The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social

42 years ago today, on June 25 1982, John Carpenter's The Thing and Ridley Scott's Blade Runner were both released in cinemas. An important day for sci-fi. And yet, these future classics were no great successes, and received a polarized reception at best. Both poster art by Drew Struzan:

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Paul Scollon @scollonp.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 07:58 UTC

This is the way with all classics. Both Star Wars and Terminator got luke warm receptions and played to near empty theatres on their opening weekend. Terminator especially became a slow burn cult hit because of VHS.

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@mjr21.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 14:14 UTC

Well they both got good reviews from me!

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Intisar - This Week in Aurebesh @thisweekinaurebesh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 11:58 UTC

Bladerunner was my first R rated movie. I was still in junior high and my brother bought the tickets while I held back and pretended I was there to see ET. I can’t say I understood the movie but I’ll always be grateful to have a cool brother.

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Til Breidenbach @tilmobaxter.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 08:51 UTC

I especially like, how different these two posters are, even though they’re from the same person. Today’s MondoRetroDesigners almost always transform several cult movies in their very distinct style.

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Smeg @smeg.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 13:33 UTC

Struzan's still killing it decades later. What a boss

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Flopsie @flopsie.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 11:58 UTC

When originally released, the studio had forced a voice over throughout the film, and overbearing solo saxophone. The directors cut we love so much now was not what people originally saw. You could still see the brilliance, but it was compromised.

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Tammi, yeah, that one. 2.0 @tammi.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 08:00 UTC

Drew Struzan always drew the best posters.

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Kamil @kamil2null.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 08:21 UTC

I wish I would have been born then already 😅

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