Comments on: Magazines from Blade Runner http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 04:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Csaba Kertesz http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1436303 Csaba Kertesz Tue, 29 May 2012 16:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1436303 Fake magazines are created for background color /set decoration. We in the art department try to have some fun with this part of the work we do to please and awe you the unsuspecting audience. Thanks for taking notice of our labors. Fake magazines are created for background color /set decoration. We in the art department try to have some fun with this part of the work we do to please and awe you the unsuspecting audience.
Thanks for taking notice of our labors.

]]> By: miasm http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1436147 miasm Tue, 29 May 2012 04:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1436147  there are only so many angles you can shoot a futuristic building, with a flying-car park on the roof, from.  there are only so many angles you can shoot a futuristic building, with a flying-car park on the roof, from.

]]> By: willyboy http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435853 willyboy Mon, 28 May 2012 16:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435853 Do they have an online version of this? Do they have an online version of this?

]]> By: Lemoutan http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435717 Lemoutan Mon, 28 May 2012 11:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435717 No (true Scotsman's) future will contain magazines. No (true Scotsman’s) future will contain magazines.

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435666 Michael Smith Mon, 28 May 2012 07:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435666 In a similar vein I think the hand made lighted windows in the <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-quYkMMfiMw4/T7Y9IpvawVI/AAAAAAABLHo/ipPJwhzSwCw/s1600/The-futuristic-police-sta-001.jpg" rel="nofollow">miniature Los Angeles</a> look like the patterns from Conways Game of Life. Its probably an accident. Very hard to deliberately make things random. Incidently Disqus is broken. It tries to dynamically retrieve images from URLs as I type. It intercepts key strokes and gets itself in a horrible mess. Pasting image URL in <b>now</b> In a similar vein I think the hand made lighted windows in the miniature Los Angeles look like the patterns from Conways Game of Life. Its probably an accident. Very hard to deliberately make things random.

Incidently Disqus is broken. It tries to dynamically retrieve images from URLs as I type. It intercepts key strokes and gets itself in a horrible mess. Pasting image URL in now

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435654 Cowicide Mon, 28 May 2012 06:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435654 Welp, it is now the future and we still got them.  So, yep. Welp, it is now the future and we still got them.  So, yep.

]]> By: Hell's Donut House http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435644 Hell's Donut House Mon, 28 May 2012 06:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435644  Hustler did it in 1977: http://www.coverjunkie.com/uploads/1283461058.jpg  Hustler did it in 1977: http://www.coverjunkie.com/uploads/1283461058.jpg

]]> By: OtherMichael http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435593 OtherMichael Mon, 28 May 2012 03:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435593  XENI + CORY + MARK  + DAVE + MAGS + ROBB + ERIC := BONG (BONG)  XENI + CORY + MARK  + DAVE + MAGS + ROBB + ERIC := BONG (BONG)

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435562 niktemadur Mon, 28 May 2012 02:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435562 What, no Boing Boing Magazine?!! The future (as seen from 1982) is too edgy for my taste, it needs Xeni on the cover, holding a plush, mariachi Artoo Deetoo. And supersonically-flavored chocolate chip cookie toothpaste ads. What, no Boing Boing Magazine?!!
The future (as seen from 1982) is too edgy for my taste, it needs Xeni on the cover, holding a plush, mariachi Artoo Deetoo. And supersonically-flavored chocolate chip cookie toothpaste ads.

]]> By: Joseph Francis http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435495 Joseph Francis Sun, 27 May 2012 23:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435495  In the 80s comic books were cover dated 3 months ahead. Maybe in the future magazines will be too.  In the 80s comic books were cover dated 3 months ahead. Maybe in the future magazines will be too.

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435476 B E Pratt Sun, 27 May 2012 23:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435476 Many publications have a date that is in the future of when it actually available. The Austin Chronicle for some reason is always dated for Friday but  actually comes out on Thursday. Many publications have a date that is in the future of when it actually available. The Austin Chronicle for some reason is always dated for Friday but  actually comes out on Thursday.

]]> By: Lennoxx Bllaze Wesst http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435472 Lennoxx Bllaze Wesst Sun, 27 May 2012 23:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435472 Debbie Harry? Debbie Harry?

