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28 Jun 2006 |
So, does the
Maxwell Street Sunday market in Chicago look somewhat like
the market in BR? Michael
Nagrant sees the similarity. And
the fact he's looking for an eyeball taco... makes one wonder
what Chew might have done with his reject eyes... served on
noodles perhaps, ("Two is enough!") |
27 Jun 2006 |
With the approaching
release of "A Scanner Darkly", just thought I'd mention that
PKD's head is still missing... IHT
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25 Jun 2006 |
If you would
like to know a little more about who this Jerry Perenchio guy
actually is and why he might make the decisions he does, <restrain
self from saying anything I can get sued for...>,
then you should read this in-depth Miami
Herald article about
the extremely successful multi-billionaire. I would like to
be super-wealthy too, but I have to wonder, surely there comes
a point where you just don't need to drive the hardest deal
you can and maybe think you could also make some people happy?
28 June update: Univision has now been sold for $12.3bn, at
least $1bn goes to Jerry (who already has a few). |
23 Jun 2006 |
While I expect
very soon everyone will have reviews up of "A Scanner
Darkly",
(and of course I, for one, will ignore the mainstream reviewers
who I expect to throw in a load of vague/arty references to
justify their not actually understanding the film), fishbowlLA looks
at the marketing of the film, particularly the pack of goodies
sent out. Which word would you display on your black wristband?
I think I'll opt for "DESPAIR" right now... |
22 Jun 2006 |
"The Surrogates"
is a comic book set in 2054 where many people live through
android surrogates out in the world while they stay at home,
connected via data feed. The android's looks are chosen
so that the person driving them can appear to the world how
they want. With techo-terrorism, a tough cop and a quasi-religious
leader, there is plenty of good SF material here. It isn't
pulp SF though as the story goes deeper into speculative fiction.
You might already be looking for the BR or even the DADoeS
comparisons. The review at the comicbook
bin likens the visual
style to that of the cinematography in BR. Eye-catching visuals
set a tone and mood as backdrop to character driven examination
of near-future human identity and existence. |
21 Jun 2006 |
The London underground
is set to take one step closer to the look of Blade Runner
and Minority Report from the start of next year. The BBC reports
that following the LCD screens already installed at the
sides of escalators, there will now be full colour, high def
"posters" projected on wallscreens opposite platforms.
Remotely controlled images means absolutely any image can be
projected, including sports results. There will be a few per
platform, interspersed between regular paper posters. It is
not completely new and not the first city to do this, BUT,
this is the perfect example of the 21st century being grafted
into 20th and even 19th century architecture. We've always
had retrofitting, but BR is the movie that truly recognised
that the future isn't all new. Which of course is how the future
has always been! |
20 Jun 2006 |
The new Guthrie
Theater complex in Minneapolis is opening this Sunday. The
architecture and interior spaces are such that I really wouldn't
be surprised to see it used in some or other SF film in the not
too distant future. As the MSP
City Pages says, "The
lobby inside the front door, for instance, reminded me at first
look like one of the big stark corporate spaces in 'Blade Runner'."
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11 Jun 2006 |
Where has
Daryl Hannah been most of the last 20 days? Well, up a Walnut
tree actually. Protesting against a "significant" farm
being replaced by a warehouse. The
Guardian reports on she
and many other Hollywood celebs trying to save this Los Angeles
patchwork of hundreds of small farming plots. Update: 15 Jun. Daryl was arrested
as expected. The L.A.Times does
a larger piece on the issue and her involvement in this and
other environmental issues. Daryl hasn't stopped acting yet
though - she'll be filming in Italy this time next month. |
09 Jun 2006 |
Probably ought
to mention the film "Natural City" which is popularly being
referred to as "the Korean Blade Runner". It certainly has
many of the same elements, though no doubt presented completely
differently. Korean SF, in the BR style - definitely worth
a couple of hours of any regular visitor to this site. |
09 Jun 2006 |
William Sanderson
is also interviewed by Delaware
Online where he offers a view
on the two types of actors - those like Harrison Ford, and
those like him - the "journeymen" who take whatever roles they
can. All I can say is thank goodness for the journeymen - that
is surely what I would be if I took up acting! And, after all,
aren't they the ones who end up being more interesting? |
08 Jun 2006 |
TVguide interviews
William Sandereson, mostly about Deadwood. They finish with
the question, "As someone who was in Blade Runner [as
lonely genius J.F. Sebastian], what was your take on the whole
director's cut/narration-versus-no narration debate?".
