# So it is now officially Blade Runner time... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850 "2019-11-01T14:57:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850/1 "2019-11-01T14:57:43Z")
November 2019… Sign me up for one of those Off World Colonies please. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850/2 "2019-11-03T08:31:23Z")
This is the title card at the beginning of the movie (after the intro blurb) about the Tyrrell Corporation and the incident with some genetically engineered humanoids from the off-world colonies. So, it would be a good time to sit back and watch your copy, for perspective. The HAL 9000 was brought online decades ago, and that thing that happened at Jupiter (or was it Saturn) was almost two decades ago. My how time flies. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850/3 "2019-11-03T13:30:56Z")
A. There’s already a [thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=884750). B. No replies to that one. C. Let me tell you about my mother. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850/4 "2019-11-03T14:50:49Z")
Get me a new game for my Atari, and some TDK tapes for my cassette recorder. Quite an experience to live in the future, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850/5 "2019-11-03T14:51:49Z")
Now it has a reply. What’s a tortoise? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850/6 "2019-11-03T18:26:10Z")
Sign me up for a Replicant. Sean Young, Daryl Hannah, or Joanna Cassidy, I’m not picky. And an owl. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850/7 "2019-11-03T21:27:49Z")
[Moderating] Merged threads. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850/8 "2019-11-03T22:02:59Z")
The Great Debate: was it **Quimby** ’s or **eschereal** ’s thread that was the replicant thread? (Or both?) Merging instead of retirement. What has become of the standards of our Blade Modders? I need the old **Dex** back. Now I gotta get back to replacing the cooling unit some kids stole off of my flying car. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850/9 "2019-11-03T22:08:23Z")
We have achieved parity with the world of the original _BladeRunner_ in at least one respect. When the film came out, the magazine _Cinefantastique_ devoted a special issue to the film and its immense effort in world-building. There are a lot of details you’d never notice on a casual viewing – they’re so hidden in the background. A lot of films do this, of course, but Bladerunner was trying to create an entire future city and society. One of the details was the magazine racks. Of course, most newsstands are now a mere distant memory, but you can still find racks of magazines at the remaining big booksellers like Barnes and Noble and Books-A-Million, and college bookstores (many of which are run by B&N these days) The magazines were a.) very esoteric; and b.) very expensive. I seem to recall a cover price of $12. Back then a typical magazine cost about $1.50. _Cinefantastique_, as a special-interest magazine, sold for $3.95, which was kinda steep. _Smithsonian_ runs $8 now. Playboy is now $25 an issue. Heck, _Mad_ magazine is now $6 an issue. “Cheap,” indeed. (in 1982 it was a buck) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850/10 "2019-11-03T22:43:07Z")
Something I just realized today: If _Die Hard_ is a Christmas movie, then _Blade Runner_ is a Halloween movie. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850/11 "2019-11-03T23:48:32Z")
I’ve posted things you people wouldn’t believe… Seriously, people think I’m just bullshitting, like, all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850/12 "2019-11-03T23:55:19Z")
It might look right now like the world hasn’t turned out like it was depicted in Blade Runner but we still have the rest of the month and I feel there’s still a good chance. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850/13 "2019-11-04T00:17:37Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > It might look right now like the world hasn’t turned out like it was depicted in Blade Runner but we still have the rest of the month and I feel there’s still a good chance. _claps_ If I’d been drinking whiskey from a nice square glass when I read this, it would have spurted out my nose. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850/14 "2019-11-04T00:30:31Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Sign me up for a Replicant. Sean Young, Daryl Hannah, or Joanna Cassidy, I’m not picky. > > And an owl. Yeah, like you could afford an owl. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850/15 "2019-11-04T03:54:13Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Playboy is now $25 an issue. What‽ What idiots pay that? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850/16 "2019-11-04T04:46:30Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Yeah, like you could afford an owl. Not a _real_ one, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850/17 "2019-11-04T04:55:31Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Playboy is now $25 an issue. > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > What‽ What idiots pay that? People who _reeeallly_ want to read the articles. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850/18 "2019-11-04T05:15:23Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Not a _real_ one, obviously. You think he’d be posting in a place like this if he could afford a real owl? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850/19 "2019-11-04T13:04:57Z")
Pan Am hasn’t been resurrected (unlike Atari which keeps getting briefly re-resurrected). But I still walk over to the pay videophone when I need to make a call in a bar. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850/20 "2019-11-04T13:44:24Z")
Sometime in the next month or so, I have to rebuild a shower stall. I’m thinking vaguely about incorporating some kind of hot-air drying system like Cassidy used in the film for her hair. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-now-officially-blade-runner-time/842850.md?page=2)