Saturday, June 30, 2012

OFF-WORLD NEWS DIGEST | June 2012

Welcome to another edition of the OFF-WORLD NEWS Digest.


Blade Runner 2 Wishlist

Wishlist is a regular feature ran in the mag SFX magazine where they get its readers to tell them – via the SFX forum – what they want to see in some in-development project. The subject of this month’s Wishlist  (in SFX 223, on sale now) was Blade Runner 2, and as a special treat they're posting it online as well. HERE'S the link.


In the news ...




  • BLADE RUNNER 30TH ANNIVERSARY PANEL AT 2012 COMIC-CON | July 13, 2012, 7-8pm
Filmmaker, BR expert, and acclaimed author Paul M. Sammon (Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner) hosts a 30th anniversary celebration of this influential masterpiece. Sammon (who was present throughout BR’s filming and met Philip K. Dick) will interview numerous BR cast and crewmembers, including BR art director David Snyder and BR: The Final Cut producer Charles de Lauzirika. Be there to meet these and other very special BR guests. Room 6BCF


  • Blade Runner screening August 16, 2012, 7:PM at the University of Missouri. More details HERE.

  • Blade Runner :: Night :: - Monterotondo (Rome) - Friday 'July 6, 2012, 20h. In Piazza del Popolo also known as the Piazza dei Leoni.
Italian guests will be the main voice actors. Come talk with them, and listen as they tell their stories and feelings about the dubbing, (following the screening of "International Theatrical" with the original version with the voice-over).

The tribute poster was created by Daniele Moretti. http://www.flickr.com/photos/medusone/



  • BladeZone launches new Twitter page. The official Twitter Page for Bladezone.com, the online Blade Runner fan club and museum. @BladeZone2019




Blade Runner debuted 30 years ago this month. What would PKD have thought?

For the anniversary, comic artist John Bonner visualizes what PKD might have thought about Blade Runner had he gotten the chance to see it. I took the liberty of correcting a typo and have included the revised version below. The original article appears HERE.






Now for some articles, podcasts, art, music and videos!


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Art:

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Some work on the upcoming White Dragon Cut -- Version 5.0











This animation is made of 3285 aquarelle paintings.





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Have a better one!

~ Kipple



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Monday, June 25, 2012

Thirty years ago today ...




Blade Runner is one of the most popular and influential science-fiction films of all time - and it has become an enduring cult classic favorite. It was directed by Ridley Scott and stars Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer and Sean Young. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is loosely based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.

This 1982 film depicts a dystopian Los Angeles in the year 2019–a dark, polluted and overcrowded city dominated by cloud-piercing buildings, looming neon billboards, and air dense with acid rain and flying traffic. And the city has another problem–rogue Replicants.

Replicants are human androids that are created to perform either hazardous or menial tasks in the Off-world Colonies. Their use is prohibited here on Earth. If anyone is suspected of being a Replicant, a special police force, known as the Blade Runner Unit, are notified. The blade runners have orders to shoot to kill, upon detection, any trespassing Replicant.

The plot focuses on the trials and tribulations of retired Rep-detect, Rick Deckard. He is forced back into active duty to help L.A.P.D.’s Blade Runner Unit out of a jam. He has to track down four rogue Replicants and retire them–a euphemism for destroying them.

Blade Runner debuted on June 25, 1982, in over 1200 theatres, throughout the United States. However, it had not lived up to box office expectations. It could be said that Blade Runner was the most influential box-office-flop-turned-cult-classic film of all time.

But, Blade Runner is more than a movie. Not only does Blade Runner overwhelm the senses, it preys on our morals. It reveals fundamental truths and insight about human nature.

Blade Runner opens up a multiverse of perspectives for those who seek them. The further we journey through its sectors, the more there is to marvel at and amaze us. From the book, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick; the various screenplays; the different versions of the movie Blade Runner; to the many off-spring this work has spawned, we continue to keep alive this story. It has been analyzed, replicated, expanded upon and been paid tribute to by all means known to humankind.

We can see its influence in other books and movies. It has been rendered in the visual arts; in painting, sculpting, computer animation, architectural designs and even in fashion design. We can experience Blade Runner virtually with video games. We can listen to Blade Runner-inspired music. This paradigm has been presented in live theatre productions, in dance recitals and on home video productions. And writers across the web have kept the story of Rick Deckard and company alive in fan-fiction.

So why not celebrate this 30th anniversary by watching Blade Runner, whether it be the original theatrical cut or the Final Cut, (or those in between), tonight!

"A new life awaits you in the Off-world colonies. The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure. New climate, recreational facilities...absolutely free. Use your new friend as a personal body servant or a tireless field hand, the custom tailored genetically engineered humanoid replicant designed especially for your needs. So come on America, let's put our team up there!"


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Have a better one!

~ Kipple





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