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mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Now maybe you younger people have been living with dystopian sci fi movies for a while but Blade Runner was one of the first sci fi films on the big screen that showed life as a non star trek world. Everything wasn't clean plastic and shur-clean uniforms. What was mind blowing to those of us who saw it during its theatric run was this mix of high tech and little hovels. Old asian people in little shacks using laptops and electron scanning microscopes.

Behold. The streets of Seoul. People in little hovels selling fruits and vegetables or shoes and they have a laptop computer, a cell phone, a wireless point of sale pda. And they're 60 years old.

butlerian · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Location: Korea

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map

"Have you ever retired a human by mistake?"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=J_hYs1jBy8Y

Drew345 · Joined: 24 May 2005

Nice comparison.
I've also used blade runner to describe Seoul. I think because of the huge TV screen displays on the buildings.

xingyiman · Joined: 12 Jan 2006

Just the neon.

dogbert · Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Location: Killbox 90210

Blade Runner was entertaining.

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

I could see that comparison working for parts of the city.

When I went to Tokyo I visited Odaiba, which felt exactly like being in wherever Astroboy lives.

rumdiary · Joined: 05 Jun 2006

Shanghai reminded me alot of Blade Runner

jvalmer · Joined: 06 Jun 2003

I'd say most of the big Asian cities reminds me of Blade Runner. The ones I've been to are Seoul, Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo, Osaka and Bangkok. All of them reminded me of Blade Runner, on some form, especially with the enourmous number of people milling about. However, I'd say the less developed the country is the later at night the people stay out and cooler it is (from a western perspective).

VanIslander · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:32 am Post subject:

Hmmm.. when i have more time I'll read the Blade Runner philosophical essays here:
http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://scribble.com/uwi/br/uncertainty/Image2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://scribble.com/uwi/br/uncertainty/&h=720&w=1647&sz=51&hl=en&start=8&um=1&tbnid=MoO7195i9vKgxM:&tbnh=66&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dblade%2Brunner%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

Craven Moorehead · Joined: 14 Jan 2006

hagwonnewbie · Joined: 09 Feb 2007 Location: Asia

The cyborgs who can't use their imagination or form creative thoughts and have no emotions remind me of most Koreans, but Korea is much dirtier than the city in Blade Runner.

Oreovictim · Joined: 23 Aug 2006

I'll let you know about the comparison when I can watch the movie without falling asleep. Yep, lots of sci fi fans that I know love that movie. Me? It's about as fast-paced as 2001. (I know, blasphemy, yeah, yeah.)

mnhnhyouh · Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Location: The Middle Kingdom

The author of the original story Philip K. Dick, will be plundered many times in the future I think.

So far two other movies, that I know of, have been based on his books, Minority Report (which was not such a good adaptation, and
A Scanner Darkly, which was much better.

The former was a short story, in a book of about 40 others. Many would make great movies.

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SirFink · Joined: 05 Mar 2006

My first thought when I entered Korea: "This place looks like Blade Runner." Every foreigner I've mentioned that to just looked at me like I was nuts.