]

Let me tell you about my mother.

[@blackmamba99971]

One of the finest classics in history. The soundtrack has been hailed as the top of all time hits. Hitting the pinnacle term known as 'Before its time' blade runner fans from all over the world has listened to this soundtrack endlessly because of how Vangelis could achieve for a lack of a better statement... his own nirvana within music giving this film such a rich, yet a gritty outlook for a possible future. One that is filled with technology, moral instability, and experiments using human or creating clones for corporation upheaval. Ridley Scott who directed the film turned down many scripts before he finally approved the one by two writers... Hampton Fancher, and David Peoples. The script was written in one night. Blending both traumatic emotional outbursts, such as Pris who was shot to death multiple times until dekkard gave her one last plug for good measure. Raw, stark, emotions mixed with Vangelis's music offered a surreal aspect to the human condition. This movie will remain as one of the most important classics of all time for both producers, and fans alike. Yet the music will remain timeless. Fantastic.

[@criticizedreviews1081]

Chris Sorensen, wait bro, the bladerunner script was written in 1 night?????!!!!!!!

[@thenotoriousgryyn342]

RIP Vangelis

[@aniquinstark4347]

I bet this movie was mind blowing in 1982. So many of the concepts in modern Sci-fi (particularly the cyberpunk subgenre) come directly from Blade Runner. To see it before those became tropes would have really been something.

[@pharquebbq1691]

As a wide eyed 16yo it was mind blowing! When I saw Sean Young in this movie, I thought she was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen!

[@nuffzed2001]

the thing is, it didnt need to be identified as anything, it was just 'a movie'

[@tommarshall8110]

R.I.P. Vangelis :(

[@Michael-ii9gy]

This movie was phenomenal and way ahead of it's time

[@hejtman27]

Good people of youtube. Im just not saying that.. That is most complete and strange and most unique movie I ever seen.. I seen a lot, I love movies, but this is greatest movie ever! I watch it once in three/four years. Just turn off phone, close the door, piss and sit for two hours and I am in completely different and also familiar world which I love so much! The combination of music of Vangelis(!), R. Scott, futuristic noir visual.. and final scene... Its like my favorite dream I can dream anytime! And also my panic room...Gem

[@Revan2908]

That is precisely the way to watch this movie. Tell everything and everyone else to take a flying leap.

[@mirkogreggs]

A timeless masterpiece from 1982 (amazing) and uncomparable even now. This is the future, even 38 years later.

[@MrBeaux]

Practical effects are great because when they're done right, they age very well! That opening shot of LA still looks gorgeous! Compare that to CGI from the same time and there's no comparison.

[@Revan2908]

CGI would hold up well when done right, too. That being said, I do consider CGI something that should be used sparingly, and generally in the background--like a supporting character, if you will. Of course, a lot of that does happen...CGI that we aren't even aware of unless it is pointed out by the moviemaker. But this movie does definitely hold up--at least until you notice things like advertisements for PanAm LOL

[@elisabetsvavarsdottir2362]

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[@almostoneword]

MrBeaux There was virtually no "CGI from the same time". Star Trek II Genesis sequence and Tron is all there was.

[@varis2000]

CGI was barely becoming usable at the time and appeared in only a few pioneering movies - wasn't Star Trek II the first one to do it and was released just shortly after?

[@88feji]

Its strange but it seems all the great practical effects movies that stood the test of time all seems to star Harrison Ford -- Blade Runner, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom (the mine chase scene), Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi ...

[@Klurpaderp]

Am I the only one who gets teary when he hears this amazing opening. VANGELIS IS A GOD AMONGST MEN

[@44excalibur]

Considering that Blade Runner came out a year before Return of the Jedi, I think that George Lucas could easily have shown the planet Coruscant given what Ridley Scott was able to do with his futuristic Los Angeles, especially since Lucas would have ten million dollars more budget than Scott had. It was unnecessary to waste everyone's time with Endor and the Ewoks or the second Death Star, when the final battle in Jedi should've taken place on Coruscant in the old Jedi Council Temple, which Emperor Palpatine made into his palace.

[@MrConstantine02]

+44excalibur I guess Fox wanted to make as much money on that film as possible, and a bloody battle at the Jedi Temple wouldn't have made as much money as they did from selling Ewoks toys. Plus, we can't know for sure if Lucas already had a finished vision of what Coruscant looked like, or if he even had already set a definitive mythology for the Old Republic. Maybe he hadn't even thought about the existence of an old Jedi Temple yet in 1983.

