Lady Sheridan wrote:Weird, I was listening to the soundtrack recently and thinking "Damn, I wish they'd put the creepy red eye effect in more, and added it to Rachel."
And now they've gone and done it...
Can't wait to see this in the theatre, I missed it on the last go round.
wonkabar wrote:Lady Sheridan wrote:Weird, I was listening to the soundtrack recently and thinking "Damn, I wish they'd put the creepy red eye effect in more, and added it to Rachel."
And now they've gone and done it...
Can't wait to see this in the theatre, I missed it on the last go round.
She had it before, briefly...but she did have it.
MacCready wrote:I hope they tweaked up Zohra's body double in the window crashing scene, cause that was brutual.
I wish like hell this were playing on a big screen within 200 miles of me - wanna see. Now.
Orcus wrote:Snagged this:
Original
Final Cut
C'mon folks, time to spot the differences, who's with me?:)
Orcus wrote:Or Pam Grier.
Anyhoo, when I last checked the Zig will have Blade Runner up until 10/18, so ROADTRIP for those of youz in the sticks
As always, call the theater in advance in case of schedule changes.
tapehead wrote:I can't recall a religious perspective in any of Ridley Scott's movies actually.
Peven wrote:i confess i have not seen it yet, though the director's cut is on my radar.
but what about my other post, where i pointed out the whole "God made man in his image" thing?
Chairman Kaga wrote:Good post Vicar....But are you serious that Ed Wood's was something that you found interesting back in the day? Even by the B-Grade status most of the 50's Sci-Fi was produced as Ed Wood's work was awful.
DennisMM wrote:Without Ed Wood there would be no Robert Rodriguez. Because without Ed's inspiration, no one could imagine financing a feature film on a credit card.
The Vicar wrote:Its -
Visually crisp.
The sound was...So improved & clear that I swear I heard lines that I never had before, and one in a very important place I was right.
Nordling wrote:Jesus, this movie's beautiful on the big screen, just gorgeous. For the first time in a while, CGI just didn't compare. The film's been so cleaned up that the modelwork in this is actually superior to any CGI effects I've seen this year. That opening shot with the fire derricks just blew my mind, and the subsequent LA shots were just amazing.
The movie still holds up, too. I'm not too keen on Ridley Scott's insistence that Deckard's a replicant, but it's still left up to you on how to interpret that, if barely. I hadn't seen BLADE RUNNER in any iteration for about 10 years, so much of it played like a new film to me, and there's several thematic and acting choices in it that I really never focused on before.
First, and I'm going to get painted DUMB for this, but this was the first time that the stylistic choices of a rundown LA in the future made sense to me. I always wondered why Los Angeles looked ripped open and in decay. But this is a world that people are leaving in droves. All that's left are the dregs who can't afford it, or Tyrell and his employees. In a way, slaves are all that remains, and it's ironic that it's illegal for replicants to come to Earth when the whole world's made up of slaves already. It's possible that the upper crust were afraid that replicants would somehow incite the lower classes to rebel. Roy Batty was certainly someone who people could rally behind. Which brings me to Rutger Hauer.
Man, that's one powerhouse performance. I know, I know... but on the big screen, where he's just in your face, you are emotionally connected to this Pinocchio-run-amok. "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe." He was more human than everyone else in the film, which was the point, I'm sure.
It didn't bother me as much, the possibility that Deckard was a replicant. Sure, there's plot holes abound with that - why isn't he strong, if he's a replicant? Why would they send a weak replicant to chase after the strong ones? - but I tend to think that Deckard was something of an experiment with the Tyrell people: how long can a replicant who thinks he's human live among society? Still, I prefer the ambiguity of it. It would be interesting to see an A.I.-like coda, where the replicants have evolved beyond their limitations and the human race is no longer even on Earth, leaving it to the artificials. But BLADE RUNNER works best in the parameters it was made, leaving us to imagine the possibilities of this world that Scott and company have created. Future noir, indeed.
If you get a chance to see it on the big screen, do so. It's a revelation. And in digital, the colors just pop off the screen, and it sounds amazing. Just a genuine work of art. I'm halfway thinking of canceling my DVD order and just going Blu-Ray even though I don't have a player yet.
Keepcoolbutcare wrote:Blade Runner: The Final Cut is the best film of the year.
The Vicar wrote:I thought they were going to be releasing this before Christmas......
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