Gen Z and Gen X WATCH Blade Runner (1982) for the FIRST TIME

[@xaemosxone]

He was not over reacting, his countdown clock to die was nearly up and he was fighting against his death by trying to inflict pain to himself. His body was shutting down on him.

[@technofilejr3401]

47:51 Part of Rachel’s apprehension is that she doesn’t know if she personally has ever had sex. Her entire love life might be from Tyrell’s niece. Which would mean she has never ever truly been physically intimate with anyone. She also doesn’t know if her attraction to Deckard is genuine or because of her memories from Tyrell’s niece.

[@JohnSipe-jt7bm]

The book is Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick. 26:01

[@mglmouser]

Not a book. A short story.

[@artao5]

@@mglmouser No, it's a full book. I just finished reading it again, after a couple decades. (224 pgs in this edition) And WOW does it bear pretty much zero resemblance to the movie. Or, rather, vice versa.

[@JohnSipe-jt7bm]

That’s James Hong from Big Trouble in Little China. 21:14

[@kirkdarling4120]

James Hong has more movie appearances than any other American actor. His latest movie was Everything Everywhere All at Once

[@vincegamer]

They recognized him from Mulan, but most now know him as Po's dad in the Kung Fu Panda movies

[@wackyvorlon]

That’s James Hong from *everything*. He’s got 463 acting credits on IMDb. He was even in Kung-fu Panda.

[@JohnSipe-jt7bm]

The actor was Joe Turkel best known as the bartender in the Shining. 17:42

[@happisakshappiplace.6588]

The replicants have 4 year life spans yet their emotions only appear towards the end of their lives. They are essencially children try to comprehend the mortality of their existance and the madness of emotion but only have a tiny amount of time to work it all out. Roy's final act in one of widly regarded cinemas greatest monologues (that seem to have been glossed over in this video.) Roy saves Deckard after finally understanding his mortality and how precious life is. The film is a tragedy. None of us ask to be born yet we have to face our existance now we are here.

[@kirkdarling4120]

There was no CGI when this movie was produced. This is all practical effects. Denis Villenueve directed the sequel. It's not a true direct sequel, but it's an awesomely lovely movie (nor does it really answer the questions). It's one of three movies in the last 60 years that I've immediately paid to go back to the theater to watch again.

[@RKnights]

I understand that. I want to go to the movies but to see what? Has not been a great selection in a while

[@Philbert-s2c]

@@RKnights You ain't wrong.

[@ZylonBane]

Blade Runner came out the same year as Tron. CGI existed, just in a very primitive state.

[@hyloguy6847]

@@ZylonBane Even in Tron, a lot of the "CGI" was not really CGI. It was hand-painted to LOOK like CGI, because actual CGI was so insanely expensive and difficult to make at the time.

[@ZylonBane]

@@hyloguy6847 K

[@JohnSipe-jt7bm]

I always enjoy watching your reactions! Keep up the great work! 1:22

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

9:00 Mark! Whoa! I just realized that there's another factor that "dates" this movie as they call it! The guy operating the test wouldn't be allowed to smoke these days! 😊

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

23:22 Mark! Now you know what Loki was thinking of if he was a robot and didn't know it! 😊

[@inhumanmusic1411]

The origamis are indeed symbolic. The first one is a chicken. Gaff was basically calling Deckard a coward. The second one was a man with genitalia. Gaff was asking him if he was man enough to carry through the investigation to the end. The unicorn is the most controversial one. There are two camps. Deckard is a replicant or Deckard is not a replicant.

[@denroy3]

I thought he was just making him aware tgat he knew the girl was a replicant...and to be wary.

[@davidwatson22]

Just after Rutgers passing they re-released it at the theatre. I had to go just for his monologue at the end , I was in tears

[@micpar2]

Sean Young played the female detective in Ace Ventura Pet Detective. She was really weird in real life too.

[@Philbert-s2c]

I'm one of the very fans of this film that prefer the original theatrical cut (with the voice over narration by Harrison Ford) to this version. Don't ask me why, I just do. Btw, this film is the 3rd of Ridley Scott's early films. You've probably already seen "Alien" (1979) but I'd recommend his first film "The Duelists (1977). If you think this film is gorgeous, prepare to be wowed.

