• Mark

  

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  Re: My favorite Postmodern Riddle

  Mon, March 14, 2005 - 4:47 PM

  Sounds like a misquote from Milton's Paradise Lost, but I'm clueless on the rest of it.

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    Re: My favorite Postmodern Riddle

    Mon, March 21, 2005 - 3:55 PM

    Hint: a) same character, same scene: "If you only knew...what I have seen...with Your eyes"

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      Re: My favorite Postmodern Riddle

      Mon, March 21, 2005 - 6:11 PM

      Sounds like Rutger Hauer's character in Bladerunner

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        Re: My favorite Postmodern Riddle

        Mon, March 21, 2005 - 6:14 PM

        ... and he's talking to the asian scientist that he thinks has a clue on how to extend his lifespan.

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          Re: My favorite Postmodern Riddle

          Wed, March 23, 2005 - 5:48 PM

          That's it!
          The poem is William Blake's "America: A Prophecy", pertaining to the american revolution in mystical terms. It should be "Fiery the angels rose..."(the spirit of the revolution rising up), but was misquoted by the replicant to express his dissillusionment with the 'human' spirit. It was a deliberate misquote.

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