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“Blade Runner” and the lesson Roy Batty’s Replicant rebellion has to teach us It's been 40 years since Ridley Scott's sci-fi flick warned us – not about the evils of technology – but ...
Blade Runner: it's Roy Batty's birthday today, as in, the actual day he was born Or should that be Happy Inception Day?
It’s January 8, 2016, and a dangerous combat replicant, designation “Roy Batty,” has just been activated. Three years from now, he and three of his fellow humanoid machines — nearly ...
‘Blade Runner’ Star Rutger Hauer Took Exception to His Character Roy Batty Being Labeled a Villain The iconic Ridley Scott sci-fi film starring Harrison Ford as a former police officer tasked ...
In Blade Runner, Hauer’s Roy Batty is a bio-engineered humanoid, who — along with fellow Nexus-6 replicants Leon Kowalski (Brion James), Zhora Salome (Joanna Cassidy) and Pris (Daryl Hannah ...
Today is Roy Batty’s birthday. Or, rather, today is Roy Batty’s date of inception. The character made famous in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner — which came out in 1982 — was the miscreant ...
I had a few reactions to “Blade Runner.” One, the acting performances remain nothing special - except, that is, for Rutger Hauer as the Replicant Roy Batty (appropriate surname, Roy). Two, the ...
Blade Runner Roy Batty Pop! Vinyl Figure (with random Chase) – See at Entertainment Earth Interestingly, Funko also launched Pop figures today based on the 1983 sci-fi miniseries V.
Fans are pointing out that Hauer, who played Roy Batty, died in 2019, the year in which the 1982 sci-fi film is set.
For Blade Runner fans, January 8, 2016 is a date of major significance. It's the "day of activation" for Roy Batty, replicant, rebel and heart and soul of the movie.
I had a few reactions to “Blade Runner.” One, the acting performances remain nothing special - except, that is, for Rutger Hauer as the Replicant Roy Batty (appropriate surname, Roy).