[@eschiedler]

Excellent recommendation. "The Duelists" stars Harvey Keitel and Keith Carradine, both excellent.

[@clearsmashdrop5829]

I'm with you on the Theatrical cut. It is my prefered version.

[@Major42]

Noooo not the voice over!!! 😭

[@1wwtom]

Blade Runner was the 1st cassette I bought after getting my 1st VCR way back before Everyone opened up Rental stores. All I knew about it was what I read on the box. Now everything I have, Hundreds of Movies & TV shows thanks to the Internet is Digital on 1Tb ext hard drives.

[@mythosman2000]

Great video guys! I've loved this movie for forty years! The soundtrack is a beautiful classic, I especially like Rachel's Song. Stuff you can listen to on a rainy day looking out of the window 🤗

[@DVDNewsFlash]

Second most iconic villain Rutger Hauer has played is "John Ryder" in THE HITCHER (1986). You have to check that one out.

[@fjvmunsterman]

Good suggestion. I would also suggest Blind Fury (1989), and Soldier of Orange (1977), an original movie from Rutger's home nation of The Netherlands.

[@Iymarra]

Didn't know we had a shadowrunner amongst us. Always geek the mage, chummer.

[@RKnights]

Always!

[@rumbledumpthumpershaker6735]

When Daryl Hannah's arm crashed through the car window that wasn't planned. She chipped her elbow in eight places but didn't tell anyone she was hurt until after they had completed the scene. She's also Elle Drive in the Kill Bill movies. She could still pull off an action movie 22 years after this one.

[@cruelangel8689]

Will always be the mermaid from Splash to me :)

[@hyloguy6847]

She was also in Sense8, the Netflix scifi series co-written and co-produced by The Wachowskis (The Matrix) and J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5)

[@eschiedler]

Small detail. When the detective chief briefs Deckard, they mention 6 replicants but that 2 had already died in an attack, leaving 4 to hunt. And each of those 4 is shown on video. Then the 5th of course is added later, Rachel.

[@steved1135]

Nice. This is my favourite movie of all time. I'm 53 now and first saw this on TV when I was maybe 13. This started a lifelong study of Philip K Dick and all his works, and ultimately led to me getting my University Degree in Philosophy. Although lots of PKD works have been made into movies or TV shows, this one to me beautifully captures the essential question of PKD: what does it mean to be human? Stunning.

[@roryotoole3279]

Blade runner came out in 1982 not 1984.

[@gregorygant4242]

Still way ahead of it's time in terms of the scenery , graphics , story , music , acting, meaning of the story. NO CGI here all practical . A modern classic masterpiece now .

[@Easy_Skanking]

This film, and the book, pose the questions that I think make great sci-fi. They are big ones like: What does it mean to be human? What makes us human? Can something not a "real" human being be a human? Deep questions like those are all in Philip K. Dick's works, one of the reasons they are so great. Another movie adaptation of his that you might like is "A Scanner Darkly". It features Keanu Reeves, Woody Harrelson, and Robert Downey Jr. You'll recognize others, too. It's a trip.

[@zvimur]

13:15 Guys, use subtitles. "Fourth Skin Job". Since this cut was "Show, don't tell", Skin Job is a slur for Replicants.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

20:24 Mark! "Conan the Comedian"? 😉 😂😅

[@andrewcharles459]

All the replicants were shown to Deckard before he started. Roy, Pris, Zhora, Leon... He knew who he was looking for.

[@mushjul]

Your comment about the Special Effects reminding you of CE3K is well founded. Douglas Trumbull was involved in the SPFX for both films.

[@phillipcenters6945]

Do remember that replicants are smart, superior strong, high endurance,not mechanical, but the emotions of a four year old

[@somthingbrutal]

the bird was a chicken, gaff made it when deckard said he wasn't interested in coming back to work

[@thomascolon8650]

"If i can not save myself, then i shall save Another...my greatest enemy... the righteous man"

[@trickykid73]

Blade Runner is my favourite film. It is a work of art.

[@robpearce7891]

The special effects for Blade Runner were done by Douglas Trumball, he was also responsible for the special effects on 2001: A Space Odyssey!!

