Members ugly steeple fear Posted June 13, 2005 Members Share Posted June 13, 2005 Saw it for the first time ever this weekend. I'm not really into sci-fi, but like what I've read of PKD. What a fantastic film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blaghaus Posted June 13, 2005 Members Share Posted June 13, 2005 Was it the directors cut? because the original doesn't make any sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonny guitar Posted June 13, 2005 Members Share Posted June 13, 2005 Saw it when it first came out and it was just fantastic especially when compared with other movies of that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AcousticControl Posted June 13, 2005 Members Share Posted June 13, 2005 what blag said, and also, one of my top 10 films of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vanguard Posted June 13, 2005 Members Share Posted June 13, 2005 i found this film really boring and vague. maybe it wasnt the directors cut i saw....i'll hafta give it another chance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ugly steeple fear Posted June 13, 2005 Author Members Share Posted June 13, 2005 It was the Director's cut. It seemed pretty obvious to me knowing very little about the movie before hand, that Deckard was a replicant. Especially during the long boozing scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ugly steeple fear Posted June 13, 2005 Author Members Share Posted June 13, 2005 I enjoyed the music, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ugly steeple fear Posted June 13, 2005 Author Members Share Posted June 13, 2005 I could bhe wrong, but in doing some searching around today, apparently Ridley Scott revealed after a lot of speculation that Deckard was. Who knew? I'm so behind the times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wilbo26 Posted June 13, 2005 Members Share Posted June 13, 2005 That movie is all about the atmosphere. I enjoy it very much, but I enjoy any movie that has an interesting and well realized depiction on our future. Whether or not Deckerd is a replicant is something that I think was left open, at least in the Director's Cut. Something about those little oragami figures that dude leaves everywhere has something to do with it?? Been a while though so I'm not sure. Isn't this another movie thats supposed to synch up with a Pink Floyd album? Meddle perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members capnbringdown Posted June 13, 2005 Members Share Posted June 13, 2005 I didn't really like that film. You're right, the regular version doesn't make too much sense. I tried watching the director's cut, but it was just too damn long. One problem might've been that I watched it on tv with commercials, which made it even longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ugly steeple fear Posted June 13, 2005 Author Members Share Posted June 13, 2005 Originally posted by jdwinger I could bhe wrong, but in doing some searching around today, apparently Ridley Scott revealed after a lot of speculation that Deckard was. Who knew? I'm so behind the times. it's one of those "bladie" (analog of a trekkie) discussions that goes back and forth (much like the "soul in the suitcase" for Pulp Fiction fans) you'll see the "unicorn's dream" argument, then a criticism of that and about a bajillion other points of discussion....in the end, I find it to be a bit of an over-analysis myself as that isn't really the point beehind the film and is maybe a bit too concrete given the nature of the movieAs with a lot of poetic piecees, ambiguity let's you throw the option, even back off that option...and the ambiguity itself can be a point (part of the film lives on in this anaalysis)but most importantly, I think it's a struggle to put a concrete closure to something that we can find uncomfortable...the nature of our humanity, the nature of our mortality, the future uncertain Well said. The uncomfortable nature of our humanity.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meriphew Posted June 13, 2005 Members Share Posted June 13, 2005 I loved the movie. The soundtrack (by Vangelis) is one of my favorite pieces of recorded music of all time. In the original book the story takes place in Seattle rather than L.A. - thus all the rain and gloom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LittleBastard Posted June 13, 2005 Members Share Posted June 13, 2005 I'm definitely in the minority, I loved the film, but I loved the original with the narration... I like the whole film noir feel with the narration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wilbo26 Posted June 13, 2005 Members Share Posted June 13, 2005 OH yeah I forgot about the narration by Harrison Ford in the original, definately added a totally different feel to the movie, and I think it makes the original more watchable. Too bad there isn't a DC with the narration added in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Overload Posted June 14, 2005 Members Share Posted June 14, 2005 Liked 'em both. Very cool how the old building still stand with the modern stuff added on... realistic. Loved the whole cultural mix of the people left on earth. Really liked the Replicants searching so desparetly for something man too looks for throughout his entire life. Loved the dialog and final scenes on the roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kerb Posted June 14, 2005 Members Share Posted June 14, 2005 Blade Runner is my all time favourite film (Director's Cut). The theatrical cut is a bit cheesey, especially with the happy ending where Deckard and Rachel escape, and there are clouds and stuff. The Director's Cut is awesome however and I've not seen a convincing argument that Deckard ISN'T a replicant. The most convincing argument is that his eyes don't have that glow, but the unicorn thing is pretty obvious. Awesome soundtrack and awesome acting by both Harrisson Ford and Rutger Hauer, who practically steals the entire film with his final monologue. All this will be lost like tears in rain. Time to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pallas Posted June 14, 2005 Members Share Posted June 14, 2005 saw it when i was a kid and loved it(beta).Here in hongkong when it rains at night you step out and its very blade runner in feel and atmosphere with all the neon on every street:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members clayton explode Posted June 14, 2005 Members Share Posted June 14, 2005 supposedly, a special edition is coming out someday, however, that's been rumoured forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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