Message:I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion... I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain...Time to die.
A replicant, by dying, shows his hunter, Deckard, what a real man is made of. (After filming the scene with Hauer's ad lib version, crew-members applauded, some even in tears.)
The 1998 film Soldier, which was written by Blade Runner co-writer David Peoples and is considered by him to be set in the same universe as Blade Runner, features a subtle reference to the scene when Kurt Russell's character is revealed to have fought at the Battle of Tannhauser's Gate. Same universe, Eugenics vs Androids? Who wins? Wrong question -- Little to win, nothing to lose. (Strawberry Alarm Clock)
What you can learn w/ Wiki (half of it may even be true). Age of Shoddy values feelings above all, and
true enough is better to some than fact. If it wasn't true, it
ought to be! These kids today.
All that we see and seem is but a dream within a dream. (Poe)
Yours,
IronRed
24-Nov-2023