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** The reimagined ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' is also heavily inspired by ''[[Blade Runner]]''. In fact, the reason Edward James Olmos signed on for what was originally supposed to be a minor one-off miniseries on the Sci-Fi channel is because it reminded him of ''[[Blade Runner]]''. And, really, he would know.

** Both Gibson and Scott were heavily inspired by the work of French graphic artist [[Moebius]], specifically ''The Long Tomorrow'' and ''The Incal'' (the later written by [[Alejandro Jodorowsky]]), with their noirish plots and dense, impossibly high metropoflis cris-crossed with flying cars and bridges. Moebius' depiction of a future that was as dirty and lived in as the real world was also a huge influence on ''[[Star Wars]]''. His scenes are often directly homaged as well, particularly the famous opening shot of ''The Incal''. Moebius contributed directly to the design of ''[[Alien (franchise)|Alien]]'', so even people who don't know his name recognize his influence.

** There have been flying cars in movies at least from 1950s, if not earlier. Fritz Lang's ''[[Metropolis]]'' (1927) is probably the first to show similar scenery on the silver screen, though it still used planes with wings, but the massive megacity with flying vehicles was made ''the'' setting for a science fiction film in that moment.

** And the flying cars in ''[[The Fifth Element]]'' were a homage to French ''[[Valerian]]'' comics, with Corben's taxi's design almost entirely lifted from a similar vehicle flown by a flamboyant cabbie S'traks in the crowded skies of industrial planet Rubanis. Mézières (the creator of ''Valerian'') actually worked on the production design of ''[[The Fifth Element]]'', along with Moebius, mentioned above as having inspired some of the works which in turn influenced ''[[The Fifth Element]]''.

 

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