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	Salon 21st: Blade Runner
		"Blade Runner," the game, is divided into five "acts." Sprinkled throughout the acts and marking the transitions between them are dramatic set-pieces in which animated characters, including your own, interact with each other, without input from the game player.
		The first clue hinting that this version of "Blade Runner" is more a work of art than an adventure thrill-ride emerges from its most un-gamelike structure.
		For the true "Blade Runner" fan, the homage to Philip K. Dick is an unexpected and exhilarating reward offered in return for popping four discs into the CD-ROM player.
	archive.salon.com /21st/reviews/1998/01/19review.html (790 words)

	Themes in Blade Runner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some critics of Blade Runner state that the technology of the film dominates the characters, and that the depth of characters is second to the depth of technology.
		At the beginning of the film, the replicant Leon is being interviewed by the Blade Runner Holden, who is working undercover at a company's employment office to screen for escaped replicants using the Voight-Kampff test, indicating the paranoia directed towards replicants.
		This tension between past, present and future is apparent in the retrofitted future of Blade Runner, which is high-tech and gleaming in places but elsewhere decayed and old.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Themes_in_Blade_Runner (3643 words)

	Salon 21st: Blade Runner
		"Blade Runner," the game, is divided into five "acts." Sprinkled throughout the acts and marking the transitions between them are dramatic set-pieces in which animated characters, including your own, interact with each other, without input from the game player.
		The first clue hinting that this version of "Blade Runner" is more a work of art than an adventure thrill-ride emerges from its most un-gamelike structure.
		For the true "Blade Runner" fan, the homage to Philip K. Dick is an unexpected and exhilarating reward offered in return for popping four discs into the CD-ROM player.
	archive.salon.com /21st/reviews/1998/01/19review.html (790 words)

	Open Directory - Arts: Movies: Titles: B: Blade Runner
		SCIFI.com: Blade Runner - Contains case files of the characters, synopsis, a history of the film, small media gallery, cast and crew section.
		Allscifi Blade Runner Spotlight - Detailed analysis of the plot, theme, setting and characters of the movie, plus links to similar movies.
		Blade Runner Resource - Plenty of multimedia, along with extras like a FAQ and essays delving into one of the most complex, visionary films of all time.
	dmoz.org /Arts/Movies/Titles/B/Blade_Runner (669 words)

	Film Classic: Blade Runner
		Still, "Blade Runner" is much more profoundly moving because of its more interesting characters and because its focus is cerebral and emotional and not merely visceral.
		The replicants are created with great skill to look very much like humans by the Tyrell Corporation, whose head, Tyrell, is played by Joe Turkel with quite sinister jocularity.
		Top 500 Sound Films) and "2001" (ranked third) achieved their greatness by examining fundamental metaphysical questions of great import with stunning artistry, "Blade Runner" presents a rather dreary future world in which metaphysical questions are secondary to emotions that are stronger in some robots than humans, an intriguing and powerful twist.
	www.thecityreview.com /bladerun.html (1181 words)

	Adventure Gamers : Blade Runner
		While the game itself is not timed, Westwood was keen to emphasise during development that Blade Runner would play out with characters moving around the game universe, and requiring you to perform 'replicant retirement' in real time.
		Blade Runner does suffer from some unusual elements of gaming design, as the sometimes difficult action sequences and short term lifespan of the game may put some off.
		Even clues that other Blade Runners have discovered will be added to your own personal information base, sometimes giving you a helpful hand if you're stuck with what to do next.
	www.adventuregamers.com /article/id,14 (1351 words)

	Blade Runner (PC) - PC Game Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Ridley Scott& fantastic 1982 film Blade Runner has been transferred onto the PC very well, holding on to the essential ingredients of dark atmosphere, gritty characters and an air of uncertainty.
		Blade Runner (PC) - PC Game Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		The game of 'Blade Runner' would have achieved a lot of publicity even without the grandiose claims of its publishers.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /pc-game/blade-runner (260 words)