[@44excalibur]

MrConstantine02 Lucas mentioned that the Emperor's tower on the second Death Star being identical in design to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant was not by accident, so he clearly had some idea. And the Ewoks were Lucas' idea, not Fox's. And Lucas said that he already had the backstory for the prequel movies planned out before he even filmed the original trilogy so that he could get the story straight in his head. I still think that Jedi could've been done a lot better if the climax had been on Coruscant instead of making a second Death Star, they used Wookies instead of Ewoks, and Han Solo died as Harrison Ford and Lawrence Kasdan had originally planned.

[@akiamimasen8608]

+44excalibur Yep Truth Lucas can't make proper world in his movies. Blade Runner is for Grown people but Star Wars Saga is for Grown Kids like parts 1 & 6. 6 part was weak with Ewoks aka Winnie the pooh + Paddington Bear for children. Who need that shit? Did Lucas was mentally like 5 years old kid when he make Ewoks and Gungans? Or he was on High.

[@44excalibur]

Aki Ami Masen The Ewoks were originally supposed to be Wookies in the original story. Lucas wanted the Wookies to be a non-tech species, but he wasn't sure if he'd ever make all three films so he created Chewbacca just in case the first film was the only one he made so at least he got a Wookie into the story. But when the first film became a hit and he knew he'd be making more films, he figured he could no longer use the Wookies because he'd shown Chewbacca as a co-pilot who was familiar with technology, so he created the Ewoks to be the non-tech species. I personally think that was a mistake, as was re-using the Death Star. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Revenge of the Sith were my favorites.

[@akiamimasen8608]

44excalibur I know that and i still think Lucas was on High or something. I can understand Wookie but Ewoks? What's next talking Roborovski Hamsters?

[@johnadams-wp2yb]

Genius film. Music , acting AND Sean Young.

[@NightWanderer31415]

My god did Blade Runner 2049 do a tremendous job in recreating the feel of this movie.

[@HAL--vf6cg]

2049 was just... beautiful. No other way to put it. Beautiful.

[@DeepEye1994]

And it used plenty models and practical stuff that blent with CGI well =)

[@miltontavares9506]

Blade Runner 2049 is a true sequel of the titanic original film.The Last Jedi,take notes.

[@NightWanderer31415]

@@stanleyantonio4458 I disagree. There would have been a gross tonal inconsistency between the two movies, had they done what you suggest... I think advancing the tech from the in-universe 2019 was the right choice.

[@NightWanderer31415]

@@miltontavares9506 TLJ is on a completely different league... an inferior one. It wouldn't even understand what BR2049 had to say.

[@slobonmyfilmsnob]

probably the greatest opening to a sci-fi film ever..... with the exception of Star Wars (1977) of course.

[@CorvusSynths]

That shot of the eye with the lights reflected in it is just so beautiful!

[@OakViewFilms]

This movie was made in 1982! I still can't get over that. This film is nearly 40 years old, and it looks like it was made only around 10 years ago.

[@JulianSirian]

And better than a current blockbuster. What do we have at the moment? Independance Day 2 and Jurrassic World (to name a couple). Both don't even touch this masterpiece. The closest (in my opinion) is MI6.

[@SirtubalotTX]

One of my top 5 favorite movies of all time. Vangelis also happened to use what I feel is the best analog synthesizer of all time to put this together...the fabled Yamaha CS80. Just a win win all the way around.

[@Mazryonh]

That makes me wonder whether anyone still uses that synthesizer.

[@innosanto]

I think that it is also used in some tracks of the new Blade Runner 2049 soundtrack.

[@simonyricools]

They do.

[@SirtubalotTX]

@@Mazryonh Absolutely.. they are still out there being used. /watch?v=05Ur4IJ7n9I There are also good VST plugins, in particular, the Arturia CS 80 V3. Check it out here: /watch?v=QeybqOF7Ff8

[@MrNilan]

Los Angeles last night

[@kascnef]

Yes

[@userlastlair2861]

Rest In Peace Vangelis.

[@notdn]

Blade Runner can not be called the greatest sci-fi movie. It has trascended every border. One of the most important works of our global culture.

[@mattrob19742008]

Still sounds futuristic today which is an unfathomable accomplishment.

[@ming1408]

Farewell, Vangelis. You've created the best electronic movie soundtrack that I always love. RIP 1943-2022

[@talim889]

Watching this on November 2019

[@Wellan_de_Tarente]

I cry everytime when i watch this. Scene or music i cant explain... I love this film

[@imvalentin]

Same here. I thought i was alone. Yes, this is how someone reacts to perfection it seems. There's nothing on earth that can make me feel the way i feel when i watch this scene

[@GerbenWijnja]

Major goosebumps

[@aarongreenfield9038]

Well it is 2019 now, things don't look quite like this yet though!

