The long overdue _Blade Runner_ thread

You guys all remember this series right?

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51mH1qrF9dL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg

I think Jeter wrote two more after that one.

he was authorized by he dick estate to write those as well. I assume they are awful. I know he has a cult following but the one book of his I read (wolf flow) sucked balls.

Jeter's Dr. Adder was pretty good, I seem to remember.

Jeter alternates between hackery and genius. I don't know anybody that's read Dr. Adder or Glass Hammer and not been impressed.

He Said You Blade Runner, She Said You Blade Runner, a mixed-up romantic comedy from Ridley Scott.

Naked co-ed Beach Blade Runner

or perhaps the video-game-inspired Blade Gunner?

Who Is Harry Bryant and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?

5 Now Runner 5

He's Just Not That Into Retiring You

Let Me Tell You All About My Mother

Tyrell Perry Corporation's Diary of a Mad White Unicorn

Let Me Tell You All About My Mother

nice

Bladerunner 2: The Things He's Seen

(about the Tannhäuser Gate c-beams and the burning attack ships off Orion's shoulder and stuff - maybe the fires of Orc too)

― StanM, Thursday, May 17, 2012 4:56 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is basically what prometheus is, good call

i like that those lines are evocative of stuff we haven't actually seen, that's kind of the point.

oh well.

that's what I'm saying

the faltermeyer gate is blade runner's "space jockey"

"life is like a box of chocolates. time to die."
― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Monday, April 17, 2006 4:27 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwSylz8C0YM

But anyway, Sebastian's little people really freaked my shit.

We watched this last night -- I'd never seen the Final Version, and my girlfriend had never seen it at all. Enjoyed it as always, and the Final Version probably actually is the best cut -- though tbh pretty much everything I love about Blade Runner was right there in the original theatrical version. All the tweaks have made it a better movie, but even in its compromised form it was a classic. The thing I tend to forget between viewings is how slow and quiet so much of it is. And also how far it goes into bonkers dream logic during the final chase.

Something about PKD in general, probably having to do with the way he writes (not that i've ever though about it in depth) is that at a certain point you're willing to follow the story where it goes without a thought to rationality. the surreal/fantastic in his work often has a very cumulative effect -- you start off with something that seems to follow the natural laws of physics/space/time and end up somewhere very distant through that. it's a good technique, i think. little things that seem weird at first make it easier to handle the REAL WEIRD stuff that comes later on.

probably how utterly normal his characters react to utterly abnormal events?

^^^ his characters are always archetypes that are working through really relatable emotional states - the alpha male is a blinkered asshole, the protagonist is a neurotic mass of resentments/self loathing, the femme fatale with the heart of ice, the naif innocent that's wise beyond his/her years etc. these figures are constants throughout his books, it's the bizarre scenery surrounding them that changes.

the protagonist is a neurotic mass of resentments/self loathing

why PKD's books are relatable in a nutshell

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BFPT8nKCMAAWmz3.jpg

this movie gets worse with every screening

we must use Vangelis

Vangelis and tits = box office gold

it's amazing how every single producer has the exact same vocabulary when giving notes

I would love to write a massive alternate history of 'what if the producers had final say on the movies that they DIDN'T get final say over that turned out awesome'

my title needs work obv

they have put back more tits

There is no motion picture that cannot be improved by asking, WHERE THE TITTAYS AT?

more vangelis, less voice-over, can't really complain

"The synagogue music is awful on the street. We must use Vangelis."

Is he referring to this piece of music, which is by Demis Roussos and Vangelis?

http://youtu.be/rkfnEWvJX1I

What I like in particular are the little pockets of the familiar that persist in the monolithic city, like: a 30s/40s detective character, a china-town, a toymaker.

Oh christ almighty

http://www.slashfilm.com/green-lantern-screenwriter-to-rewrite-blade-runner-sequel/

LEAVE BLADERUNNER ALONE

http://jamiedubs.com/fuckflickr/data/meme-prints/leave-britney-alone-02.jpg

perfect

the only part of that article that is acceptable is that there is maybe a Flash film in the works

http://www.patfullerton.com/flash/pix/flash1991.jpg

they have put back more tits

― j., Wednesday, March 13, 2013 5:59 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this has changed the way i see everything

lol

This is EXACTLY what the sequel plans needed!

http://io9.com/the-blade-runner-sequel-will-not-include-sean-young-at-1066353459

if you read her entire quote in rachel's voice it sounds kinda awesome imo

Can we get them to get rid of Ridley Scott now, too?

At this point I'm actually hoping they bring in Lindelof, because the only reason I'd see a sequel would be for the LOLs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXFqPzAFv8o

idgi. It's just clips of Blade Runner in black & white - they should have at least left the sci-fi elements out if they wanted it to look like a film made in the 1940s. Otherwise, film is so obviously noirish anyway that I don't see the point.

Yeah, and they didn't even use Harrison Ford's voiceover, the most noirish element of the whole movie.