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Blade Runner at 25 (Mythbusters' Adam Savage/Popular Mechanics)
Popular Mechanics ^
| June 2007
| Adam Savage
Posted on 06/25/2007 1:01:41 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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Interesting commentary about the special effects behind it.
I didn't realize that the blaster was modeled on real parts.
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posted on
06/25/2007 1:01:44 PM PDT
by
af_vet_rr
To: af_vet_rr; Tijeras_Slim
TTIUWP:
To: af_vet_rr
I purchased the directors cut a few years ago... it has some scenes that make it a lot more clear that Deckard is a replicant himself.
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posted on
06/25/2007 1:06:36 PM PDT
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: af_vet_rr
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posted on
06/25/2007 1:07:05 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
(Inventor of the 12-hour "power nap".)
To: martin_fierro; Lazamataz
It was a prototype for this:
To: af_vet_rr; martin_fierro
To: af_vet_rr
Rrrowr.
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posted on
06/25/2007 1:07:49 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(I've done ... questionable things.)
To: af_vet_rr
To: Rodney King
I purchased the directors cut a few years ago... it has some scenes that make it a lot more clear that Deckard is a replicant himself. Reportedly, this causes some contention between Ford and Scott. Scott says that Deckard was a replicant and Ford says no, he isn't.
I think that ambiguity is one of the reasons for the film's endurance.
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posted on
06/25/2007 1:20:35 PM PDT
by
highball
("I never should have switched from scotch to martinis." -- the last words of Humphrey Bogart)
To: highball
Reportedly, this causes some contention between Ford and Scott. Scott says that Deckard was a replicant and Ford says no, he isn't. I think that ambiguity is one of the reasons for the film's endurance. Right.. in the directors cut there is a scene where Deckard is staring at the photos in his apartment and it is clear that he does not seem to know them.
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posted on
06/25/2007 1:27:15 PM PDT
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Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: af_vet_rr; Tijeras_Slim
It's the year 2007. Where are all the flying cars? There were supposed to be flying cars! Why? Why? WHY?
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Toyota FINE-S concept car |
To: highball
“Does he dream of electric sheep?” that is the question to ask.
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posted on
06/25/2007 1:35:28 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Brian J. Marotta, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub, (1948-2007) Rest In Peace, our FRiend)
To: af_vet_rr
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posted on
06/25/2007 1:36:45 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: af_vet_rr
Ridley Scott is also behind the CBS TV show “Numbers” and occasionally has his characters make references to BladeRunner.
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posted on
06/25/2007 1:55:53 PM PDT
by
ikka
To: TexasCajun
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posted on
06/25/2007 1:58:08 PM PDT
by
Vision
("Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him." Jeremiah 17:7)
To: NonValueAdded
“Does he dream of electric sheep?” that is the question to ask.I don't know, but from the article it's clear he can't "remember it for you wholesale."
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posted on
06/25/2007 3:35:19 PM PDT
by
Phsstpok
(Often wrong, but never in doubt)
To: martin_fierro
That’s it, I figured it was just something that they machined or molded and threw a grip on it. I wonder what it’d be like to fire such a contraption..
To: af_vet_rr
I suspect that “Blade Runner” was the first theatrical release in which
the term “reverse transcriptase” was uttered.
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posted on
06/25/2007 4:31:58 PM PDT
by
VOA
Deckard — Blade Runner, B26354.
Yes, I have watched it waaay too many times.
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posted on
06/25/2007 9:50:51 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 23, 2007.)
To: martin_fierro
Where are all the flying cars?How should I know, I just do eyes.
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