[@MultiPaco06]

Oh but they do...

[@MadPuppy92]

Sir, it said November 2019, this is January 2019.

[@blueshattrick]

Give it another 10 months..

[@KevinStriker]

Been to Shanghai lately?

[@aarongreenfield9038]

@@KevinStriker. So there's flying cars everywhere, and 5 mile high pyramid shape office blocks?

[@Turrican60]

Awesome...simply awesome. Not just the opening titles, but absolutely everything about this magnificent, virtually flawless work of art. Very few things in life ever transcend true greatness, yet Blade Runner has achieved precisely that. Majestic.

[@binghamguevara6814]

RIP Vangelis. 80s synthesizer legend.

[@The5x5Slayer]

The pictures of smog in China look very reminiscent of this movie... its almost scary how much.

[@The5x5Slayer]

***** I think big corporations are taking things out of control.

[@The5x5Slayer]

***** Yes, but I think educating people only goes so far. Many people nowadays already know about their environmental impact... some care and others don't. Things have to be encouraged at an administrative level for any change to be significant (ie. govs, industries, etc.).

[@bearlincs]

The look of Los Angeles in 2019 is partly based on Hong Kong, the crowded, 24/7, skyscraper metropolis that Ridley Scott lived in or spent a lot of time there.

[@Slig1977]

Today's 3rd world African and Asian e-dumps are very reminiscent of 2049 San Diego. Orphan child slaves pick away at old iphones and other crap gadgets we throw away.

[@stephenfisher5129]

R.I.P. Vangelis, who composed Blade Runner and Chariits of Fire. :(

[@68jroche]

I saw this film in 1982 at the age of 13, and it has remained one of my favourite ever films. This was one of the last non-digital sci-fi films so all the flying ships and scenery are models or sets. They used the New York set that was built in the 1930's for "The Public Enemy". That's another favourite for me!

[@rickdeckard4213]

The best opening scene of EVERY film out there.

[@uttaradit2]

all of the movie is the best there is

[@razorboots634]

I'm a 12 year old kid in sixth grade and to be honest, this is my favorite film of all time. It feels like it understands me.. Just the music, the ambience it feels to you.. Motivational speculations are never given the same degree of attention as are Blade Runner’s three primary metaphysical queries: who am I? Why am I here? What does it mean to be human? The sub-textual trinity about which blade runner continues to be discussed today... and most importantly, at its dark, despairing core, blade runner in not “about” social straits faction or identity, cultural alienation or urban decay. Blade runner is about death. The death of everything.... Kids today are busy doing shitty things, but they're not even close to understanding the wonders of the distopian universe.. I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like… tears in rain. Time to die. All those moments, washed away, darted like the wind, Roy begins to close his hands, he is dying, but he now understands why.. A white dove flies above him, signaling an omen, the omen of his passing, Roy closes his eyes, the rain bats against Roy. You look past, into the buildings stretching miles into the sky, cars, neon glows and lights of the atmospheric universe of this utopia. You can’t comprehend what you see, but it all floods to you, you seem to understand. Suddenly, an image arrives to your brain, the one of an origami figure, an origami figure of a dove… A beautiful white dove in the sky, flying.. Flying high above Roy, flying so high its wings shine with the C-Beams of the gas emissions of the buildings, a huge burst of fire emerges from a building and reflects off your eyes, the birds flapping wings begin to blur…. The amazing universe, acid rain, pollution, lazers of ambience and rain beginning to combine as one, all of them combined, come to the city, the dark, atmospheric glow of the city…..

[@MicaRayan]

Such an epic introduction

[@Wolfen_stien]

The opening with the haunting score game me goosebumps, the soundtrack itself is really impressive

[@tumppu1975]

Watching this in memory of Rutger Hauer, in 2019. RIP.

[@tokida1767]

November 2019... So it finally happened

[@stevenmorris2234]

That eye scene gives me absolute goosebumps along with that amazing part of the song! 😱 What a masterpiece movie!

[@dtks888]

RIP #Vangelis, composer of the best sci-fi movie #Bladerunner 🦉💜🏃🏻🔫💃🏻🕊️ Rutger Hauer's iconic line sums up your passing, #LikeTearsInRain 🌧️😭💧🕊️😇

[@roboguy75]

I haven't finished watching the movie (I'll get onto it soon), but from what I've seen so far, I'm beyond impressed. Story's rather interesting, characters are pretty good, especially some of the replicants, and the visuals....dude....HOW THE FUCK DID THEY PULL THIS OFF IN FUCKING 1982?! Seriously, the fact that they pulled off visuals like this back then is just incredible.

