Another article about Blade Runner's director Ridley Scott

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Here's another interesting read about Blade Runner's director Ridley Scott in the LA Times dated 6/06/2010 with some pics included:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocom ... unner.html

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[junkeR]

That is such a damn awesome movie. Love it, love it, love it. I own it on the 5-disc Blu Ray edition. Thanks for the link.

[greg]

It's the movie ever!

I often quote it just to see if anyone picks up on it. "You Nexus, huh? I design your eyes!" Or even the talking crossing signs, "Mach shnell. Mach shnell."

[undamned]

"Wake up! Time to Die!"
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[antron]

"Let me tell you about my mother"

[Ed Oscuro]

It's the movie ever!

I often quote it just to see if anyone picks up on it. "You Nexus, huh? I design your eyes!" Or even the talking crossing signs, "Mach shnell. Mach shnell."

The signs say walk or don't walk in my memory.

I agree with antron, the whole sequence with "Why aren't you helping Leon?" is brilliant, but that last bit caps it.

[antron]

I agree with antron, the whole sequence with "Why aren't you helping Leon?" is brilliant, but that last bit caps it.

Poor movie physics though. That guy ends up in the other room and Leon hardly moves. If he's that heavy why not just weigh him?

[Ed Oscuro]

I agree with antron, the whole sequence with "Why aren't you helping Leon?" is brilliant, but that last bit caps it.

Poor movie physics though. That guy ends up in the other room and Leon hardly moves. If he's that heavy why not just weigh him?

The replicants are all pretty out-there as far as physical capabilities go. Remember that Leon dents a metal waste bin solidly before his head gets drilled. He may have also been bracing harder under the table than we could see.

Or perhaps they use Gyrojet pistols in the future. They call Deckard's pistol a "blaster," right? It might not work by the same single-impulse explosion that fires a bullet (and which would cause the kickback effect you say is missing).

What gets me about that early scene are the fans. Them's some pretty big freakin' fans.

[GaijinPunch]

"I've never seen a turtle... but I know what you mean".

Such a great flick. Scott's best... too bad that in the future he will be remembered for Gladiator. While Deckard and Han Solo are two of the most iconic heroes in SciFi history, I'm beginning to think Harrison Ford is a bit of a bitch.

[1up]

Ive only watched the movie ONCE back in the late 90s and dont really recall anything from it? It was the the original release. Ive decided to revisit this but what version is the best? I can see that numerous versions have been released over the years: US theatrical cut, international cut, directors cut, broadcast version and final cut

ive been told that each incarnation changes bits and pieces that totally change either how the story is told or the ending?

which version is considered the best? Newest one is Final cut, so I assume that this is how Ridley Scott wanted it to be?

[GaijinPunch]

Get Final Cut -- it's actually the "true" director's cut. The director's cut he had no control over, although it's far closer to his vision I believe, than the original theatrical one which had all sorts of shit added by the financial backers.

[CMoon]

Is the final cut less ambiguous about Deckard being an Android/replicant? Personally I never found this twist that important and preferred it being open, but from this article I get the impression there is now only one way to interpret the film.

Incidentally, in the book I don't recall any solid implication that the main character was an android, but the book is a very different thing.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

In "The Final Cut" version of BR, it would seem that Mr. Ridley want to convey to viewers that Deckard is a replicant whereas in the original film, it would appear that Deckard is human. The so-called "happy ending" was what Warner Bros. studio wanted and they got it in the original 1982 theaterical version. The ending that you see in "The Final Cut" gives the viewer a sense of heightened uncertainty for both Deckard and Rachel as they are targeted by other unseen BRs.

It'd be interesting to see the technology/inner workings behind Deckard's blaster weapon as all BRs are issued one whilst on the job to retire them "skin jobs"...perhaps it's using exotic technologies to propel the bullets without the usual recoil effect. Would be interesting to see what other exotic weaponry that a BR uses at his or her disposal to hunt down replicants.

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[antron]

No, in the original Deckard is a replicant too. He is programmed with the personality of Mike Hammer.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

There was talk that Deckard could be a highly advanced Nexus 8 variant replicant rather than the Nexus 7 renegades that he chases/retires. The line of "Have you ever retired a human by mistake?" when asked by Rachel towards Deckard, he brushes the question aside never answering it. According to the inventor of the replicants, Eldon Tyrell, he does mention over 100 cross-referenced questions used to determine if said subject is a replicant or human (as with Rachel's Q&A session with Deckard).

Not to mention the super high-res three-dimensional Polaroid pics that have hidden angles to see/view. All this was done painstakingly shot-for-shot with a traditional "point & shoot" camera (for the stop-motion effects). Notice that the stand-in female model in that particular Polaroid "hardcopy print" isn't the actress Joanna Cassidy either -- another one of those famed Blade Runner film continuity errors to look for.

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[greg]

Would be interesting to see what other exotic weaponry that a BR uses at his or her disposal to hunt down replicants.

The movie is full of minute details that make it so extremely impressive. For example, the parking meters have warning signs of dangerous electric shock that are meant to protect them from vandalism or destruction. Those are some pretty nasty parking meters, perfect for such a dystopian society.

[E. Randy Dupre]

This reminds me about something I've been meaning to clear up for a while, but have been too lazy to bother with. The Final Cut and Director's Cut versions are very similar to each other, but one scene that I'm sure was changed again for the Final Cut was the one between Rachel and Deckard in his flat - I'm sure I remember the Director's Cut version of that scene being pretty borderline 'James Bond rape'-style, whereas the Final Cut version was a lot less... problematic. Is that right, or am I misremembering the DC?

[Alec]

"What if real humans were to falsely believe themselves to be replicants, thus emotionally disconnecting them from a life that is actually real and making them more susceptible to a slave identity?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chG6IBalw-o

[Ed Oscuro]

Didn't watch the movie but don't you suppose "they" (perhaps not Tyrell, perhaps again yes) would find such a thing fitting? The question begs to be asked from that question. Quite on-topic with the movie, something the original narration (Deckard saying the police chief would have been calling people niggers in the 1920s) made clear. I suppose it's still topical in the other cuts, you just have to be more attuned to the message.