<P> The academic writer Joanne Taylor, in an article discussing film noir and its epistemology, remarks on the relation between Wagner's opera and Batty's reference, and suggests that Batty aligns himself with Wagner's Tannhäuser, a character who has fallen from grace with men and with God . Both men and God, as she claims, are characters whose fate is beyond their own control . </P> <P> The monologue's influence can be noted in numerous references and tributes . </P> <Ul> <Li> Ashley Dunn of The New York Times used the monologue in a 1998 article to describe the difficulty archivists face due to the evanescence of the Internet . </Li> <Li> The 1998 film Soldier, which is said to be a "spiritual successor" to Blade Runner, includes a reference to Tannhäuser Gate . </Li> <Li> Tad Williams pays homage to the Batty monologue in River of Blue Fire (the 2nd book of the Otherland series): "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe (...) Attac ships on the fire off the shores of the Nonestic Ocean . I watched magic blunderbusses flash and glitter in the dark near Glinda's palace . All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain ." </Li> <Li> Rosa Montero and Lilit Zekulin Thwaites's 2012 science fiction novel Tears in Rain is set in a future where self - aware androids live among humans . The main character, Bruna Husky, is aware of her "mortality" in the same way that Roy Batty and his crew were, and Bruna often thinks about the significance of Roy's monologue . The androids in the novel, like those of Blade Runner, are known as replicants . </Li> <Li> An easter egg page about: robots in Mozilla Firefox alludes to the monologue: "Robots have seen things you people wouldn't believe" among a list of robot related trivia . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Ashley Dunn of The New York Times used the monologue in a 1998 article to describe the difficulty archivists face due to the evanescence of the Internet . </Li>

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