I noticed that it was that time of the century and made a mashup up the film's legendary intro, complete with Vangelis's soundtrack, with real contemporary footage of LA. The main difference is, of course, what's on fire. LA, November 2019: smoking hot, yes, flying cars, no.
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8:27 am Fri
Nov 1, 2019
The Blade Runner intro but it's actually Los Angeles in November 2019
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