Blade Runner (1982)
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
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#031226
How the Kowloon Walled City Worked
"Comparing it to Blade Runner. Like, especially in Blade Runner when Harrison Ford is eating noodles and Edward James almost comes up to take him away."
— Chuck
Chuck describes the visual aesthetic of Kowloon Walled City as resembling the densely packed, neon-lit streets depicted in Blade Runner.
Mar 12, 2026
#092625
SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Hinterkaifeck Axe Murders
"Do you know I didn't see Blade Runner until I was 40? That's not true. Yes, it is. The original."
— Chuck
Chuck revealed he didn't watch Blade Runner until he was 40 years old, discussing the original film.
Sep 26, 2025
#062223
How Afrofuturism Works
"Wesley Snipes. Yeah. He was in Blade."
— Josh
Noting Wesley Snipes as a Black sci-fi action star in the 1990s
Jun 22, 2023
#061023
Selects: How Audience Testing Works
"Blade Runner, perhaps the most famous changed ending of all time."
— Chuck
Most famous example of test audiences causing major changes; dark ending replaced with happy one.
Jun 10, 2023
#032622
Selects: The Tylenol Murders, Part I
"Do you know I didn't see Blade Runner until I was 40? Yes, it is."
— Josh
Josh revealed he didn't watch the original Blade Runner until age 40, and later said he liked it.
Mar 26, 2022
#091520
Origami: Folding Goodness
"If you're a fan of Blade Runner, you remember that has a nice origami motif, reoccurring motif in there with Edward James Almos's character."
— Chuck
Chuck discusses how origami appears as a recurring motif in Blade Runner, with the character played by Edward James Almos making origami that plays a key role at the end of the film.
Sep 15, 2020
#103119
SYSK’s Scare Your Socks Off Halloween Spooktacular 2019
"Do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep, which became Blade Runner."
— Chuck
Chuck mentions that Philip K. Dick wrote the novel that became the film Blade Runner.
Oct 31, 2019
#100119
Guardian Angels: Behind the Red Beret
"John: Making Harrison Ford's blaster from Blade Runner has been this lifelong pursuit."
Adam Savage's prop replica collection includes Harrison Ford's gun from Blade Runner.
Oct 1, 2019
#052819
The Tylenol Murders, Part I
"E.T., Blade Runner. Oh, really? Yeah. Do you know I didn't see Blade Runner until I was 40?"
— Josh
Josh mentions Blade Runner as one of the best films from 1982 and reveals he didn't see it until age 40.
May 28, 2019
#110417
SYSK Selects: How Exorcism Works
"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, which was made into Blade Runner."
— Josh
Josh explains that Philip K. Dick wrote the novel that was adapted into the film Blade Runner.
Nov 4, 2017
#063015
How Audience Testing Works
"Blade Runner, perhaps the most famous changed ending of all time."
— Josh
Presented as the most famous example of test audiences forcing changes to a movie's ending.
Jun 30, 2015
#060413
What happened to the lost colony at Roanoke?
"I watched two documentaries on the band Rush and the movie Blade Runner"
A listener mentioned watching this movie during his time stuck at home with chicken pox, which inspired him to create a D&D-style role-playing game.
Jun 4, 2013
#110812
What will happen when we reach the Singularity?
"it's like Blade Runner. I guess remember at the beginning of Blade Runner"
— Josh
Josh compared the Turing test to the scene in Blade Runner where questions are asked to determine if someone is a replicant.
Nov 8, 2012
Cast
Harrison Ford
Deckard
Rutger Hauer
Batty
Sean Young
Rachael
Edward James Olmos
Gaff
M. Emmet Walsh
Bryant
Daryl Hannah
Pris
William Sanderson
Sebastian
Brion James
Leon
Joe Turkel
Tyrell
Joanna Cassidy
Zhora
James Hong
Chew
Morgan Paull
Holden
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