Neo Blade Runner 2021

A standoff

George Bonzinziki

Steve Wilson

Director Brown

Paul von Doofenstein

Neo Blade Runner 2021 is a completely remade and finished version of Michael's High School project, Not Blade Runner. The original video was removed due to a copyright claim of Frank Sinatra's "Summer Wind" which was used in the intro. It featured Eric as Richard Dick, rather than Alejandro, and it was never completed beyond the Jesse getting the job to take down the replicant. For years the dudes had sworn to complete this project by simply completing the rest, but after the video was taken down entirely, the decision was made by Mike and Jack to write a new version, using the original's elements with a new plotline as an ending to the original was actually never written. Yeah that's probably why it was never done. Filmed in before World War I: Trench Warfare in December, this video was released afterwards due to its greater length and Michael's belief that it would need more effects done, but this proved not to be the case.

## Plot

### The Interrogation

The video opens in Director Donovan Brown's office as he summons veteran Blade Runner, Steve Wilson, to perform an interrogation on a recently scanned replicant. It is believed the repo had swapped serial numbers to hide its identity, so Wilson was tasked with determining the manner of machine with an in depth Turing test, monitoring the reaction of replicants in response to hypothetical scenarios, revealing more about the manner of the machine than the average person could recognize. When the interrogation of the replicant Richard Dick begins, he is very upset and questions as to why he needs to be held for longer. Wilson attempts to calm him by making the questions seem unimportant, while in reality Wilson is monitoring Dick very closely. When test begins, Richard Dick gives the fake alias of Bobby Kirkland which throws Wilson into an angry outburst as he threatens the robot man's life. He calms himself back down and he goes through a series of scenarios.

The first involving a situation where Dick's girlfriend is potentially seeing another man, evoking some brief anger from the replicant. Following this the scenario is presented where Dick attempts to save an old woman, but she gets angry with him and is eventually hit and dies. To cope with his anger Dick makes a snarky comment about the situation causing Steve to call him a "funny guy" before entering another angry episode himself, threating Dick with a gun. After this the test continues and another scenario involving a girlfriend's pet drives Dick into absolute rage as he is given evil options to choose. Wilson comments how he is breaking the repo down before asking one final question about Dick choosing to take his mother off life support, a scenario that brings the test to a clear conclusion. Wilson informs Dick that he failed the test.

Wilson reveals he is able to determine that Dick is indeed a rogue HB-5J replicant, a class that has officially been discontinued and ordered to be shut down following the Jupiter incident. Wilson begins to escort Dick out of the room at gunpoint, with the repo seemingly complying, when suddenly Dick turns around and takes the weapon. Wilson tries to pull out another weapon but it is knocked aside, Wilson then attempts for his third gun but Dick shoots him in the chest. Wilson falls into his seat and looks at his wound, managing to utter his last word of "Drat", before he is shot once again and killed by Richard Dick. Dick then throws the gun aside and escapes the facility with his brute strength. This whole ordeal was observed by Director Brown as he was watching the interrogation. Once he saw and could hear the gunshot go off, he sounded the alarm and called a "Code Purple", an emergency involving a loose and deadly replicant. Down a Blade Runner, Brown would have to call in Jim McMahon.

### Jackopski's Lumber

Jim McMahon is hanging around in his apartment off duty, watching Not Bladerunner on his TV which strangely mimics the events that had just unfurled in the interrogation room. Director Brown calls him up on the phone to get to his office immediately, so McMahon does so reluctantly. Director Brown is then vibing in his office to Plastic Love when McMahon suddenly enters, startling the director as he quickly turns off the music and forgets why he called Jim in the first place. Jim reminds him and the two get down to business. Brown tells him about the type of replicant he is after and Jim believes it shouldn't be too difficult to deal with. Brown throws out this notion and informs him about the death of Steve Wilson presenting McMahon with a warning to be more cautious. He tells McMahon reports have been received that Richard Dick could have run over to Jackopski Indizinski's Lumberyard, so he tells Jim to take a dossier of information about the replicant from the secretary and head over there.

