When Ridley Scott‘s Blade Runner debuted in 1982, it offered audiences a grimy, noir-ish interpretation of what Los Angeles would look like in the future, having to predict the ways in which the world would change by the time it got to be 2019. The film was inspired by the 1968 Philip K. Dick book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which depicted a post-apocalyptic San Francisco in 1992. The Scott film, starring Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer, famously opened with the title card reading “November 2019,” delivering a vision of a world soaked in neon, covered in massive buildings, and populated by flying cars.
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Now that we’ve actually reached November 2019, fans of the film took to social media to share their love of the sci-fi classic, while also pointing out how disappointed they are that the events of the film are so far removed from what our world is actually like.
Scroll down to see fans sharing their love of the film on social media!
Film vs.Reality
Los Angeles, November 2019: Blade Runner vs. Reality. ๐ฅ pic.twitter.com/YU0FfQ8KNF
โ Nolan Gray (@mnolangray) November 1, 2019
Bring on the Replicants
Itโs November, Where my replicants at? #BladeRunner pic.twitter.com/IDAM3IWskT
โ Jake (@itsjacob1404) November 1, 2019
Worth the Wait
Iโve waited 37 years to tweet this. โLike tears in rainโ. I made it! #BladeRunner pic.twitter.com/fwY0go7JkO
โ Oliver Warden (@oliver_warden) November 1, 2019
Moments Lost in Time
โI’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhรคuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.โ #BladeRunner pic.twitter.com/vRqfb6wTth
โ Phil Szostak (@PhilSzostak) November 1, 2019
Tragically Similar
Man, Blade Runner was wild pic.twitter.com/42htcSTz7f
โ Bruisey (@Bruisey) November 1, 2019
Not the Future
blade runner isn’t set in the future anymore pic.twitter.com/lE6AKieBzE
โ naruto sozinho no balanรงo (@heisenboff) November 1, 2019
Blade Runner Time
Officially living in Blade Runner time pic.twitter.com/O1lm55Girr
โ Katherine Bayford ๐ (@kebayf) November 1, 2019
Future Is Now
Los Angeles, november 2019. The future is now. #BladeRunner pic.twitter.com/HZcSiEMTn1
โ Infinity Hill (@infinityhill_) November 1, 2019
Japan’s Reality
Current date in Japan: November 1, 2019.
โ ๐ฌGyl๐ท๐๐nhaal๐ฌ (@Br4dAstra) October 31, 2019
Blade Runner confirmed. pic.twitter.com/nE2LJ0Lugd
Enjoy the Flying Cars
We did it, everyone. Weโve reached Blade Runnerโs far-flung future. Enjoy your flying cars and watch out for replicants. pic.twitter.com/Xay9hSQm9b
โ ComicTropes (@CTropes) November 1, 2019