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- inactive, on 03/30/2009, -2/+39TETSUOOOOO!!!!
- rabidlemur, on 03/31/2009, -0/+19KANEDAAAAAAA!
- inactive, on 03/31/2009, -1/+13Pictures of Tokyo without millions of people in the photo...how did that happen? Even at night too.
- ipodish, on 03/31/2009, -7/+19That's it, I'm moving to Japan
- mzx639, on 03/31/2009, -2/+10Blade Runner was influenced by the skyline of Hong Kong, not Tokyo.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f ... - MiDri, on 03/31/2009, -0/+8Teach English or at least Engrish
- EmperorChow, on 03/31/2009, -2/+8The pictures were beautiful, but the commentary the author weaved about his intention was what made me digg this post
- JonTheGoose, on 03/31/2009, -2/+7" Now he slept in the cheapest coffins, the ones nearest the port, beneath the quartz-halogen floods that lit the docks all night like vast stages; where you couldn't see the lights of Tokyo for the glare of the television sky, not even the towering hologram logo of the Fuji Electric Company, and Tokyo Bay was a black expanse where gulls wheeled above drifting shoals of white styrofoam. Behind the port lay the city, factory domes dominated by the vast cubes of corporate arcologies. Port and city were divided by a narrow borderland of older streets, an area with no official name. Night City, with Ninsei its heart. By day, the bars down Ninsei were shuttered and featureless, the neon dead, the holograms inert, waiting, under the poisoned silver sky."
- Supertrout, on 03/31/2009, -4/+9These comments suck.
- k3rfuffl3, on 03/31/2009, -0/+5If you've seen the anime it looks very similar to the photos
- morningmatters, on 03/31/2009, -3/+7The pics are typical of any large Asian cities.
The author should of taken some photos of the human waves rushing through tokyo subway during rush hours, or the ultra neat electronic toilet/bidets which cannot be found at most other places. - CivicTV, on 08/14/2009, -0/+4ITS FROM NEUROMANCER YOU DICKS.
- shanesemler, on 03/31/2009, -2/+6Considering the xenophobic immigration policies Japan has, I highly doubt it.
- blacktriangle, on 03/31/2009, -3/+7Neo Tokyo is about to E X P L O D E !
- Serenikill, on 03/31/2009, -1/+5They are long exposure photos, so the people don't show up because they are moving. Notice the light streaks from cars though.
- DistortionBB, on 03/31/2009, -2/+5The text says he's looking for the city from Bladerunner -- while Tokyo is more expansive and impressive in some ways, Osaka probably comes closer to a lot of specific Bladerunner scenes.
http://www.photopassjapan.com/osaka/image12.html - AngryGhost, on 03/31/2009, -2/+5KANEDAAAAAAAA!!!
- blindhammer, on 03/31/2009, -0/+3What an amazing coincidence. I'm about to get busy in a Burger King bathroom!
- tgc1, on 03/31/2009, -0/+3I've been wanting to go there since I was little. It's just so friggin' expensive. To visit there you need several thousand dollars. To live there, you either have to get a job (probably teaching English) or get a job in some field that allows you to work there on a visa otherwise it becomes cost prohibitive.
I've ran cost lists. And to stay there for 3 months would cost me several grand. Not including the plane ride over there. Of course it also depends on which area you want to go and where to live and/or stay. Maybe stay a bit outside the cities and take the trains in to do your sight seeing? I dunno. I'm still trying to figure it out.
Also, i'm a Gaijin so that doesn't help. LOL. - ShrimpCrackers, on 03/31/2009, -0/+3Close but not quite, take it from me a Blade Runner fanatic.
I think you're thinking the street scenes where Ridley Scott says he was influenced by Hong Kong and NOT for the skyline (scroll down past the part over 300): <a class="user" href="http://www.monstersandcritics.com/dvd/features/art ... rel="nofollow">http://www.monstersandcritics.com/dvd/features/art ...</a>
Specifically the skyline was designed by Sid Mead whom took influences from Star Trek and other science fiction stories, and not Hong Kong or Tokyo as much as the street scenes: <a class="user" href="http://www.rot13.org/~dpavlin/bladerunner/design.h ... rel="nofollow">http://www.rot13.org/~dpavlin/bladerunner/design.h ...</a>
Plus Hong Kong's skyline didn't quite begin to look like that picture you referenced until the 90's.
Side-note the movie was financed largely by Sir Run Run Shaw, a famous Hong Kong entrepreneur. - Chahrlie5, on 03/31/2009, -9/+12Japan/Tokyo is like no other place on earth. The Japanese make it so unique.