McMahon arrives shortly after and speaks to the foreman to ask about Richard Dick. The foreman reveals that the replicant works here and his shift had just ended, so he points him towards his buddy George Bonzinziki who would most likely know where he went. McMahon finds and begins to question Bonzinziki. He begins with some soft questions directed towards Bonzinziki as opposed to asking about Richard, and he quickly notices that the boy is very nervous and potentially lying after he states he is from Northburg up North. McMahon then asks about Richard to which Bonzinziki states they aren't really close. McMahon calls this out as the foreman stated the two were very close, and he begins to pay attention to Bonzinziki's eyes, a giveaway towards whether someone is a replicant or not as they react in unusual ways to tough situations. McMahon realizes that George is most likely a fellow replicant on the run assisting Richard, but before he is able to push these accusations very far, George pokes him in the eyes and begins to run into the woods.

McMahon begins to chase but his unable to catch up as George was built as a courier robot and possess significant speed and agility. McMahon struggles to follow in the woods and even attempts to fire a shot, but Bonzinziki is too swift and is able to dodge any fire. George runs past a warehouse where Richard Dick was waiting to ambush. He clotheslines McMahon as he runs by and the two begin to fight. McMahon starts to punch Richard but as a construction bot, he is unable to hurt him in the slightest. Richard lets loose some real whoppers and even a turbo punch, causing damage to McMahon's ribs and internal organs. McMahon quickly resorts to his cyberknife which is capable of slicing through nearly any material, and he successfully slashes out and takes off some of Richards fingers. This startles Dick allowing Jim to slice off his hand completely. Dick then steps back and looks at his fallen hand, before grabbing Jim with his good arm and throwing him into a garage door with his great strength, knocking the Blade Runner down for the count. Dick flees and meets up with Bonzinziki, who voices concern over the lost hand. Dick does not believe they will be able to find a replacement as his model had been discontinued and destroyed for a long time, but George urges him own to try and find a replacement as they would be in serious trouble otherwise. Richard agrees and two head out in search of a new hand.

### The Hand

McMahon is next seen in the Director's office while he is instructed to go home and take a break. McMahon however is angry with this order and is intent on bringing these two replicants down. Brown believes Jim is far too hurt to continue, but he gives him the severed hand recovered from the fight as well as an in depth file on Richard Dick so that he could look things over at home. McMahon angrily leaves and Brown begins to listen to more 80s J-pop.

Meanwhile Richard Dick and George Bonzinziki are at the black market replicant repair shop of Paul von Doofenstein, an engineer of the original replicants, including Dick's model. Doofenstein informs Richard that he has a hand, but there are complications. He tells him that the hand is defective and at best it could just spasm on occasion, and at worst his system rejects it and he dies. Dick is unsure about the procedure but George urges him to go through with it as it will be hard to fend off from another attack. Richard agrees and he sits while Doofenstein prepares what he needs for the procedure. George begins to ask as to why that man was after him to which Dick reveals that he had killed a Blade Runner and was now being hunted. George is shocked but Dick defends his actions by the fact that he himself would have been killed. He then tells George he was probably roped in as an accomplice now so they were both in trouble. George is distraught and Richard suggests that they should take down the Blade Runner together before Dick turns himself in so George could make a safer escape. George rejects this as he states "we ride together we die together". Doofenstein then returns with a drill and pulls out a new hand and says he is ready to work, so George throws some money at him.

