Talk:The Bladerunner

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Refs:

• The Blade Runner FAQ -- Blade Runners
• Blade Runner: A Movie 1.5-hundred-word synopsis, going beyond my "mutated virus and right-wing politics".
• IMDb Trivia for Blade Runner Notes only title rights bought
• Blade Runner Frequently Asked Questions incl.

  Nourse's title refers to people who deliver medical instruments to outlaw doctors who can't obtain them legally. [Source: Locus, September 1992 (p. 76)]

  (Note that the URL'd page, not Jerzy, cites Locus)

• "Thresholds of Splendor: Mythic and Symbolic Subtexts in Blade Runner"

  (Bladerunner by Alan E. Nourse and Blade Runner: A Movie by William S. Burroughs)

  (Only non-WP-derived divergent account of Burroughs's title i've noticed.)

• Hit & Run posting by James(JDWill68) 8-sentence summary of Nourse novel; locate by searching "Nourse" within the page.
• Book Information: Bladerunner, A Movie Ref among those i've found that most strongly if implicitly purports to have access to the Burroughs work itself.

--Jerzy•t 08:33, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

More information needed

This article is almost completely about the naming of the 1982 film. Where is the plot of the original novel? Please add this. In the meantime, I am in the process of writing the article Blade Runner, a movie after Burroughs novella (it isn't a screenplay). 23skidoo 00:38, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Imposter???

Imposter is indeed adapted from Dick's story, but I do not recall it containing anything regarding black market medical treatment, from Nourse's work.

Imposter is about android clones of key people, with a bomb implanted. The movie is less nuanced than Dick's original, and is little more than an (enjoyable) chase/action movie. ~2026-12966-18 (talk) 15:47, 28 February 2026 (UTC)