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Message no. 1
From: "J. G. du Chatinier" <chatin@*******.NL>
Subject: [OT?] Blade Runner, the game.
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 18:31:10 +0100
Hya all!

I just played Blade Runner on my friend's PC yesterday. And I _must_ say, it
looked good. But, it also had a defenitly 'Shadowrunny' feel. Nice shady
graphics, low maintainance, lotza neon-lights, that kinda thing. If you
haven't seen it yet, check it out, itz a great game too.;)
BTW, does anyone know if the _film_ bladerunner took after Shadowrun or vice
versa?

CU'all 'round,

Jod
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Message no. 2
From: "Just Me, Glenn" <hypoxic@*****.NET>
Subject: Re: [OT?] Blade Runner, the game.
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 10:40:55 -0700
J. G. du Chatinier wrote:

> I just played Blade Runner on my friend's PC yesterday. And I _must_
> say, it
> looked good. But, it also had a defenitly 'Shadowrunny' feel. Nice
> shady
> graphics, low maintainance, lotza neon-lights, that kinda thing. If
> you
> haven't seen it yet, check it out, itz a great game too.;)
> BTW, does anyone know if the _film_ bladerunner took after Shadowrun
> or vice
> versa?

Well, I don't know when SR came out, but I have the Bladerunner video
here, and it says 1982. I believe it came first, but I could be wrong.
:)

Glenn
Message no. 3
From: Stefan <casanova@******.PASSAGEN.SE>
Subject: Re: [OT?] Blade Runner, the game.
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 18:45:21 +0000
> I just played Blade Runner on my friend's PC yesterday. And I _must_ say, it
> looked good. But, it also had a defenitly 'Shadowrunny' feel. Nice shady
> graphics, low maintainance, lotza neon-lights, that kinda thing. If you
> haven't seen it yet, check it out, itz a great game too.;)
> BTW, does anyone know if the _film_ bladerunner took after Shadowrun or vice
> versa?

Yep Bladerunner is a kinda cool game ...

Did Bladerunner take after Shadowrun or vice versa ... Well
Bladerunner was made in 1982 so I think it is safe to say that
Bladerunner didn't copy Shadowrun ...

/Stefan

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Message no. 4
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: [OT?] Blade Runner, the game.
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 17:57:42 +0000
And verily, did Stefan hastily scribble thusly...
|Yep Bladerunner is a kinda cool game ...
|
|Did Bladerunner take after Shadowrun or vice versa ... Well

Considering that Bladrunner was the film of the book called "Do androids
dream of electric sheep", which I think predates even Neuromancer, I would
say it came first.

Also, shadowrun is a descendent of the Cyberpunk genre, based around
concepts in the William Gibson stories mostly....

|Bladerunner was made in 1982 so I think it is safe to say that
|Bladerunner didn't copy Shadowrun ...
|
I don't think shadowrun copied bladerunner either.
Inspired a little maybe though...

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Message no. 5
From: NightLife <habenir@*****.UC.EDU>
Subject: Re: [OT?] Blade Runner, the game.
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 15:04:09 -0500
At 06:31 PM 12/21/97 +0100, you wrote:
>Hya all!
>
>I just played Blade Runner on my friend's PC yesterday. And I _must_ say, it
>looked good. But, it also had a defenitly 'Shadowrunny' feel. Nice shady
>graphics, low maintainance, lotza neon-lights, that kinda thing. If you
>haven't seen it yet, check it out, itz a great game too.;)
>BTW, does anyone know if the _film_ bladerunner took after Shadowrun or vice
>versa?


BladeRunner came out in film atleast in the early eighties. The neat thinmg
is that it'd a blend of two book. Dick's work was orginally titled "Do
Androids dream of electric sheep." The title Blade Runner came from a Book
by a author name of Andre Nourse(sp?). Orginally about organ legging but a
good book in it's own right. I guess they wanted a much cooler title than
Electric Sheep.

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Message no. 6
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: [OT?] Blade Runner, the game.
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 20:50:16 +0100
J. G. du Chatinier said on 18:31/21 Dec 97...

> BTW, does anyone know if the _film_ bladerunner took after Shadowrun or
> vice versa?

The film is about 5 years older than the game, so draw your own
concusions... :)

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Message no. 7
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT?] Blade Runner, the game.
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 19:05:36 -0500
At 10:40 AM 12/21/97 -0700, Just Me, Glenn wrote these timeless words:
>J. G. du Chatinier wrote:
>
>> I just played Blade Runner on my friend's PC yesterday. And I _must_
>> say, it
>> looked good. But, it also had a defenitly 'Shadowrunny' feel. Nice
>> shady
>> graphics, low maintainance, lotza neon-lights, that kinda thing. If
>> you
>> haven't seen it yet, check it out, itz a great game too.;)
>> BTW, does anyone know if the _film_ bladerunner took after Shadowrun
>> or vice
>> versa?
>
>Well, I don't know when SR came out, but I have the Bladerunner video
>here, and it says 1982. I believe it came first, but I could be wrong.
>:)
>
Bladerunner was based on the Cyberpunk Genre, for the most part, though it
was one of the early examples of such.

Shadowrun was written and released in 1989, obviously after Bladerunner
came out. I would be willing to bet that Bladerunner was one of the many
influences of the "modern" vision of Cyberpunk...

Bull
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Message no. 8
From: Tony Rabiola <rabiola@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT?] Blade Runner, the game.
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 18:29:19 -0600
On 12/21/97 20:50:16 you wrote:
>
>J. G. du Chatinier said on 18:31/21 Dec 97...
>
>> BTW, does anyone know if the _film_ bladerunner took after Shadowrun or
>> vice versa?
>
>The film is about 5 years older than the game, so draw your own
>concusions... :)
>
Still one of the finest pieces of cyberpunk cinema out there.

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