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Amirmsheesk

08-19-2011 05:53 PM

Blade Runner II

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It's gonna be hard work to make a movie just as good as the original, but certainly worth a try.

I could do it with two hours, a flip cam and a black light machine.

Theateetetuig

08-19-2011 08:19 PM

Apparently, he's not a fan...

soSldI4i

08-19-2011 08:36 PM

Why has no one harnessed the power of Philip K. Dick spinning in his grave yet? With all the movies butchering his acid trips in novel form...

Avaindimik

08-19-2011 08:49 PM

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I've always been amazed at the critical acclaim given that movie. I'm a big SF fan but never considered the movie "great" by any standards. For me, it was interesting but just above average. I've watched it a few more times to see if I had missed something, but I hadn't.

I think it started the whole "the future is dark and gritty and neony" aesthetic. People who read Tolkien after more modern fantasy novels also do not understand why so many laud it as a great fantasy author.

RaicickKida

08-19-2011 09:14 PM

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You may have something there. It was one of the first movies that was that gritty but I had read many books that showed a darker future so I probably viewed it differently.

alias

08-19-2011 09:22 PM

I think it was the first "cyberpunk" movie

raskrutkaseo

08-19-2011 09:25 PM

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Blade Runner is a beautiful film. http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

Avatar was also a beautiful film but that didn't stop it from being a pile of crap. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif

Rememavotscam

08-19-2011 09:34 PM

It all depends on what you consider success. If making obscene amounts of money is success, he's quite successful.

Ingeborga

08-19-2011 09:52 PM

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Nah, that would be Alien. Yeah, I know that it was mostly in a spaceship, but it was nowhere like the clean star trek or for that matter moonbase alpha.

Spaceships are a different trope, I think. IIRC, Han Solo's ship wasn't an operating theory either.

P.S. Have I told you that H.R. Giger totally looks like an old lesbian?

Hofonom

08-19-2011 10:39 PM

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You may have something there. It was one of the first movies that was that gritty but I had read many books that showed a darker future so I probably viewed it differently.

Soylent Green! talk about hitting a close call on the future.

viagraman

08-20-2011 04:17 AM

I'm not pointing any fingers at anyone in particular, but people who do not "get" and/or enjoy Blade Runner are held in particularly high esteem in Casa del Guynemer.

Preegovesem

08-20-2011 04:28 AM

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I'm not pointing any fingers at anyone in particular, but people who do not "get" and/or enjoy Blade Runner are held in particularly high esteem in Casa del Guynemer.

Did you leave out a negative in this sentence or do you agree with me that the movie is crap?

HilaryNidierer

08-20-2011 06:21 AM

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With the right writer(s), director, and actors in that order I am sure it can be a great movie at many budget points.
Nominees
Writer - Charlie Kaufman, David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, Wong Kar-Wai
Director - George Clooney, Michael Gondry, Tony Scott, Ridley Scott, David Fincher, Wong Kar Wai, Danny Boyle, Christopher Nolan

And Joel McHale in the Title role!!!!!! He would also be good in a remake of Fletch.

http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/tongue.gif ACK!

radikal

08-20-2011 06:38 AM

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The original was borrrrrrriiiiiiiinnnnggggggggg!!!!!!!!!

http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/tongue.gif ACK!

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DoctorDeryOne

08-20-2011 07:21 AM

Seriously not sure if trolled. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...milies/mad.gif

ElisasAUG

08-20-2011 05:31 PM

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http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...smilies/hm.gif This may be why I'm not all super awed by Tolkien (my verdict of Tolkien: good creator of new worlds, the books were good, nothing to get ridiculously excited about though).

I do like me some Blade Runner though http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

Remember, also, that Blade Runner was one of the first mainstream movies to deal with what is human.

Adeniinteme

08-20-2011 09:50 PM

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Why has no one harnessed the power of Philip K. Dick spinning in his grave yet? With all the movies butchering his acid trips in novel form...

I only watched it within the last 2 yrs. As a huge Sf fan I have to agree with you. Howver, what I like about is that it tries to tell a story rather than dazzle with special effects.

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