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Tanhauser gate
Movie
Line from movie spoken by Roy Batty:
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire
off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost ... in
time, like tears in rain. Time ... to die."
From Wikipedia: The Tannhauser Gate is a location referred to in dialogue in the 1982 film Blade Runner. Roy Batty, played
by Rutger Hauer, refers to it while recounting his experiences as a soldier. Given the fact that Earth has offworld colonies
in Blade Runner, and the typical functions of devices incorporating the word "gate" in science fiction, it is reasonable to
assume that the Tannhauser Gate is a stargate-type construct providing faster-than-light travel between star systems, perhaps
located near or in orbit of a colony named Tannhauser.
Term also used in the movie 'Soldier' with Kurt
Russel (script by David Peoples), mentioned in the Anime 'Gunbuster', and the computer games Homeworld, and Heavy Gear 2.
Tannhauser Gate is also a game developer.
Traditionally found in Wagner's 'Tannhäuser',
based on a German legend, an opera about the Knight Tannhäuser, who is in lust with the goddess Venus, and in Love with the
human Elizabeth. He lives deep in the mountain of Venusberg, but is magically sent back to the earth's surface through a portal
when he wishes to be reunited with Elizabeth.
In Robert A. Heinlein's book 'Podkayne of Mars' (1962), he had the "Hilton
Tannhäuser"as a one line throw away for the name of a Hotel in the town of Venusburg, Venus.
Tsing Tao
Movie This is a brand of vodka that Deckard drinks.
We are first introduced to this mythical drink after Deckard
kills Zhora. He buys a bottle of Tsing Tao.
Afterwards, Deckard brings Rachael back to his apartment. He suffers
from the "shakes", and drinks a shot glass of Tsing-Tao. Blood flows from his wounded lip, mixing swirling red blood into
his shot glass of vodka.
FYI:
In the shooting draft of the
screenplay, after deckard reveals to Rachael the memory implants he offers her a drink. He goes into the kitchen to clean
a glass.
"Deckard opens the refrigerator. The contents aren't
messy so much as unusual. He opens the freezer com-
partment and pulls out a bottle of Tsing Tao vodka
and eyes it. Half-empty." 1
1 Screenplay
by HAMPTON FANCHER and DAVID PEOPLES February 23, 1981
Dr. Eldon Tyrell
Movie/Game/ Character
Book
In the book, DADoES, the character is Eldon Rosen. He is the CEO of Rosen
Association, located in Seattle, Washington. Rosen is the source and center from which power emanates.
Movie
Dr. Eldon Tyrell is CEO of Tyrell Corporation. the makers of the Nexus
series Replicant. He is presented as a kind of deity figure in the movie, a major component to one of the underlying themes
found in the movie.
Game
Tyrell is only found at the Tyrell Corporation. You can only talk to
him during Act 2.
Joe Turkel performs the role of Eldon Tyrell in the movie and does the voice in the Westwood game.
See also:
DADoES
Tyrell Corporation
Westwood game
Tyrell Corporation
Movie/Game
The top Replicant manufacturer
based in Los Angeles. The Tyrell Corporation is named after its founder Dr. Eldon Tyrell. Their motto is "More human than
human". The headquarters are constructed of Mayan-inspired pyramids.
Their most recent Nexus 6 model are nearly indistinguishable
from humans.
Speculation:
There has been debate over how powerful (possibly
corrupt) a company the Tyrell Corporation is. The Tyrell Corporation represents the attempt to control through vision, using
a theme consistent throughout the film, namely "eye symbolism". They not only implant Replicants with memories, but as part
of the information and media industry they create a sense of reality.
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