Sunday, March 25, 2018

OFF-WORLD NEWS DIGEST | VOL. VIII, No. 6

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




In the news ...


  • Where Blade Runner began: 50 years of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? ~Ananyo Bhattacharya toasts Philip K. Dick’s prescient science-fiction classic.~ When science-fiction writer Peter Watts first opened Philip K. Dick’s 1968 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, a word caught his eye. It was “friendlily”. How had Dick got that past an editor? As Watts told me: “I knew at that point that Dick had to be some kind of sick genius.” Further on in the novel are the boldly redundant “disemelevatored” and the sublime “kipple” — a word for ‘junk’ that encapsulates the stuff’s sinister tendency to multiply entropically. Only William Shakespeare coined neologisms as brazenly. 
Yet to debate Dick’s strengths as a stylist is to miss the point of Androids. For, as with much of his oeuvre (44 novels, 121 short stories and 14 short-story collections), it is ideas that propel the book into the imaginative stratosphere — and inspired director Ridley Scott to craft the masterly 1982 film adaptation, Blade Runner. Read more of the article HERE. 


  • Sean Young will be a guest at the July 13-15, Atlanta Comic Con at the Georgia World Congress Center!


To pre-order tickets for the July 13-15, Atlanta Comic Con please visit: atlantacomiccon.com/tickets




Now for some articles, art, music, videos, podcasts, fanfiction, and some m
iscellaneous!


Articles:




Art:


Blade Runner Vector Poster by Bloody-Dingo

Artwork by Wyn Sexon


Artwork by Wyn Sexon


Blade Runner 2049 by Matt Anderson

Music:






Videos:












Podcasts:





Miscellaneous:


Mini Blade Runner #06 by Jason Tammemagi

by Will HR




A Reminder:

SECRET CINEMA --
A secret live experience taking place in London from 21 March - 8 July 2018, tickets available now. It is time to enter our most epic dream yet.




If anyone has comments, feedback, or questions, please feel free to post them in the Comment section below. And if you'd like to contribute, or recommend Blade Runner-related art, music, video, podcast, or article, you may do so at Kipple@KippleZone.com.

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

Be sure to visit KippleZone's Pinterest page for more Blade Runner images and videos; from behind-the-scenes photos to fan art, figures, and props! And, for more Blade Runner fanfiction, be sure to visit KippleZone.




"Have a better one!"

~Kipple 

Saturday, March 17, 2018

OFF-WORLD NEWS DIGEST | VOL. VIII, No. 5

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




In the news ...



  • Flying Lotus shares seven new songs, including Blade Runner short film tracks: Stream. Taken from the anime short Blade Runner Black Out 2022 and the forthcoming thriller Perfect.

  • Today, Flying Lotus has taken to SoundCloud to upload not one, not two, but seven new songs.Of the bunch, six are taken from his soundtrack to Blade Runner Black Out 2022, last year’s anime prequel to the Denis Villeneuve-directed Blade Runner 2049. They include arrangements like the restless “Smasher”, the mystery-inducing “Broken Night”, and the ambient “More Human”.


    The seventh is a dramatic, strings-assisted cut called “Choo Choo”. A collaboration with Blade Runner 2049 associate Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, it’s an outtake from the new sci-fi thriller Perfect. The film was directed by Eddie Alcazar, with whom FlyLo has teamed up before in the past, and presented by Steven Soderbergh; it had its premiere over the weekend at South By Southwest. FlyLo is listed as an executive producer for the feature as well as appears in it as the “Keeper” character.


    Hear all seven tracks below.






    Now for some articles, art, music, videos, podcasts, fanfiction, and some m
    iscellaneous!



    Articles:



    Art:
    Blade Runner 2049, by Chris Skinner


    Art by Robh Ruppel



    Music:















    Videos:







    Podcasts:



    EP:16 -- Blade Runner 2049




    Utopia has been proudly emigrating mankind from Earth since 2010. They are the world’s most popular carrier to the Off-world Colonies. They fly faster and more direct to more destinations on Proxima and Mars. Utopia will service all of your new lifestyle needs from visa services, travel, nutrition, news, TV, dating, and even charitable causes. 

