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I've known adventures, seen places you people will never see, I've been Offworld and back… frontiers! I've stood on the back deck of a blinker bound for the Plu

I've known adventures, seen places you people will never see, I've been Offworld and back… frontiers! I've stood on the back deck of a blinker bound for the Plutition Camps with sweat in my eyes watching stars fight on the shoulder of Orion... I’ve felt wind in my hair, riding test boats off the black galaxies and seen an attack fleet burn like a match and disappear. I've seen it, felt it..

Borrible 5y ago
Ecce homo!
omnicognate 5y ago
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
- fouc 5y ago
  I find it disconcerting that these two quotes allude to attack ships, or warfare of some sort. Of all the interesting things that were seen that could've been mentioned, and war was included.
  - jeffwask 5y ago
    I think Blade Runner is very accurate in it's vision of how humans will interact with robots.
  - the_af 5y ago
    The character saying those things was designed with a 4-year lifespan to do nothing but fight in wars. This is his moment of character development: he was a tool of warfare, but he found beauty in those moments, proving he was capable of something else besides killing. It's a major point of the movie. Note that in a sense, it mirrors many developments in automation in the real world. Military drones and whatnot.
  - omnicognate 5y ago
    They're different versions of the same quote. One was the original version in the script and the other was what Rutger Hauer actually said in the movie. The memories are about war because the android speaking them was a combat model, so his entire life had been spent fighting in wars.
Kiro 5y ago
I'm curious why you chose to quote an early draft of the monologue.
- jeffwask 5y ago
  Mandela Effect
- georgeecollins 5y ago
  Maybe the OP was googling a script. The difference between the two versions here is a draft of the script vs the improvised lines. https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/blade-runner-dialogue-analysis-ff0e306a7630 https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/blade-runner-dialogue-ana... Blade Runner is an excellent example of the power of collaboration. Hampton Fancher's script Ridley Scott's direction, Vangellis, Mobius, Syd Mead. Rutger Hauer developed his character more in ways that are famous, and Edward James Olmos invented cityspeak.

Borrible 5y ago

Ecce homo!

omnicognate 5y ago

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

fouc 5y ago
I find it disconcerting that these two quotes allude to attack ships, or warfare of some sort. Of all the interesting things that were seen that could've been mentioned, and war was included.
- jeffwask 5y ago
  I think Blade Runner is very accurate in it's vision of how humans will interact with robots.
- the_af 5y ago
  The character saying those things was designed with a 4-year lifespan to do nothing but fight in wars. This is his moment of character development: he was a tool of warfare, but he found beauty in those moments, proving he was capable of something else besides killing. It's a major point of the movie. Note that in a sense, it mirrors many developments in automation in the real world. Military drones and whatnot.
- omnicognate 5y ago
  They're different versions of the same quote. One was the original version in the script and the other was what Rutger Hauer actually said in the movie. The memories are about war because the android speaking them was a combat model, so his entire life had been spent fighting in wars.

Kiro 5y ago

I'm curious why you chose to quote an early draft of the monologue.

jeffwask 5y ago
Mandela Effect
georgeecollins 5y ago
Maybe the OP was googling a script. The difference between the two versions here is a draft of the script vs the improvised lines. https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/blade-runner-dialogue-analysis-ff0e306a7630 https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/blade-runner-dialogue-ana... Blade Runner is an excellent example of the power of collaboration. Hampton Fancher's script Ridley Scott's direction, Vangellis, Mobius, Syd Mead. Rutger Hauer developed his character more in ways that are famous, and Edward James Olmos invented cityspeak.