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Blade Running and Knitting?

The movie Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott, hit the screens in 1982.  By then Harrison Ford had already made it big with his roles in Star Wars and Indiana Jones.  For those who might not know the back story of the movie, here's a very brief synopsis.  "A blade runner must pursue and try to terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator." (From imbd)  In the 1982 version Harrison Ford plays the blade runner and Rutger Hauer, Brion James, Daryl Hannah, and M. Sean Young play the four replicants.  Ford falls in love with Young, who plays the replicant named Rachel.  Things, of course, become complicated by this love affair.  Blade Runner is a dark tale about a potential future set in some of the most unique buildings I have ever seen.


Rick and Rachel
Now fast forward to 2017 and Blade Runner 2049.  This movie is directed by Denis Villeneuve, a well known French Canadian.  In this version Ford reprises his role as Rick and Gosling plays a character named K.  K is a bio-engineered replicant blade runner who discovers the body of Rachel so he goes to Rick to help solve a mystery around the discovery.



Why do I know about all this?  Paul loves the original movie; in fact, I am sure I have watched it a dozen times with him.  We have plans to watch that old version of Blade Runner in the next couple of days and then go see the new one.

Now on to the knitting connection  As is customary, Ford and Gosling are doing lots of interviews to promote the new movie.  And if you saw Gosling hosting Saturday Night Live last weekend you know he cracks up rather easily.  Below is a link to an interview Ford and Gosling did with a British morning TV host,  Alison Hammond.  She starts the giggle-fest off by admitting she has never watched the original Blade Runner.  (Her reference to Gosling knitting was written about on this blog, here.)  Click here, to link to the video.

Do I think Gosling knits?  No I do not, but the way he gets asked over and over again about the comment he made in 2013 still makes me happy.  It reminds me of all those "Hey Girl" memes.

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