The Jean Michel Jarre piece works very well--similar to Vangelis, but...I think it fits the mood of this (well-done) edit quite well. And the theatrical ending works much better without the voiceover. Leaves the interpretation more open than either the original or revised endings. I think I prefer it this way.
The Jean Michel Jarre piece works very well--similar to Vangelis, but...I think it fits the mood of this (well-done) edit quite well. And the theatrical ending works much better without the voiceover. Leaves the interpretation more open than either the original or revised endings. I think I prefer it this way.
actually the music quite fits! I am a huge fan of the movie! I love this ending veeeeery much! the scene in the car isn't bad, its like a short releive after looong grey rainy story behid them...
You have got some stick for this ending music....but in my view this is as close as it gets to Vangelis's quality....it's a different take which I like. A brilliant piece by J. M. Jarre.
Vangelis still rocks on this scene, in my view. You cannot change perfection.
@Kristopful Thanks! One thing I never thought of: what if you just put Vangelis music on (= skip the saxophone and voiceover!) ...but keep the old footage? :-I
I like the dark ending better. Even though in that cut they censor out the scene where Joe Turkel shows his eyes get crushed out of his face by Rutger Hauer. I guess that means you can't have both when it comes to Ridley Scott. I own the director's cut from 1991 on vhs and dvd format. BTW, when I see this part, It reminds me of what would've been my loving girlfriend and I running away to somewhere in the hills but will never be since she's dead so I get sad when I see this part.
@jmm1233 Hmm.. I actually thought oxygene 2 was better than the saxophone (and the voiceover).. but the Vangelis tune after that is also good, I don't disagree. Maybe Ridley Scott should have used only Vangelis music (no voice over or saxophone)?
@petzxy they only used the damn voice over and saxaphone because of the silly execs of the studio didn't understand visual audio cues and had no imagination what so ever and didn't understand cyberpunk , Ridelly should have done the same as Lucas with THX1138 hold onto the cuts and don't let hollywood execs mess with the oiginal vision of the director , why do you think there is a director's cut
i have this ending on my blade runner on video cassete they are flaying in car above forrest, and my another version of director cut ending is only how they going to elevator
As much as i love this movie and jean-michel jarre's awesome spacy track "oxygene 2", i think Vangelis' original music fits much better to the atmosphere of the movie.
I prefer the ending of the director's cut / final cut over this one.
I think it's leftover footage from that film, but I don't know the story behind that. Look at Internet Movie DataBase (at Message Boards far down on the side) and someone must have an answer to that question
Yes it is footage from the shining. A happier ending was forced on the film-makers by some of the producers and test audience negative reaction. They tried to film nice scenes but due to bad weather the shots didnt come out well. Ridley knew Stanley Kubrick shot tons of footage for The Shining and asked if he had any to spare. Kubrick said it was fine as sent a lot of film over.
the depression rate of vangelis and jean michel jarre i think is quiet equal, maybe the track "one more kiss dear" from the soundtrack of blade runner is more appropriate for a happy ending(just a thought), with the sad true that we are not immortal. :) p.s. : and try to match the level of the mixed sound (the oxygen part is clearly louder ).
I changed the title again! now it is the original title + a questionmark because maybe we haven't heard the last word on this fim ending yet. Yes I know, I'm a rookie with the sound (at least when I uploaded this), I was in a hurry... :-)
AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL, Honest to god, this is one of the most horrendous insults to film history I have ever seen, I flagged it for shocking content lol.
Godamn you for removing the great Vangelis music and replacing it with the Jean-Michel crap. And keeping the theatrical cut ending, the director's cut ending was better.
How is it nice? It's awful! The music doesn't fit with the scene, Vangelis was much better, in fact, I had to pause the video because the music was so awful, the only thing the author did was put in awful music, and that's pretty much it, the landscape was in the original theatrical release.
In the directors cut it ends just after they leave and the door closes, without the stupid "landscape" and voiceover, thats how it should have been, it acctully wasnt as despressing as i expected anyway, they didnt need to add the hollywood ending the directors cut works waaay better
Adding Oxygene Pt 2 keeps the futurism up a little more than the saxaphone and voice over which cheeses out the ending a bit too much. Well done. Was that a fan-edit or is that on some special edition? Works superb!!!
