Posted on 09/08/2017 8:39:51 PM PDT by djf
OK.
Well, I am getting older.
And as I age, I find that some things simply don't excite me as much as when I was young.
Food. You know, you gotta eat!
Women. Well for most women not as much - but a few women still get my eye!
Politics. You know of course that the whole political theory has been corrupted, governments main job has shifted to whatever it can graciously and with pomposity GIVE to the people...
Anyways I remember when I was younger and actually went to the theater once in a while. And in 1983 I saw one of the most fantastic movies I have ever or will ever see.
Blade Runner.
At first I was in shock, in awe. I couldn't make any sense of it. In a lot of respects, I still don't. But gradually, over the years and seeing a number of versions of the original, it started to have some order to it. Personally, owning Blade Runner - The Final Cut has told me alot about the movie that makes sense. It's a two disc DVD with tons and tons of interviews, alternate endings, etc.
I am sure you have all seen it. A future where dystopia has emerged as the driving force. Cops maintain (well, in their private realms at least) order somewhat.
It STILL shocks me today!
Ridley Scott was a young director and chose (for most of us) almost unheard of people to play the parts, which they did superbly. He was in the middle of a few projects at the time, soon to do Aliens, and it almost seemed like a bit of an effort to fill a void, both in his time and in the movie genre then.
Now, after 30+ years of having Blade Runner under my belt and in my house and in my yard and in my bed I am very, very excited about his new movie.
Blade Runner, the Sequel will be in theaters Oct. 6th
From the look of the trailers and previews, this probably will not surpass the original... but it will be very, very close indeed!
And I am excited!
Blade runner was like the Matrix, only darker.
Original Blade Runner was great.
In recent years, Scott has provided great concepts but poor execution. Generally, Hollywood can’t write for crap.
The Expanse is a decent series.
Actually, the most profound question it poses is, “just because it is legal to kill some one that is clearly human, with 23 chromosomes, same as you, does it make it moral?”
Think of it as an insidiously pro-life movie.
Finally ! A show I can get with
I said this in the other thread, I’ll say it in this one, too...
You don’t want to see it, you REALLY don’t.
Is Vangelis providing the soundtrack? Pure genius, I have several selections from the OST on my overnight playlist.
Is Ford in the sequel?
I believe a small part as Dt. Decker.
She was bat-shit crazy too...
When you get older, you’ll find you cramp up even more easily.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW0PrPgI8F8
American Assassin - Movie to be released in about a week.
https://www.amazon.com/American-Assassin-Thriller-Mitch-Novel/dp/1416595198
Apparently based on the Mitch Rapp novel by Vince Flynn
They deviated from the books for diversity in casting (Irene Kennedy is black), but it looks like the Americans are the good guys, Muslim terrorists are the bad guys, guns in the right hands are good, and morality matters. That is unusual for Hollywood. I wouldn’t quite say I’m optimistic, but I will at least check what people I respect say. I may actually see a current movie this year.
I am sure you have all seen it.
No, no I haven’t.
12 Monkeys...
No one notices that the pistol given
to James in the Airport scenario is
An obscure French Le Matt Black Powder
Circa 1890...
James Cole was being “set-up”.
12 Monkeys...
Time travel movies Usually don’t
Cut It for me but 12 MONKEYS
Is The Exception.
No time travel in
Blade Runner...just Flash Backs.
Then Batty releases the Dove.
BRILLIANT!
“Greatest American Bimbo”
Irene Kennedy WAS black in the original Vince Flynn books.
The SyFy version of Dr. Cassandra Railly is infinitely more pleasing to the eye.
Blade Runner was made after Alien and the first two Star Wars so both Scott and Harrison Ford were bona fire stars at that point. Don't get me wrong I love the flick - the director's cut without the voice over is my favorite. The sequel coming my this fall.... meh.
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