His rather non-committal answer, "I didn't get it. Because
I'm a fan of Ridley Scott, I want to say to a degree "leave
him alone." Ridley told me himself, "I couldn't get through
the book [Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?]." [Laughs]
I was just happy not to be cut out!"
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08 Jun 2006 |
Should you
read the book, "Sci-Phi - Philosophy from Socrates to Schwarzenegger" by
Mark Rowlands? Well, this blogcritic recommends that if you
are inclined towards philosophy as exposed in Science Fiction,
(Sci-Phi), you probably will find it interesting. If you find
yourself watching films like Blade Runner and asking yourself,
"What is real", "What does it mean to be Human", "What is
death", etc . then maybe it is for you. |
07 Jun 2006 |
"The
Olympics do not turn a Blade Runner megalopolis into a ghost
town." But the World Cup does (except in the
USA, but even there it is getting noticed, and every single
game will be televised live.) Yes, it is time for the biggest
sporting event on the planet. BR fans are not the most obvious
soccer fans, so here is an alternative viewpoint in the Guardian.
The last World Cup Final (in
2002) was watched by fully one quarter of the entire population
of the world. A few more years and it will be the 2018 World
Cup. Will Deckard watch? What about Roy out in space? I know
this is a long way from being a sports site, but let me give
my predictions anyway. It is being held in Europe, so it
is almost certainly going to be won by a European team. Will
they be defeating Brazil or Argentina - well actually I don't
think those two are good enough this time and it will
be an all-European final. So who? I'm English so I'd love
England to be there - it's their best chance for years,
but I have to admit, I don't think I'll be watching them
in the final. The host nation has won one third of the World
Cups, so Germany has a chance, but even Germans would be
happy if they reached even the quarter finals. Other outside
chances are Sweden, Holland and Portugal, but probably not.
I'll take my choices from Italy, Spain, Czech Republic or
France. But then, what do I know? Update: Turns out the World Cup
is the one sports event I have a clue about - Italy beat
France in the final and Germany take third place against
a @#$% Portugal team. |
07 Jun 2006 |
Netflix and the
time-space continuum. Glenn McDonald reports at popmatters of
the strange world of unlimited DVD rental by mail and catching
up on the back history of classic film. Why Harrison Ford should
be limited to movies starring Han Solo, Indiana Ford and Rick
Deckard. Why watching multiple time-travel films can screw
with your mind and why you really should have watched Annie
Hall back in 1977 (and maybe you still can...). |
06 Jun 2006 |
Giant corporate
signs on the sides of buildings? Very Blade Runner. Now very
Raleigh as reported by The
News & Observer. |
06 Jun 2006 |
Flesh
and Machines - MIT robotic scientist Rodney Brooks foresees
a future mercifully free of robot-inflicted terror. Boston's
Weekly Dig looks at
Rodney's views of the future of robotics and the influence
on human evolution. Interestingly promotes the view I have
long-since proposed, that by the time the robots are sufficiently
evolved to challenge us, we will have enhanced ourselves so
much with the same technology that we will be the robots. |
14 Apr 2006 |
The
CalTrade Report has an interesting bio and update on
Paul Moller, who many of you reading this will know is an
engineer who has been working for decades to make the flying
car a reality. Interesting addition for me is that Boeing's
research arm is looking not just at flying cars themselves,
but what it would take to create an airway control system
that could handle thousands of flying cars. |
11 Apr 2006 |
LAist mentions
an interesting looking debate: If
you want a dose of smartness on Saturday, what could be better
than the Science
Matters panel on The Science and Ethics of Reproductive Cloning
at the California Science Center? If
you can't make it, but live in L.A., then according to the official site, it will be broadcast
later this month on LA36 (check site for times). The
site also has further web links for those interested. |
07 Apr 2006 |
Retro in the
future? Of course that sums up Blade Runner, but it also describes
our now. The
Toronto Star looks further into technologies
that some still cling to and why that really isn't such a bad
thing. |
07 Apr 2006 |
So who would
describe Tokyo thus: "You feel like Forrest
Gump in Blade
Runner."? Well Robin Williams would, at Premiere. |
05 Apr 2006 |
Do robots have
souls? So asks Joseph Wilson in Now
Toronto. How is the Western
view different to the Japanese view? Shouldn't robots be seen
as friendly? Depends on whether or not they take over? |
03 Apr 2006 |
Do Androids Dream
of Electric Sheep? How about you?. Cnet brings
attention to "Electric
Sheep", the company. The name from the obvious source,
but what their business? Creating virtual places in a virtual
world. In 'Second
Life' to be precise, and they have some major
corporate clients. Don't miss the
special screen
saver offshoot. All sounds very "Snow Crash" to me. |
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