Cette version est tout simplement riducule. Les rush de Shining montre bien l'envie au producteur de faire une fin élargie pour conquérir le public. Ce n'est qu'une question de finance.
nice choice of music over this. A lot of people didnt like the ending, nether did riply i dont mind which ending really io just like the fact they cleanerd up the mistajes in the movie, when the restored it
He is a replicant, no dube, how if not the origami guy gave him an unicorn, an animal that was only in Deckard´s dreams. That Deckard has implantede memories, he is a special replicant.
I don't think you can interpret Harrison as a Replicant. They even said all reps have a fail safe mechanism where they only live for 4 years. Why would they keep hiring a guy who's gonna die. Also, Rachael was seen as the only one who could live past four years.
well deckard would have had false memories placed into his mind to make him think he's been living longer, when he could have only been living for a two or three years. it's quite obvious why you would hire deckard to do a very dangerous job if he had only a few years to live. it wouldn't matter if he died or not. Remember how holden was taken out at the start? blade runners seem to have a low life expectancy rate, why risk real man's life when you can set a tinker toy to do the deadly work.
lol, Deckard isn't a rep., the point of the movie is that there is no difference between humans and reps., and the girl proves that by falling in love with him
i agree that deckard may not be a replicant for different reasons. i think the film was that the replicants in the film (and the book) are lacking in empathy, thats what makes them so different from humans. seeing that empathy is one of things that makes humans human. (although many humans in the film lack empathy as well, making phychological monsters) but deckard clearly displays empathy in the film, thats why it doesn't make sense to me that he's a rep.
And roy didn't show empathy by saving Deckards life LTstudios ? your comment contradicts it's self and Deckard is a replicant many things prove it in the movie. the fact that there were 4 of the nexus 6 (even if Deckard is not nexus 6) the unicorn dream proves it too ,the fact gaf is constantly around to monitor his improvement instead of hunting down the nexus 6 ...Deckard was the rep talked about at the start *one fried him self getting into the tyrell building" ....i rest my case
yes there are many things in the film that indicate that deckard is a replicant. Although it doesn't make any sense at all, Rick doesn't act anything like a replicant. And to be fair, Gaf is just slimy, making Rick do all the work for him which doesn't mean that rick a replicant. to be honest I can't be bothered to argue about this, espcially with someone who put "i rest my case" at the end. the film is abstract and people have their own oppnions about it. i'll leave it at that.
the way i see it its intensely obvious that he is a replicant... the most i take away from this is his nod.
He saw first hand more than once that being a replicant really had NO affect on true humanity, all he realizes is he too has a limited time on this earth, and is going to make sure whatever time he spends with rachel makes the most memories.
I've never heard one way or the other what happened to him. I've wondered that myself a few times. Also, if you look @ the "Director's cut" (the one w/o narration), you'll see Deckard has a dream with a unicorn. That;s the main piece of evidence that the "pro replicant" side has.
I have seen the directors cut and I suspected that he was a replicant, but there was so many other solutions. I remember the unicorn dream. It's when he's sittin over the piano looking at the pictures and then you see the picture of a unicorn fleeing thru he's eyes. I think it's possible to compare a unicorn and a replicant. Like... The unicorn is a more perfect horse, but yet it can't be bound...
the key with the unicorn come when Deckerd finds the origami unicorn on the floor. It's said that it's Gaff's way of saying "I know what's in your file (memory bank)
Roy ? He dies on the roof, or expires. He saves Deckard in a sense to pass on the memory of his life/death and because he , unlike the humans around him, treasures the transience of life. Ridley's deliberate irony in the film.
also rick spat at roy before he fell off the roof. Seeing that replicants cannot really feel empathy, that was the only thing roy could emathizes with rick. the fact rick spat at roy represents a sort of warrior instinct, seeing that roy is also a fighter. but yeah it's also about living forever though memories. like the photographs.
@exxcalibur1973 Very well put. Look at the blimps at the start, advertising a 'new life' on the off World colonies, a place where you can 'start again'. They all hint at wanting to live longer, because the humans are afraid to embrace the idea of their transient nature. The human race is in denial, Baty and, if you are on the 'Deckard's a replicant side of the fence, Deckard are not at the end. They both understand and accept their mortality. You make a very good point, well observed.