[@ag4871]

And Close Encounters.

[@dcanmore]

Trumbull did photographic effects for 2001 (with another two people), i.e. screen displays and the Stargate fluorescents; he wasn't involved with the models or set and art design.

[@darealtreegardner6165]

@RKnights - to Mike regarding Rachel and Deckard. There ist a deleted scene (alternative ending) where Rachel says to Deckard: "...do you know what else I think? You and I were made for each other"

[@rumbledumpthumpershaker6735]

You haven't seen Rutger Hauer until you've seen The Hitcher 1986. Make sure to watch the original.

[@KuroSanArts]

William Sanderson (J F Sebastian) Was also in Babylon 5 as the guy who used the fake Vorlon suit with the creature that killed people for him! I watch this movie at least once a year and it never gets old, it's been the inspiration behind me being a scifi artist. You wouldn't believe the amount of times I've watched this with other people who completely missed the importance of the Unicorn dream and the origami!

[@vincegamer]

He's possibly best known as Larry on Newhart, with his repeat introduction "Hi I'm Larry. This is my brother Daryl and this is my other brother Daryl."

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

18:51 Mark! Yes, this movie was definitely made way before the "CSI" set of shows made people so aware of crime scene contamination, et cetera! 😮 Also, pre-COVID-19! I remember your "Star Trek" comments! "Origami"! Heh. I didn't memorize that word until sometime after this movie. 😮

[@Kavala76]

Humans have a finite lifespan and seek a longer life. Replicants have a shorter lifespan and seek a longer life. With both having a body, a mind and memories. What's the difference? I think Batty saved Deckert to show how much he valued life, even the life of someone trying to kill him.

[@Cristorbius]

The 2017 sequel, Blade Runner 2049 is also an exceptional movie

[@TheRealMirCat]

I appreciated the cutter joke.

[@stuartanderws5705]

The streat was the old Superman set from Superman 2 where they made a copy of part of New York right down to stickers on the shop windows, till Blade Runner and it was redrest with neon signs and parking metiers that have new pay methods bolted onto the side. The birth of cyberpunk. It always night so you don't see the Hollywood hills in the background and it's raining so you don't see the strings lifting up the flying cars.

[@Easy_Skanking]

The Kowalski you might be thinking of is from the movie "Madagascar". The penguin leader says: "Kowalski! Front and center!" He rally leans on him. LOL

[@vincegamer]

Kowalski is also a character in Stargate (movie) and SG-1

[@seansersmylie]

Rachel is different to the others, she has memories. Therefore she doesn't need a four year life span. This is why she doesn't have the childlike traits of the others.

[@joerenaud8292]

Regarding the origami animals, what came first, the chicken or the egg? Did man create another race of humans? Yes, replicants. The little man origami was an automaton/robot representing Deckard, who is a replicant. The unicorn origami was evidence that Gaff knew Deckard' most intimate thoughts, even his dreams.

[@stevemorrow36]

I believe they're GMO. Replicants are designer organisms made with human DNA for specific purposes. They exceed human capabilities in ways that will make them more effective at their design purpose. They are programmed to a degree but they're not mechanical.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

9:13 Mark! Oh yeah! "The Curse"! Or "The Jinx"? 🤔 Many years ago, a business magazine published an article about all of the real businesses seen in the movie that have since become defunct! 😮 "Atari" though, thanks to nostalgia, managed to make a comeback! "Pan Am" even makes "2001: A Space Odyssey" seem dated now! 😮

[@maschwab63]

The price of the video call comes from 2001 A Space Odessey.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

7:31 Mark! Because of the actor Sean Connery and the boxer Sean O'Grady both being men, I didn't connect the actress Sean Young with her character in this movie! (I hate that she smokes!) It wasn't until her name appeared again in "Young Doctors In Love" that I made the connection! I had the novelization, too, and that helped! The movie parodies or saterizes medical dramas and daytime dramas set in hospitals, by the way. 😂😅

[@tofersiefken]

You may think that Pris (Daryl Hannah) looks like Chiana (Gigi Edgley) on Farscape. It's the make-up and character design, hair, etc. If you see Daryl Hannah in Spash (1984), you will see what she really looks like.

