So, lets talk "Blade Runner" ....

[The Nth Doctor]

What am I referring to exactly? The female (presumably computer) voice on Tyrell's intercom. Just one line of dialogue; "Blue entry. A Mr. J.F. Sebastian. 16417."

Can someone else listen to this and tell me I'm mishearing things because I swear that sounds like Sigourney Weaver getting an uncredited cameo. Which would make it her first time as a computer voice, but certainly not the last!

Okay, I've listened to that line a few dozen times and while I can see how you might think it's Sigourney Weaver, my first thought is that voice sounds like Sean Young. Which makes sense both practically and within the film (of course Tyrell would use Rachael's voice as his home personal assistant).

 

[Reverend]

Okay, I've listened to that line a few dozen times and while I can see how you might think it's Sigourney Weaver, my first thought is that voice sounds like Sean Young. Which makes sense both practically and within the film (of course Tyrell would use Rachael's voice as his home personal assistant).

I did wonder if it could be Young, so you're probably right. I just thought it sounded a little too deep for Young, and the accent sounds more like Weaver to me. She's always had this non-specific mid-Atlantic accent that makes her voice fairly distinctive; plus I was watching the first two Alien movies just last week so it still feels fresh in my brain.

If it is Rachel's voice then that's appropriately creepy on Tyrell's part for sure (did they every establish what happened to the "real" niece? Because alave or dead that still feels off. Mind you; from an internal logic POV you'd have to wonder how Rachel would feel about it since there's no way she hasn't heard his personal computer's voice while being his assistant (IIRC her incept date would have made her about a year and a half old at this point, so presumably she'd been there a while.) Seems like if he wants her to think she's human, poking her psyche like that would be counterproductive.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

This being Tyrell, I bet he deliberately programmed Rachael to not even notice his computer has the same voice as hers and people like Sebastian (who clearly had been to his private apartment before) would never say anything about it.

 

[Reverend]

I doubt Replicants can be programmed that extent. I mean if they could manipulate their minds that specifically then they wouldn't need to bugger about with false memories to stop them from rebelling or becoming unstable in the mere 4 years in which they exist.

 

[publiusr]

I can see how you might think it's Sigourney Weaver.

Ripley and the ALIEN franchise is a perfect fit for this future...post AVATAR to make sense though

 

[Skipper]

Interesting. I've never noticed that before, nor have I ever heard any indication that Sigourney Weaver did an uncredited cameo. I tried finding the clip on YouTube but no luck. I'll have to pull out my copy of the film and give it a listen.

https://movie-sounds.org/sci-fi-movie-samples/quotes-with-sound-clips-from-blade-runner-1982/16417

 

[Glyphs]

Re-visiting the movie
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-po...siting-ridley-scott-masterpiece-blade-runner/

Comic Book Preview – Blade Runner 2029: Reunion
https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2021/07/comic-book-preview-blade-runner-2029-reunion/
‘Blade Runner 2029 #5’ Review (Titan Comics)
http://www.nerdly.co.uk/2021/07/01/blade-runner-2029-5-review-titan-comics/

 

[publiusr]

Nice find!