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15 Clever Winks And Nods In 'Blade Runner 2049'

The only universe where Pan Am is still alive and thriving.

15 Clever Winks And Nods In 'Blade Runner 2049'

June 28, 2021

You’re smart, we know, and if you’re a Blade Runner fan you probably know every single meaning, reference, and Easter egg in the sequel film where Pan Am is somehow still a thing. Or maybe you don’t, so what the heck just get out those Bingo cards and let’s do this before another Replicant dies already.

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS THE FRANK BLADE AUNNER SINATRA 2049 HOLOGRAM Producer Cynthia Yorkin's late husband, Bud Yorkin, directed Sinatra in his first film Come Blow Your Horn. Fellow produce Andrew Kosove wanted to Sinatra use for that scene to pay homage to Yorkin and Sinatra's friendship. CRACKED.COM — Source: IndieWire

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS PETER AND BLADE AUNNER THE WOLF 2049 Ill Joi HEIGHT ICSU CM EMANATOR DETECTED BOOT TYPE SLENDER FACE CLASS CONNECT SWIN DONE CUM COLOR BROWN COLOR NUURRAL COLOR NUMETE STYLE BANGA ITHNECITY CLEAN LANGUADE ENGLISH Joi's startup and shutdown jingle is the first notes of this famous children's symphony that starts with a bird and duck what makes bird bird. a arguing a a This thematic detail ties into Tyrell corporation's motto, More human than human. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vox

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS TIME TO DIE BLADE RUNNER 2049 When K dies in the snow, the score is the same in the first film as where Roy Batty dies in the rain. CRACKED.COM — Blade Runner scene, Blade Runner 2049 scene

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS SHOUTOUT BLADE RUNNER TO AN ARTIST 2049 The Moebius sign K's on apartment rooftop was the production designer's idea and is a homage to Jean Moebius Gerraud, the artist who inspired Ridley Scott while making the first film. CRACKED.COM — Source: IndieWire

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS THE ORIGINAL BLADE OPENING OF RUNNER 2049 THE FIRST FILM The opening scene with K and Sapper Morton was a homage to the original opening scene for the first movie that got cut. It would've seen Deckard do very much what K does in the sequel. CRACKED.COM — Source: Scified

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS THE BECHSTEIN BLADE RUNNER PIANO 2049 C.BECHSTEIN When K first encounters Deckard, there's a C. Bechstein piano in the room with chandelier a hanging over it. It resembles Bechstein a poster from the 1920s. CRACKED.COM — Source: Looper, wikimedia

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS THE WASP BLADE AUNNER AND THE BEE 2049 In the first film, Rachael is tested with a prompt about she a wasp crawling on her arm, and says she'll kill it. In the sequel, bee a crawls on K, and he barely reacts. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS DISTRIBUTOR BLADE AUNNER CAMEO 2049 The hologram jukebox has Sony's name it. on Sony is the international distributor of the movie. CRACKED.COM — Video clip

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS RACHAEL'S BLADE RUNNER EYE COLOR 2049 While the actress Sean Young has brown eyes, there's scene in the first film a where her eyes appear green when she's taking the test. Ridley Scott himself suggested they add the line her eyes were green to the sequel. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS PAN AM, BLADE RUNNER ALIVE AND 2049 WELL In keeping with the brands of the first film, both Coca-Cola and Atari feature bright in the sequel. Even Pan Am is still there, miraculously. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bloomberg

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS THE PHONE BLADE AUNNER BOOTHS 2049 LAPD Director Denis Villeneuve said he didn't add cell phones or the internet to the movie because he finds it all boring. Instead, he paid homage to Ridley Scott's payphones, at the LAPD as seen precinct. CRACKED.COM — Source: IGN

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS THE PALE BLADE RUNNER FIRE NOVEL 2049 VLADING NABOKUV Bale e Fire When K takes the Post-Trauma Baseline Test there are prompts taken from a poem in Vladimir Nabokov's book: And blood-black nothingness began to spin I A system of cells interlinked within cells interlinked within cells interlinked within one stem I And dreadfully distinct Against the dark, fountain a tall white played. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS THE OPENING BLADE RUNNER EYE SHOT 2049 The film immediately pays homage to the first movie with the same close-up shot of an eye - the eyes we see everywhere in both movies. CRACKED.COM — Opening clip of Blade Runner, Opening clip of Blade Runner 2049

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS DECKARD'S BLADE RUNNER BLASTER 2049 It's the same from the one original movie, because some things never change, or something. CRACKED.COM — Source: Wired

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS THE SHEEP BLADE RUNNER ORIGAMI 2049 During the Gaff cameo, this meta moment happens. It's call to the real-world a franchise, and it references the title of Phillip K. Dick's source novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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