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   Lukas Mariman to you just   
   The Blade Runner FAQ V4.2 [3/3] (1/5)   
   23 Jun 09 00:19:36   
   
   From: lukas.mariman@gmail.com   
      
   black (when he's on the   
   roof).   
   - Deckard's shirt (not) tucked in when Batty saves him from falling.   
   - When Deckard releases the dove there are black clouds overhead. In the   
   next shot the dove flies   
   toward clear blue skies.   
   - When the street vendor is examining the snake scale, the serial number she   
   reads out loud doesn't   
   match the number on her video screen.   
      
   Revealing mistakes:   
      
   - When Deckard takes out the VK machine to test Rachel, he mimes the action.   
   The machine is   
   already on the table.   
   - Support cables for spinner.   
   - Obvious stunt player when Zhora crashes through the glass walls.   
      
   Audio/visual unsynchronised:   
      
   - Rachael's claim that the owl is real.   
   - Deckard's conversation with the snake merchant.   
   - Zhora's wounds appear before the sound of the bullets hitting her.   
      
   Miscellaneous:   
      
   - The sheet music that Rachael reads does not match the song that she plays   
   on the piano.   
   - A hand is visible on Batty's shoulder while he is in the phone booth. This   
   is a reversed shot from later   
   in the film when Batty meets Tyrell.   
      
   Crew or equipment visible:   
      
   - Shadow of a camera crew when Deckard is being chased by Batty through the   
   Bradbury building.   
      
   - The Marquee for the Million Dollar Movie changes. When first seen over   
   Pris' shoulder as she is   
   lighting her cigarette, it is unreadable, BUT distinctly different from   
   later in the scene after JF arrives.   
      
      
   3. Film Quotes   
      
   Rick Deckard:   
      
   Sushi. That's what my ex-wife called me. Cold fish.   
   [Quote from the voice-over as heard in the 1982 original release]   
      
   Replicants are like any other machine. They're either a benefit or a hazard.   
   If they're a benefit, it's not   
   my problem.   
      
   She's a Replicant, isn't she?   
      
   Memories. You're talking about memories!   
      
   I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so   
   charming...   
      
   Captain Bryant:   
      
   Come on, don't be an asshole, Deckard. I've got four skin-jobs walking the   
   streets.   
      
   Stop right where you are! You know the score, pal. You're not cop, you're   
   little people.   
      
   Chew:   
      
   I just do eyes. Just - just eyes. Just genetic design. Just eyes.   
      
   Leon Kowalski:   
      
   I'm kinda nervous when I take tests.   
      
   My mother? Let me tell you about my mother.   
      
   Painful to live in fear, isn't it?   
      
   Nothing is worse than having an itch you can never scratch.   
      
   Wake up! Time to die!   
      
   Dr. Eldon Tyrell:   
      
   Commerce is our goal here at Tyrell. "More human than human" is our motto.   
   Rachael is an   
   experiment. Nothing more.   
      
   The light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long. And you have   
   burned so very very brightly,   
   Roy.   
      
   Rachael:   
      
   Do you like our owl?   
      
   Have you ever retired a human by mistake?   
      
   Is this testing whether I'm a Replicant or a lesbian, Mr Deckard?   
      
   I'm not in the business. I am the business.   
      
   You know that Voight-Kampff test of yours ... did you ever take that test   
   yourself?   
      
   J. F. Sebastian:   
      
   I make friends. They're toys. My friends are toys. I make them. It's a   
   hobby.   
      
   Roy Batty:   
      
   If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes.   
      
   Fiery the angels fell; deep thunder roared around their shores; burning at   
   the fires of Orc.   
      
   I want more life, fucker.   
      
   I've done questionable things. ... Nothing the god of bio-mechanics wouldn't   
   let you in heaven for.   
      
   I thought you were supposed to be good. Aren't you the good man? Come on!   
   Oh, Deckard! Show me   
   ... what you're made of.   
      
   Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a   
   slave!   
      
   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 Tannhauser Gate. All those ... moments   
   will be lost ... in time, like   
   tears ... in rain. Time ... to die.   
      
   Gaff:   
      
   Lòfasz nehogy mar. Te vagy a Blade ... Blade Runner.   
   [Cityspeak-Hungarian-ish: "Don't be a horse's   
   dick." OR "Don't dick around with me." - "You are the Blade ... Blade   
   Runner."]   
      
   You've done a man's job, sir!   
      
   It's too bad she won't live. But then again who does?   
      
   Taffey Lewis:   
      
   Hey, Louie. The man is dry. Give him one on the house, okay. See ya.   
      
   Zhora:   
      
   Are you for real?   
      
   Pris:   
      
   I think, Sebastian, therefore I am.   
   Then we're stupid, and we'll die.   
      
      
   4. References to BR in other movies   
      
   It seems BR has inspired a lot of other films - in terms of architecture &   
   set design - and so much so   
   that every time a new SF movie is made, it is inevitably compared to BR. It   
   would take too long to list   
   every movie that (consciously or not) copied BR's look, but sometimes other   
   "parts" of BR turn up in   
   other films. Here are a couple of notable examples...   
      
   Back To The Future Part II   
      
   Some of the cars Marty encounters in the future version of his home town are   
   repainted spinners from   
   BR.   
      
   Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace   
      
   There were a lot of visual in-jokes in the 1999 Star Wars movie. During the   
   outdoor scenes on the   
   planet Coruscant there are a couple of BR spinners flying around amidst the   
   heavy traffic. They're   
   hard to spot, though, even if you know where to look.   
      
   Trancers   
      
   The car seen in the opening scene is the very same vehicle Deckard drove in   
   BR! (Cool, huh?)   
      
      
   5. References to BR in Music   
      
   Artists: White Zombie   
   Album: "Supersexy Swingin' Sounds" (1996)   
   Track: "More Human Than Human"   
      
   Lyrics:   
      
   I am the astro-   
   Creep a demolition   
   Style hell american   
   Freak - I am the   
   Crawling dead - a   
   Phantom in a box   
   Shadow in your   
   Head say acid   
   Suicide freedom   
   Of the blast read   
   The fucker lies -   
   Scratch off the -   
   Broken skin - tear   
   Into my heart make   
   Me do it again yeah   
      
   More Human Than Human   
      
   I am the jigsaw   
   Man I turn the   
   World around   
   With a skeleton hand say -   
   I am electric head a cannibal core a   
   Television said   
   Yeah do not victimize   
   Read the mother   
   Fucker-psychoholic lies -   
   Into a psychic war I   
   Tear my soul   
   Apart and I   
   Eat it some more   
      
   More Human Than Human   
      
   I am the ripper   
   Man a locomotion   
   Mind love american   
   Style yeah I am   
   The nexus one I   
   Want more life   
   Fucker I ain't   
   Done - yeah   
      
   More Human Than Human   
      
      
   Artists: Pop Will Eat Itself   
      
   This band often samples the movie "Blade Runner"; the song "Wake Up! Time to   
   Die..." is built around   
   that quote from the film.   
      
      
   Artists: Revolting Cocks   
      
   "We Shall Cleanse the World" from the album "Big Sexyland" is based on, and   
   contains samples from   
   the movie "The Omega Man." "Attack Ships on Fire" is on the same album, but   
   the only SF connection   
   seems to be the title.   
      
      
   Artists: The Stranglers   
      
   The album "The Gospel According to the Meninblack" is about a race of people   
   from another planet   
   that is raising humans on Earth for their food.  Considering there are over   
   5 billion people now, they   
   should be very happy.  The Meninblack are first introduced in the song   
   "Meninblack" on the album   
   "The Raven".  See also "Rockit to the Moon", a B-side. There's also a song,   
   "Time to Die" which   
      
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