Blade Runner

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nothing beats the classic

watched the director`s cut version today. Perfect. Masterpiece.
For the first time noticed that the images of this movie are very tactile.

To create someting that finaly began to crave to become a human being (and even becomes one) at the times when creators had long forgotten what does it mean to be real human... it brings up terror, disdain and xenophobia
The story which, i guess, for a long time will very well describe the humanity and its relation to 'another one' .
 
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My absolute favourite film of all time. Classic, cannot be beaten
 
Great film, I own the D-Cut Dvd as well. The ambient soundtrack by Vangelis is quite the mood-setter. Definitely a classic.
 
My all time favorite film!

Pure Genius.

Good actors, too. Rutger Hauger(sp?) and Harrison Ford are awesome. It was neat to see Rutger Hauger in Batman Begins, too. Yet another film shot in a gritty, futuristic setting! Seriously, I Blade Runner tops my favorite film list. Hell, I own the soundtrack on CD and tape, too!

One odd thing; the book... Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
I read it after I saw the movie. Although I liked it, I thought the movie was much better. Anyone else?
 
i haven`t read it, but heard the same opinion, that movie is much better (and different)

D-cut is also a bit different, no comments by Ford`s hero and that little unicorn at the end, and the ending itself leaves more questions behind
 
The book is a bit confusing in places - full of good ideas, but the movie does a better job of expressing them.

What I like about the movie (d cut) is it gives you space to think for yourself while your watching it - the voiceover in the original cut is really annoying once you've seen the d cut.
 
just finished the book

incredible... terrible... incredibly terrible...
it is, indeed, different. The book always has the opportunity to touch, to cover more subjects than the movie, but the movie has all means of visualising some of them, brining them to our senses
some, but not all of them

the book is more rough and disconserting, even devastating... but, imo, one of 'must read'
 
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I have found a lot of Philip K. Dicks stories that have been made into films do not follow the books/stories, Paycheck and Minority Report being the most recent. You also get it with other others. The most faithful book to film I found was the original 'The Time Machine', promptly ruined by the remake, which was just plain awful.
 
Mycernius said:
I have found a lot of Philip K. Dicks stories that have been made into films do not follow the books/stories, Paycheck and Minority Report being the most recent. You also get it with other others. The most faithful book to film I found was the original 'The Time Machine', promptly ruined by the remake, which was just plain awful.
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I almost always like the books better. Didn't Philip K Dick die while they were making Blade Runner? I heard he thought it was visually perfect, but he didn't like how they changed the story.

The original Time Machine is a great film. What the hell was Jeremy Irons supposed to be in the remake?

I hate most of the recent book-to-film conversions so much I almost don't want to watch anymore. The last I saw was Hitchhikers', and I wanted to scratch my eyes out! (Yes, I know, it was a radio play first, not a book, but I love those books!) I will not see War of the Worlds because I know it will be awful, and it is one of my favourite books, the scariest thing I have ever read, which is some feat for something written over 100 years ago.

Here are some recent disasters:
Bicentennial Man
I, Robot
Around the World in 80 Days
A Beautiful Mind
The Time Machine
Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy

And some great classics:
Fahrenheit 451
The Shawshank Redemption
Willy Wonka (the original - I will see the remake, Johnny Depp is usually pretty good)
1984 (the 1984 remake)
The Shining
Demon Seed
Stand by Me
Carrie

I also love Doctor Zhivago, Ring and a few others I haven't put in on the list because I haven't read the book, so I don't know if they are faithful.

Sorry to rant on so long, but you got me started! 😌
 
I don't know how many times I've wached "Blade Runner".
It's my favourite film of all time.
I also love Vangelis' music.
I have CD (2 of them for some reason). :-)
 
very good movie..saw it when i was little

there is a song by Circle of Dust - Pale Reflection that has a few lines from the movie...it amused me

"its to bad she wont live, but then again who does"
 
Yes, Yes, Yes!!!

Bladerunner is a benchmark sci-fi movie. We don't see enough 'adult' science fiction reach our screens,I'm sorry to say. There is also a film called 'Imposter'(based on a short story by Mr.Dick),but it just seems to take the beginning and end of the story and crowbars in a load of Hollywood action nonsense in the middle.

