Episode #200: The Blade Runner Show
https://archive.org/download/Podcast200_201906/Podcast%20200.mp3
My brother (last on the show on episodes 179 and 180) joins me today for episode 200 as we discuss the Blade Runner movies. I missed it when it originally came out and didn’t watch it until I was in high school. Jeremy gave his reflections on watching the film as an elementary school aged child (probably too early to watch the film, honestly). Humanity, slavery, indentured servitude, the role of AI / can it be self aware, cyperpunk trappings rooted in urbanism and Asian stereotypes, etc – we do some #realtalk on the show.
Even though I have my issues with the movie, the ending scene of the original film is still a great piece of cinema:
The sequel pays homage to the above scene in an equally touching and visually moving sequence:
Click on the pictures below to find a copy of your own on Amazon.
By the way, if you enjoyed parts of the films where there were little shops with slices of analog life in a digital future, you should definitely check out the channel Strange Parts on Youtube for more footage (mostly Shenzen, China) of aspects of a Blade Runner-esque cityscape in real life.
For more aspects of the first movie in other forms, check out the soundtrack by Vangelis as well as a synthpop song by Gunship with an accompanying video done by Jason Tammemagi.
If you haven’t checked out “Arcade Days,” the song and video Jeff Finley, Brent Simon, and I have been working on the past year, click on the link below to do so!
You can find more pictures and preview clips of “Arcade Days” on IG as well as this podcast’s FB page.
Also check out a preview of a new album from Starfarer, who was on the show back in episode 143. Stay tuned for an upcoming t-shirt contest!
Lastly, the podcast is now on Spotify! Check it out.
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Between Two Worlds, the synth EP follow up to Long Ago Not So Far Away is now out for streaming on Bandcamp.
The bonus track, called “Flight of the Cloudrider” has a 80s movie mashup music video (see if you can identify all the movies!) which is available on youtube. This app was largely created with the iphone app Auxy.
Stay tuned. Follow along on Spotify! There is also a growing extended Thirteenth Hour playlist on Spotify with a growing number of retro 80s songs.
As always, thanks for listening!
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