Blade Runner (1982)

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Wikidata Q184843, film, IMDb tt0083658, TMDB 78: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 6 more episodes agree.

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Led to

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No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Thief: 3 lines lineage ×1 contrast ×1 craft ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Thief → Blade Runner. Blade Runner is inscrutable and picked over; Thief is straightforward.
    “Whereas Thief is much more straightforward, but, you know, Ridley Scott uses Vangelis, Michael Mann uses Tangerine Dream”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:09:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Harrison Ford: 2 lines career ×2

  1. career (career): Harrison Ford → Blade Runner. Ford's 80s run: two Raiders movies, two Star Wars, Blade Runner, Witness, Mosquito Coast, Frantic, then this.
    “Blade Runner, Witness, Mosquito Coast, frantic.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:34:52 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Joe Turkel: 2 lines people ×1 career ×1

  1. career (career): Joe Turkel → Blade Runner. Turkel plays Tyrell in Blade Runner.
    “becomes the bartender in the Shining, but also he's Tyrell and Blade Runner.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free) · 1:27:59 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Alien 3: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (cut comparison): Alien 3 → Blade Runner. Wants a third Alien 3 cut that meets in the middle, Blade Runner Final Cut style.
    “I almost want a Blade Runner style final cut thing where it's like, now we need a 3rd cut that meets in the middle.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:16:00 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

Alien: Covenant: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Alien: Covenant → Blade Runner. Franchises like Alien and Blade Runner predict a first generation of androids that does horrid things and gets scaled back.
    “very much like in this franchise and Blade Runner”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 1:12:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Father of the Bride: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (remake-distance analogy): Father of the Bride → Blade Runner. A 1991 remake of a 1950 film is like remaking Blade Runner now, 40 years on.
    “think about movies in 1982 now that that would be the 40 year mark where it would be like if they were remaking Blade Runner”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 0:08:22 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

Goodfellas: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Blade Runner → Goodfellas. Listener contrasts bad narration crutched in original Blade Runner with narration that makes Goodfellas.
    “It was so bad in the original Blade Runner.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:36:58 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Jordan Cronenweth: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (same cinematographer): Jordan Cronenweth → Blade Runner. Cronenweth is a legendary cinematographer who shot Blade Runner.
    “And he's in like a legendary cinematography shot Blade Runner.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 1:05:30 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

Rutger Hauer: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Rutger Hauer → Blade Runner. Hauer's Blade Runner villain made him fear typecasting.
    “I love him in Blade Runner so much.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 0:39:09 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Scott Pilgrim vs. the World → Blade Runner. Edgar says he grew up loving films now called ahead of their time, such as Blade Runner and John Carter, without knowing they had flopped, so the cult-flop reputation does not bother him.
    “I knew that the John Cum, the thing was a flop or Blade Runner, like sort of you consume it in the same way”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:48:02 · Edgar Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

Seven: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (unnamed city): Seven → Blade Runner. Se7en's rainy, never-named city is likened to Blade Runner's.
    “It's like it's like Blade Runner.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 0:58:38 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Blade Runner. Blade Runner stars a Star Wars actor but is a weird sci-fi noir.
    “We got one of the stars of Star Wars, but it's doing a weird sci-fi noir.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:13:35 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

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career (4)

  1. career (career): Rutger Hauer → Blade Runner. Hauer's Blade Runner villain made him fear typecasting.
    “I love him in Blade Runner so much.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 0:39:09 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Harrison Ford → Blade Runner. Ford's 80s run: two Raiders movies, two Star Wars, Blade Runner, Witness, Mosquito Coast, Frantic, then this.
    “Blade Runner, Witness, Mosquito Coast, frantic.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:34:52 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Joe Turkel → Blade Runner. Turkel plays Tyrell in Blade Runner.
    “becomes the bartender in the Shining, but also he's Tyrell and Blade Runner.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free) · 1:27:59 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Harrison Ford → Blade Runner. Blade Runner bombed, but Ford had Indiana Jones in his back pocket, so he could not say no to Lucas.
    “Like, even though Blade Runner bombed, he knows like, I got fucking Indiana Jones in the back pocket, that thing's a go.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:13:23 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Thief → Blade Runner. Blade Runner is inscrutable and picked over; Thief is straightforward.
    “Whereas Thief is much more straightforward, but, you know, Ridley Scott uses Vangelis, Michael Mann uses Tangerine Dream”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:09:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Blade Runner → Goodfellas. Listener contrasts bad narration crutched in original Blade Runner with narration that makes Goodfellas.
    “It was so bad in the original Blade Runner.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:36:58 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Thief → Blade Runner. Both films mark a new era partly through their synth scores: Mann used Tangerine Dream, Scott used Vangelis.
    “Ridley Scott uses Vangelis, Michael Mann uses Tangerine Dream, like these, the, it sounds different.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:09:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Blade Runner. Blade Runner stars a Star Wars actor but is a weird sci-fi noir.
    “We got one of the stars of Star Wars, but it's doing a weird sci-fi noir.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:13:35 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (remake-distance analogy): Father of the Bride → Blade Runner. A 1991 remake of a 1950 film is like remaking Blade Runner now, 40 years on.
    “think about movies in 1982 now that that would be the 40 year mark where it would be like if they were remaking Blade Runner”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 0:08:22 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Thief → Blade Runner. Thief and Blade Runner mark a new era: neo-noir lone heroes in dystopian landscapes.
    “Blade Runner also just feels like a new era.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:08:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (same actor): Joe Turkel → Blade Runner. The Shining bartender is also Tyrell in Blade Runner.
    “And it's also a Tyrell Blade Runner.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 1:16:55 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (same cinematographer): Jordan Cronenweth → Blade Runner. Cronenweth is a legendary cinematographer who shot Blade Runner.
    “And he's in like a legendary cinematography shot Blade Runner.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 1:05:30 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (cut comparison): Alien 3 → Blade Runner. Wants a third Alien 3 cut that meets in the middle, Blade Runner Final Cut style.
    “I almost want a Blade Runner style final cut thing where it's like, now we need a 3rd cut that meets in the middle.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:16:00 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): Alien: Covenant → Blade Runner. Franchises like Alien and Blade Runner predict a first generation of androids that does horrid things and gets scaled back.
    “very much like in this franchise and Blade Runner”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 1:12:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (unnamed city): Seven → Blade Runner. Se7en's rainy, never-named city is likened to Blade Runner's.
    “It's like it's like Blade Runner.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 0:58:38 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Scott Pilgrim vs. the World → Blade Runner. Edgar says he grew up loving films now called ahead of their time, such as Blade Runner and John Carter, without knowing they had flopped, so the cult-flop reputation does not bother him.
    “I knew that the John Cum, the thing was a flop or Blade Runner, like sort of you consume it in the same way”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:48:02 · Edgar Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

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