	Blade Runner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The latter game featured new characters and branching storylines based on the Blade Runner world, coupled with voice work from some of the original cast from the film.
		Blade Runner is a science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and released in 1982, depicting a dark, dystopic vision of Los Angeles in November 2019.
		The term "Blade Runner" comes originally from Alan E. Nourse 's 1974 novel The Bladerunner, in which the protagonist is a smuggler of black-market surgical implements.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blade_Runner (260 words)

	The Blade Runner Font Homepage
		The Blade Runner Movie Font v3.01 (which now includes some international characters) can be acquired by going here.
		I have been a big Blade Runner fan since the release of the movie in 1982.
		Even though newer film productions include ever more incredible special effects, Blade Runner still does not cease to amaze due to the incredible visions of Ridley Scott, Syd Mead, and all those involved in the production of this marvelous work.
	www.steinschneider.com /bladerunner/BRFont.htm (311 words)

	Blade Runner Review: Just Adventure - Reviews Walkthroughs and Adventure News!
		As some of the characters from the Blade Runner movie were used in the game, so too were the original voice actors.
		The plot of Blade Runner is easy to follow: you are a rookie officer learning the ropes, and your new job takes you down roads you have never before traveled.
		You, Ray McCoy, are a rookie Blade Runner, a specially trained police officer with one purpose: to detect and dispose of rogue replicants.
	www.justadventure.com /reviews/Blade_Runner/BladeRunner.shtm (311 words)

	Matrix Revolutions: A Favorable Review Kairosnews
		But not so far removed from what we see in Blade Runner.
		Instead, I felt like I was watching a non-playable demo for a Matrix Revolutions videogame - shoot down as many sentinels as possible before being overwhelmed.
		The human element is limited to a few familiar faces rather than legitimate characters we actually care about.
	kairosnews.org /node/view/3447 (1885 words)

	The Blade Runner Experience; The Legacy of a Science Fiction Classic; Edited by Will Brooker
		It investigates Blade Runner online fandom and asks how the film’s future city compares to the present-day Los Angeles, and it revisits the film to pose surprising new questions about its characters and their world.
		The Blade Runner Experience: The Legacy of a Science Fiction Classic examines the film in a broad context, examining its relationship to the original novel, the PC game, the series of sequels, and the many films influenced by its style and themes.
		The Blade Runner Experience; The Legacy of a Science Fiction Classic; Edited by Will Brooker
	www.columbia.edu /cu/cup/catalog/data/190476/1904764304.HTM (191 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Blade Runner for Windows at Epinions.com
		Additional information on Blade Runner for Windows or other products.
		But added to these, and what makes the game really special, are the Voigt-Kampff test (to see whether a suspect is a human or replicant), Esper machine (photograph analyser), using the spinner (air-car), and interacting with characters from the film.
		Among the things you can do in the game are, as you'd expect, interrogation, exploration and examination.
	www.epinions.com /content_116866256516 (191 words)

	Blade Runner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The latter game featured new characters and branching storylines based on the Blade Runner world, coupled with voice work from some of the original cast from the film.
		Blade Runner is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, which depicts a dystopian Los Angeles in November 2019.
		Blade Runner was released in 1,290 theaters on June 25, 1982.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blade_Runner (6362 words)

	BladeZone: The Online Blade Runner Fan Club and Museum
		While the two audio clips are not Blade Runner related, they are however a great insight into Harrison Ford, and how he builds on his characters.
		It is called "The Electric Sheep Bar." They have a special cocktail called "Blade Runner," the whole place looks pretty noir-ish, and the view from the main window is so BR it's ridiculous.
		Checkout Mentors homepage, where you can find the conceptual story boards etc. that he did for the Blade Runner film set.
	www.bladezone.com (886 words)

	Open Directory - Arts: Movies: Titles: B: Blade Runner
		SCIFI.com: Blade Runner - Contains case files of the characters, synopsis, a history of the film, small media gallery, cast and crew section.
		Blade Runner Resource - Plenty of multimedia, along with extras like a FAQ and essays delving into one of the most complex, visionary films of all time.
		MovieMusic.com: Blade Runner - Includes information about the original soundtrack from the film, composed by Vangelis.
	dmoz.org /Arts/Movies/Titles/B/Blade_Runner (688 words)

