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How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)

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Re: How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)

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Post by pavel_lishin »

skrebbel wrote: post #25
IAmBroom wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Origami by definition is folded from a single, square sheet.

When people write a statement and then tack on a question mark they force people to guess what they mean. Is it a typo? Is it an observation and the question mark is supposed to somehow signal disapproval? Or is it an actual question, with a little grammar error that's not uncommon for non-native English speakers? Maybe this is just me being weird but I simply don't understand why people think a question mark means "…

So what did you mean?

Re: How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)

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Post by the_af »

PetitPrince wrote: post #23
the_af wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, those look fantastic! I love Blade Runner (I'm obsessed with it), but the unicorn origami never clicked with me. These ones look much better.

And then you have the works of Satoshi Kamyia which is on an even higher level https://origami.ilyazadornov.com/origami/2021/unicorn-satosh...

Wow, impressive! Though I don't dig that "crumpled" style as much, maybe a bit of it but not this much.

Re: How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)

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Post by ghost-of-dmr »

skrebbel wrote: post #25
IAmBroom wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Origami by definition is folded from a single, square sheet.

When people write a statement and then tack on a question mark they force people to guess what they mean. Is it a typo? Is it an observation and the question mark is supposed to somehow signal disapproval? Or is it an actual question, with a little grammar error that's not uncommon for non-native English speakers? Maybe this is just me being weird but I simply don't understand why people think a question mark means "…

Are you autistic?

Re: How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)

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Post by noughtnaut »

sts153 wrote: post #2

Better explanation https://geekydadcrafts.com/2019/01/10/the-blade-runner-unico...

I'm having problems interpreting step 23, to arrive at 24.

The archived Japanese instruction wants to unfold the paper entirely, and then ... what? I'm stumped.

Re: How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)

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Post by delichon »

I just read about the backstory. Gaff (Edward James Olmos) put the unicorn where Deckard would find it as a message. He was gently informing Deckard that he was a replicant. Deckard had just dreamed about the unicorn and told nobody, so the only way Gaff could know is if he knew which dreams Deckard had implanted in his memory.

This came from Ridley Scott, not Philip K. Dick.

I am impressed that Scott was so subtle about this for so long. It would have been a short-term boost to hit us over the head with it, as in The Sixth Sense. But being coy about it helped to make the movie a true classic.

Re: How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)

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Post by pelcg »

jcl wrote: post #9
21asdffdsa12 wrote: post #3

Its not foldable from one paper sheet?

Correct… they “cheated” a little to make the props for the movie. There are other designs for single-sheet unicorn, winged unicorn, and Pegasus — particularly the ones from John Montroll — but they look a bit different from the movie props, and are harder to fold. https://johnmontroll.com/books/dragons-and-other-fantastic-c...

Thanks for sharing this book.
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