Phillip.K.Dick's writing is not about Hollywood. It is often very leftfield, hallucinogenic and sometimes even a bit isolating - but excellent.
I have to have a break from his books sometimes, because he sucks you into his dark,disturbing world.
Some of his state of mind could be attributed to his daily diet of LSD, Speed and Whisky - but I wonder how many of us could come up with some of the most amazing fiction of the last century whilst being totally of our heads!

Bladerunner was a bit of a flop when it was released, but developed a cult following later. In my opinion, the film still looks good today.
It pre-dates CGI, so the effects were done optically.
Some shots were composited from 18 separate elements; e.g, model buildings, miniature rain, lighting, smoke, model vehicles, inserts of actors - all shot separately and put together later. I still think the opening shot of Los Angeles is one of the most beautiful moments in cinema history.

Right, I'll stop there - I think you've just found JREFs top Bladerunner geek - I will fight anyone who wants to challenge my position!.................................Rich303

P.S Bladerunner fans - go to Tokyo at night, preferably when it's raining, I almost spoilt my trousers!
 
Blade Runner is a fantastic piece of cinema...i and am one of the many who much prefer the directors cut...my father on the other hand (who introduced me to blade runner) will swear til he's blue that the original (ie, not the d-cut) is better...i think he's the only person i know who actually likes the narration by harrison ford. He's a simple man bless him, he likes it all explained.
I think rutger hauer's (once again sp?) 'tears in rain' speech is fantastic and i believe improvised (correct me if i'm wrong).
 
Smoke, his final, yeah? that utterly stunning... simple, strong and very beautiful poetic imagery in such short speech... i guess i`d prefer this "...disappear like these tears in the rain" (smth like that) as the ending rather than "...anyway, who does"

Rich303, i think effects are perfect, they bring the atmosphere and the mood

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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams ... glitter in the dark near Tanhauser Gate. All those ... moments will be lost ... in time, like tears ... in rain. Time ... to die.
(looks like it was in the script. And it is Rutger Hauer)
 
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Smoke, his final, yeah? that utterly stunning... simple, strong and very beautiful poetic imagery in such short speech... i guess i`d prefer this "...disappear like these tears in the rain" (smth like that) as the ending rather than "...anyway, who does"

Rich303, i think effects are perfect, they bring the atmosphere and the mood
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Smokey-Dokey;
Yes indeed, that is a beautiful speech. It sometimes makes me go all emotional and that.

Void;
The effects are brilliant. CGI has it's uses, but sometimes it doesn't feel quite real enough. All the original Star Wars films were made without CGI,and they still look pretty good.
 
I know the final speech by Roy Batty, and quote often (see the first line in my sig). I love the music and think it is one of Vangelis best scores. Roy's speech features on the CD. Just on effects, they used very little CGI in Underworld. All the werewolves were men in suits. It just proves that you don't have to rely on CGI to make a film
 
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Smokey-Dokey;
Yes indeed, that is a beautiful speech. It sometimes makes me go all emotional and that.
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Smokey-Dokey...how cute, love it!

Yeah it's fantastic, some of the best words spoken in modern cinema.
Along with (excuse me if i quote these slightly wrong)

"Anybody not wearing 2 million sunblock is gonna have a real bad day. Get it?"
"Those rednecks are probably enjoying this whole thing."
"That is one big pile of sh1t"
"Never rub another man's rhubarb."

But what films are they from? Have a guess, c'mon i'm surely not the sadest person here!
No cheating by using google! (I've got my eye on you Void :p )
 
They should go back IN a Time Machine, and prevent the making of said movie... (time machine, that is...)

Bladerunner is great, I don't have any issues with it not being like the book, it stands on its own merrits.
 
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No cheating by using google! (I've got my eye on you Void :p )
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On me? 😲 :o wow!!! errr, and what is google, uncle Smokey? 🙇‍♂️
anyway, i do not know where this phrases came from :devilish:
 
"Anybody not wearing 2 million sunblock is gonna have a real bad day. Get it?" TERMINATOR 2 - JUDGEMENT DAY
"Those rednecks are probably enjoying this whole thing." DAWN OF THE DEAD (Original Version)
"That is one big pile of sh1t" JURASSIC PARK
"Never rub another man's rhubarb." BATMAN
 
I think, the best known quote from Terminator is
"I`ll be back" (or `tis not from Terminator?)
 
Used in both...became a bit of a catch phrase for the Schwarz-meister!
I do love the sunblock quote...freakin' hilarious!
 
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