	Anime.com October 2004: Ghost in the Shell, Sailor Moon, and Paranoia Agent
		Masamune Shirow's elegant and frightening vision of the near-future is compelling and extraordinary, his work is on-par with Blade Runner and William Gibson, and Stand Alone Complex culls more from his seminal manga than the movie was able to.
		This TV series (based on the characters created for Momaru Oshii's groundbreaking movie) is an astounding and eye-opening joyride through a cyberpunk universe of human-prosthetic hybrids and cutting-edge military technology.
		The advantage of the novels is that they give you much better insight into the characters than the show ever could and you end up appreciating them more.
	www.anime.com /200410.html (1264 words)

	HERMENAUT: Philip K. Dick (1928-1982)
		That same year Dick wrote to the Department of Justice, offering his assistance in Nixon's war on drugs, because "drug-abuse is the greatest problem I know of." Shortly afterward, United Artists paid Dick $2,000 for the film rights to Electric Sheep; the novel was, of course, eventually made into the shallow action movie Blade Runner.
		The title character of The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, an evil demiurge with brings to mankind a "negative trinity" of "alienation, blurred reality, and despair," seems to have made his first stop at Dick's house.
		Set in a barely futuristic suburban LA of 1994, it tells the story of "Fred," a disillusioned narc who enjoys the company of the addicts with whom he lives as "Bob"-whose own drug intake contributes to a toxic brain psychosis complicated by Fred's new assignment to spy on Bob.
	www.hermenaut.com /a4.shtml (4591 words)

	Naturalistic science fiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although the term reflects a recent development in science fiction television, aspects of "naturalistic science fiction" can be seen in films such as Alien and Blade Runner.
		In Battlestar Galactica and other naturalistic science fiction, the supporting characters are developed almost as much as the main characters, so when their lives are put in danger the audience is engaged in their fate because there is actually a possibility that they will die.
		As another example, in Babylon 5, main characters were faced with long-term challenges such as drug addiction, alchoholism, and racial prejudice; the show also featured the unexpected deaths of several popular characters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Naturalistic_science_fiction (1422 words)

	BRmovie.com: Character Analysis: Roy Batty
		The characters in Blade Runner are as complex, dark and beautiful as their surroundings; with their humanity equally difficult to find.
		Roy Batty like any good villain is the most complex character in Blade Runner.
		Roy Batty is complex and the ambiguity of his actions makes him many things to many people.
	www.brmovie.com /Analysis/Batty_analysis.htm (1422 words)

	Encyclopedia topic: Mega Man X
		Additionally, the fact that the premise of the X series is essentially Blade Runner (additional info and facts about Blade Runner) taken to the next level raises the spectre that the X series, at conception, might have been totally unrelated to Mega Man, with Capcom executives pinning the two together later.
		While the widespread conception is that X and Rock are without a doubt separate characters who merely share a creator, and many are derided for supporting the theory that they are the same, the truth is that either scenario is somewhat possible.
		As part of a testing procedure to prevent him from becoming dangerous, X lay dormant for thirty years, during which Dr. Light apparently died (though he lives on in the form of a sentient hologram) and the events of the original series were forgotten.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/me/mega_man_x.htm (1224 words)

	BreakTV.com - The 10th Kingdom
		As the intelligent, yet brutal, replicant in Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner," the homeless man in Ermanno Olmi's "The Legend of the Holy Drinker," the brave underground fighter in "Soldier of Orange," or the dark-hearted menace in "The Hitcher," Hauer is an actor who reveals both beauty and tragedy in all his performances.
		In 1980, American audiences were introduced to Hauer when he starred opposite Sylvester Stallone in the action-adventure film "Nighthawks." The following year he received critical acclaim for his role as a deadly, but tragically touching, android in "Blade Runner."
		A native of Breukelen, Netherlands, Rutger Hauer has starred in over 50 films and continues to create a broad range of memorable characters.
	www.breaktv.com /nbc/10k_hauer.html (1224 words)