McMahon then returns home to his computer wife Alexa, what a bozo, married to a machine. After sitting down to begin examining the evidence, Alexa asks Jim when she would be able to meet his mother. Jim solemnly replies she would not be able to since she had died, but Alexa insists she is still alive, bringing up Alexandria Belford. Jim does not know this woman and states that his mother was Bethany McMahon, but Alexa startles him by stating how this was not his real mother. She then brings up how Bethany was just a replicant purchased by his father, a fact Jim denies. Alexa is able to locate and print the order of sale on the replicant as well as the divorce filings between his father and Alexandria Belford, so Jim reads them over and is in shock that a replicant could be capable of such emotions he experienced. He defends her status as a wonderful being to Alexa before she begins to compare Bethany to Richard Dick and George Bonzinziki. Jim beings to get angry at this suggestion as he deems those two as criminals, but Alexa begins to elaborate how these replicants where made by the same people, built in the same facility, and made of the same materials. She states how from what she has been told that George has done nothing wrong, and while Richard did kill Steve Wilson, he only did it to protect his own life, something Jim's mother would have done to protect her own life or even Jim's. Jim gets angry and ends the conversation so that he could look over the evidence. He quickly realizes that Dick would have to find a new hand, and that there would not be many places to find such a part. He locates through the police database the only known place where such an operation could be done, Paul von Doofenstein's electronics store. He memorizes the address and prepares to leave when Alexa asks why these replicants must die. Jim is unable to give a response as he himself does not know the answer, and leaves.

McMahon quickly arrives at the front of the store alerting Doofenstein. Having just finished the hand replacement, he has the two replicants leave out the back and they thank him for his help. McMahon then makes his way into the store with Doofenstein and begins to ask him about his specialties. He begins to question Doofenstein about his business and his credentials and is able to sense his nervousness around the subject of working on replicants. McMahon did not wish to pry further and instead begins to grow more hostile as he demands to know if Dick and Bonzinziki had been in. Doofenstein attempts to reach for his drill but McMahon stops him and makes him talk at gunpoint. Doofenstein cracks and tells him that they went out the back, so McMahon quickly leaves and the chase begins.

### The Showdown

Richard Dick and George Bonzinziki are next seen looking to frantically get away from the repair shop, but McMahon is close behind. He eventually catches up and stops the two, stating how they had gone rogue in the eyes of the law and not to be brought down. Richard attempts to trade himself in so George could escape, but McMahon refuses. Not wanting Richard to risk getting significantly hurt again, George charges at Jim getting some quick punches on the Blade Runner. He winds up for a turbo punch but McMahon is able to dodge it, and then start to go on the attack. He is able to knock George to the ground, prompting Richard to intervene and knock Jim off of him. Richard attempts to start punching McMahon, but having fought before, Jim is able to counter these moves and manages to stab Richard's hand with his cyber knife. This interaction led to the system rejection that Doofenstein had warned of, causing Richard to short circuit and die. McMahon however does not know the cause behind this, and is simply astonished that the knife managed to kill him. George then runs over and goes onto his knees, distraught at the loss of his friend. He turns this sadness into anger as he gets up and begins to threaten McMahon. Jim knew he was then in trouble as he tries to deescalate the situation before getting punched in the face. Jim loses his knife and simply says, "Drat", and is then subjected to an onslaught of punches from George. Jim is unable to match this replicants strength and speed and is getting significantly wounded and nearing the risk of death towards this robot.

George however suddenly stops and walks away with his back turned to the Blade Runner. He states how he never wanted to take another mans life, he just wanted his freedom. He talks of the memories and emotions he experienced, no different than those capable of being experienced by humans before conceding to the Blade Runner, allowing him to eliminate him if he must. McMahon in a deep inner turmoil after discovering the true nature of his mother, begins to sit up and tells him to leave to New New York, insisting he would have a chance to live a normal life there. George is very surprised that he is being spared, simply saying nothing and striding away into the night. Suddenly Director Brown appears behind McMahon, stating how the outcome of this battle was expected. The Director revealed he had been watching McMahon's career for a long time, and knew one day this would happen, especially after he learned about his mother. McMahon is surprised that the Director knows of this fact and asks how, but Brown simply replies that there are few secrets unknown to the director. McMahon explains his reasoning since George never wanted to hurt anyone, and he asks if he will be safe now. The Director assures him that the pursuit on George will end, but he informs Jim that he'll have to leave the agency now. Brown tells him he'll write a him a parting check for this case as well as many years of service, and leaves. McMahon says nothing as the Director leaves and he simply stands and reflects about his recently made decision and the life he has lived thus far. He puts his hand into his coat pocket to pull out his badge which he then drops on the ground, and abandons as he walks away into the night.