[@vincegamer]

Or if you see her in Kill Bill

[@MiLikesVids]

Sci-fi noir, I love this film. In the book the replicants are machines as I recall but in the movie they are genetically engineered humans. Deckard and Rachel is a sketchy scene but Deckard is a slave catcher/executioner, he reallt isn't the good guy in this film. The escaped slaves/replicants are just trying to stay alive and are killing the folks making and enslaving them so I'm Team Roy. Rachel is messed up. She is questioning everything she's feeling because as she said at th piano she doesn't know if what's in her head is her thoughts and feelings or how Tyrel's niece would be acting. Deckard is pushing her to stop the self-doubt but noir protagonists are usually sketchy a-holes like Deckard. There is an old 60s movie that came out a couple of years before the book 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' called 'Creation of the Humanoids' which has a lot of similar themes to Blade Runner. It is very campy and 60s stiff acting but an interesting story with a lot of ideas similar in theme to Blade Runner.

[@Damiana_Dimock]

I cannot wait for y'all to watch 2049.

[@innercircle341]

Great to see you reacting to something very cool!!

[@fjvmunsterman]

This movie's music was so good, made by Vangelis, who was well known for his synthesizer music. I used to own a whole bunch of "synthesizer greatest hits" cd's in the late eighties and early nineties. I was really into that back then.

[@jadefalconmk1]

Sean Young also played Chani in the 1980's version of Dune by David Lynch. She didn't have that big a part to be honest.

[@phillipcenters6945]

You should rewatch this movie if you have seen it only once. This was not an action movie. Fords character being a replicant originally not a replicant but the firestorm wanted to elude he could be. The original cut had inner monolog to explain things. Helped as a teen but now it's better without it.

[@janak132]

My take on Roy saving Deckard's life is that Roy knew he was dying. Their lives are pre-programed in their artificial genes; as I understand it they are artificial and superior humans and have this life limit not to replace us. They live 4 years and then they die like in a day. Roy knew he was out of time; his hand started dying and he drove a nail in both for adrenaline and to force his biology to enact repairs, and my guess is that he didn't want to die all alone. He also wanted to tell someone about his life before he went, someone to remember him, and perhaps .. perhaps in Deckard clinging to that ledge he saw himself clinging to life and actually felt sympathy. Rutger Hauer was one of my fav actors, RIP. Regarding Deckard; if he is a replcant (I know, won't tell. Someone else probably does.) it would make sense for higher ups in the police to know in case he went rogue. The final cut is the best cut. The longer one is just slower. The original have way less dreams so the mystery is not explained. Other cuts are just minor variations on these in my humble opinion.

[@FSMDog]

What happened to the B5 live stream - I wanted to watch it the following day, but it had been deleted?

[@william_santiago]

No. Rutger Hauer and Harrison Ford have not worked together outside of this film. This is the only time.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

It's funny how awesome sci-fi noir can work. This and Cowboy Bebop prove it.

[@Grimloxz]

29:00 He has a big house becuase humans are leaving Earth. Lots of housing all over the place...

[@teransolo]

Roy Batty (Rutgar Howard) died because his lifespan (which they spent the whole movie trying to stop) ran out. I CAN'T BELIEVE you didn't include his final words on the YT video! Now, here's the question.... was Deckard a replicant?

[@Grimloxz]

1:08:36 That response right there? That’s yet ANOTHER reason why the original theatrical release with voiceover is superior to the Director’s Cut. It may be a prettier movie, but it’s time we face facts - the Ridley’s vision here minus the voiceover FAILS to tell us what and why things are going on. Without the narration, much of the context for the various actors motivations and the social texture of the settings they exist in is lost. The Ridley shows us a lot, but doesn’t tell us nearly enough. The questions you guys have I see A LOT when new viewers START with the Director’s Cut. One quibble about the original theatrical releases though: in the various Director’s Cuts the scene in the 1st Act of the movie when the blimp is moving overhead advertising going to the colonies, the audio is SO MUCH CLEARER and a bit longer I believe. I wish I could cut that audio _back_ into the original theatrical version…

[@Grimloxz]

Sorry, I need the original theatrical cut with the inner dialogue narration. One of the few times the producers interference create things that end up just cooking - a 40s gumshoe, cyberpunk masterpiece. Watched this with my Dad years ago and still fall asleep t on it now years later. I appreciate all the “Director’s Cuts” but it’s just not the same film…

[@StineWins]

You lot have to watch the next Blade Runner. I think Blade Runner is part of the Alien universe.

