samhumphries:

Blade Runner has been called “the official nightmare of Los Angeles”, yet this dystopian vision is in many ways a city planner’s dream come true. Finally, a vibrant street life. A downtown crowded with nighttime strollers. Neon beyond our wildest dreams. Only a Unabomber could find this totally repellant.

The streets are littered with electronic parking meters, but there are no cars parked next to them. The VTOL has replaced the SUV, but there are no traffic jams in the sky. The hero, Deckard, drives his car home from his job downtown, yet when he pulls into the grounds of the hundred-story apartment building where he lives, he finds a parking place right next to the front door. Apparently, he is the only tenant with a car. 

Blade Runner is easy to criticize […] yet Blade Runner continues to fascinate. Perhaps it expresses a nostalgia for a dystopian vision of the future that has become outdated. This vision offered some consolation, because it was at least sublime. Now the future looks brighter, hotter, and blander. Buffalo will become Miami, and Los Angeles will become Death Valley, at least until the rising ocean tides wash it away.

Computers will get faster, and we will get slower. There will be plenty of progress, but few of us will be any better off or happier for it. Robots won’t be sexy and dangerous, they’ll be dull and efficient, and they’ll take our jobs.

— Thom Andersen, Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)

1. suz1987 reblogged this from illlkeepyouwild
2. senor-spielbergo reblogged this from samhumphries
3. strangelyaddictivee reblogged this from photographizemylife
4. dont-you-love-me liked this
5. bamitspherb reblogged this from addicted2dance
6. lostinthestereoo reblogged this from samhumphries
7. ashtynaddiction reblogged this from dreamsmakehistory
8. dreamsmakehistory reblogged this from therealjewell
9. therealjewell reblogged this from young-clumsy-tired-hungry
10. xoxodeveny reblogged this from young-clumsy-tired-hungry
11. young-clumsy-tired-hungry reblogged this from samhumphries
12. y0uarea-cunt reblogged this from jennaanne01
13. ganonymouz reblogged this from begging-for-silence
14. let-s-start-over-again reblogged this from heartbeatstomusic
15. janelliie reblogged this from heartbeatstomusic
16. heartbeatstomusic reblogged this from call-m3-mayb33
17. cassandra9 reblogged this from krazinas
18. sketchygrills liked this
19. krazinas reblogged this from butstayclassy
20. dog-master liked this
21. jayellasimone reblogged this from re-niversal
22. writeoutlove reblogged this from kidd-culi
23. m1nz liked this
24. m1nz reblogged this from re-niversal
25. re-niversal reblogged this from eathersoul
26. guineapighitthelights liked this
27. guineapighitthelights reblogged this from six-buttons
28. six-buttons reblogged this from kristianaa
29. eathersoul reblogged this from braveheartjr
30. razzledazzl-ing reblogged this from missdeafdiva
31. mystica90 reblogged this from songofiaras
32. last-pharaoh reblogged this from kingjordzz
33. six-buttons liked this
34. kristianaa reblogged this from insomniacjams
35. koreen--j reblogged this from samhumphries
36. selinvingsi reblogged this from samhumphries
37. meredithmartinezisaboss reblogged this from brookiemichelle
38. ibreathemusiclikeair reblogged this from samhumphries
39. jjcales112 liked this
40. justjumpdown liked this
41. perfections-unreal reblogged this from nu4nce
42. nu4nce reblogged this from duncanmaballs
43. duncanmaballs reblogged this from orange-is-orange
44. orange-is-orange reblogged this from samhumphries
45. dan-aitken reblogged this from fuckyeahbladerunner
46. leadcreatively reblogged this from jennaanne01
47. me-sarcastig-never reblogged this from catsidewalk
48. adraj86 reblogged this from orchdex
49. kayvin reblogged this from thefigment
50. alexleiva666 reblogged this from orchdex
51. Show more notesLoading...