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― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Monday, 16 October 2017 21:57 (six years ago) link
hauer just so outrageously good value "where would i find this j.f. sebastian?" is what presumably was written on the page but hauer turns it into a Moment
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 16 October 2017 21:58 (six years ago) link
Yeah. Anthony Hopkins possessing a lean Schwarzenegger
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Monday, 16 October 2017 22:00 (six years ago) link
haha yes and now all is swept away in what momentum obtains in Woozy Dreadis Pris just drawn to J.F. in some kind of homing instinct? it can't be coincidence that in all of a depopulated L.A. that she winds up in a garbage heap outside his. but they've never met. he acts like he doesn't know her but he has to doesn't he? or know OF her. (i think he's being kind and gentle to her, playing a part to allow her to feel more human)
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 16 October 2017 22:20 (six years ago) link
I think Pris is there as part of a plan, not coincidence?
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Monday, 16 October 2017 22:27 (six years ago) link
And I don't recall any hint he knows she's a replicant until the hand in the water
He's an innocent, beautifully played too
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Monday, 16 October 2017 22:28 (six years ago) link
darragh otmlike the only thing most of the replicants in the original wanted was to live longer and disappear into society. Roy, though, he was a special boy. They might not have pursued the life angle without him.
― mh, Monday, 16 October 2017 22:37 (six years ago) link
seein this shit tonight
― flopson, Monday, 16 October 2017 22:38 (six years ago) link
ah pris has a plan! i have forgotten most of this stuffzhora death truly horrific & abject. ford as terminator.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 16 October 2017 22:38 (six years ago) link
that was an actually well-shot remade scene in the final cut!in the original you can tell it’s a stuntperson
― mh, Monday, 16 October 2017 22:40 (six years ago) link
how come Harrison Ford's grizzled blade runner has to have the simplest facts about replicants explained to him?
??
― the late great, Monday, 16 October 2017 22:54 (six years ago) link
isn't deckard supposed to be some old blade runner veteran called back for one last job? "we need the ol' blade runner magic!" m. emmet walsh then.... explains what replicants are, that they're programmed not to have emotions, they have a "failsafe" that they live four years etc - ford acts like it's all news to him
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 16 October 2017 23:18 (six years ago) link
he explains what the nexus 6 line is
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 16 October 2017 23:19 (six years ago) link
ah these all came out while deckard was just kickin it, losing his edge! got it
it is true i miss plot stuff in movies. more than the average person probably. but some stuff that's not really signposted imo? the apartment where deckard finds the snake scale for instance i did NOT clock that it was leon's (though it makes sense that it is)
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 16 October 2017 23:36 (six years ago) link
anyway i'll shut up now and get back to the Throbbing Dread Vibes
yeah my sense was that he was coming out of retirement and unfamiliar w nexus 6, not replicants in general
this implies that nexus 5 replicants live forever but look like bender
― the late great, Monday, 16 October 2017 23:37 (six years ago) link
what are throbbing dread vibes? sounds awesome
― the late great, Monday, 16 October 2017 23:38 (six years ago) link
i was wrong it's Sexy Sax Vibes now
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 16 October 2017 23:49 (six years ago) link
or is it just plain sexual assault vibes
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 16 October 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link
I assume all the nexus models are bioengineered, but the early models were... less good
― mh, Monday, 16 October 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link
Hauer is incredible - this time rewatching more than ever I was just transfixed. every moment on screen is so good. The way he delivers his lines, carries himself, the slightest move is so deliberate
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 October 2017 23:56 (six years ago) link
for such a good actor he sure is in a lot of shitty movies tho
― the late great, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 00:08 (six years ago) link
enh he had BR, The Hitcher, Flesh + Blood and the other early Verhoevens, the nursery scene in Hobo With a Shotgun, pretty good run imho
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 00:12 (six years ago) link
http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0000442/filmotype/actor?ref_=m_nmfm_1
― the late great, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 00:14 (six years ago) link
If you've never seen Turkish Delight...it's really something
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 00:14 (six years ago) link
And yeah he's been a depressing paycheck guy for a long time. His appearance in Valerian is almost comically snoozy.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 00:16 (six years ago) link
xp he has definitely been in some great movies but the sheer volume of low budget crap on his imdb page is something to behold
― the late great, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 00:16 (six years ago) link
"the hitcher" is all-time
it's like you're leaving out Ladyhawke just to make me cry
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 00:22 (six years ago) link
loool at the plot synopsis of Wedlock
After stealing diamonds in a robbery, diamond thief Frank Warren (Rutger Hauer) is betrayed by his best friend Sam (James Remar) and his fiancée Noelle (Joan Chen), who turns him into the authorities. Frank is sentenced to 12 years imprisonment at Camp Holliday, an experimental prison where each convict is given an electronic collar containing an explosive device which is electronically connected to another inmate. If any inmate tries to escape from Camp Holliday and is separated from the collar-mate by more than 100 yards, their collars will explode. Frank learns the inmate he is connected to is Tracey Rigg (Mimi Rogers) and Tracey and Frank both escape with their collars intact. On the run from the authorities, Tracey and Frank find they are being pursued by Sam and Noelle, believing Frank will lead them to the diamonds, which he has hidden. Can Frank and Tracey get to the diamonds without separating from each other more than 100 yards?