    The chance to begin again.

    (A fun site to peruse.) 




    If anyone has comments, feedback, or questions, please feel free to post them in the Comment section below. And if you'd like to contribute, or recommend Blade Runner-related art, music, video, podcast, or article, you may do so at Kipple@KippleZone.com.

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

    Be sure to visit KippleZone's Pinterest page for more Blade Runner images and videos; from behind-the-scenes photos to fan art, figures, and props! And, for more Blade Runner fanfiction, be sure to visit KippleZone.


    "Have a better one!"

    ~Kipple 
    (C.A. Chicoine)


    Friday, March 9, 2018

    OFF-WORLD NEWS DIGEST | VOL. VIII, No. 4

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




    In the news ...


    • Roger Deakins wins Cinematography Oscar for Blade Runner 2049Roger A. Deakins has long been considered one of the best cinematographers in the world, but while he’s being nominated for 13 Oscars, he had yet to win. That changed when Deakins won for Achievement in Cinematography for his work on Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049. More HERE.



    • 'Blade Runner 2049' Wins Best Visual Effects. It was the second Academy Award for Blade Runner 2049's VFX supervisor John Nelson, who previously won for Gladiator in 2001. It was the first Oscar for Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert, and Richard R. Hoover. More HERE



    • Deckard's Dog in 'Blade Runner 2049' Wins Inaugural Palm Dog USA in the Year of the DogThe Palm Dog, the cinematic canine competition that has become a mutt-hailing mainstay of the Cannes Film Festival, held its first ever awards ceremony in the U.S. The whiskey-drinking dog star of Blade Runner 2049 has won the inaugural Palm Dog USA award. The performance of Bo, the canine pal of Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), captured the judge’s imagination as the Palm Dog Awards made its US debut. Palm Dog Jury chair Toby Rose said: “The fate of Deckard’s whiskey-drinking dog may remain a mystery. But to the judges, it was an exemplary performance showing the importance of the canine-human relationship even in a replicant’s world.” [Source HERE.]



    Thirty-five years after the release of Blade Runner, the visual language of contemporary science fiction is still drawing from the dark and rainy vision of Los Angeles set in an imagined future. This past year saw a direct continuation of that vision with Blade Runner 2049, trading rain for the snow to suit Canadian director Denis Villeneuve's sensibilities as he pushed past the legacy left by the original, asking new questions and expanding the scope both technically and emotionally. Both films are presented here on the big screen, including Ridley Scott's definitive Final Cut (2007).
    On view in the Behind the Screen galleries is the Tyrell Corporation model, used in the original Blade Runner. More HERE.




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






    Art:
    "Blade Runner" by Marko Manev

    "Blade Runner" by Chris Koehler





    Music:























    Podcasts:

    In this first podcast, Hampton Fancher explains the process of adapting 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' into his scripts for 'Blade Runner' and its sequel.













    Miscellaneous: 

    1:6 "Zhora" Handmade Limited Edition Art Figure 



    "Zhora" is a handmade limited edition art figure sculpted and painted by S. Pettersen. This special release will include an autographed COA by Zhora herself, actress Joanna Cassidy! More HERE!



    Abdul Ben Hassan T-shirt



    From Framestore: Visual effects artist Philip Harris-Genois, Modeler at RodeoFX, Modeling Lecturer at NAD, was part of the team who modeled Las Vegas sequence for the movie Blade Runner 2049 while working at Framestore. More HERE.







    If anyone has comments, feedback, or questions, please feel free to post them in the Comment section below. And if you'd like to contribute, or recommend Blade Runner-related art, music, video, podcast, or article, you may do so at Kipple@KippleZone.com.

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

    And be sure to visit KippleZone's Pinterest page for more Blade Runner images, and videos; from behind-the-scenes photos to fan art, figures, and props!


    "Have a better one!"

    ~Kipple 
    (C.A. Chicoine)