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The unique demands for Replicants in L.Ć. has required Tyrell and Wallace Corps to develop some of the most diverse models since Off-World mining beganā¦
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A fascinating look at an alternate, stretched so far as to be practically unrelated, Blade Runner:
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Wow, that mess sounds like just what youād expect from a Libertarian scare story potboiler about single-payer universal health insurance. The actual Blade Runner movie may have been very different from Dickās original novel, but quality still led to quality.
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You are not alone. The retro future styling among other things made it feel like a noir story set in the future so the voice over fits right in if you ask me.
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I prefer it if only because leaving it out seems a weird editing decision, at best.
See also:
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The band Blue Ćyster Cult used to start every show by having the Blade Runner theme play for about a minute before the band came onstage to begin their set. I always thought it was a very cool way to start the show and get everybody ready, no matter what their first song was.
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āThe dystopian politics and medical horrors are still there, but now thereās gay sex and time travel too.ā
Nothing beats uncle Bill.
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Iāveā¦ seen thingsā¦ you people wouldnāt believe.
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I have seen things I am not sure I believe.
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I thought there were a few seconds in the ending of the VHS version from the '80s where we could see the vehicle driving through the mountains from above, but I canāt currently find a clip matching that description, unless we cheat and just watch the beginning of The Shining.
I guess the ending of BR wouldnāt be so cool if we could see they were driving a yellow VW bug.
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According to Paul M. Sammonās book The Making of Blade Runner, Ridley Scott took a small crew to Big Bear, two hours drive north-east of Los Angeles, to film interiors and an aerial shot of Deckard and Rachel driving along a mountain road in Deckardās car. It looks as if the overhead shot wasnāt used, but perhaps the āHappy Endingā clip embedded above is cut off a little bit too early.
The out-takes from The Shining were cropped to remove the yellow Volkswagen.
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(Iāll just leave this cyberpunk-themed K-Pop video here.)
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I like the voiceover version better myself. Harrison Ford hated it but thatās why he was an actor not a director back then.
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The story is that he deliberately read the voice-over badly so that it wouldnāt be used. Obviously his cunning plan didnāt work.
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Tho original studio release (and VHS) had them driving, there is also a longer outtake that it was cut from:
The big issue I have with the happy ending is that having them driving through nice green mountains ruins the entire idea of āEarth is a dying burned out husk, and anyone worth anything is going to the off world colonies.ā
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