## Trivia

- Eric was originally supposed to play Richard Dick once again, but was unable to come leading to the casting of Alejandro.

- Jack and Jesse wear the same exact outfits they had in the original Not Bladerunner. Jack even had his haircut and shaved so that he could look the same as he did previously. The only notable difference is Jim McMahon now has a trench coat, the same one Bernard wears in the Cops series.

### The Warehouse Encounter

- For this trivia story I will write from first person since it is me Jack writing this and it will be easier to tell this way. During filming of scenes done outside, we were questioned by several people as to what we were doing. During the woods chase scene a woman came out of her house to ask what was going on so I said it was just a school project, which she accepted. A second woman walked by shortly after and asked the same thing so I stuck to this story once again. Accustomed to saying this, I used this alibi once again after we were questioned by some man who lived across the road from the warehouse of the final fight. This guy however seemed more threatening and asked something like if the town knew we were here but I was just hoping that school project would make him stop worrying. Its not like we were doing anything bad but I felt like school project is easier to say than explaining how we were making some dumb YouTube video for our own enjoyment. Mid filming the final fight, a pickup truck rolled up and stopped with an elderly hillbilly couple. The woman said that she knows its a school project but she wanted the name of the school, the teacher, and all of our names so that she could then call the school. This really struck some fear down my spine and the others as we realized we were in a rough situation as we were with some strange old people in a strange place while it was dark. I debated if I should just tell the true story but I do not think it is ever a good idea to back out of a lie, so I kept going. I was the speaker of the group by default so I quickly said Stroudsburg High School, hoping we could go with a story involving a class Joe was in. When she asked the teacher I went to Joe hoping he would have someone to go with, but he blanked. I quickly deflected to Michael who went with Mr. Kurnas, the teacher of the original project, and when asking about what subject he taught Jesse and Michael began to act more social about his topics in hopes the lady would let the names go. She did not.

At this point I was not worried about them calling school since its not like I go there anymore, but I was worrying they wouldn't leave or they'd call the police, ruining the film when we were almost done. For this period of time I was trying to think of a fake name for myself as well as Joe since I could tell he was more frightened than I was since he wasn't speaking at all, so I had one fresh in the mind for when she asked. I went first as I had been speaking the most during this encounter so I proudly said "I'm Jim McMahon, and this is my brother Steve". I put my hand on Joe's shoulder as I said this so I didn't look stiff and she bought it amazingly despite the fact that other than being a character in this film, Jim McMahon was a quarterback for the Chicago Bears and Steve is just my go to generic name. She wrote this down and moved to Alejandro who said Adrian Maldonado, using his same last name for some reason. Michael said Barry Wilson, and Jesse said Cody Cummings. Altogether I thought these were some stupid unbelievable names but she went with it and warmed up to us as she believed we were just some kids trying to make a video since we did indeed have the camera rig out. The man I could tell was more friendly as he said he was checking up on us since a lot of drug addicts go here to shoot up and kill each other, and that some kid shot himself in the warehouse a few months ago. He nor the lady never smiled during this encounter. They left us and we all agreed to get the HELL out of there as soon as we could and never come back. We finished up filming and all left for Red Robin. Joe however drove home in his truck since he had online school the next day, and was paranoid the whole ride home as a car was following him since he left the warehouse. It did not follow him once he turned into our development which assured him and we told our parents about this funny in retrospect encounter. In a very strange and unusual turn of events on the very next day, after John and Michael were going home following the close of day 2 filming, the warehouse and the house in the background of the final fight was being torn down. We somehow used this place the very night before it was destroyed, meaning Neo Blade Runner is probably the last ever documentation of the structure still in tact. This does though bring a nice close to us never filming there again, a location we had meant to use for at least 2 years now.

## Gallery

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