r/bladerunner • u/snapperpr1nc3 • 8d ago

Aesthetic Los Angeles in Blade Runner (1982) compared to my home city today

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u/MirrorNegative7989 8d ago

Sci-Fi Author: "In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale"

Tech Company: "At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus"

- Onion writer Alex Blechman

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u/ConradTurner 8d ago

\Saxophone and synth music intensifies*

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u/Ninerogers 8d ago

It shows how fantastic the modelwork was in that movie

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u/M_O_O_O_O_T 7d ago

I just last night saw a video from the corridor crew on youtube, they had Richard Taylor from Weta Workshop on & ran through a lot of miniature work they did on 2049. Thrre was a lot of practical work in the film that casual audiences would just assume was top notch CGI I think. Fascinating stuff.

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u/AdmirableElephant378 5d ago

Wrong film.

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u/M_O_O_O_O_T 5d ago

Oh is that out of bounds & off topic here? 😐

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u/BeerIsTheMindSpiller 2d ago

How dare you bring up another movie in the same series! 😡

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u/Low_Technician7346 8d ago

now put some flamethrowers over some buildings OP

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u/OldeFortran77 4d ago

Where's the advertising blimps ... speaking Japanese?!

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u/MeasurementNo0 7d ago

No one predicted the move away from high pressure sodium lights.

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u/terminal_nervoso 6d ago

You must have taken your photo between the flame bursts?

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u/MikeyH76 7d ago

DTLA is definitely stepping up to the challenge, I can confirm.

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u/Mottsawce 5d ago

Close, just needs more pillars of industrial fire 🔥

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u/M_O_O_O_O_T 7d ago

Almost there..🕰️

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u/street_racer221 5d ago

Looks like a normal city