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172. BLADE RUNNER 10: A BIG CLOUD OF TERRIBLE IDEAS

Season 11, Ep. 11

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of BLADE RUNNER, one of the pivotal films in science fiction cinema. In this episode, Roy Batty is bad boy.

 

WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said and Roy also drops the F word and there's the sound of a skull cracking so maybe don't play this out when the kids are listening.

 

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NOTES 

DREW STRUZEN INTERVIEW

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/my-interview-with-legendary-movie-poster-artist-drew_b_5a088033e4b0cc46c52e6b73

 

DREW STRUZEN TECHNIQUE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fEMJp70tGU&list=PLJyg5maY2XGMGajHPiNBg_1UkprfIZitQ

 

THE WORLD’S TALLEST FICTIONAL BUILDINGS

https://www.buildworld.co.uk/blog/archives/tallest-fictional-buildings-from-star-wars-to-lord-of-the-rings#:~:text=Wookiepedia%20claims%20it%20to%20be,and%20six%20LA%20blocks%20wide.

 

ADRIAN: HOLLYWOOD’S FASHION DESIGNER

https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/costume-designer-adrian-hollywood-fashion-impact

 

THE FUTURE IS SHAPED BY THE PAST – THE COSTUMES OF BLADE RUNNER

https://classiq.me/the-future-is-shaped-by-the-past-the-costumes-of-blade-runner

 

WHAT ROSELIND FRANKLIN CONTRIBUTED TO DISCOVERY OF DNA

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01313-5

 

CRISPR CAS9 GENE EDITING

https://crisprtx.com/gene-editing

 

THE TRUTH ABOUT PLANNED OBSELESCENCE

https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20160612-heres-the-truth-about-the-planned-obsolescence-of-tech

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