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Blade Runner Insight started as a project back in November 1995 to provide a deeper and more profound understanding of the science fiction movie “Blade Runner”. The idea was to create a collection of essays and analytical papers written by people all over the world.

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Redesign and Recover

This site has got a new “suit”. The new theme is based on one called Ambient-Glo and is designed by Nathan Parikh, I’ve only made some minor adjustments to it (see footer for theme link). The other piece of good news is that I’ve been able to recover all 2007-dated posts which I previously assumed [...]

Back Online!

Hello, once again, fellow runners. As some may have noticed, we’ve had a bit of a downtime lately. This is all due to a completely unprofessional and incompetent hosting provider with the name WebHostingAce who have hosted Blade Runner Insight for the past couple of years, but in late november 2007 “lost” all my data [...]

Mythbusters comments on the effects used in BR

A quarter-century after Ridley Scott’s dark vision of the future changed the face of filmmaking, special-effects maestro and Mythbuster Adam Savage offers an appreciation for Blade Runner. In this interview, in the July 2007 edition of Popular Mechanics, he provides details for various scenes in the movie and explains why he thinks the special effects [...]

Deal with the rain in true BR style…

Ever needed a light source integrated in your umbrella? No, not really you say… but this is still a must-have for a die-hard BR fan; an umbrella with illuminated shaft! It is the online shop ThinkGeek which sells this futuristic piece of technology.
Click on the picture to view a larger version of the scene from [...]

Video frenzy…

I search around on youtube.com for Blade Runner related material, and a wealth of clips was uncovered. Mostly user edited trailers and other simple creations, but still quite fun to explore. Here are some samples of what is available:
Blade Runner trailer
Blade Runner The Final Cut Fan-Trailer
“Blade Runner: The Maria Edition” trailer (Expansion Union)
Blade Runner Theatrical [...]