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Wish You Were Blade Runner

Submitted by arkiver on Tue, 1996-09-03 19:16. Arkive 1.0



Wish You Were Blade Runner



The Ingredients

   Audio: Wish you Were Here by Pink Floyd
1975, Capital Records

Video:  Blade Runner
1982, Warner Brothers, 
based on the book
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick 		   



The Setup

    Blade Runner is a classic cult sci-fi film, with a wild futuristic visually intense plot.  Wish You Were Here is a stunning abstract art rock album.  The two together make a very good combination, Floyd's slow instrumentals and the futuristic cityscapes of Blade Runner.


        The "Green Tree" logo


    To set this synch up, put in the CD of Wish You Were Here and pause it.  Then put in the director's cut (it has to be the director's cut) of Blade Runner.  After the "Green Tree" logo comes up, wait for the "Jerry Perenchio and Bud Yorkin Present" screen to come up.  Unpause Wish You Were Here at this point.  Then just sit back and enjoy the show.



The Source
    This synchronicity was discovered by Jeff Pearson, who has a web page on it.  Having tried it myself, I thought it was strong enough to warrant inclusion as a regular part of the Arkive.



The Evidence
    This synchronicity is one of those that is just fun to enjoy, without worrying too much about whether or not it was intentional.  It illustrates pretty well what a great pattern finder the human mind is, and it also allows a great sense of participation in the experience.  It's everything a good synch should be. 

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"What did you dream?"

Submitted by R_Sammy on Sun, 2008-01-13 20:51.

"It's alright we told you what to dream." I tried Wish You Were Blade Runner one with just one cd playthrough. The first 3 songs of this synch are amazing. It has really cool lyrical matches, scene transitions, and sound effects. The music fits well in Blade Runner's "future noir" vibe with the mix of synthesizers and saxophones. I will definitely give the rest of this synch a try in the near future.

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Yoshimi Battles the Replicants

Submitted by gregson (not verified) on Sun, 2008-02-24 16:23.

After "Wish You Were Here" ends, start "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" at exactly 45:16 (about a 7-10 second gap). After that, I use "The Soft Bulletin", but there might be something better out there. But the "Yoshimi" part will change your life, or at least the way you think about the movie and the album.

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nice

Submitted by Leighton on Mon, 2008-02-25 07:20.

i'll have to try these when i get a chance.

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