Saturday, January 28, 2012

OFF-WORLD NEWS UPDATE for January 2012

Keeping you up to date on all things Blade Runner


Welcome to another edition of the OFF-WORLD NEWS UPDATE. It's been another active month on the Blade Runner fan front as we await more official news regarding the planned Blade Runner sequel.

To start off, OFF-WORLD NEWS has expanded! We can now be found on Google+! So be sure and add us to your Circle! Link is HERE!

The British Blade Runner spoof, Bladder Run, is in production. And they have a new website so you can keep up to date with them and see some behind the scenes stuff!




I, Philip: Conversing Robot Could Be Step Closer to Living Androids
Original news article HERE.






Environ CTR Blade Runner Spinner display


An incredible fan-created CGI Spinner!





Articles:













"I was afraid to watch Blade Runner in the theater because I was afraid the movie would be better than what I myself had been able to imagine." ~ William Gibson, from an interview titled, The Art of Fiction.
The interview can be found HERE.



New books:





Model Building from Blade Runner. Almost died (Taken with Instagram at Museum of the Moving Image)






funrunrecords: suikatou: Blade Runner Enjoy


PodCast:




Art & Music:


Art Show tribute to Blade Runner’s 30th anniversaryBlade Runner is a haunting, eerily prophetic mixture of science fiction and film noir, director Ridley Scott’s Balde Runner boasts one of the most astonishingly designed futures ever put on film - a dark, decaying Los Angeles circa 2019.Artists include:Eric AlthinJamie Margary Dres13HORSEBITESPat FaticaHYDRO74Dennis HansburyJim Inziello Stephanie Marie SmithSounds by Q-Burns Abstract Message.All artwork will be available for T-Shirt printing at www.MotherFalconClothing.com.Parking:Thornton Park Parking Garage with entrances on North Eola Drive and East Washington Street. Street parking is available if you can find it.Questions email: TheFalconBar@gmail.com



The Replicated art show at The Falcon in Orlando celebrated the 30th anniversary of Blade Runner. The exhibition presented a variety of artists' works using the iconic film as inspiration. The artwork is there until March 2, 2012. Q-Burns Abstract Message supplied the soundtrack to the show, filling the first two opening hours with a session also inspired by the music, vibe, sounds, and dialogue from Blade Runner. A recording of this session is available to download. Keep in mind -- this isn't your normal DJ set. This one was intended to create an appropriate atmosphere for viewing the art work. It's quite moody and very electronic with a few unexpected moments. You can download both parts by clicking HERE.


  • Mix tribute to Blade Runner and Vangelis





Blade runner



Announcements:

  • SCIENCE and MAGIC in FILM Series

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 -- 7:00pm until 10:00pm

Description:
BLADE RUNNER(1982)
Guest - guest Jim Loperfido (CEO for the Syracuse International Film Festival, founded the Auburn Cinefile Society, and he has been at the fore-front nationally of independent video dealers’ efforts to regulate and lobby for their industry)


SYRFILM INC. and The Red House Arts Center continue their collaboration on the series Science and Magic In Film. This 4 part series takes place at the Red House Arts Center beginning January 2012, on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Each screening includes a discussion. Program Passes are now available for $25, they can be purchased at the Red House Arts Center. Single Screening Tickets are also available at the door for $8. Programs begin at 7pm – doors open at 6:30pm at the Red House Arts Center located at 201 South West St. Free parking is available.

  • Embroidered robe worn by actor Joe Turkel as Eldon Tyrell in "Blade Runner" on display.
Midland Center for the Arts welcomes 2012 with a collection of five exhibitions that are out of this world. “Space. Sky. Sci-Fi.” landed at the Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art in Midland in January. Link HERE.



Geek Crash Course: Blade Runner



Tears In The Rain

Picture

A Tribute To Blade Runner
A film by Christopher Grant Harvey
The film is currently in post production. It is hoped to be completed by mid March 2012.
Link HERE.

Rachel inspired by Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner BY Paul X. Johnson



Link:


Blade Runner Review Part One - The Eyes Have It


Blade Runner Review Part Two - Electric Sheep


Blade Runner Review Part Three - Zeitnot

Blade Runner Review Part Three - Who Made Who



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Have a better one!

~ Kipple
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Friday, December 30, 2011

OFF-WORLD NEWS UPDATE for December 2011

Keeping you up to date on all things Blade Runner.



