William Blake in popular culture all cited Blake as one of their major inspirations. Comic designer William Blake Everett claims to be descended from Blake. In his film "Mean Streets" (1973), Martin Scorsese refers to Blake's poem "The Tyger" when a young pet tiger makes Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro take refuge atop a couch, paralleling the grit and innocence of life in the city. A variation on a verse from Blake's "America a Prophecy" appears in Ridley Scott's science fiction film "Blade Runner" (1982), spoken by Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer). This has been interpreted as a way of linking Batty to Blake's mythic
Blade Runner (franchise) opposed to 'creature features'. The tone of "Alien: Covenant" in particular has been noted as having a much more "Blade Runner" than "Alien" feel to it. A joint universe has not been publicly endorsed by Ridley Scott though he has indicated future "Alien" films will lean further towards the use of A.I. On December 12, 2012, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the release of "Blade Runner", Joanna Cassidy, who portrayed the replicant Zhora Salome in the film, released a short film on her YouTube channel entitled "What Might Have Been: Snake Dance". Directed by Paul Sammon, based on