	Janet and David Webb Peoples at Cinequest
		The original script by Hampton Fancher was "good" and owed a huge debt to the genius of Philip K. Dick, the 60's era sci-fi short story author and the original words of of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" upon which the movie "Blade Runner" is based.
		Though they consider "deep thinking" an important part of the writing process, Jan said "you have to produce pages every day." When asked, they both expressed a heartfelt love of the process of writing, especially when the characters "come alive." "Don't be too hard on yourself.
		"The fun part of screenwriting, and the part I live for, is when characters come alive for me," David Peoples concluded, with boyish delight.
	www.screenwritersutopia.com /modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=2688 (1224 words)

	Video Games : Blade Runner
		This classic game allow gamers to be immersed into the world of bladerunner, and actually hunt replicants for themselves.
		The end result is you are a very pixelated character and the characters you interact with are just as pixellated.
		So the game had pixelled characters and VERY linear gameplay.
	www.firesidelounge.info /ItemId/B00002EPYE (2634 words)

	Mystery Men
		Based on characters appearing in the Dark Horse comics, this film takes us to Champion City, a Blade Runner/Batman-like futuresque world where both superheroes and supervillains exist.
		In many ways, "the Team" of Mystery Men just feels too large at seven superheroes, making it difficult to flesh out the characters and really get into the emotional baggage that they (like all good superheroes) each carry.
		Enter "The Mystery Men", a ragtag and highly dysfunctional team of would-be superheroes struggling to gain some recognition in the city.
	www.fuzzydog.com /zzmysterymen.htm (651 words)

	Fixed 3D - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Like Blade Runner, it again is rendered entirely in real time, although it is difficult to tell at first sight
		In techniques for computer games, fixed 3D is a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the game world with game characters rendered in real time against a prerendered environment.
		Admittedly, there seems little to separate fixed 3D from its precursor, the graphic adventure game (Monkey Island, Sam and Max etc.), but whereas the latter overlays 2D characters over a 2D background, fixed 3D is at least 3D overlaid on 2D, and often onto 3D.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fixed_3D (241 words)

	Eyes on Final Fantasy Forums - [A] So here is a little Blacksad-Blade Runner fan art
		Blade Runner is also a film in a noir style, but futuristic, and done in 1983, not in the forties of fifties like the noir classics.
		So yeah, basically put Blacksad in Deckard clothes (although both are similar) on the Blade Runner universe.
		For those who don't know, Blacksad is a franco-spanish comic done in noir style (old detective movies) with a little twist, and it's the fact it uses antropomorphic animals as characters, each representing ideas based on associations to popular culture, and children's tales.
	forums.eyesonff.com /printthread.php?t=55035 (482 words)

	DVDFILE.COM: John Carpenter's The Thing review
		How ironic, then, that two of the most influential sci-fi/horror genre films of the 80's (The Thing and Blade Runner) were both mistimed for release within weeks of each other in the summer of '82.
		The most oft-repeated criticism against The Thing when it was first released was that it relied too heavily on special effects, obliterating the sketchily-drawn characters in the process.
		Although a valid criticism (the effects are still amazing, and there so many characters that it can be hard to tell them apart), I found that this actually increased the tension a good amount of the time.
	www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video/thing_1982.htm (984 words)

	Brand X Media : Album Reviews, Live Music, Art & Writing From The Westcoast Underground
		Not that the story is confusing – it’s just complex, and is further complicated by dialogue that considers the possibility of ethnically-homogenous societies into account (the characters speak in a mish-mash of different accents and dialects, a la “Blade Runner”).
		It’s two of the film’s most minor characters that steal the show – the over-qualified Tilda Swinson as Gabriel and Peter Stormare as Satan.
		Where the film succeeds is that it manages to bring back some of the trademarks of Miami Vice – a cityscape lovingly filmed in all it’s gritty glory, the use of recognizable songs rather than generic film score music, and baddies with consummate style and fashion sense.
	www.brandxmedia.ca /movie_reviews.htm (984 words)

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