Nikola Tamindzic on a Blade Runner binge, creating animated gifs, on his Tumblr page.


Lots of news to highlight for this month!

Alcon Producer Update on Blade Runner

"Blade Runner 2" Announcement Coming Soon

Rutger Hauer to participate in Blade Runner panel at Mad Monster Party to be held March 23-25 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Short trailer for a fictional 30th Anniversary release of Blade Runner in 3D.


LEGO!

  • Interested in supporting a Blade Runner 'Spinner' LEGO model? Click HERE!
  • Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, and Blade Runner LEGO Set concepts HERE.


Parodies:

  • Scenes From A Multiverse, by Jonathan Rosenberg. Blade Runner parodies.

http://amultiverse.com/2011/12/12/gaffs-message/

http://amultiverse.com/2011/12/14/the-test/

http://amultiverse.com/2011/12/15/thighmaster/

http://amultiverse.com/2011/12/16/going-batty/



Blade runner shot by shot
View more presentations from Rob McMinn


Articles:

  • More Than Human: Blade Runner's Human/Replicant Debate

http://www.popsubculture.com/pop/bio_project/sub/more_than_human.html/





  • The secrets of anamorphic Blade Runner

http://www.eoshd.com/content/6467/the-secrets-of-anamorphic-blade-runner


  • Blade Runner, the Cool Twitter Kids and I, by Joseph B. Hewitt IV

http://working-as-designed.blogspot.com/2011/12/blade-runner-cool-twitter-kids-and-i.html


  • The secrets of anamorphic Blade Runner

http://www.eoshd.com/content/6467/the-secrets-of-anamorphic-blade-runner


  • Top 100 Cult Films

http://www.npr.org/2011/12/07/143296617/what-s-on-your-cult-film-list?sc=fb&cc=fp


  • Films To Watch Before You Die #21 - Blade Runner (1982):

http://flickeringmyth.blogspot.com/2011/12/films-to-watch-before-you-die-21-blade.html





PodCast:


Photos:

  • Desktop tuned, ready for work!

http://twitter.com/#!/JaviStitch/status/143725610823458817/photo/1/large



  • Dan Hipp's latest fake Tintin graphic novel, "Hunt for the Unicorn".

http://io9.com/5864864/if-tintin-starred-in-blade-runner-daryl-hannah-would-play-captain-haddock





Music:

MEMORIA ~ Blade Runner: The Rock Project Introduction: LA 2019


"Blade Runner" by The God X.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=659724&songID=11264418&showPlayer=true


Misc.

'Blade Runner The Band' at the Christmas Covers party

http://twitpic.com/7unck9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut_eIjuSJ60

Blade Runner Whiskey Glass http://www.firebox.com/product/4346/Blade-Runner-Whiskey-Glass


Books:

  • PKD's full Exegesis is finally being published

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/books/review/the-exegesis-of-philip-k-dick-edited-by-pamela-jackson-jonathan-lethem-and-erik-davis-book-review.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss


  • The Blue Dolphin Enterprises 1982 Official Blade Runner Sketchbook is now available to view ONLINE HERE!


Vid & Gifs:

  • Blade Runner - SPINNER

http://animoto.com/play/hpLD4Ffan0W7yTO61i2gPQ


  • Robot shows Blade Runner reality edging closer (video):

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/43384/robot-shows-blade-runner-reality-near



Fratres for Cello and Blade Runner by Matt Broach.


Audio:

  • New sample from srmusic, from their “Blade Runner” project

http://srmusic.tumblr.com/post/14864032930/new-sample-from-the-blade-runner-project


The Press is known for comparing a real world dystopian future with the movie Blade Runner. Here is one such recent example.

Reform, Human Capital and Our Nation As It Becomes Blade Runner's World in Real Time (Article HERE).


And here's some wishful thinking on my part. First, let me make myself clear, the following is NOT a fact. Again, it is WISHFUL THINKING on my part. BUT --- if it were to come true --- you can say you heard it here first. Would be absolutely awesome = Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross to compose the score to Ridley Scott's Blade Runner sequel.


Link:

The Ultimate 233 Blade Runner Links. Happy New Year!

http://www.prisonerofthemind.net/2011/12/ultimate-233-blade-runner-links.html


And remember to follow @OffWorldNews on Twitter to receive these and other Blade Runner related news items, (including movie showings, specials, and auction items not featured in this newsletter), as it comes in.


Have a better one!

~ Kipple

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