In this episode of Analog Sci-Fi Book Reviews, I break down the classic of 80's CyberPunk, the film that started it all. The one the only! Ridley Scott's 1982, BLADE RUNNER!!!! I get a chance to share the microphone with my good buddy Alex, The 'J' Jannick. Jannick has never seen Blade Runner, so I decided to pull off my copy of Blade Runner The Directors Cut, and together we break it all down, baby.
Score: CLASSIC (BIG)-Thumbs Up! Blade Runner is a movie about astricts, mood, and cool. You don't watch Blade Runner drill down on typical characteristics of prestige cerebral Science Fiction Cinema.
The Plot: "A Group of Advanced Andoirds (Nexus Six Models) kill their human overloads off-world. Travel down to an experimental devastated Earth to blend in with the emotionally deaded population. We Follow Rick Decard, an off the beat, brought back in street cop or (Blade Runner) to hunt down and 'Retire' these rogue Android 'Replicants"
...That's the whole movie. And the irony of this somewhat sleepy film is a short run time. But hidden in this film are nuggets of fascinating theories, often sidelined, but help paint a grander world, outside of the view of Deckard and the characters we follow in the film.
The Off World Planets. The Super Toys. The Economy. All of these ideas are visually represented and when never addressed in the film directly. The viewer paints their own narrative of 'What This Future World Is.'
You don't need to be told that the planet is damage due to population. You Just Know! You don't need to be told either Rick Deckard is a Replicant; just feel it.
In rewatches, I wonder, "What Has Deckard Been Doing, Prior His Return To The Blade Runner Life?"- Maybe Rick has been Rebooted? Or, He's a model that just can't die?
All of these thoughts come to my mind once you understand the angle the Director's Cut makes, in deliberately seeding doubt in the organic memories of Deckard. Deep viewers will have to find the reason why Deckard hasn't died. If he is truly a Replicant..'
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Where To Buy:
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Thriftbooks: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep-by-philip-k-dick-jri-kallas/247991/all-editions/?resultid=95759688-3f10-4a79-b6a2-a20aad185250