[@markgarcia7334]

Same effects camera from Close Encounters. They used the same camera as it is.

[@denroy3]

Sean Young was the girl...was in 'Stripes' with Bill Murray, 'No Way Out' with Kevin Costner and she was the bad captain in 'Ace Ventura, Pet Detective'...

[@bcsr4ever]

In the theatrical cut, the studio forced a voiceover as they thought the film would be too hard for people to follow. It wasn't done very well. I don't think Harrison really wanted to do it either. This is a much better cut without the voiceover.

[@michaelconnor1542]

Now you need to watch Bubblegum Crisis.

[@eightbitmonkey]

Ahh! Knight Sabers...

[@WayneCoston-kj1go]

Original was released in 1982, not 84. They got Joanna Cassidy (Zora) back over 30 years later to help reshoot her death for this cut as the original was clearly a stunt person in a bad wig. Harrison Fords brother was also brought in as a double to improve the confrontation with the snake seller. They changed the audio with the captain as originally they said 1 replicant got fried, so for a long time there was a continuity error. Whether Deckard is a replicant or not is still debated. Gaff certainly implies Deckard is. Roy knew he was about to die so he probably showed an act of mercy to show replicants can be human too. 2049 by Denis Villeneuve is great, particularly visually and with the music. Will you get answers or additional questions...There is a TV series coming next year. Definitely watch The Hitcher (1986) to see Rutger Hauer in full on villain mode. Vangelis is probably best known for Chariots of Fire theme, though 1492: Conquest of Paradise theme is my personal favourite.

[@tofersiefken]

The book is called Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (1968), and I understand that it is quite different from the movie.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

7:31 Mark! Guys, howdy! 🤠 Really? It's set in 2019?! Well, that explains why it isn't as futuristic as I thought it should be! 😮 No wonder then that it gets compared to "Back to the Future 2"! 😅 I guess "Star Trek" influenced me about such matters when spaceflight and colonies could take place. 🤔 I've seen the original "Theatrical Cut" and the "Edited For Television Cut" and the "Original VHS Release Cut" but that's it! 😢😮 "The Big Bang Theory" has an episode about how many versions there are and had fun with it. The guys wanted to see some different versions to compare and contrast them, and to them, it was exciting! But to their gals, it made no sense as they thought of it as very boring! 😂😅

[@stuartanderws5705]

Most of the animals have died. so if you want a pet they have to be made like a nexus 6. As in "Is that own real?"

[@linkloudenback8359]

With the question of the test about the turtle on it’s back the answer should have been that you would turn it over and without hesitation. The giveaway was that he asked a question about the situation and not immediately answered even if he said that he wouldn’t have turned the turtle over. The test is a way to test the response time. For humans they would have immediately answered the question. Replicants only having a short life span have a limited experience with it and this forces them to hesitate on the questions. Technically this is one of those movies where the characters don’t actually have to do anything because the replicants would have died anyway.

[@StineWins]

6 replicents? Could the other two be Deckard and Rachel?

[@andrewcharles459]

My local butcher where I used to live carried ostrich meat. I never did try it myself, but others I know said it was really good.

[@edgarcia4794]

It was explained in the briefing when Deckard / Harrison Ford was brought in off of the street. There he was briefed by Bryant and was told about six replicants who'd made the escape. Two were fried in the attempt but four made it to Earth. He was shown the pictures of the four "skin jobs" The four wearing head wraps on the screen . Roy Batty probably the leader. Leon Kowalski a heavy laborer. Zhora Salome - Kick murder squad assassin. and Pris Stratton your basic pleasure model.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

13:54 Mark! Hmm. Just think about all of the non-drivers who failed the tests to get licensed while driving on land and how sad or bad they feel about it, okay. 🤔 Now imagine how many people today who are allowed to drive on land but would fail to become pilots and not be allowed to have flying cars! "The Jetsons" make it look so easy! 😅 That's more people relying on public transit, by the way. 😮

[@filmandmusicmashups]

I make your eyes .. Chu...if only you could see what I have seen with your eyes....