The music in this clip is "Oxygene part II" by Jean Michel-Jarre from the album "Oxygene" (1976), the actual music originally from the movie is from Vangelis. But I think this is a bit more spacey and works fine!
Yes, the voiceover by Harrison Ford and the saxophone is gone (they doesn't sound smart or spacey), but otherwise the original ending is good in my opinion, that's why I kept the images! I always felt that the later versions of Blade Runner missed something...(it ended too soon)
The Shining
outsidemendham 4 weeks ago
The Jean Michel Jarre piece works very well--similar to Vangelis, but...I think it fits the mood of this (well-done) edit quite well. And the theatrical ending works much better without the voiceover. Leaves the interpretation more open than either the original or revised endings. I think I prefer it this way.
Overall, well done.
thawedcavebear 10 months ago
@thawedcavebear Thanks! The romantic part of me wanted them to escape this way...
petzxy 10 months ago
The Jean Michel Jarre piece works very well--similar to Vangelis, but...I think it fits the mood of this (well-done) edit quite well. And the theatrical ending works much better without the voiceover. Leaves the interpretation more open than either the original or revised endings. I think I prefer it this way.
Overall, well done.
thawedcavebear 10 months ago
actually the music quite fits! I am a huge fan of the movie! I love this ending veeeeery much! the scene in the car isn't bad, its like a short releive after looong grey rainy story behid them...
animhata 11 months ago
You have got some stick for this ending music....but in my view this is as close as it gets to Vangelis's quality....it's a different take which I like. A brilliant piece by J. M. Jarre.
Vangelis still rocks on this scene, in my view. You cannot change perfection.
Kristopful 1 year ago
@Kristopful Thanks! One thing I never thought of: what if you just put Vangelis music on (= skip the saxophone and voiceover!) ...but keep the old footage? :-I
petzxy 1 year ago
@petzxy Sounds a great idea to me :) I still like the originl end scene...but not the voice over.
Kristopful 1 year ago
It's too bad she won't live. But then again .. who DOES?
Noodles37UK 1 year ago
kickin music
scytheka 1 year ago
As much as I like Jean Michael Jerra Oxygen, this is just inappropriate. It just does't work.
EmpireLS56KW 1 year ago
I like the dark ending better. Even though in that cut they censor out the scene where Joe Turkel shows his eyes get crushed out of his face by Rutger Hauer. I guess that means you can't have both when it comes to Ridley Scott. I own the director's cut from 1991 on vhs and dvd format. BTW, when I see this part, It reminds me of what would've been my loving girlfriend and I running away to somewhere in the hills but will never be since she's dead so I get sad when I see this part.
TonyShow82 1 year ago
悪くないじゃん
virtualtron2000 1 year ago
DON'T MESS WITH THE END THEME
sorry but oxygene2 ? seriously ?
jmm1233 1 year ago 2
@jmm1233 Hmm.. I actually thought oxygene 2 was better than the saxophone (and the voiceover).. but the Vangelis tune after that is also good, I don't disagree. Maybe Ridley Scott should have used only Vangelis music (no voice over or saxophone)?
petzxy 1 year ago
@petzxy they only used the damn voice over and saxaphone because of the silly execs of the studio didn't understand visual audio cues and had no imagination what so ever and didn't understand cyberpunk , Ridelly should have done the same as Lucas with THX1138 hold onto the cuts and don't let hollywood execs mess with the oiginal vision of the director , why do you think there is a director's cut
jmm1233 1 year ago
@petzxy I agree with you, oxygene was a good choice for the ending, it fits quite well with this part.
slulunn 1 year ago
I like how they flee into nature - a stark contrast to LA 2019. Maybe they'll even build a cabin, a la Battlestar.
technologic21 1 year ago
The end of Brazil had a similar ending (with a house!)
petzxy 1 year ago
@petzxy I think the remix is pretty good. Same genre as Vangelis...the song is almost hopeful as they leave civilization behind.
technologic21 1 year ago
@petzxy
So true! this famous green-dream end...You can't say if it is a dream or not..
izneba 1 year ago
i have this ending on my blade runner on video cassete they are flaying in car above forrest, and my another version of director cut ending is only how they going to elevator
GurusCZ 1 year ago
As much as i love this movie and jean-michel jarre's awesome spacy track "oxygene 2", i think Vangelis' original music fits much better to the atmosphere of the movie.
