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) "Dust to Dust", an 8-issue comic book limited series serving as a prequel to the events of both "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (1968), "Blade Runner" (1982) and "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (2010). The series was written by Chris Roberson and drawn by Robert Adler. detailing the days after World War Terminus. The series was marketed with a sneak peek of an eight-page digital preview which was released on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. A replicant is a fictional bioengineered or biorobotic android in the "Blade Runner" franchise. Virtually identical to adult humans, replicants typically have superior