Editing (section) The Bladerunner 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>Connection to <i>Blade Runner</i></h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">In 1979, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22William%20S.%20Burroughs%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Wikipedia%3AWilliam%20S.%20Burroughs%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BWikipedia%3AWilliam%20S.%20Burroughs%7CWilliam%20S.%20Burroughs%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="864-18804877655da5cae194f54" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Burroughs" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:William S. Burroughs">William S. Burroughs</a> was commissioned to write a treatment for a possible film adaptation. This was published as <i><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Blade%20Runner%20%28a%20movie%29%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Blade%20Runner%20%28a%20movie%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBlade%20Runner%20%28a%20movie%29%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="864-18804877655da5cae194f54" href="/wiki/Blade_Runner_(a_movie)" title="Blade Runner (a movie)">Blade Runner (a movie)</a></i>. Burroughs acknowledged the Nourse novel as a source and prominently set a mutated virus and right-wing politics in the year 1999. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">No film was produced from it, but <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Hampton%20Fancher%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Hampton%20Fancher%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BHampton%20Fancher%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="864-18804877655da5cae194f54" href="/wiki/Hampton_Fancher" title="Hampton Fancher">Hampton Fancher</a>, a screenwriter for the 1982 film (based on <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Philip%20K.%20Dick%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Philip%20K.%20Dick%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BPhilip%20K.%20Dick%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="864-18804877655da5cae194f54" href="/wiki/Philip_K._Dick" title="Philip K. Dick">Philip K. Dick</a>'s 1968 novel <i><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Do%20Androids%20Dream%20of%20Electric%20Sheep%3F%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Do%20Androids%20Dream%20of%20Electric%20Sheep%3F%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDo%20Androids%20Dream%20of%20Electric%20Sheep%3F%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="864-18804877655da5cae194f54" href="/wiki/Do_Androids_Dream_of_Electric_Sheep%3F" title="Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?">Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?</a></i>), had a copy and he suggested "Blade Runner" as preferable to the earlier working titles "Android" and "Dangerous Days". In the film <i><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Blade%20Runner%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Blade%20Runner%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBlade%20Runner%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="864-18804877655da5cae194f54" href="/wiki/Blade_Runner" title="Blade Runner">Blade Runner</a></i>, the term is never explained. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Ridley%20Scott%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Ridley%20Scott%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRidley%20Scott%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="864-18804877655da5cae194f54" href="/wiki/Ridley_Scott" title="Ridley Scott">Ridley Scott</a> bought any rights to the title Blade Runner that might have arisen from either the Nourse novel or the Burroughs story treatment. <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} --><span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="864-18804877655da5cae194f54" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BDEFAULTSORT%3ABladerunner%2C%20The%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22DEFAULTSORT%3ABladerunner%2C%20The%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​​</span> </p> <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="864-18804877655da5cae194f54" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BWikipedia%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Wikipedia%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​ <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" data-rte-style="margin: 0 auto; border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; background-color: #000000" style="margin: 0 auto; border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; background-color: #000000" data-rte-attribs=" align=center border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=3 style=border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; background-color: #000000"> <tr data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> <td data-rte-style="font-size: 90%" style="font-size: 90%" data-rte-attribs=" style=font-size: 90% " data-rte-spaces-before="1">This page uses content from the English <b><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Wikipedia%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Wikipedia%3AMain%20Page%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="864-18804877655da5cae194f54" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Main Page">Wikipedia</a></b>. 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