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 00:24 (six years ago) link
Hauer felt free to do crap after BR because there's pinnacles that once reached you never really come down from regardless of what follows, Hauer is essentially George Best
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 00:46 (six years ago) link
we watched Wedlock many times when it was on cable, one of the great head exploding films of the 20th century along with Scanners and Chopping Mall
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 01:06 (six years ago) link
― flopson, Monday, October 16, 2017 6:38 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
loved it
― flopson, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 22:14 (six years ago) link
otm
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 22:16 (six years ago) link
was the bug planted by the replicant sechs worker what led the baddies out to deckard's hideaway? like it was sort of a shonky bug that the police noticed too? or was she a double agent? and why did the police just leave K there??many things i liked about this, particularly the sound. my cinema had a great sound system. i could feel the spinners in my chest. it wasn't very thought-provoking. i did like how it militated directly against matrix-style "special one" logic, where the hero realises he is destined since birth to be different and unique blabla. (tho his fake soma-gf tries to convince him of this)hey resistance lady! dying for a cause you believe in is the thing that makes you most human?? fuck off! (and who wants to be human anyway amirite)
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 23:34 (six years ago) link
No. Luv killed Joshi and used her facial recog to get into the police computer and presumably track his ehereabouts
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 23:41 (six years ago) link
ah yesi was clutching my own hand too tightly to think v clearly about anything at that point
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 23:44 (six years ago) link
Them leaving k there alive is a major misstep plotwise tho
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 02:01 (six years ago) link
The "left for dead guy comes back to get revenge" trope is classic fuiud
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 03:05 (six years ago) link
http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/blade-runner-2049-review-1202576220/#!:
As it happens, in both tone and style, the new film owes more to slow-cinema maestro Andrei Tarkovsky than it does to Scott’s revolutionary cyberpunk sensibility.
This was much more Lopushansky than Tarkovsky. All those Russians don't look alike, haha.
Really enjoyed this, whatever its influences!
― Cherish, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 03:14 (six years ago) link
Did they think K was dead? He didn't look dead. I noticed that as a plot misstep too.
― jmm, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 03:18 (six years ago) link
maybe luv didn’t kill him because she was secretly in luv with him
― the late great, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 03:20 (six years ago) link
I liked how the replicant army entered the room in the middle of the leader's speech. They were just waiting in the hall for their cue.
― jmm, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 03:22 (six years ago) link
I just think they didn’t really give a shit about him and thought him low status enough to not be worth their time
― mh, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 03:33 (six years ago) link
I think that's right, but it's a misstep in that it makes for a less satisfying story than if the bad guys were smart and careful.
― jmm, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 03:47 (six years ago) link
never underestimate hubris
― mh, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 03:50 (six years ago) link
I am still wondering... if their goal in tracking K is so he'll lead them to Deckard, who is a vitally important piece of equipment who holds the mystery of replicant childbirth... why do they fire a missile at him as soon as they locate him? This seems like a pretty stupid way to catch him, especially since K has a tracking device in his pocket. JUST FOLLOW THEM.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 04:09 (six years ago) link
― jmm, Tuesday, October 17, 2017
it's only a misstep in retrospect
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 04:35 (six years ago) link
a simple "leave him" uttered by some faceless goon would have sufficed probs
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 07:02 (six years ago) link
. why do they fire a missile at him as soon as they locate him?
It looked to me like they fired the missile at their car to stop them getting away
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 07:34 (six years ago) link