Post #68283 by emspace on Thu, Jan 8, 2004 10:36 AM

One more for laffs: I kicked myself off the premier BR forum (BladeZone) because I couldn't stand that there were some members (including the moderator) planning to create and publish a "Blade Runner Technical Manual" which would describe the workings of the Esper image-processing computer, Voight-Kampff emotional-response detecting device, and Spinner flying car.

It was bad enough that these Asperger's Syndrome sufferers were constantly writing in saying they had the perfect script for the sequel, but for a bunch of dorks to say they could write a "tech manual" for anything more complicated than a pencil sharpener, never mind something that has never existed except as a fiberglass movie prop, was just too much. Shades of Klingon Dictionaries! It bugs the piss out of me when people try to write themselves into a great work of art's history.

"Hi, I've got this great sequel painting for the Mona Lisa!"

That's how much I love Blade Runner - enough to want it protected from the depradations of hypernerds.

em