Tom Jolliffe looks back at Blade Runner in the month and year it was set… Remember when 2014 was coming to an end? There was a clamour of snorting giggles as people bemoaned the impending 2015’s lack of self drying clothes, flying cars, hydropizza and hover-boards. Granted, Back to the Future Part II did get […]
Titan collecting Blade Runner 2019 this November
Titan Comics has announced that it is set to release the trade paperback collection of its acclaimed Blade Runner 2019 series, scripted by Blade Runner 2049 screenwriter Michael Green and Mike Johnson (Star Trek), this November. SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Amazon US or Amazon UK Welcome to the rain soaked world of Los Angeles […]
Comic Book Preview – Blade Runner 2019 #4
Titan Comics releases Blade Runner 2019 #4 later this month, and we’ve got a preview of the issue for you here; check it out… The climax to the first original comic series set in the world of Blade Runner! Detective Ash discovers the truth behind her mysterious client, his kidnapped family, and the Replicant conspiracy […]
Comic Book Preview – Blade Runner 2019 #3
Titan Comics’ Blade Runner 2019 series continues this coming Wednesday with the release of issue #3; check out a preview here… Hunter becomes hunted, as veteran Blade Runner Ash is shot down in neo-noir Los Angeles, 2019! First new comic series set in the iconic world, from Michael Green (Blade Runner 2049) and Mike Johnson, […]
Comic Book Review – Blade Runner 2019 #2
Matt Rodgers reviews Blade Runner 2019 #2… With the parallel narrative threads of Isobel Selwyn and her assailant Ash established in Blade Runner 2019 #1, this second installment of Titan Comics hugely impressive extension of the cinematic world really hits the ground running. Straight from the first few panels we get some breadcrumbs about the […]
Comic Book Preview – Blade Runner 2019 #2
Titan Comics’ new series Blade Runner 2019 continues this coming Wednesday with the release of the second issue, and you can take a look at a preview here… The smash hit new story continues from Blade Runner 2049 writer Michael Green – as Detective Ash discovers that her client may not be all he seems… […]
The Art of the Visually Striking Film
Tom Jolliffe looks at the art of making visually beautiful films… Cinema is a visual medium. A way to tell stories through a combination of visuals and sound, through script and direction, and the manipulation of the editing. Some films are emotionally crushing, involving, gripping. Some are audio-visual sensory overloads. Directors can opt for a […]
A Tribute to Rutger Hauer
Tom Jolliffe pays tribute to Rutger Hauer after the news of his passing… I’ve been a huge fan of Rutger Hauer from the very first time I watched Blade Runner. The film shouldn’t have connected so instantly with me, for someone so young, but it did. Though it was Harrison Ford a.k.a. Solo, a.k.a. Indiana […]
Comic Book Review – Blade Runner 2019 #1
Matt Rodgers reviews Blade Runner 2019 #1… Blade Runner 2019 tells the story of detective Aahna Ashina of the Los Angeles Police Department, who was one of the first to qualify for the assignment, and is largely considered the best. Blade Runner has always presented a world of endless possibilities: the labyrinthine neon-lit concrete jungle, […]
Blade Runner 2019 gets a trailer from Titan
Titan Comics launches its new in-canon Blade Runner comic book series next week, and the publisher has now unveiled a trailer for Blade Runner 2019, which you can watch right here… SEE ALSO: Check out a preview of Blade Runner 2019 #1 here In the neo-noir city of Los Angeles, 2019, Ash, a veteran Blade […]