[@johnw8578]

If you have read any Philip K. Dick, you might surmise that Dick himself would want you to question the reality of what Decker is but not really know for sure. Most of PKD's material is reality being pulled away.

[@lonelyboy1977]

Deckard is unambiguously human in _Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?_ so there is nothing for the reader to question in that regard.

[@kirkdarling4120]

@@lonelyboy1977 Yes. Deckard's humaness is not in question, but his humanity is...even to himself.

[@lonelyboy1977]

@@kirkdarling4120 And that's what I love most about the book. 👍

[@kirkdarling4120]

Bladerunner actually reaches backward more than it reaches forward. This is not the same question of whether a sentient machine (like Data of Star Trek) should be granted the rights of humanhood. IN Star Trek and other science fiction, there is still a real difference between a machine and human, even if we grant that machine the rights of a human. Bladerunner reaches back to the concept of enslaving other humans by denying their actual humanity, creating different classes where no difference actually exists. Deckard's narration about Bryant at the beginning of the theatrical release makes the comparison explicitly. At the beginning, Deckard sees replicants as mere "machines." The movie chips away at Deckard's concept of the difference between humans and replicants, inch by inch. Memories, photographs of the past, emotions, empathy, the desire to live. The Voight-Kampf tests empathy...but has Deckard lost his empathy?

[@handsomestik]

It’s a pity she won’t live! But then again who does?

[@joerenaud8292]

Never create an AI that believes it must destroy humankind in order to save it. That's what HAL did to his crew members. These Replicants are not mechanical robots, they're created from cultured DNA and grown in a vat of fluids. They are 100% flesh an blood but smarter, faster, stronger than humans which is why they have a built in safety measure which is a 4 year life span. Can't have replicants starting a revolution now can we. Ripley Scott created his own version of the original story where the robots were mechanical, however the point of this story is, is it humane to create a species of slaves to cater to the whims and wants of inferior humans.

[@michaelconnor1542]

Replicants are not machines. They are constructed persons. With genetic codes. Modified to have certain traits and short lifespans.

[@seansersmylie]

The great Syd Mead is responsible for many of the special effects. Philip K Dick wrote the book, he was a junkie who forseen much of our future and provided fodder for a lot of Hollywood scripts. The chess game is an exact copy of the famous immortal game. This is a classic film noir pretending to be sci-fi.

[@IvorPresents]

slow parts build character

[@happisakshappiplace.6588]

"Graphicws were amazing?' It's all model effects done in camera. The computer HUD displays are computers but everything else is models and camera tricks. modern CGI simply didnt exist for another 15-16 years,

[@vincegamer]

Years ago I got to see the blimp model. It was hung over a bar in Dallas TX

[@happisakshappiplace.6588]

@@vincegamer Oh thats cool. It's not that big either. Looks huge in the film.

[@tofersiefken]

So, with a replicant, to confirm enthusiastic consent, are you asked to sign a "terms of service" agreement? And if it's anything like Apple's terms of service, does anyone even read the contract?

[@johnezell1628]

Put Bubble Gum Crisis on the watch list.

[@GusCarlson-o5o]

Is Deckerd a replicant? Do replicants dream of unicorns?

[@Trouble10]

A crane IS a bird?

[@cpmf2112]

This wasn't the best version, the last "Director's Cut" was.

[@tofersiefken]

An origami "crane" is a type of "bird". Ooh, you were on a hunch then went off track. Keep theorizing.

[@rumbledumpthumpershaker6735]

In 30 years you can get some of your answers. You have to wait that long like we did before you can watch the second one. Visually it's great but the story isn't that good.

[@kenpaden]

Great reaction guys, the scene in the building with the beautiful iron ornate railings is not a movie set its an actual building located in downtown LA called the Bradbury Building, constructed in 1893. Its still there and has been used in about 8 movies over the years. It is a historical l landmark. If you are ever in LA, you might want to check it out, you can go in during business hours and take pictures and look around.

