‘Blade Runner’ at 40

Re:‘Blade Runner’ at 40 by jahnu on Monday June 27, 2022 @02:23AM (#31891219)

And of course Alien got a few things from Dark Star

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Star_(film)

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/looking-back-at-john-carpen...

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Re:‘Blade Runner’ at 40 by WalterBright on Monday June 27, 2022 @04:06AM (#31891818)

Dolittle: What is your purpose?

Bomb: To explode, of course!

Great dialog trumps expensive special effects every time.

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Re:‘Blade Runner’ at 40 by jahnu on Monday June 27, 2022 @04:17AM (#31891877)

Totally! And one of the few English language films I’ve seen that retains the humour perfectly dubbed in German. In fact the bomb is possibly even funnier in German :)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XetTVNtzTW8

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Re:‘Blade Runner’ at 40 by TremendousJudge on Monday June 27, 2022 @05:47AM (#31892433)

And from Jodorowsky's Dune, where O'Bannon also worked

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Re:‘Blade Runner’ at 40 by porbelm on Monday June 27, 2022 @07:21AM (#31893016)

...and Jean Giraud (Moebius) drew the storyboards; that style also influenced the Blade Runner cityscape with all the fine detail and greebles

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