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I know we're dunking on a beloved classic, but it would be fair to state this even more harshly.
I felt like there's really barely even a scrap of
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
inBladeRunner
.I think BladeRunner is cool, and I'm thankful BladeRunner 2049 actually at least has some ideas from the book.
But I can't help but regret that BladeRunner has kept us from ever getting a proper
Electric Sheep
movie.Honestly, I really just want more people to get all the amazing Turtle-on-its-back jokes done with Bender in Futurama.
Edit: And how does a movie skip over the
Huge Spoiler for the Book - Don't click if you haven't read it yet.
The electric spider?!That would have made a fantastic movie ending to roll credits on.