Posted on 09/22/2017 6:15:44 AM PDT by C19fan
Tickets for Alcon Entertainment/Warner Bros./Sony’s Blade Runner 2049, the sequel to Ridley Scott’s cult 1982 movie, go on sale tomorrow, 14 days before its Oct. 6 opening date.
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That's just plain batty.
Ford has really been on a serious cash grab tear these past few years.
I’m going to go see it. Harrison Ford is an a$$hole.
Weird delayed duplicate post...
Terminator 2 and Godfather 2 are two other very worthy sequels.
The original Blade Runner is a magical film, I don’t expect this sequel to have any moments like Rachel holding up the “implanted memory” picture of her with her mother or Roy Batty’s dying monologue. The brilliant score by Vangelis is also unlikely to be equalled.
On the other hand it will be in 3D! They’ll get some of my money for sure.
Decker was human, both in the book and in the film Blade Runner. The new film is more a sequel than a remake. Ford appears as Decker long after the events of Blade Runner and is begin sought after by a new Blade Runner.
I see what you did there.
In 1992, Ford revealed, "Blade Runner is not one of my favorite films. I tangled with Ridley." Apart from friction with the director, Ford also disliked the voiceovers: "When we started shooting it had been tacitly agreed that the version of the film that we had agreed upon was the version without voiceover narration. It was a f**king [sic] nightmare. I thought that the film had worked without the narration. But now I was stuck re-creating that narration. And I was obliged to do the voiceovers for people that did not represent the director's interests." "I went kicking and screaming to the studio to record it." The narration monologues were written by an uncredited Roland Kibbee.In 2006, Scott was asked "Who's the biggest pain in the arse you've ever worked with?", he replied: "It's got to be Harrison ... he'll forgive me because now I get on with him. Now he's become charming. But he knows a lot, that's the problem. When we worked together it was my first film up and I was the new kid on the block. But we made a good movie." Ford said of Scott in 2000: "I admire his work. We had a bad patch there, and I'm over it." In 2006 Ford reflected on the production of the film saying: "What I remember more than anything else when I see Blade Runner is not the 50 nights of shooting in the rain, but the voiceover ... I was still obliged to work for these clowns that came in writing one bad voiceover after another." Ridley Scott confirmed in the summer 2007 issue of Total Film that Harrison Ford contributed to the Blade Runner Special Edition DVD, and had already recorded his interviews. "Harrison's fully on board", said Scott.
Why not? he’s in high demand, and commands lead billing in multiple still-desirable franchises. If they’re going to throw 8 digit payments at him for little more than a substantive appearance, heck yeah he’ll take it.
In the book, Decker is clearly human.
In the movie, Decker is [eventually] clearly replicant.
Ridley Scott was, years after, clear about Decker being a replicant.
BTW: the two (book vs movie) radically diverge about halfway thru the storyline.
Ford has a net worth over $200M and he’s 75 years old. He can’t take that $$ with him.
If I were even half his age with 1/10th of that $$, my life would be a perpetual party.
Wow, never got that. Even after years of watching the film. I understood his empathy to skin jobs, especially Rachel, but not once did I clue in to him being one.
Ridley Scott was, years after, clear about Decker being a replicant.
I respectfully disagree with you on this one.
The voice-over in Blade Runner absolutely made it for me. A sci-fi thriller with a the feel of 1940’s film noir; Brilliant!
I bought and watched the director’s cut, and once again my belief was reinforced that the film director and film editor should never be the same person.
But in the "Final Cut" DVD release it was purposely left ambiguous and open - the way it should have been. The Decker "eye glow" and Batty's "Kinship" line were taken out from the Director's Cut and I think this made it a better movie. I hope this sequel does the same thing. One of the best things about Blade Runner was the great debate, "Was Decker a replicant" - there are hints in the movie which allow you to argue either side. I hope that question is left open.
Since Blade Runner is one of my all time movies, I'm looking forward to this and may actually go to the theater for the first time in at least a decade. I'm prepared to be disappointed but still hopeful they pull it off.
Jet fuel and avgas are not cheap.
You don’t know what his burnt rate is, viagra and crashing airplanes can get expensive.
burnt = burn
"Blade Runner" is one of the only films where Harrison Ford's wooden acting actually worked well because it fit the character. I didn't know that he hated the movie, it's one of the small handful of sci-fi films out there that has some real substance.
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