Top 10 Lessons from Bladerunner

I’m convinced you can learn important life lessons from just about any movie (even the bad ones). However, for purposes of illustrating a topic currently of concern to me, let’s stick with one of my personal favs, Bladerunner. If you’ve never seen it, tsk, tsk. Netflix it now! Yes, it’s an oldie, but it definitely falls in the great film category. I guarantee it’s worth your time.

Now, for those of you who are up to date on the best dystopian-future movie ever, here’s my takeaway on some valuable bits of wisdom we can all benefit from:

10. Forget internet advertising, what we need are more overhead blimps.

9.  If you think you might be a replicant, make sure you understand what a tortoise is.

8.  When the automated police message says “move on”, then, for crying out loud, MOVE ON!

7.  Whether it’s Kill Bill, or Bladerunner, don’t mess with Daryl Hannah. She’s vicious!

6.  If you’ve created a large group of malcontent replicants with artificially short lifespans, you might want to invest in a top notch security system.

5.   If your top notch security system isn’t fail-safe, have your on-staff genetic engineers keep a backup pair of your own eyes in safe storage. I’m just saying!

4.  Stay out of the sun and wear sunscreen at all times. Just compare Bladerunner Rutger Hauer to contemporary Rutger Hauer.

3.  Always stick with the director’s cut (unless it’s Apocalypse Now Redux)!!

2.  If you only know one tune on the piano, but can play it really well, chances are good you’re not a real human.

1.  Whether you’re real or a replicant, we can all rally around one idea:                                ”I want more time  #@*&%!”

Okay, the last one is what’s really on my mind. There’s a pivotal moment in Bladerunner when the dying android/replicant, played by Rutger Hauer, meets his maker and, not too nicely, demands more time. It’s a great metaphysical/theological question. If you could meet your maker, wouldn’t you have a gripe about the built-in time limit we all face?

My gripe, on the other hand, while still time-related, is just a little more mundane. I just want what many of us want – more time in the day. With a bunch of projects going on concurrently, I’m continually amazed at how quickly the hours (and days) whiz by.   Don’t get me wrong, I consider myself a very capable time manager. I use my hours wisely, and I get up earlier than the average bear. Still there just aren’t enough minutes to satisfy all my interests and obligations. Alas. A wise man once told me that “time is the fire in which we all burn”.  Alright, I confess, it wasn’t a wise man. It was actually an unintentionally funny line from a really bad Star Trek movie. But, hey, didn’t I say you could find life lessons in any movie?

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