| 29 Mar 2005 |
Sin City. You've seen the trailers
(if you haven't, stop messing about and go here).
I'm looking forward to it. And I'll be including here some reviews
that reference BR in some way. Weekly
Dig. iFMagazine. |
| 26 Mar 2005 |
Moscow. Insurance underwriters.
Blade Runner. Sometimes people really do get carried away in
likening episodes in life to BR. (But that's what I do to, so...)
Sunday
Herald
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| 24 Mar 2005 |
Philip K. Dick finally gets
inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Now located
at the Science
Fiction Museum in Seattle, this will be their first induction
ceremony (May 6). |
| 24 Mar 2005 |
What else can you buy to enjoy
your Blade Runner DVD even more once you've explored Home Theater
with surround sound? (And who hasn't...?) How about motion simulation?
D-Box has the solution for you - covering over 400 movies. ecousitics
tells us about the company and products. |
| 23 Mar 2005 |
If you're in L.A. anytime before
mid-April and want to take in a play, you might like to try
'Flow my Tears, The Policeman Said' - an adaptation of PKD's
story. It is on at the Evidence Room and reviewed in City
Beat. |
| 22 Mar 2005 |
It isn't specifically related,
but the new Battlestar Galactica series has sufficient references
that draw directly from the Blade Runner type world and heritage
that it is worth mentioning. And of course lead actor is Edward
James Olmos, who played Gaff. Reason for mentioning it now is
an interesting interview
with Exec Producer David Eick. p.s. if it means anything, I
think this is one of the best shows on TV. |
| 21 Mar 2005 |
"Scent of a Robot"
- what do you think of if someone says "a guy who finds
out he is a robot". Yeah, even d-a-h's will think of this.
Presentation
Master explains in more detail. |
| 20 Mar 2005 |
"Save The Green Planet"
- if you haven't heard about this film, here
is your chance to hear about it. |
| 17 Mar 2005 |
High-end L.A. real estate -
BR thoughts start quite quickly as L.A. 2019 really isn't all
that far away now. This
article is all about top-end houses in L.A ($5 million upwards)
and somewhere along the line it includes the Blade Runner comparison.
How? Why? Check it out for yourself. Sorry, but I am kinda in
real estate mode at present... |
| 15 Mar 2005 |
Otomo made Akira, and the West
learned of Japnese anime. Akira was very much in the Blade Runner
mould. So Otomo's new film, Steamboy, is eagerly anticipated.
But as with Gibson's voyage into the past, (aka 'Steampunk'),
Steamboy goes forward backwards (makes sense to me). The
Village Voice might explain this a bit better. |
| 10 Mar 2005 |
I had to include this
as it is a sports review mentioning 'Blade Runner' that is actually
referencing the film rather than a boat or ice hockey team,
or... |
| 10 Mar 2005 |
So you thought robots in everyday
life was the stuff of Science Fiction? Not any more. 2005 is
the year of the Robot, (well, at least it is in Japan). Read
about it in the Washington
Post. |
| 09 Mar 2005 |
You simply couldn't have a
film called "Robots" released without somebody comparing it
to Blade Runner. Although in this Chicago
Tribune review, it is the environment rather than the robots
themselves that is being compared to BR. It is a fun film with
a subtle adult undercurrent that is there for those who look
closely. |
| 08 Mar 2005 |
Latest city to be compared
to the L.A. of BR is Chandigarh
- in India. The comparison thoiugh is not the usual futuristic
high-rise city look. |
| 06 Mar 2005 |
The Argus
Leader has excerpts from an interview with William Sanderson
(who played J.F. Sebastian in BR) - mostly about his current
role in TV series Deadwood. |
| 03 Mar 2005 |
So how would PKD approach doing
a film review? Perhaps by reviewing it in advance, as Film
Four does with "A Scanner Darkly". It is a good
preview though, so worth a read. |
| 03 Mar 2005 |
New
Order Pioneers Digital Posters. The band New Order is using
interactive posters in HMV stores in London and Manchester to
promote their new album. Cool. (Although probably more Minority
report than Blade Runner.) |
| 01 Mar 2005 |
Troubling news for the Frank
Lloyd Wrght designed Ennis-Brown house (exterior location and
internal inspiration for Deckard's apartment). Mudslide damage
from the hill behind threatens the integrity of the house. Ongoing
restoration is also compromised by sun damage. It was given
a "red tag" (high risk), but is now back to a"yellow
tag" according to North
County Times. Followed up with an AP report e.g. in the
Monterey
Herald. |
| 28 Feb 2005 |
"Four-year lifespan."
No, not Replicants - I'm talking about a class action suit against
HP saying their inkjet cartridges are programmed to fail after
a certain time. HP says that there is a maximum lifetime to
ensure quality of ink. (I wonder if the cartridges would start
thinking for themselves if not terminated...) Read about it
in NZ
Stuff. |
| 25 Feb 2005 |
Obscure references to BR get
ever more obscure: 'If there had been
a ballet in Ridley Scott's futuristic film noir, "Blade
Runner," it might have looked like Marshall's elegant,
dark and deeply emotive "Sleeping Beauty."'
- so says the Tallahassee
Democrat. |
| 23 Feb 2005 |
The
Village Broadsheet reports on a future underwater hotel
that might just hint at a possibility that our future might
not be mired in a dirty, cluttered BR world after all. |
| 23 Feb 2005 |
Bruce Wallace of the Los
Angeles Times compares and contrasts the two supremos of
Japanese anime, Hayao Miyazaki and Mamoru Oshii. (Here's a hint
- watch all of the films of both as they are all stupendous,
but watch Miyazaki films with your kids and watch Oshii films
with your mates or on your own.) The article also hints at that
nagging feeling that if you have seen all their collective films
to date, you might wonder if there is anything really new coming
out of Japan now? |
| 23 Feb 2005 |
BR showed a level of outside
advertising later accentuated in films like Minority Report
that has all too much likelihood of becoming reality. Indeed,
already has to some extent. Technology
Research News comments on this phenomenon of public space
visual advertising clutter. |
| 22 Feb 2005 |
KeaNeo stars in a new film,
Constantine in which he fights the forces of evil in an alternate
universe in great comic book fashion. But I feel taking the
genre more seriously and perhaps even making a film worth watching.
Here are a couple of reviews that mention the BR/Not BR effect:
Up
and Coming and Movie
City News. |
| 22 Feb 2005 |
It seems that artist Amy Globus
is heavily influenced ny Syd Mead, Blade Runner And DADoES.
Art
Daily reports on 'Amy Globus: Electric
Sheep at Nevada Museum of Art'. The exhibition is on
until May 8th if you're interested. |
| 21 Feb 2005 |
Syd Mead is apparently now
"widely known" as "the
father of contemporary visualization techniques".
I don't disagree of course. It is Middle
East Online that has given him such praise and it is in
relation to his continuing efforts in helping Dubai become the
City of the Future where it has been most aptly applied. Mead
himself says “I am here because of
the unique excitement of seeing the future come true in Dubai.
The Gulf is a fantastic example of how reality is catching up
with the future as the size, scope and vision of some of the
region’s projects clearly show. I am glad to become a part
of the region’s phenomenal progress and contribute to the
goals on the horizon."
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| 06 Jan 2005 |
Vangelis composed the fabulous
theme music for Blade Runner, of course, along with much other
great stuff. His latest soundtrack is to Alexander. Read The
Telegraph interview with him. |
