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Blade Runner is more than a movie. Not only does Blade Runner overwhelm the senses, it preys on our morals. It reveals fundamental truths and insight about human nature.

Blade Runner opens up a multiverse of perspectives for those who seek them. The further we journey through it’s sectors, the more there is to marvel at and amaze us. From the book, “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip K. Dick; the various screenplays; the different versions of the movie Blade Runner; to the many off-spring this work has spawned, we continue to keep alive this story. It has been analyzed, replicated, expanded upon, and been paid tribute to by all means known to Man. We can see it’s influence in other books and movies. It has been rendered in the visual arts; in painting, sculpting, computer animation, architectural designs, and even in fashion design. We can experience Blade Runner virtually with video games. We can listen to Blade Runner inspired music. This paradigm has been presented in live theatre productions, in dance recitals, and on home video productions. Writers across the web have kept the story of Rick Deckard and company alive in fan-fiction. In a sense, Blade Runner has been mythologicalized. This website is for the Blade Runner Enthusiast, the writer, the artist, the dreamer, the mythmaker.

Here you will find poems, scripts, stories, and art related to and inspired by the Blade Runner multiverse.

• What's New New additions to the site.

• DADoES & Blade Runner Glossary Terms from the Philip K. Dick book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", the movie "Blade Runner", and the Westwood Studios computer game "Blade Runner".

• Forum A place for Blade Runner Enthusiasts to chat. Also contains more fuel for thought.

• Stories and Poetry sections contain Blade Runner/DADoES fan-created material.

• Multimedia Links to other Blade Runner fan-fiction multi-media projects. Features fan-films hosted on YouTube.

• Kipple Tid-bits and kipple that have a connection with the Blade Runner multiverse. Features CITYSPEAK, (the first Blade Runner fanzine), Penfield, (a Penfield mood organ parody), Blade Runner sequels, games, exclusive articles, and links to everything pertaining to Blade Runner and DADoES, from scripts to fan sites.

Blade Runner is more than just a movie. It's a mythology.

Douglas Trumbull: In Retrospect

Compiled and Edited by C.A. Chicoine

This article is based on a retrospective film series I attended given by Douglas Trumbull in October of 2006. Although my focus is on the movie Blade Runner, I have included highlights of Mr. Trumbull's career as a means to enlighten the reader unfamiliar to him and his work. As a result, I have integrated previous interviews, articles, and materials on Mr. Trumbull, into this article.

Douglas Trumbull: In Retrospect

Blade Runner Timeline:

1968

Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (DADoES) is published.

1974

DADoES is optioned by Herb Jaffe Associates, Inc. for film. Robert Jaffe wrote the screenplay "Electric Sheep". PKD disliked it.

1975

DADoES was recommended by a friend of Hampton Fanchers' to obtain the optioning.

1977

Brian Kelly and Hampton Fancher buy the option for DADoES.

1978

Michael Deeley began submitting Fancher's adaptation of DADoES to different studios and directors.

1979

• Hampton Fancher worked on second draft of screenplay, given the title "Android", then later re-named "Mechanismo". Then, by third draft, "Dangerous Days".

1980

• Ridley Scott signed on as director.

• Screenplay title changes to "Blade Runner".

• David Peoples hired to rewrite script.

• Filming starts for Blade Runner.

1981

Vangelis was signed on as soundtrack score composer.

1982

• Philip K. Dick dies while the movie is being edited.

• The Denver and Dallas "sneak previews".

• Voice-overs added to Blade Runner.

• "Hollywood Happy Ending" added to Blade Runner.

• San Diego "sneak peek".

• The Blade Runner movie is released to theaters. Orchestra Adaptation of Blade Runner soundtrack released.

• DADoES novel is re-released with a Blade Runner cover.

• Marvel Comic releases comic book editions of Blade Runner.

• Ertle Blade Runner cars collection.

• Blade Runner: A Story of the Future" released by Random House books.

• "The Illustrated Blade Runner" & "Blade Runner Sketchbook" & Blade Runner Portfolio released by Blue Dolphin.

• Blade Runner Souvenir Magazine released by Ira Friedman, Inc.

1985

The CRL Group PLC released the Blade Runner computer game for Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.

1987

The original "theatrical release" of Blade Runner is released on video.

1992

The "director's cut" version of Blade Runner is released on VHS after being shown at the Toronto film festival.

1994

The "Vangelis Blade Runner" sound track is released.

1995

• "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" audio book released.

• The novel "Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human" by K. W. Jeter is published.

1996

• The novel "Blade Runner: Replicant Night" by K. W. Jeter is published.

• The book "Future Noir : The Making of Blade Runner" by Paul M. Sammon is published.

1997

• The Blade Runner game for Windows 95 + Windows NT is released by Westwood Studios.

• Blade Runner (The Director's Cut) DVD released.

2000

• The novel "Blade Runner: Eye and Talon" by K.W. Jeter is published.

• Blade Runner (Limited Edition Collector's Set) DVD released.

2006

Blade Runner - The Director's Cut (Remastered Limited Edition) DVD released.

2007

• Release of "Blade Runner: The Final Cut". Formats available: five-disc Ultimate Collector's Edition DVD, four-disc Collector's Edition DVD, two-disc Special Edition DVD, five-disc Ultimate Collector's Edition Blu-ray, five-disc Complete Collector's Edition Blu-ray, five-disc Ultimate Collector's Edition HD DVD, five-disc Complete Collector's Edition HD DVD.

• "Blade Runner: The Final Cut" opens in select theatres throughout the world.

• Blade Runner Trilogy: 25th Anniversary - Vangelis soundtrack. It's a 3-CD set which - for the first time - puts all the pieces together, providing the complete music from the film and a lot more besides. CD 1 features the original and remastered soundtrack as it first appeared in 1994, twelve years after the film was released. The second CD contains all the remaining music from the film that did not appear on the original 1994 soundtrack, plus two bonus tracks ('One Alone' and 'Desolation Path'). None of this material has been released before. The third and final disc will be of real interest to Vangelis fans, as it contains an entire album of newly written material composed by Vangelis to mark the 25th anniversary of Blade Runner. The music is strong and flowing, and retains the dark, atmospheric sense of the original score. There are some intriguing spoken word contributions too, from Ridley Scott, Roman Polanski, Oliver Stone and a host of distinguished actors, personalities and world dignitaries.

• Release of Official Blade Runner movie tie-in novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" by Philip K. Dick. Contains an article at the end of the book by Paul M.Sammon, titled "Of Blade Runners, PKD, and Electric Sheep."

• Release of Official Blade Runner movie tie-in novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" by Philip K. Dick, audio book,unabridged. Scott Brick (Narrator).

• Release of "Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner", Second Edition (Hardcover)
by Paul M. Sammon

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Music heard in background is from the movie Blade Runner. "Pompeii 76 A.D.", from the album "Harps Of The Ancient Temples", conceived and performed by Gail Laughton.

Blade Runner is more than just a movie. It's a mythology.