Digging into the Odd History of Blade Runner’s Title

Re:Digging into the Odd History of Blade Runner’s Title by xsmasher on Monday July 31, 2023 @01:05PM (#36945628)

Hard to TL;DR because it's a twisty tale that doesn't make a lot of sense.

It was the name of an unrelated book by an obscure author that was adapted into a "film treatment" by Willam Burroughs; and it was sitting on the right shelf when Scott and Co. were scratching around for a title. Neither manuscript had an influence on the final film, and the term "Blade Runner" is never explained in the film.

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Re:Digging into the Odd History of Blade Runner’s Title by raldi on Monday July 31, 2023 @03:08PM (#36947361)

Thanks. Looks like the complete answer would be something like, "There was a book about 'bladerunners', black-market couriers of medical equipment like scalpels, and they liked the name and adopted it for the unrelated film."

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