"I Have Seen Things..."

"You people would not believe...

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
c-beams sparkling in the dark near the Tennhauser Gate.
All these moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain."

I remember the first time I watched "Bladerunner", it was ok as movies go, passable for most of it, somewhat more stimulating in other parts ( especially those parts where Darryl Hannah was leaping, jumping or writhing around). Nothing great, till the end, when Rutger Hauer makes his final speech, the words written above.

At that moment the entire movie is made for me, the point driven home. Bladerunner is one of my all time favorite movies, and along with Frank Herbert's Dune series and some of Lucas' Star Wars, comprises three pillars of my own personal philosophy. (There are many more pillars, just three from the realm of Sci Fi).

Every one of us gains a universe of unique experiences in the course of a life. We see things, hear things, feel things, do things. A million moments granted to each of us, a richness beyond actual comprehension, if we can take the time to get out of the noise in our heads long enough to connect to it, immerse our selves in it. Everyone of us can lay claim to the same boast made by Philip K. Dick's tragic replicant, and in it find reason enough to cling to life for as long as we are able.

That concludes this evening's philosophical dissertation.