Yesterday I drove up to Malibu to see an appearance by Rutger Hauer, who played the malevolent and romantic Roy Batty in Blade Runner. Apparently a new cut of Blade Runner is set to be released in theaters, which is cool. I first watched Blade Runner as a kid, and the scene where Rachel discovers that she’s a replicant and that all her memories were taken from other people and implanted into her to make her seem more human had a profound impact on me, and that scene still probably rates as my all-time #1 movie moment.
On the drive home, I noticed a black cloud hanging over the city. At first I thought it was just typical L.A. smog, but as I moved east I saw that Griffith Park was on fire. I mean really, really on fire, with huge gouts of flame shooting up all over the hillside. It was quite a spectacle. All throughout the city people gathered on corners or bridges to watch or even videotape the fire.
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