[qam1]

A 25th Anniversary Ouch

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[Tijeras_Slim]

Brilliant film.

[alwaysconservative]

Anyone who says this was Ford’s “most colorless” performance never saw that turkey known as “Random Hearts”, which had all the pizzazz of dried-up spaghetti.

By contrast, I liked “Blade Runner”, and found it darkly intriguing. It certainly was one of Daryl Hannah’s best performances, IMO.

[RepoGirl]

I believe this has to be posted:

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams ... glitter in the dark near Tanhauser Gate. All those ... moments will be lost ... in time, like tears ... in rain."

Legend has it that Rutger Hauer ad-libbed this entire quote and it was so good, they left it in. Sci fi gibberish it may be, but I think it captures the essence of Blade Runner.

Best line ever: "I want more life -- f&&ker!"

[Bluestateredman]

Blade Runner is one of the greatest movies ever made. Ridley Scott’s visuals are stunning.
The characters offer just enough of themselves to leave you wanting more.
Very powerful, thought-provoking film.
I guess I will watch it tonight.

[af_vet_rr]

A 25th Anniversary Ouch

Thanks for making me feel old :-)

I was one of the few that seemed to enjoy it when it came out in the theaters the first time around. I'll be seeing it again. It's kind of eerie how much has started to come true - the computers are getting closer to being appliances you use for whatever purpose - when he has his computer zoom and enhance on the photos and then print, we can do that with existing software/hardware, albeit somebody would need to work on a voice interface, but that exists as well - at the time you would not have imagined you can manipulate a photo like that and then print it out so easily.

Same with the replicants - we are getting to where within possibly my lifetime we'll have organs as easily created as they did then.

[Jack Hydrazine]

I thought it was 33 years!