Hooked on Blade Runner!

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How did you get "hooked" on Blade Runner? <BR><BR> For me, although I saw it on video around 1988 or so, it wasn't until I purchased the soundtrack in 1994 (the Vangelis approved one) that I got hooked. I am a Vangelis fan and the music to BR peeked my interest in seeing the movie again...I got the "Director's Cut" version...and that was all it took. Between that, and coming across "Blade Zone" on the internet, my world has been in L.A 2019!
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Kipple welcome to the board. Im glad we hooked ourselves another one <IMG SRC="/forum/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">
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For me it was the Westwood PC game. <BR><BR>Although I had seen the movie several times in the 80's and early 90's, it wasn't until I got my very first computer (in 2000) and my first pc game was BR. I got so hooked and now went back to see the movie in an entire new light. Shorly after I stumbled on to Bladezone...and the rest is history.<BR>

For me, it was the Channel 4 documentary 'On the Edge of Blade Runner' that did it.... my, what a fateful day (and why won't they repeat it?!?!)
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I first saw "Blade Runner" in my youth, shortly after its release on laserdisc. I had always been a fan of science fiction and of any other genre of film that I considered provocative and inspiring. I think that being exposed to such a quality film at such an impressionable age is the reason I have considered myself a fan of the movie for all of these years.

For me it was actually the video game that got me hooked. The futuristic, dystopian, cyberpunk-infested world made my mouth water and I absolutley had to see the movie. Once I watched the Directors Cut once, I was hooked. Heh, the rest is history. I soon after bought it on DVD and purchased the book by Philip K. Dick and have since filled my brain with useless Blade Runner knowledge.
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I saw the movie for the first time in the late 80's early 90's and I really loved it. I am a freak for those gritty 80's punk movies, and tv shows. I am just nostalgic, what can I say, then when I read Richard Paul Russo's book Destoynig Angel I fell even more in love with the genre and watched BR again and was hooked.

early 90s when i first saw it
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Saw it when it was released. Bought the video in the mid 80s. Wore that out before DVDs came out.
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Saw it the first week it came out; like most people, impressed by the look, didn't understand what was going on (even with the voiceover). Went back the second weekend just to look at the cool technology (and get out of the heat) and suddenly realized the story made sense. Came back the next week, and the next, learning new things each time. (For example, it was on the eighth viewing that I realized that, grinning fiercely, Roy saves Deckard because, as his hold fails and he is about to plummet to his death, Deckard spits at Roy!)<BR><BR>Most interesting was seeing it with an audience of hundreds of West Point cadets (I worked there at the time). They laughed when Pris is described as "a standard item for military clubs in the outer colonies" -- and roared their approval when Rachael picks up Deckard's gun and blows Leon's brains out.

the first time i saw the movie i turned it off because of the music then i became somewhat obsessed with Harrison Ford films so i saw it again and realized that it was REALLY good and i thought visually it was the most impressive film i've ever seen every time i see it i notice somthing new in the background and that along with the interesting charecters has turned me into a fan
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For me it was Future Noir. I was at a job that provided ample time for reading so, on a trip to the library, it caught my eye, and I was surprised that a movie could generate a book of such length. I originally saw the film a few years ago and hated it because I was jaded toward 80s movies, and I didn't understand the ambiguous ending (Director's Cut). After reading the book, I understood eveything, gave it another whirl, and now it's my favorite film. I also bought the book after four readings.