Comments on: Blade Runner

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:41:02 +0000

I think Scott purposely keeps viewers at arms length by not giving us much to chew on from the perspective of the human characters. They’re wooden, detached, more concerned with protecting their own sorry butts than appreciating life. By contrast the replicants feel sorrow, loss, desperation and an even joy. They laugh, joke, cry and try their hand at love. At the end Roy saves Deckard simply so that he can relate some of his most cherished memories to him. It’s his way of saying to the human race “Wake up! You don’t know how lucky you are.”
I’m for one am glad that Scott went back in and corrected some of the visual gaffes, this film deserves it.

By: Tron « Dion at the Flicks

Tron « Dion at the Flicks — Thu, 27 May 2010 23:32:59 +0000

[...] Giraud (who had previously worked on Alien (1979)) and Syd Mead (who was also working on Blade Runner (1982) at the time), the backdrops, vehicles and costumes perfectly blend angular, geometric [...]

By: itsjustaphase

itsjustaphase — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:24:21 +0000

4 disc set *drools* !!!

love,
http://itsjustaphase.wordpress.com/

By: Dion

Dion — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:09:17 +0000

spencerd,

I’m a film fan but also a bit of a geek. Yes, my banner quite accurately reflects my taste.

Good job on the 4-disc Blade Runner set — I think you’ll really enjoy it.

Anyway, thanks for visiting and I hope you stick around.

By: Dion

Dion — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:53:09 +0000

Cliff, I have fond memories of seeing E.T. when it was first released. Granted, I was four at the time, and I think I saw it on video when I was about ten and found it boring, but... (Maybe I should take another look at it.) As for the multiple cuts of Blade Runner, the only superfluous version is, in my opinion, the Director's Cut. I actually own the 5-disc DVD set with all five cuts (i.e. workprint, U.S. theatrical cut, European/Criterion cut, Director's Cut and The Final Cut) and each one has a legitimate reason for existing. Personally, I'd be more annoyed if the theatrical cut was ignored or never released. Being a Star Wars fan myself, the thing that bugged me the most was how the theatrical cuts weren't available on DVD. They are now, of course, but only in a non-anamorphic transfer from the laserdiscs. (The 1997 Special Editions are still MIA, as is the theatrical cut of The Phantom Menace, not that anyone's clamoring for that!) At least Scott made the effort to give us very nice transfers of all prior cuts of Blade Runner -- including HD editions -- and released several configurations at different prices simultaneously, giving the buyer the opportunity to buy according to their level of interest.

By: spencerd

spencerd — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:11:00 +0000

Nice review. I just picked up the 4-disc set, which was a bargain at something like 22 bucks.

looks like we have the same taste in movies, at least by looking at you banner.

Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator (and a few others), wow…….

By: Cliff Burns

Cliff Burns — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:51:52 +0000

Gak! Please don’t mention “Blade Runner” in the same breath as “E.T”. I nearly got tossed out of the theatre when I called out loudly at the end of “E.T.” (as his spaceship was taking off) “Shoot it down!”.

The “Blade Runner” soundtrack was superb, the best thing Van Gelis ever did. That sax solo during the “Love Theme”–wow.

That said, I hope they stop releasing all these definitive cuts, director cuts, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink cuts. Talk about milking fans, this is the type of shit George Lucas pulls off so successfully and desperate fans are happy to oblige…