[@jeffreyweitzman6463]

When are you guys gonna go back to doing the Star Trek original film series...l mean you did ST2 thinking that was the end far as Spock is concerned when well, if you carry on with it as said then will see that not necessarily the case...but yeah been so long so - are you still going to or not now after all.

[@julienn8844]

We plan to but we are just getting back into ST after axing it because of copyright. It is gonna take us a minute to really get into the swing of it.

[@gillesbouvier5176]

Alien and Blade Runner are part of the same universe. A very well hidden detail seen in the Blu-ray of the film "Prometheus" clearly suggests that the film, and by extension the universe of Alien, takes place in the same as that of Blade Runner. This is a letter written by the character Guy Pearce (Peter Weyland, the billionaire patron behind the scientific exploration of Prometheus), explaining that his mentor was an individual who was a master of creation of synthetic life. There is no doubt that Peter Weyland is referring to Eldon Tyrell, the all-powerful CEO of the Tyrell Corporation, behind the creation of the synthetic Replicants populating the Blade Runner universe. In lines 4 and 5, he directly refers to the headquarters of the Tyrell Corporation, located in the City of Angels, Los Angeles, designed in the shape of a pyramid. At the time, Ben Procter, the artistic designer of Prometheus, confided that the filmmaker wanted to ensure that the two corporations became one. An idea for which the director would have been very enthusiastic, but which did not come to fruition. There is also another easter egg, well before that of Prometheus, appearing on the special edition of the film Alien. It contained the service records of Captain A.J. Dallas, at the head of the ship Nostromo. It was stated that he had worked for the Tyrell Corporation.

[@chrisleebowers]

1:08:10 "This movie could be a deep dive" There have been books written and there are semester long college courses dedicated to deconstructing just this movie. Something to get you started: Eyes and Jesus... *Eyes...* The first shot: "LA 2019"... One short of 20/20. Dystopian sci-fi is all about mankind's shortsightedness... The second shot is the first shot reflected in Holden's *eye* The VK machine is a high tech *eye* for spotting replicants. It does so by shining a red laser into your *eye* Some characters have glowing *eyes.* It's only the replicants, including the owl. The replicants find Tyrell by first interrogating they *eye* maker The repliicants have perfect eyes, Tyrell wears coke-bottle glasses In lieu of memories the replicants collect photographs. A photograph is a *visual* replicant of a memory. Deckard has a zoom/enhance machine in his house. He takes the snake scale to an electronic microscope kiosk. He uses devices that are replicants of *eyes* superior to human eyes, to search for the replicants The replicants favorite murder technique is pushing in their victim's *eyes* And Roy's iconic monologue begins with "I have *seen things..."* *Jesus...* Cautionary sci-fi about artificial life/intelligence warns against "playing God" Heavenly music plays when Deckard takes off in Gaff's spinner, as if there is salvation for those who can rise above ground level. Tyrell's office is a vast luxurious space in an otherwise claustrophobic city. It's they only daylight scene in the movie. The one time we see the sun is outside Tyrell's big picture window. It's still obscured by skyscrapers. Deckard asks him to close the shades and he puts the sun away, like an object he owns. If Tyrell is playing God, then Roy is Jesus. It's no coincidence he just randomly grabs a dove to release into the heavens when he dies and that he stigmata's himself to keep himself alive for those last few moments.

[@TombunnyHunter]

The different people involved in making this had their own views on Deckard being or not being a replicant so if anyone gives you a definitive answer take it with a grain of salt. Personally I hate the idea of him being a replicant because it ruins a lot of the contrast and self introspection on what it means to be human. Also, Mike would absolutely fail the Voight-Kampff test. And another reaction and more expansion on Julien's fetishes, definitely a fembot kink there.

[@julienn8844]

Shhh no need to expose me like that.

[@sallyshipwreck4315]

Can't believe you skipped Rutger's speech!

[@blindlemonpledge2556]

You should be cognizent of the fact that present day Los Angeles is in the desert and it hardly ever rains. Alsu almost all real animals are extinct. Way to go mankind, you have made earth almost uninhabital!

[@JohnSipe-jt7bm]

JF Sebastian was the reason the replicants were dying. He had some defect in his genes. 1:07:48