Blade Runner Prop Replicas

[eltee]

<div class='quotetop'>(phase pistol @ Aug 30 2006, 12:36 PM) [snapback]1310057[/snapback]</div>

Did they have RFID tags in 1981? I thought those were in use only starting a couple years ago. Even that foil thing they put in DVD cases only started maybe 10 years ago.


- k
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Yes...I had the public library on my police beat back in the early 80's and the RF theft detection systems were already well established back then. I'd get lots of calls about people stealing books and have to go over and process them. I had to learn about the detection system in order to explain it to the D.A. and sometimes a judge/jury. It always amazed me that the little wire grids were not powered.

It wasn't true RFID (emphasis on the ID) but more of RF detection. The antenna would simply activate a sensor when the item was passed through a detection system, a simple go-no go technology. Of course, I was just speculating when I suggested that "design" might be an RF grid...could be part of a circuit or something totally different, but that was my initial impression.

I know...the cops are all replicants and that's the guy's thumbprint (they put thumbprints on real police ID's).

<div class='quotetop'>(phase pistol @ Aug 30 2006, 01:38 PM) [snapback]1310110[/snapback]</div>

Yeah the rounded letters on the "real" prop makes it look way too casual and informal. The whole thing in fact looks kind of "mod" and not "official" at all.

It's an ID card for "swingin' seventies" cops. :lol

- k
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Yea...the Disco Detectives ... :cool

On the name, my guess would be IBM Selectric Typewriter Courier 10 or 12 ball. Do the card blank, type in the name (if anyone still has a typewriter).

 

[temponaut]

Franz and phase: great work on the back of the card. That was fast. :thumbsup





Franz and phase. "We're here to prop [clap] YOU up."

 

[franz bolo]

Thanks. I had some free time at work and wanted to make one of these anyway..

Once I get the correct font, I'll finish it up and post it. I'll use Phase Pistols logo proportions. They are closer to the prop.

My friend knocked out the Japanese type for me and gave it to me in a vector format..

FB

 

[eltee]

OK...now we see that the white bar was for a name. Now, why just Rick? On real police ID's they don't use Bill for William, Max for Maxwell, etc. I don't recall if the book ever used a longer name than just Rick. Could Deckard's legal / full first name have been Richard, Derrick, Ricardo? Just a late night thought.

 

[phase pistol]

Or perhaps Fredrick Deckard.

But frankly I always thought it would have to be "Richard" Deckard.. is the name in PKD's original novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"?

Or perhaps a draft script?

- k

 

[temponaut]

I was thinking maybe "Cedric."

But "Richard" seems most likely, based on PKD's source novel.

For everyone's reference, here's a link to a draft of Hampton Fancher's script, dated July 24, 1980:

www.script-o-rama.com: Blade Runner

The name "Richard" does not appear in the script. Neither does the name "Rick." And instead of "B Two Sixty-Three Fifty-Four," Deckard refers to himself as "Blade Runner One."




{EDIT} Oops. I tried the link. It won't link directly to the script, only to the top page. Just go to "Scripts A-C" and scroll down until you find Blade Runner. There are two versions listed, "script" and "rewrite," but both are dated July 24, 1980.

 

[phase pistol]

You mean "Cedrick the Bladerunner"? :lol

 

[temponaut]

<div class='quotetop'>(phase pistol @ Aug 31 2006, 02:45 PM) [snapback]1310409[/snapback]</div>

You mean "Cedrick the Bladerunner"? :lol[/b]

:lol "Describe in single words only the good things that come into your mind about... yo mama."

 

[KarlBud420]

Well, it didn't take long for EDC to plunder the new discoveries for personal gain:

Deckard ID

Shameful, really.

Bruce

 

[phase pistol]

:unsure

Bound to happen I guess. I imagine a LOT of people have been really busy this week...

- k

<div class='quotetop'>(temponaut @ Aug 31 2006, 01:49 AM) [snapback]1310412[/snapback]</div>

"Describe in single words only the good things that come into your mind about... yo mama."
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:lol

 

[The Dude]

<div class='quotetop'>(KarlBud420 @ Aug 31 2006, 04:16 PM) [snapback]1310728[/snapback]</div>

Well, it didn't take long for EDC to plunder the new discoveries for personal gain:

Deckard ID

Shameful, really.

Bruce
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Add insult to injury...Chip will just pocket the cash and not deliver.

Same story..different day.

Shameful? No..just f'd up. (And what you would expect from Chip)



Anyway...

Karl and Rich...thanks for all that you have shared. What awesome info and pics.

And thanks to the others here...who took the time to draw up some great renditions of the ID based on the latest discoveries and to share them here.

 

[turok96]

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Anyway...

Karl and Rich...thanks for all that you have shared. What awesome info and pics.

And thanks to the others here...who took the time to draw up some great renditions of the ID based on the latest discoveries and to share them here.
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Same here, I'm with the dude in thanks to everyone who brought up the info and reworking the id card. Keep up the excellent work guys.

 

[Nexus6]

<div class='quotetop'>(KarlBud420 @ Aug 31 2006, 05:16 PM) [snapback]1310728[/snapback]</div>

Well, it didn't take long for EDC to plunder the new discoveries for personal gain:

Deckard ID

Shameful, really.

Bruce
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*sigh*

It's gonna be a sight to behold when karma finally catches up with this worthless, thieving scumbag... :angry

OT: Great work everyone.

 

[eltee]

 

[phase pistol]

:lol

Remember, "retired" doesn't mean the same thing in Bladerunnerworld... :rolleyes

Besides, (sotto voce) he only had a four-year life span...

- k

 

[franz bolo]

Here's what I have so far.

I'll finish it up hopefully tomorrow.

I'll leave the picture and X and colors off so you can make your own custom with the amberlith.

P.S. thanks to Phase Pistol for the logo and a typeface..

FB

 

[nickytea]

<div class='quotetop'>(phase pistol @ Sep 1 2006, 03:27 AM) [snapback]1310928[/snapback]</div>

Besides, (sotto voce) he only had a four-year life span...

- k
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Bah humbug.

 

[Skyler101]

I love BR, but I am not obsessed with it like some others.

This thread has been very fun to read, and see the people who are passionate about items from the film analyze and discover new things about the ID from the film. Great work...

Its even better to see people share their findings, even after people try to profit from others work.

But I have a different question for you all. Anyone know who the character of James Jacobson is in the film. I thought he might have been Holden, but then I realized I was wrong. Anyone got an idea who he is/was? Im guessing he was someone of stature in the script, as he has an ID made for him...

-Skyler101

 

[Walter]

<div class='quotetop'>(eltee @ Aug 31 2006, 08:11 PM) [snapback]1310922[/snapback]</div>

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Eltee,

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

Thats all I can say.

-Bryan

 

[franz bolo]

To much time on my hands.

FB