I prefer the ending of the director's cut / final cut over this one.
robboaron 1 year ago
Is that footage from the opening credits of The Shining???
kingofmilwaukee 1 year ago
I think it's leftover footage from that film, but I don't know the story behind that. Look at Internet Movie DataBase (at Message Boards far down on the side) and someone must have an answer to that question
petzxy 1 year ago
@petzxy
Yes it is footage from the shining. A happier ending was forced on the film-makers by some of the producers and test audience negative reaction. They tried to film nice scenes but due to bad weather the shots didnt come out well. Ridley knew Stanley Kubrick shot tons of footage for The Shining and asked if he had any to spare. Kubrick said it was fine as sent a lot of film over.
ceolwulf 1 year ago
@kingofmilwaukee It is indeed. Warners made this film and they financed Stanley Kubrick's movies too.
IfIfsandands 1 year ago
@kingofmilwaukee Different footage...same location...Going-to-the-Sun Highway, Glacier National Park, Montana
paulstu 1 year ago
Any one still play the game by westwood?
oc5nsli341nforce4 1 year ago
the depression rate of vangelis and jean michel jarre i think is quiet equal, maybe the track "one more kiss dear" from the soundtrack of blade runner is more appropriate for a happy ending(just a thought), with the sad true that we are not immortal. :) p.s. : and try to match the level of the mixed sound (the oxygen part is clearly louder ).
donmarinelo 2 years ago
I changed the title again! now it is the original title + a questionmark because maybe we haven't heard the last word on this fim ending yet. Yes I know, I'm a rookie with the sound (at least when I uploaded this), I was in a hurry... :-)
petzxy 2 years ago
Might I be so humble as to suggest an alternate track - Sushi Club - Daini No Sekai
watch?v=0toftIc_F0c
proadmin1 2 years ago
Nice!
petzxy 2 years ago
AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL, Honest to god, this is one of the most horrendous insults to film history I have ever seen, I flagged it for shocking content lol.
Godamn you for removing the great Vangelis music and replacing it with the Jean-Michel crap. And keeping the theatrical cut ending, the director's cut ending was better.
SgtMustang 2 years ago
@SgtMustang lol, I hate Jean Michel Jarre too.
IfIfsandands 1 year ago
that music would be reaaaaaally awesome to start a sequel with (HINT HINT)...it would provide that early 80's synth feel...
jcfbell3001 2 years ago
No sequel ever! Giving this movie a sequel would be an insult.
SgtMustang 2 years ago 2
This music is from Jean Michel Jarre's Oxigene, this is not Vangelis...
HK5UFO 2 years ago
true
emiliozapata55 2 years ago
And thus, why this video gets a 1 star, and the author fails at life for replacing the wonderful Vangelis music.
SgtMustang 2 years ago
He just composited the original ending onto the better, directors cut ending... and put unfitting music on to boot.
SgtMustang 2 years ago
cant get enough, great landscape, great movie, out of this world love.....
andrebichoalcochete 2 years ago 11
Great music!
3orchidsrising 2 years ago 5
nice alternate ending to the movie, i like more the final cut version.
best movie of all TIMES!
andrebichoalcochete 2 years ago
How is it nice? It's awful! The music doesn't fit with the scene, Vangelis was much better, in fact, I had to pause the video because the music was so awful, the only thing the author did was put in awful music, and that's pretty much it, the landscape was in the original theatrical release.
SgtMustang 2 years ago
I thought I recongized this song it's from Gallipolli!!
DevilDogMuNky 2 years ago 2
In the directors cut it ends just after they leave and the door closes, without the stupid "landscape" and voiceover, thats how it should have been, it acctully wasnt as despressing as i expected anyway, they didnt need to add the hollywood ending the directors cut works waaay better
jatzcraker 2 years ago 4
Oxygene Pt 2 has already been used in another movie (Gallipoli) 1981 :)
crossbow80 2 years ago
It was also used in Jackie Chan's debbut film "Snake in the Eagle's Shadow".
scotlandposse2010 2 years ago
Adding Oxygene Pt 2 keeps the futurism up a little more than the saxaphone and voice over which cheeses out the ending a bit too much. Well done. Was that a fan-edit or is that on some special edition? Works superb!!!
