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Posted: **Sun Dec 02, 2001 7:43 pm**

Hey guys, I think I have a little blooper I picked up while watching Blade Runner. This happens when Deckard is running from Roy through the Bradbury apartments. There is alot of foggy smoke and flashing light here and there. During one of these flashes you can see the camera man and his assistants shadows come up on the wall. This happens for only a second and is very hard to spot. Did anyone ever pick this up???

Posted: **Mon Dec 03, 2001 1:51 am**

It's pretty well known to the 'veteran' Blade Runners amongst us, but the newer people may not have spotted that one - I have tried to show it in a DVD grab, but it's more obvious when the whole sequence is viewed... 
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Posted: **Mon Dec 03, 2001 7:41 pm**

Yeah. I should of looked at the blooper listing on bladezone before i posted. [ This Message was edited by: betz698 on 2002-05-27 23:14 ]

Posted: **Sun May 26, 2002 5:09 pm**

I'll go you one better. Anyone ever notice how Deckard walks up about 3 flights of steps in the Bradbury building and yet when he is hanging outside the building he is about 100 floors up? Even Future Noir didn't mention this one!

Posted: **Mon May 27, 2002 1:43 am**

Yeah, its always bugged me that the Bradbury is obviously not overly tall inside and has an elevator that you wouldn't dare use to go 100 floors, and yet outside they give the impression of being so high up! However, in this case, I believe it is not so much an error as the filmmaker asking us just to go with it.
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Posted: **Mon May 27, 2002 9:18 am**

I only noticed that screw up in the DVD version. They should have cut that whole shot, those lights flashing inside were so obviously right outside the boarded up window. Who would have lights flashing in their house? It realy doesn't add much to the intensity of this scene. I realy like the water dribbling down the grey wall, neet sound and visual.

Posted: **Thu Mar 17, 2005 9:11 am**

tht reminds me of a joke: how can u spot a BR fan???

he/shes got the streetlights aimed in at their (bedroom) windows..

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Posted: **Thu Mar 17, 2005 10:22 am**

The Old BladeRunner wrote:tht reminds me of a joke: how can u spot a BR fan??? he/shes got the streetlights aimed in at their (bedroom) windows..

Well, according to Ridley, the intrusive lights are supposed represent the authorities surveying the population. The eye in the opening scene is another representation of the 'all-seeing' authorities. They know what you are up to!

Posted: **Thu Mar 17, 2005 12:44 pm**

Deckard BR26354 wrote:
The Old BladeRunner wrote:tht reminds me of a joke: how can u spot a BR fan??? he/shes got the streetlights aimed in at their (bedroom) windows..

Well, according to Ridley, the intrusive lights are supposed represent the authorities surveying the population. The eye in the opening scene is another representation of the 'all-seeing' authorities. They know what you are up to!

Did Scott say that ? About the eye? (opening scene)
Or did you just read it somewhere? I feel its a little to much to think everything has some kind of "bigger" message.

But hey, thats just me

Posted: **Thu Mar 17, 2005 2:26 pm**

BRmovie wrote:Yeah, its always bugged me that the Bradbury is obviously not overly tall inside and has an elevator that you wouldn't dare use to go 100 floors, and yet outside they give the impression of being so high up! However, in this case, I believe it is not so much an error as the filmmaker asking us just to go with it.
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actually this is explained in both the BR collectors Magazine and I think Future Noir. The city not only expanded upward, but also downward. There were to be shown multiple levels of streets and such under the street level.

http://www.devo.com/bladerunner/

Posted: **Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:13 pm**

Partizan wrote:Did Scott say that ? About the eye? (opening scene)
Or did you just read it somewhere? I feel its a little to much to think everything has some kind of "bigger" message.

But hey, thats just me

It's in 'Future Noire' somewhere - I haven't read it for a couple of years, but I'm pretty sure it's in there. If not, then perhaps 'On the Edge of Blade Runner' documentary...I can't remember.

I know, I'll dig out my copy of FN and see if I can find it...

...hmmm. I take it back.

I just read Ridley's interview in the back of FN - the large eye at the start is just setting up the 'eye' motif that runs throughout the movie. Ridley says that he wanted to give the audience the impression that the movie was watching them.

I did just re-read what Ridley said about Deckard's replicant status - that Deckard is Tyrell Corps perfect product. The Nexus 7 - a perfect replication of a human but without an expiry date and a high resistance to disease. An almost immortal human being, with a conscience. More human than human.

Posted: **Fri Mar 18, 2005 2:25 am**

Deckard BR26354 wrote:
Partizan wrote:Did Scott say that ? About the eye? (opening scene)
Or did you just read it somewhere? I feel its a little to much to think everything has some kind of "bigger" message.

But hey, thats just me

It's in 'Future Noire' somewhere - I haven't read it for a couple of years, but I'm pretty sure it's in there. If not, then perhaps 'On the Edge of Blade Runner' documentary...I can't remember.

I know, I'll dig out my copy of FN and see if I can find it...

...hmmm. I take it back.

I just read Ridley's interview in the back of FN - the large eye at the start is just setting up the 'eye' motif that runs throughout the movie. Ridley says that he wanted to give the audience the impression that the movie was watching them.

I did just re-read what Ridley said about Deckard's replicant status - that Deckard is Tyrell Corps perfect product. The Nexus 7 - a perfect replication of a human but without an expiry date and a high resistance to disease. An almost immortal human being, with a conscience. More human than human.

do you have a link to the ridley interview? Or at least more info about it...please

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