The entire movie embodies Cassette Futurism, but IMO the self-destruct sequence is particularly great. The entire process looks so satisfying that I probably wouldn’t be able to stop myself from running it if I were one of the crew.
More of it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9CqREun_Bg
Man, it’s like Ridley Scott saw this gorgeous prop on set and said: “Okay, gimme one hard light over there and move it around until this thing looks really cool.” You really can’t see half of what’s in the frame because it’s obscured by the other half of the frame and the prop itself makes no sense… but somehow that doesn’t matter: something important is happening.