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| 07/25/2005
| BRANDON GRAY
Posted on 07/24/2005 10:40:27 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: mass55th
It's not so much a remake of the 1953 version as another crack at the novel. It's much more faithful to the spirit of the Wells text then the earlier film which was good in its own right.
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posted on
07/25/2005 9:53:42 AM PDT
by
Borges
To: Borges
Just some of the most admired works of recent American popular art...
Recent American popular art, well if you say so. I took "Theater Appreciation" too! Just don't get the cart before the horse there B. Shakespear and Sophocles had their rape, bloodshed, and mutliations occur off stage and out of sight. It wasn't splashed on the screen, over and over and over again.
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posted on
07/25/2005 11:03:06 AM PDT
by
AD from SpringBay
(We have the government we allow and deserve.)
To: AD from SpringBay
Ever read Titus Andronicus or King Lear? The latter has a character gouge out another person's eyes on stage. The former is virtually nonstop carnage. And the films I mentioned are lot more then mindless violence.
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posted on
07/25/2005 11:18:07 AM PDT
by
Borges
To: Walkingfeather
Blade runner sucked.
Well BR is not an action movie it is a artistic scifi, noir, detective drama.
It's a good movie for it's type, you just have to watch it a very times to understand it.
Also, the music from the music is great, Blade Runner Blues is one my all time favorite pieces of music.
To: Paul C. Jesup
The Greek composer Vangelis did 'Chariots of Fire' and 'Blade Runner' in two consecutive years. Good peak.
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posted on
07/25/2005 2:07:51 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: SlowBoat407
Like I said I got that whole thing.... and you know who being an android.... and having more human charictaristics than others....Yada yada, I think the film was held together with hype and a six inch piece of string. The music I recall as interesting but even with the removal of the irritating naration I still walked out thinking of the kings new clothes. Glad you enjoyed it, it was not my experience.
To: Borges
The Greek composer Vangelis did 'Chariots of Fire' and 'Blade Runner' in two consecutive years. Good peak.
I agree, those are some good pieces of music.
To: Jhensy
Then there's 'Armageddon'... and 'Pearl Harbor'... he's the worst, most dishonest rip-off of all Hollywood directors. May he bomb forever.
Actually, "The Island" would be his first bomb. All of his movies, as reviled by some as they are, still were hits.
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posted on
07/25/2005 4:20:36 PM PDT
by
Galactic Overlord-In-Chief
("I do know dumbass questions when I see dumbass questions." - Senator Orrin Hatch to Chuckie Schumer)
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