The long overdue _Blade Runner_ thread

I think that horror and sci-fi are (sometimes) so interconnected, the line gets blurry. I never really saw Alien as a Sci Fi movie. Sure it was set in the future, but that was (a little bit) apropos of nothing. It was about the horror. Just like The Thing.

I absolutely love Blade Runner. I think mostly because it can be enjoyed/analyzed on so many levels. Every time I watch it, I seem to gain something more from it. spoiler I strictly remember not realizing that he was a Replicant. Now it just seems to obvious as it ties in with the whole theme of the movie and how else could you explain the Unicorn and Origami scenes? It completely shakes up your whole experience of the film: you identify yourself with the character only to realize he's also a Replicant (non-human).
It's from the opening shot that I am completely in awe of the film. The eye which reflects the city makes you aware you are watching. And the rest of the film is just so sublime. I think part of what makes it not seem outdated is also the random historical elements, references to for example Film Noir. There's very modern (at the time) elements but also old things. I also like the Woman aspect in the film (striptease, the snake, the gaze,..)
I also like the Oedipal element in the film: the confrontation of Tyrell with his *son*.

I could go on and on about this film. I'm not a big fan of Sci-Fi on the whole - I mean, sure, I like Sci Fi but it'snot something I actively seek out. Blade Runner just is just *it*. I think what intensefied is when I went to Tokyo for the first time; it was just completely like a scene out of Blade Runner. My mom and I looked at eachother and said:"Blade Runner!"

See, no.

so this is where they stab the blade runner franchise in the back, twist the knife a few times, remove the knife, and fuck the wound until it's dead, and then fuck it some more

fuck you capitalism

Well, at least there is this small glimmer of hope:

Purists can rest assured, though, as Alcon says its deal, with producer-director Bud Yorkin -- who currently holds the rights to "Blade Runner" -- would exclude permission to remake the original.

"We have long-term goals for the franchise, and are exploring multiplatform concepts, not just limiting ourselves to one medium.”

I'm struggling to think what this means. Computer games obviously but what other "concepts"? A musical?

In any case c'mon this is awesome news. If it's bad you don't have to see it and it might even be good!

Blade Runner: Turn Off The Skin Job

^^^ Composed and arranged for Penfield Mood Organ

tbf the 1997 game was effing brilliant

triple CD reissue of the soundtrack is amazing innit?

nothing good will come of this

I will hunt down and "retire" all associated if a sequel gets made

Did everyone forget these sequels?

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31GNOj2CJAL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg

well Jeter was a buddy/protege of PKD's at least (and at least a couple of his books are flat-out great)

I've never read the sequels themselves

is shia labeouf in this

http://io9.com/#!5775760/what-can-we-expect-from-the-new-blade-runner-movie-we-asked-the-producers

jesus christ io9 get a fucking copy editor

http://io9.com/5832216/ridley-scott-to-direct-and-write-the-new-blade-runner-movie

I wish there was a "My Blood is Boiling" gif.

Can't wait for his reimagining of Legend with Shia the Beef, Kristen Stewart and John Barrowman.

crossing my fingers for Whiter Squall

And Blacker Rain.

Can't wait for his reimagining of Legend with Shia the Beef, Kristen Stewart and John Barrowman.

This horrible vision is going to haunt my dreams now.

youth rioting in london, thousands dying in somalia, bears committing suicide in china, ridley scott remaking blade runner.
the world has been slipping down the crazy slide for a while now, but i think it's finally hit the waters of the deep end.

Bladerunnerer

vahid OTM way upthread about all the SF movies better than this one.

i dont even care for blade runner that much, but no, vahid is not OTM about tron being better than blade runner

ok, not all of them i guess

you know, the only feeling i can muster is utter indifference.

it's ridley scott doing a sequel to his own movie...could be interesting, could be terrible. who knows?

a year ago if you had told me that a planet of the apes rebootquel was gonna be pretty good i wouldn't have believed it

vahid OTM way upthread about all the SF movies better than this one.

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, August 18, 2011 9:04 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

someone needs to be "retired"

I will hunt down and "retire" all associated if a sequel gets made

― ☠-post (latebloomer), Thursday, March 3, 2011 7:10 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark

i've been replaced by a replicant

it's ridley scott doing a sequel to his own movie...could be interesting, could be terrible. who knows?

― thick-necked and hateful (latebloomer), Thursday, August 18, 2011 6:54 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah, agreed. i'll wait and see, whatever.

do you know what? i recently went through the process of rewatching blade runner with my gf - it was her first time! - and i found i really liked it again. i think maybe having entered a different phase in my life i can feel more empathy for harrison ford's evident self-loathing, and so the cruelty of the movie makes more sense to me. i also spent a lot of time over the last few years digging deep into heavy metal (the comic magazine) and i really, really appreciate the set design during the different "blade runner blues" montages.

man, that guy is obnoxious upthread

there is sort of a relaxing, warm fuzzy sweater, big cup of hot chocolate quality to turning the lights way down and watching blade runner. and that is pretty hard to find in good science fiction movies.

i think, though, that the following sci fi movies might be better than blade runner

-- sun ra's "space is the place"
-- a clockwork orange
-- fantastic planet
-- forbidden planet
-- holy mountain
-- thx 1138
-- videodrome
-- war of the worlds w/ tom cruise
-- zardoz

One of the best things about Blade Runner, and the first 2 Alien movies, which almost no other sci-fi movies manage, is a sense of the reality and solidity of the rest of the world beyond the bit you're looking at. They feel like real (fucked up) societies, not just sets for adventures to happen in.

that is a much more agreeable list

One of the best things about Blade Runner, and the first 2 Alien movies, which almost no other sci-fi movies manage, is a sense of the reality and solidity of the rest of the world beyond the bit you're looking at. They feel like real (fucked up) societies, not just sets for adventures to happen in.

― not bulimic, just a cat (James Morrison), Friday, August 19, 2011 4:57 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark

so OTM. I feel like SF stuff often uses that clunky 'quick explain the backstory and get it over with' thing. Alien and Blade runner do it on the fly and it works.

-- war of the worlds w/ tom cruise

u mad

yeah, i was gonna say

I re-watched BR recently, after re-reading Do Androids Dream etc.. First time round (a long time ago) I saw the film (with voiceover) and then read the book.

One thing I was struck by in the film this time was how the androids have funny reflecting eyes when you shine lights on them - so why do the cops bother with all that Voigt-Kampf test shite?

I was also struck, again, by how the film leaves out what is perhaps the most headfucky scene in the book - the one where Deckard finds himself in the other police HQ that he has never heard of and is told that the one he is based in shut down years ago.

Anyway, this time round I found the film mildly disappointing. It looks great and has a nicely tight narrative, but it seems to lack the depth of the book. Taken independently of its source material, though, it is an impressive piece of work.

Ridley is *73*! jesus h..

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/aug/19/new-blade-runner-ridley-scott

he still looks spritely

http://io9.com/5836049/beautiful-behind+the+scenes-blade-runner-video-will-change-how-you-think-about-movies

and from the comments

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbwoodside/sets/72157621762437297/