]]> By: Joseph Francis http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435441 Joseph Francis Sun, 27 May 2012 22:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435441 I keep thinking the woman is a re-drawn Heavy Metal cover, Sorayama illustration, or Nagel, but I can't quite place it. I keep thinking the woman is a re-drawn Heavy Metal cover, Sorayama illustration, or Nagel, but I can’t quite place it.

]]> By: BarBarSeven http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435421 BarBarSeven Sun, 27 May 2012 21:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435421 In  the future, print publications are so quaint nobody uses photos. They are all hand colored after being Xeroxed & a local “Space Kinko’s.” In  the future, print publications are so quaint nobody uses photos. They are all hand colored after being Xeroxed & a local “Space Kinko’s.”

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435388 Halloween_Jack Sun, 27 May 2012 20:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435388  I was pretty sure that Omni was going to turn into something like Horn, especially since Bob Guccione used similar layouts and typefaces to what he used in Penthouse, at least during that part of the 80s when I was paying attention to both. Actually, Horn isn't that far off from latter-day Heavy Metal (the magazine).  I was pretty sure that Omni was going to turn into something like Horn, especially since Bob Guccione used similar layouts and typefaces to what he used in Penthouse, at least during that part of the 80s when I was paying attention to both. Actually, Horn isn’t that far off from latter-day Heavy Metal (the magazine).

]]> By: DrBrunvand http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435336 DrBrunvand Sun, 27 May 2012 18:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435336 I have to express my disappointment. The Kill issue is dated january 2020. Dear editor, since Kill claims to be a monthly magazine there's something rather unexact on your cover. Everybody knows it's november, 2019. I have to express my disappointment.
The Kill issue is dated january 2020.

Dear editor, since Kill claims to be a monthly magazine there’s something rather unexact on your cover. Everybody knows it’s november, 2019.

]]> By: Mark Dow http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435333 Mark Dow Sun, 27 May 2012 18:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435333 I NOM: cuisine for the post-apocolypse gourmand. I NOM: cuisine for the post-apocolypse gourmand.

]]> By: willyboy http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435300 willyboy Sun, 27 May 2012 17:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435300 'Scratch and Sniff Centerspread', It's about frackin time. ‘Scratch and Sniff Centerspread’, It’s about frackin time.

]]> By: Ian Wood http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435291 Ian Wood Sun, 27 May 2012 17:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435291  <a href="http://www.brmovie.com/Locations/Ridleyville_News.htm" rel="nofollow">Ridleyville News</a>. So it's...um...in the scene that has this in it.  Ridleyville News. So it’s…um…in the scene that has this in it.

]]> By: Shawn Goldwater http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435274 Shawn Goldwater Sun, 27 May 2012 16:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435274 Does anyone remember the scene where this magazine stand would have appeared? Does anyone remember the scene where this magazine stand would have appeared?

]]> By: Lemoutan http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435257 Lemoutan Sun, 27 May 2012 15:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435257 And NOMI Klein will say, "There <em>is</em> no logo" And NOMI Klein will say, “There is no logo”

]]> By: miasm http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435251 miasm Sun, 27 May 2012 15:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435251 Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

]]> By: Joseph Francis http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435242 Joseph Francis Sun, 27 May 2012 15:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435242 In the future most magazines will have 4 letter word names. Like OMNI. Or be an anagram of OMNI, like MONI In the future most magazines will have 4 letter word names. Like OMNI. Or be an anagram of OMNI, like MONI

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435219 oasisob1 Sun, 27 May 2012 14:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435219  I believe in it.  I believe in it.

]]> By: Lemoutan http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435215 Lemoutan Sun, 27 May 2012 14:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435215 Magazines? Newsstands? In the Future? Magazines? Newsstands? In the Future?

]]> By: OldBrownSquirrel http://boingboing.net/2012/05/27/magazines-from-blade-runne.html#comment-1435208 OldBrownSquirrel Sun, 27 May 2012 13:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163285#comment-1435208 If Ridley Scott were into George Lucas-style revising, it would totally rock if he were to throw a copy of Make on the newsstand, perhaps with a cover photo of Adam Savage posing with his replica Blade Runner gun.  http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/adam-savage-my-blade.html If Ridley Scott were into George Lucas-style revising, it would totally rock if he were to throw a copy of Make on the newsstand, perhaps with a cover photo of Adam Savage posing with his replica Blade Runner gun.  http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/adam-savage-my-blade.html

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