Ridley Scott na-akwụ ụgwọ Edward Hopper's painting Nighthawks na French sayensị akụkọ ifo comics magazin Métal Hurlant, nke onye na-ese ihe nkiri Jean "Moebius" Giraud nyere aka, dị ka isi mmalite nke ọnọdụ ọnọdụ. Ọ na-adọrọkwa na ọdịdị ala nke "Hong Kong n'ụbọchị dị oke njọ" na ọdịdị ụlọ ọrụ nke ụlọ ya n'otu oge n'ebe ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ England. Ụdị ihe nkiri nke ihe nkiri ahụ na-emetụta ọrụ nke onye na-emepụta ihe nkiri nke Italiantali bụ Antonio Sant'Elia. Scott goro Syd Mead dị ka onye na-ese ihe ngosi ya; dị ka Scott, Métal Hurlant kpaliri ya. E nyere Moebius ohere inye aka na mmepụta nke Blade Runner, ma ọ jụrụ ka o wee nwee ike ịrụ ọrụ na René Hoppers animated film Les Maîtres du Temps <unk> David "Moebius" Giraud, nke onye na-ese ihe nkiri bụ onye dere David "Moebius" Giraud nyere aka.
Syd Mead