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KnockBack: The Retro and Nostalgia Podcast

#160 | Blade Runner (1982 film)

KnockBack: The Retro and Nostalgia Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Society & Culture, Leisure, History

4.91.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2021

⏱️ 135 minutes

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Summary

In the early '80s, Harrison Ford was completely and undeniably in his element. Over a five year period, he appeared in The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi, and The Temple of Doom. That's one hell of a run. But squished right in between those four movies is 1982's Blade Runner, where we see Ford lose the roguishness (kind of) for something decidedly deeper, darker, and more philosophical. Ridley Scott's classic sci-fi film tells the story of maverick androids that need to be hunted down and "retired," and it's based upon a '60s novel from Philip K. Dick. But -- much like with most of Dick's writing -- this is a story that challenges our very concept of what it is to be human. To feel, to think, to remember, to act. So let's head to Los Angeles in 2019, where things aren't quite what you'd expect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Her cure, Poirot, I've found something.

0:03.0

You're invited to solve a mystery.

0:06.0

Come with me to a séance.

0:08.0

From beyond the grave.

0:12.0

There must be a rational answer for all of this.

0:14.0

From the brilliant mind of Agatha Christie.

0:16.0

You are up against something bigger than you!

0:18.0

Critics are calling it Kenneth Branagh's best Poirot yet.

0:21.0

Somebody is there.

0:23.0

No one should leave this place until I know who did it.

0:25.0

A haunting inventus.

0:27.0

Available exclusively to buy and keep.

0:30.0

This is meant to be an ad for the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5.

0:34.0

How it stands up perfectly on a desk for business calls

0:37.0

and has a larger cover screen for emails.

0:39.0

But we've got one in the studio,

0:41.0

so our sound engineer Brian is distracted.

0:43.0

He's not even listening, look.

0:45.0

Flannel.

0:46.0

Pomergranate.

0:47.0

Weasel.

0:48.0

The new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 for business.

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