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Blade Runner is in my Top ten list, so I'm a little apprehensive about a sequel.
How about this for a story: Deckard went back to work as a detective after Rachel shorted out in the woods. It's now his last day on the job. But now a rogue Replicant (played by Jim Carrey) is on the loose. Deckard is paired up with a loose cannon cop (a really drunk Mel Gibson), for one final mission...
On second thought, let's not go there....
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"When things are at their darkest, it's a brave man that can kick back and party."Comment
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Seriously. I wouldn't mind visiting the world of BR again. There are plenty more stories to tell in that universe. Maybe they can reboot Rutger Hauer. He hasn't made a decent movie in decades....
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"When things are at their darkest, it's a brave man that can kick back and party."Comment
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See, that's where we differ. I love Blade Runner so much that I finally got around around to reading "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep". I HATED IT!
I could not believe this was the inspiration for my beloved Blade Runner.
I hated it so much I left the HC book on the break room table at work.
But all of this has given me even more respect for Ridley Scott for turning such a crappy book into one of the greatest Si-Fi Movies EVER!
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Im with you Bro that book sucked arse ! Ridley is Brilliant making a film of that caliber from that!See, that's where we differ. I love Blade Runner so much that I finally got around around to reading "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep". I HATED IT! I could not believe this was the inspiration for my beloved Blade Runner. I hated it so much I left the HC book on the break room table at work.
But all of this has given me even more respect for Ridley Scott for turning such a crappy book into one of the greatest Si-Fi Movies EVER!Comment
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Ridley Scott is like the Nick Cage of Directors...for every one good movie he makes, he makes five unwatchable ones in between. Him doing a new Blade Runner is about as as good an idea as Tim Burton making Alice In Wonderland...it sounds like a good idea when you hear about it but after it comes out it you end up wondering what they were thinking. Scott stayed away from Aliens and that one turned out pretty good. Chris Nolan would be a great choice to direct something like this given what he's done to Batman. If Scott does do it, Crowe or Clive Owen is exactly the type of actors he would go for too and the movie will probably have the same look as Children Of Men. Someone like Jeremy Renner would be a better fit for the Deckard.
Theres also two different movies when it comes to Bladerunner (5 if you count the work-prints that exist) but the Director's Cut and Theatrical Versions are quite different from one another. As a fan of the films, I actually like the added "noiresque" narration of the Theatrical Version but the Director's Cut is a much better (and darker) movie. I'm also not sure how many people have actually read the Dick novel but the movie and book are nothing alike outside of there's a cop who hunts androids named Deckard and there's a corporation named Tyrell. No need to make a sequal or a prequal, a faithful adaptation of the novel itself would make a great movie.Last edited by spacecaps; Dec 23, '11, 8:23 PM."Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day I can tell you."Comment
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Many of the movies based on the stories of PKD only take the premise of the story rather than adapting the actual work with any degree of accuracy.
(With one or two exceptions).PUNY HUMANS!Comment
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Hmmmm....
I dunno.... I really like the original, but I can't get excited about a new one 'cos (like everything else) the original was a product of it's time. A new one CAN'T be like the old, it'll invariably have a lot of contemporary-isms to it. It'll either come across as someone aping the original (even if that someine is the guy who made the original) or be so disconnected from the original they might as well have called it something else.
....and a personal note: I'm REALLY tired of redos, rehashes and revisitations. I'd much prefer something actually, genuinely, surprisingly new. ('Specially after reading David Wong's review of "Transformers 3.")
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The original is one of my favorite movies and the fact that the modern tone deaf and brain dead .Hollywood is going to remake it does not please me. Mpst of the remakes I've seen don't come close to the original, if this is a prequel it had better be well done but I'm not holding my best.sigpic
"I've seen things you wouldn't believe."
- Roy BattyComment
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The original Blade Runner operated under the premius that the Genie was already out of the bottle, Had been dealt with and And the final solution was in the creation of a special police force called the Blade Runners. So how did it get to story of Deckard.
Scotts take on the story was Replicants. Created Biological entitys so near human that even thier pursuer questioned wrether he was a replicant. How like humanity to take a shortcut on the way to creating a slave race. Instead of perfecting the difficult task of creating a machine race with programming for a brain. They take the easy road of creating a genetic alternative. Its way easier to GROW your slave race.
Watching Bladerunner, I always wanted to know if the replicants were outlawed on earth because they were dangerous or was it because some thought they should have the same rights as us. During the arguement over the status of Replicant rights. Did some filter into humanity? Did the replicants begin to evolve mentally into thinking they were superior and should take over.
I know its been done before. I Robot. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.
Or it could be something else. What if Replicant's could have bred with humans. A sure exposure of Tyrols dirty secret. That the Replicants are not genetic creation but rather defficiant clones!Comment
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Really???
His statement does have some validity to it.
1977 The Duellists = Excellent Film
1979 Alien = Fantastic
1982 Blade Runner = Incredible film!!!!
1986 Legend = Okay
1987 Someone to Watch over me = Okay
1989 Black Rain = Meh so,so
1991 Thelma & Louise = GREAT
1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise = okay
1996 White Squall = SO,SO
1997 G.I. Jane = CRAP
2000 Gladiator = Incredible film
2001 Black Hawk Down = GREAT
2001 Hannibal = Utter CRAP
2003 Matchstick Men = SO,SO
2005 Kingdom of Heaven = Decent
2006 A Good Year = Okay
2007 American Gangster = SO,SO
2008 Body of Lies = CRAP
2010 Robin Hood = CRAP!!!“When you say “It’s hard”, it actually means “I’m not strong enough to fight for it”. Stop saying its hard. Think positive!”Comment
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