One day I hope to live there again. - novakaine, on 03/31/2009, -1/+4Where are teh hover cars?
- animefx, on 03/31/2009, -0/+2Here is one blade runner-esque photo I took of Tokyo from the observatory deck on the Tokyo Tower, it was foggy that night:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/animefx/1783097372/ - benderillo, on 03/31/2009, -0/+2Shock G
- OpCzar, on 04/01/2009, -0/+2Reminds me of
Samurai Pizza Cats (Oh yeah). Who do you call when you want some pepperoni?
Samurai Pizza Cats (Right on). They're stampin' out crime and you know that ain't baloney. - ShrimpCrackers, on 03/31/2009, -1/+3Weird none of my relatives or friends seem to have any solid problems immigrating to Japan. I'm just saying, there are stereotypes and myths, and then there is reality.
- halaric, on 03/31/2009, -0/+2No, no he shouldn't. The subway idea would truly be like any large city with a subway at rush hour and the toilet idea - are you serious?
As someone who has been to a good number of Asia's large cities I have to say I disagree with your first point as well. Which city exactly do you think they look like? (I accept that the elevated roadways are reminiscent of Shanghai (one is) or HK. But the architecture, nuh-huh. - Falstaph, on 03/31/2009, -3/+4I've seen better photos of Japan, for sure.
- inverselogic, on 04/01/2009, -0/+1<Digg+female joke here>
- AxsToro, on 03/31/2009, -0/+1Can anyone tell me wtf is Bladerunner? I googled it and it only found a movie named Bladerunner, is that it? O_o
- brundlefly76, on 04/01/2009, -0/+1the slanted building in the third photo looks just like the Tyrell headquarters in the film, i would sell my family for a Sean Young 'pleasure model' replicant.
- HalsMyPal, on 03/31/2009, -1/+2hey anyone want to move off-world with me?
- blindhammer, on 03/31/2009, -1/+2I want to stay in the SUPER HOTEL. Yay!
- oddlyzero, on 03/31/2009, -0/+1the sprawl was a lot more grittier. teeming with scum and villainy, rather than nearly antiseptic tokyo . still give it a digg...i love tokyo and night shots.
- riceninja, on 03/31/2009, -0/+1what kind of camera did he use? those are some amazing night shots.
- Calebh09, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1This is a large format camera, not a medium format camera. Of course a large format camera would have a even larger dynamic range than a medium format camera.
- emjaysea, on 03/31/2009, -1/+2No, you do not know what you are talking about. You're just making ***** up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_im ... - mstachiw, on 03/31/2009, -0/+1Great light rail photos! (fixed)
- Thex1138, on 04/02/2009, -0/+1He say you Brade Runner... Tell him I'm Eating...!
- pitdog, on 03/31/2009, -2/+3I like nature and all, but I just love big modern cities.
- trisweb, on 03/31/2009, -3/+4Now that's real HDR.
(And yes, I do know what I'm talking about - with a medium format camera, you actually do capture a significantly higher range, and in essence you achieve HDR in the way it was meant to be). - emjaysea, on 03/31/2009, -0/+1As these are shot with an 8x10 view camera on film, they definitely aren't HDR images. Over exposed is my evaluation.
- CivicTV, on 08/14/2009, -0/+1Agreed.
- trisweb, on 04/02/2009, -0/+1Are you serious? HDR stands for High Dynamic Range - the effect you speak of is simply trying to EMULATE what can easily and correctly be achieved in ONE exposure from a camera which actually captures High Dynamic Range due to the properties of the sensor itself.
Wow. - emjaysea, on 04/06/2009, -0/+0Larger film will have higher resolution, not greater dynamic range. Period!
- lundman, on 04/01/2009, -0/+0Nice, and the shinkansen shots too.. you can see my apartment in one of them!
- emjaysea, on 04/06/2009, -0/+0Again, you have no idea what you're talking about. Any given film will have the same dynamic range any size you care to cut it. Therefore, Fuji Velvia in 35mm will have the same dynamic range as Fuji Velvia in 8x10. The resolution will increase, but not the dynamic range. It's simple science.
And I too own medium format gear, and use it regularly, along with several large format cameras, and more 35mm than I can count. - photographicv, on 08/10/2009, -0/+0Wonderful series !
- evertonica, on 04/01/2009, -0/+0i always thought tokyo looks like a dump but it looks kinda cool in these pics.
- skynet2029, on 04/01/2009, -0/+0Yeah it's an old 80s movie, don't recall seeing it personally but yeah it's a movie.
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