[@GuillermoSTD]

It is, although to be fair the real breakthrough had already come 5 years earlier with 'Star Wars'. If you look at the movies that won the Oscar for Best Visual FX in the years prior to the release of 'Star Wars' (e.g. 'Earthquake', 'King Kong (1976)', 'The Poseidon Adventure'...), they can't hold a candle to the quality of the SFX of the movies that won after 1977 ( 'Alien' & 'Aliens', 'E.T.', all the 'Star Wars' movies, the Indiana Jones movies, etc..). By the way, although 'E.T.' was visually impressive too, 'Blade Runner' should have beaten it for Best Visual FX in 1982.

[@roboguy75]

Indeed, and honestly, I thought ET was kinda overrated. I mean it's not bad, but honestly I prefer Blade Runner, the Thing, Wrath of Khan, Secret of Nimh, etc over ET

[@roboguy75]

Thanks

[@CivilEngineerWroxton]

1982 is when movie makers stopped saying, "We just can't do this special effect." and started saying, "How can we do this special effect?" and then set about figuring out how to make it and ended up with excellent results. 1982's new mentality gave us movies like Tron, Blade Runner, Poltergeist, The Last Starfighter, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, ET, and many others. The makers of Blade Runner achieved effects that were literally 30 years ahead of their time. If not for this shift in mentality of achieving these effects, we wouldn't have the movies being made today that are being released. The makers of the Pixar movies have said that if not for the inspiration of Tron they wouldn't have ever made Toy Story and other completely CGI movies as well as others that have live action seamlessly blended with the CGI effects.

[@paulweaver2779]

***** I.L.M. dude... Industrial Lights And Magic...

[@uuduu7]

The one thing about Blade Runner which is true for most people is that there are way too much to absorb during the first viewing of the movie, the most obvious strength of the movie is noticed first, namely the visuals and the dystopian atmosphere ... I think the story and the characters, even the depth of the music can only be really appreciated with multiple viewings .. its really one of those rarest of movies which will grow dearer every single time you rewatch it, its appeal has not stopped growing on me since the mid 80s when I saw it on VHS ... My first viewing was one of bewilderment, could not understand whats happening on screen at all but the dystopian landscape stuck in my mind and would not leave .. I knew I will revisit it another time later because the mood of the movie was just so strong , I am a mood person and I will never fault any movies for being too beautiful to look at especially when it conveys a deep sense of mood, time and place ... so I do not get critics who focuses on the movie being too beautiful as a negative point.. I think whoever found the plot and characters to be boring should give the movie more viewings, for me at first I found the only characters I like are Deckard and Rachel, but many years later today I love every single characters including the weird wacky people walking on the streets, all of them really seem like real personalities even if they simply appear for a few minutes on screen. Roy Batty and Gaff are actually my favourite characters now ..

[@miguelpereira9859]

uuduu7 That was EXACLY what happened to me. I didn't understood anything when I first watched it, but the landscape and visuals got stuck om my head, so I gave it another shot. It is now my favourite movie of all time

[@uuduu7]

It sure is a long running love affair for admirers of the movie ..

[@MarcS4R]

It is just so incredible to watch this over and over. So timeless, unbelievable cinematography. So good.

[@TorontoJon]

For several years in Canada, it was a CityTV network tradition to feature 'Blade Runner' (1982) on TV right after New Year's Eve at 12:05 am on New Year's Day, so it was fun to watch the ball drop at Times Square, New York City and to have some champagne as well as a few snacks to settle down to watch the grim future of 2019 as seen in Ridley Scott's 'Blade Runner'. :)

[@quietside3734]

Rutger Hauer, I will miss you. We will all miss you. Your greatest performance.

[@Germania9]

The sequel's intro may not be iconic but the solar panels are every bit a powerful mirror to the original's fiery intro. The real contenders to this imagery in sequel would be Joi looking up to see the spaceship, giant hologram Joi and the Sea Wall. Good fucking lord, the Sea Wall.

[@MystikalScopeProductions]

Zedfinite honestly the more I see 2049 opening and think of this one by comparison, the more I like it...like it follows up on the legacy but it feels like a journey instead of an actual movie

[@MystikalScopeProductions]

Zedfinite especially with that subtle but powerful opening note during the scroll

[@chriseflores5253]

Blade Runner 2049 also had some amazing opening music.

[@jeanlot]

only at the beginning

[@anamku00]

the dreary and ominous music as the text scrolls down. perfect

[@bundz_]

This film was way ahead of its time