GazamYT 2 years ago
jean michel jare...oxygene
PitFighter2007 2 years ago
So many versions of this film out there...
My favorite is the final cut.
(This ending sucks).
jerky334 2 years ago
Possibly my favorite movie ever
musicdude26 2 years ago 2
Its still supposed to be Earth. The idea was that so many people had migrated into space that parts up North were still fairly open.
Kevin Jeter's sequel book talked about how Deckard and Rachel were living away from civilization.
walterjack 2 years ago
Cette version est tout simplement riducule. Les rush de Shining montre bien l'envie au producteur de faire une fin élargie pour conquérir le public. Ce n'est qu'une question de finance.
shinakaikitty 2 years ago
Love the track though. 5/5
oc5nsli341nforce4 2 years ago 6
i dont like this ending at all, I like the final cut, the way ridley scott wanted it.
xxxTxxxRxxxCxxx 2 years ago 3
nice choice of music over this. A lot of people didnt like the ending, nether did riply i dont mind which ending really io just like the fact they cleanerd up the mistajes in the movie, when the restored it
Pauluk33 2 years ago
I LOVE THE ORIGINAL CUT, 1982... as for me That was really mysterious movie, and directors cut.... i didnt like it...
animhata 3 years ago
Yeah, Jean Michel Jarre.
morrissey54321 3 years ago
No, Vangelis mate!
tesla447 2 years ago
The footage of the landscape is FROM Kubrick's The Shining
moviefan3491 3 years ago 3
The flight over the landscape reminds me of Kubrick's The Shining
beow85 3 years ago
funny you should say that, it was unused footage from the shining. check out the imdb trivia on bladerunner. good info there.
2buxaslice 3 years ago
He is a replicant, no dube, how if not the origami guy gave him an unicorn, an animal that was only in Deckard´s dreams. That Deckard has implantede memories, he is a special replicant.
xtapir 3 years ago
It's too bad she won't live.
clobbercronk 3 years ago
Ridley Scott is a replicant.
Neidhardt84 3 years ago 35
I don't think you can interpret Harrison as a Replicant. They even said all reps have a fail safe mechanism where they only live for 4 years. Why would they keep hiring a guy who's gonna die. Also, Rachael was seen as the only one who could live past four years.
CoolSPonGE 3 years ago
well deckard would have had false memories placed into his mind to make him think he's been living longer, when he could have only been living for a two or three years. it's quite obvious why you would hire deckard to do a very dangerous job if he had only a few years to live. it wouldn't matter if he died or not. Remember how holden was taken out at the start? blade runners seem to have a low life expectancy rate, why risk real man's life when you can set a tinker toy to do the deadly work.
LTstudios 3 years ago
>>I don't think you can interpret Harrison as a
>>Replicant.
In the book, Deckard wasn't. In the movie he was. Ridley Scott confirmed this himself.
scourfish 3 years ago
lol, Deckard isn't a rep., the point of the movie is that there is no difference between humans and reps., and the girl proves that by falling in love with him
Tirius9393 3 years ago 2
Exactly!
jozz2 3 years ago
i agree that deckard may not be a replicant for different reasons. i think the film was that the replicants in the film (and the book) are lacking in empathy, thats what makes them so different from humans. seeing that empathy is one of things that makes humans human. (although many humans in the film lack empathy as well, making phychological monsters) but deckard clearly displays empathy in the film, thats why it doesn't make sense to me that he's a rep.
LTstudios 3 years ago
And roy didn't show empathy by saving Deckards life LTstudios ? your comment contradicts it's self and Deckard is a replicant many things prove it in the movie. the fact that there were 4 of the nexus 6 (even if Deckard is not nexus 6) the unicorn dream proves it too ,the fact gaf is constantly around to monitor his improvement instead of hunting down the nexus 6 ...Deckard was the rep talked about at the start *one fried him self getting into the tyrell building" ....i rest my case
Crespwnian 3 years ago
yes there are many things in the film that indicate that deckard is a replicant. Although it doesn't make any sense at all, Rick doesn't act anything like a replicant. And to be fair, Gaf is just slimy, making Rick do all the work for him which doesn't mean that rick a replicant. to be honest I can't be bothered to argue about this, espcially with someone who put "i rest my case" at the end. the film is abstract and people have their own oppnions about it. i'll leave it at that.
