Post 9lBgiuMMszkvtopfYu by marxjohnson@octodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #9lBZ9lWF43fSfKkLAG by fitheach@mstdn.io
       2019-07-24T20:16:57Z
       
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       Four images of Rutger Hauer from Blade Runner (1982)#RIP #films #movies #cinema
       
 (DIR) Post #9lBbjRO3alWkYp3as4 by fitheach@mstdn.io
       2019-07-24T20:45:48Z
       
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       I've always thought the naming of Hauer's character, Roy Batty, to be a bit odd. It doesn't conjure up the image of a ruthless killer android in a dystopian neo-noir future, more like a character out of a Wallace & Gromit movie.#BladeRunner #SciFi #films #movies
       
 (DIR) Post #9lBfpixxXuX6dS6N3w by marxjohnson@octodon.social
       2019-07-24T21:31:45Z
       
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       @fitheach I tend to agree. Considering how much else changed from the book, they could have chosen a more fitting name.
       
 (DIR) Post #9lBgJjjRGNgvhKcYIi by fitheach@mstdn.io
       2019-07-24T21:37:11Z
       
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       @marxjohnson Aha, I wondered about that. I checked the WP page on "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and didn't find a mention of Roy Batty.As you can probably tell I haven't read the book, is it good?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Androids_Dream_of_Electric_Sheep
       
 (DIR) Post #9lBgiuMMszkvtopfYu by marxjohnson@octodon.social
       2019-07-24T21:41:45Z
       
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       @fitheach @marxjohnson Its spelled Baty in the book, so they changed it a bit, but not very much!
       
 (DIR) Post #9lD60GHVKMTGp4tAbw by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2019-07-25T13:59:42Z
       
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       @fitheach you think all combat models should have scarier names?Also it's still a much better name than 'omega doom' which is one other robot Rutger Bauer played
       
 (DIR) Post #9lD8nKG5WqutFukY6K by fitheach@mstdn.io
       2019-07-25T14:30:59Z
       
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       @penguin42 Sure, if you wanted to be incognito, calling yourself Omega Doom would be daft. It's just that Roy Batty sounds like Wendolene Ramsbottom's next door neighbour.Which, when I think about it, might be appropriate, as Mr. Ramsbottom created Preston the cyborg dog.
       
 (DIR) Post #9lDWxXWTSu2gBpokMq by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2019-07-25T19:01:44Z
       
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       @fitheach and Preston sure is scary!