do androids dream of electric sheep

Jackie and Greg get soaked in the perpetually rainy, smog-choked Los Angeles of the future for Ridley Scott's BLADE RUNNER from 1982. Topics of discussion include a comparison of the many different cuts of the film, how it works better as a mood piece than a detective story, the elaborate sets and special effects, and a debate on the age-old question: is Deckard a replicant?

#69 on Sight & Sound's 2012 "The 100 Greatest Films of All Time" list.
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#54 on Sight & Sound's 2022 "The Greatest Films of All Time" list.  https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time

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209 - Another heavy hitter with this week's AI exploration, it's Blade Runner. As you know, we are big fans of the 80s vision of the future, and all the trimmings that come with it - especially all things synth - and to help us unpack this synthy, tech noir, cyberpunk delight, we have the synth-lord himself, Sunglasses Kid (aka Edward Gamper). Sunglasses Kid is a master of that 80s movie mood, so make sure you give him a follow on his Instagram, TikTok and / or Spotify 

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For 30 years, Joey has kept his theory about Megaman to himself. The Blue Bomber and android that everyone loves is finally going to go on trial. Join us this week to explore the humanity of this little android man and make a judgment for yourself. This is the life and death of Rock Volnutt, AKA Megaman.

In this episode we explore the Philip K. Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and how it compares to its film adaptation Blade Runner by Ridley Scott.

This show covers Image Processing, techniques for manipulating images and extracting other useful information from them. Tools of the show: Moon+ Reader Pro and Spaceteam. Books of the show: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Kindle: http://amzn.to/14mk17G ), (Paperback: http://amzn.to/XamtLA) and Foundation (Kindle: http://amzn.to/XamMWD), (Paperback: http://amzn.to/WUb1Cg)