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Shoulder of Orion: The Blade Runner Podcast, presented by Perfect Organism Podcast, is the premier Blade Runner podcast on the internet. Join hosts JM Prater, Patrick Greene, Peter from the Midwest, Contributing Host Micah Greene, Dr. Robin Bunce, and numerous roundtable guests for in-depth discussion, celebration, analysis, and interviews. New episodes every other Tuesday!
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Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
We’ve discussed the concept art, we’ve discussed the architecture, and now, at last, we come to the production design of Blade Runner 2049 in all its facets: the cityscapes, the objects, the costumes—the physical world these characters inhabit.
We also spend time unpacking the ways in which the built environment of Blade Runner 2049 diverges from the iconic world created in Blade Runner. The visual language of 2049 is at once a profound departure from Ridley Scott’s first film and an homage to it; an echo, an aftershock, a premonition.
Join Jaime, Patrick, and Dan for this eighth installment of our ongoing series on Blade Runner 2049.
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Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Blade Runner 2049 proved itself almost immediately iconic in many ways: the otherworldly visual language, the intoxicating score, the characters we stayed up talking about till odd hours of the night, etc.
For fans of architecture, the built environment of Blade Runner 2049 is particularly special. A fusion of past, present, and imagined, the architecture in the film is a wonderful glimpse into deeper truths within the world these characters inhabit.
On this episode, Jaime and Patrick are joined by our ever-brilliant friend Dr. Robin Bunce. On its face, this episode is really an investigation into several key buildings in the film—but as you'll hear, things go quite a bit deeper than that.
SHOW NOTES
Here are some of Dr. Bunce's suggested reading materials, consulted in preparation for this recording:
- Bradley Garrett, Bunker: Building for the End Times (2020)
- Barnabas Calder, Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism (2016)
- Duncan Bell and Bernardo Zacka, Political Theory and Architecture (2020)
And be sure to pick up Blade Runner 2049 and Philosophy: This Breaks the World, co-edited by Dr. Bunce and featuring written contributions from the Shoulder of Orion team!
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Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Join Patrick and Jaime as they discuss the conceptual design for Blade Runner 2049 as detailed in Tanya Lapointe's latest collaborative book, Interlinked: The Art. In this episode, we discuss how similar to the original film 2049 began while in the concept stage, to the very unique yet world-specific look that ended up in the final film.
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Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Returning to the director's chair, writer/director Charlie Kaufman takes us on a terrifying, beautiful, and mysterious ride in 2020's I'm Thinking of Ending Things. Is it a fantasy? Is it a horror film? Can we make sense of its ending? Join Patrick, Micah, Jaime, and Dan as we recount our experience and our varied interpretations of this fascinating film.
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Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Ridley Scott’s new series Raised by Wolves is being lauded as an authentic return to original science fiction. Familiar themes like religion, A.I., and humanity’s fate beyond Earth resurface in this original ten-episode season.
Shoulder of Orion and Perfect Organism hosts Jaime Prater, Patrick Greene, and Dan Ferlito sit down to review and discuss the first three episodes of the show.
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Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
In this episode, Dan and Jaime review the recently released science fiction short film Slice of Life. Described as a love letter to similar films of the 1980s, directors Luka Hrgović and Dino Julius craft a world so authentically and perfectly, the only comparison that holds up is Ridley Scott’s genre defining film Blade Runner, released in 1982.
Join us as we review the film and discuss all of the love and care that went into its magnificent creation.
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Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Dan, Patrick, and Jaime wrap up a two part series on the films of Denis Villeneuve. In this episode they cover why Villeneuve may have been chosen for Blade Runner 2049, his directing style and approach, as he helmed what proved to be the riskiest of sequels ever to have been made.
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Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
For many fans in the English-speaking world, Blade Runner 2049 was their first exposure to the work of Denis Villeneuve. But for those lucky enough to have discovered his oeuvre earlier—whether through his searing Canadian work or his Hollywood breakthrough in the early 2010s—Blade Runner 2049 was confirmation of what they likely already knew: Denis Villeneuve is a talent of the very highest caliber.
In this next entry of our extended exploration into Blade Runner 2049, Dan, Jaime, and Patrick discuss Denis’ unique filmmaking gifts through the lens of his previous films, laying the groundwork for our next conversation on how those gifts helped make Blade Runner 2049 the miracle we know it to be today.
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Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Patrick, Dan, and Jaime take a few minutes to discuss the recently released stills from Blade Runner: Black Lotus, the new CG Anime series coming to AdultSwim.
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Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
In part two of our 2049 series, Dan, Patrick, and Jaime discuss the development of the film. From the whopping $150 million dollar budget to Ridley Scott handing the reins to Denis Villeneuve, we leave no stone unturned as we further explore this miracle of a film.
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