LTstudios 3 years ago
the way i see it its intensely obvious that he is a replicant... the most i take away from this is his nod.
He saw first hand more than once that being a replicant really had NO affect on true humanity, all he realizes is he too has a limited time on this earth, and is going to make sure whatever time he spends with rachel makes the most memories.
congospork1 3 years ago
1; because humans wouldn't be able to have the emotional detachment to retire replacants.
2: I'm not sure. Maybe he's a new variant of a a Nexus 7 (maybe 7.5?)
3: Once again not sure, but maybe so that he's be less threating to the powers that be?
I'm not saying that this is the ONLY answer, just one possible of many.
jdmitchell2 3 years ago
I have never understood the ending completely. What is it Deckard finally understands?
Is he a replicant or is he trying to avoid something? and in that case what?
FordHugheClees94 3 years ago
according to Ridley Scott, Dekard is a repicant. Which means he probably IS trying to avoid something. What? I'm not sure. The life he had?
jdmitchell2 3 years ago 2
I knew it! But do you know what happens to Roy? IS he left to die there on the roof or do Deckard kill him?
FordHugheClees94 3 years ago
I've never heard one way or the other what happened to him. I've wondered that myself a few times. Also, if you look @ the "Director's cut" (the one w/o narration), you'll see Deckard has a dream with a unicorn. That;s the main piece of evidence that the "pro replicant" side has.
jdmitchell2 3 years ago
I have seen the directors cut and I suspected that he was a replicant, but there was so many other solutions. I remember the unicorn dream. It's when he's sittin over the piano looking at the pictures and then you see the picture of a unicorn fleeing thru he's eyes. I think it's possible to compare a unicorn and a replicant. Like... The unicorn is a more perfect horse, but yet it can't be bound...
FordHugheClees94 3 years ago
the key with the unicorn come when Deckerd finds the origami unicorn on the floor. It's said that it's Gaff's way of saying "I know what's in your file (memory bank)
jdmitchell2 3 years ago
Roy ? He dies on the roof, or expires. He saves Deckard in a sense to pass on the memory of his life/death and because he , unlike the humans around him, treasures the transience of life. Ridley's deliberate irony in the film.
exxcalibur1973 3 years ago 2
also rick spat at roy before he fell off the roof. Seeing that replicants cannot really feel empathy, that was the only thing roy could emathizes with rick. the fact rick spat at roy represents a sort of warrior instinct, seeing that roy is also a fighter. but yeah it's also about living forever though memories. like the photographs.
LTstudios 3 years ago
@exxcalibur1973 Very well put. Look at the blimps at the start, advertising a 'new life' on the off World colonies, a place where you can 'start again'. They all hint at wanting to live longer, because the humans are afraid to embrace the idea of their transient nature. The human race is in denial, Baty and, if you are on the 'Deckard's a replicant side of the fence, Deckard are not at the end. They both understand and accept their mortality. You make a very good point, well observed.
IfIfsandands 1 year ago
no no no stop at 1:00
hmmcrunchy 3 years ago
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fuk offf
fuman0010 3 years ago
Um, seeing as you mispell "fuck" and put an extra f in "off" for no reason, that says a lot about you.
DenzelLockheart 3 years ago 3
The music in this clip is "Oxygene part II" by Jean Michel-Jarre from the album "Oxygene" (1976), the actual music originally from the movie is from Vangelis. But I think this is a bit more spacey and works fine!
petzxy 3 years ago
But thats not the actual music, is it? This is from an old eastern, something with chakie chan, I think.
DerAntimensch 3 years ago
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blade runner is so boring
i fell asleep the 1st half an hour of it
fuman0010 3 years ago
Thats a shame.
blade004 3 years ago 2
ah, the unused footage from "The Shining"
OhNoItsGojira 3 years ago
Yes, the voiceover by Harrison Ford and the saxophone is gone (they doesn't sound smart or spacey), but otherwise the original ending is good in my opinion, that's why I kept the images! I always felt that the later versions of Blade Runner missed something...(it ended too soon)
petzxy 3 years ago
I think the "final cut's" ending works fine. Showing them driving in the countryside just seems superfluous.
OhNoItsGojira 3 years ago