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Oct 31,2019: the last day Blade Runner can be referred to as movie set in future

13 points by jelliclesfarm 7y ago

https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/10/2/16375126/blade-runner-future-city-ridley-scott How does that make you feel?

anm89 7y ago
You should try posting this as a link directly
melling 7y ago
No flying cars, ... Robotics is still relatively primitive. Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri are our most intelligent interfaces. I’m not sure how the singularity can be 25 years away. The original Blade Runner is probably at least 100 years off.
- jelliclesfarm 7y ago
  I couldn’t help but smile at the number of times I saw ATARI on the Blade Runner streets..
cbsks 7y ago
Clickable link: https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/10/2/16375126/blade-runner-future-city-ridley-scott https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/10/2/16375126/blade-runner-...
thisone 7y ago
That it's not a great reading of sci-fi to say it's 'set in the future' Do android's dream of electric sheep is a novel set in its time, exploring social issues of its time, using a fictitious universe to help explore without so much irl baggage.
- jelliclesfarm 7y ago
  If you want to bring up PKD’s novel version, there are many differences. PKD set his universe in an emptier future San Francisco. Ridley Scott’s future Blade Runner Los Angeles was nothing like DADES’ SF. Two different worlds, I think..in movie vs book
- jelliclesfarm 7y ago
  http://screenprism.com/insights/article/what-are-the-differences-between-blade-runner-and-do-androids-dream-of-elec http://screenprism.com/insights/article/what-are-the-differe... [..] the movie takes place in a crowded Los Angeles whereas the novel is set in a nearly abandoned San Francisco. So why is The City by the Bay deserted? Well, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is set after World War Terminus (WWT), a deadly conflict that’s destroyed the Earth with its radioactive fallout. Most of the planet’s animals have gone extinct, and a large amount of the human population is suffering from physical and mental defects. These unfortunates are nicknamed “chicken heads,” and the novel introduces us to one of these handicapped humans, an ambulance driver named J.R. Isidore. Fans of the film can probably guess that Isidore is the inspiration for J.R. Sebastian. Of course, while Isidore is mentally challenged, Sebastian is an inventor-genius suffering from Methuselah Syndrome. Thanks to the radiation, most of the healthy humans have immigrated to off-world colonies where they’re paired with robotic servants (andies). Of course, there are a few “normal” people who’ve elected to stay on Earth, such as Deckard. The remaining humans are obsessed with animals, and since most creatures were wiped out thanks to WWT, live pets have become a major status symbol. [...] It’s a good write up. It goes on to compare PKD’s andies and Ridley Scott’s replicants.
jelliclesfarm 7y ago
https://youtu.be/d9aPde_MZQc https://youtu.be/d9aPde_MZQc : World Building by Ridley Scott in Blader Runner .. ‘Los Angeles. November 2019’. Are we there yet? https://youtu.be/ZPluJUQGHrg https://youtu.be/ZPluJUQGHrg : production/the set/designing the future

13 points by jelliclesfarm 7y ago

https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/10/2/16375126/blade-runner-future-city-ridley-scott How does that make you feel?

anm89 7y ago

You should try posting this as a link directly

melling 7y ago

No flying cars, ... Robotics is still relatively primitive. Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri are our most intelligent interfaces. I’m not sure how the singularity can be 25 years away. The original Blade Runner is probably at least 100 years off.

jelliclesfarm 7y ago
I couldn’t help but smile at the number of times I saw ATARI on the Blade Runner streets..

cbsks 7y ago

Clickable link: https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/10/2/16375126/blade-runner-future-city-ridley-scott https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/10/2/16375126/blade-runner-...

thisone 7y ago

That it's not a great reading of sci-fi to say it's 'set in the future' Do android's dream of electric sheep is a novel set in its time, exploring social issues of its time, using a fictitious universe to help explore without so much irl baggage.

jelliclesfarm 7y ago
If you want to bring up PKD’s novel version, there are many differences. PKD set his universe in an emptier future San Francisco. Ridley Scott’s future Blade Runner Los Angeles was nothing like DADES’ SF. Two different worlds, I think..in movie vs book
jelliclesfarm 7y ago
http://screenprism.com/insights/article/what-are-the-differences-between-blade-runner-and-do-androids-dream-of-elec http://screenprism.com/insights/article/what-are-the-differe... [..] the movie takes place in a crowded Los Angeles whereas the novel is set in a nearly abandoned San Francisco. So why is The City by the Bay deserted? Well, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is set after World War Terminus (WWT), a deadly conflict that’s destroyed the Earth with its radioactive fallout. Most of the planet’s animals have gone extinct, and a large amount of the human population is suffering from physical and mental defects. These unfortunates are nicknamed “chicken heads,” and the novel introduces us to one of these handicapped humans, an ambulance driver named J.R. Isidore. Fans of the film can probably guess that Isidore is the inspiration for J.R. Sebastian. Of course, while Isidore is mentally challenged, Sebastian is an inventor-genius suffering from Methuselah Syndrome. Thanks to the radiation, most of the healthy humans have immigrated to off-world colonies where they’re paired with robotic servants (andies). Of course, there are a few “normal” people who’ve elected to stay on Earth, such as Deckard. The remaining humans are obsessed with animals, and since most creatures were wiped out thanks to WWT, live pets have become a major status symbol. [...] It’s a good write up. It goes on to compare PKD’s andies and Ridley Scott’s replicants.

jelliclesfarm 7y ago

https://youtu.be/d9aPde_MZQc https://youtu.be/d9aPde_MZQc : World Building by Ridley Scott in Blader Runner .. ‘Los Angeles. November 2019’. Are we there yet? https://youtu.be/ZPluJUQGHrg https://youtu.be/ZPluJUQGHrg : production/the set/designing the future