Blade Runner

[YankeyMCC]

I just watched Blade Runner all the way through for the first time in probably 20 years.

I've never read the PKD novel it is based on and I know that I really should but I'm even thicker headed that that. I never really got the whole 'is he a replicant' question and I deliberty tried not to follow such discussions on the topic in an effort to 'get it' myself and form my own opinion. Although you can't be a SF fan and not hear bits and pieces of the discussion and every time it confused me.

Now I fining effing get it...the version I watched was the lastest "Final Cut" version which ended differently than I remember (no driving off into the country with the girl) and now I get the whole discussion.

Duh! :slaps self on the forehead:

[semillama]

1. You don't need to read the novel to get the movie

since there is little they share in common.


But you should read it anyway!

[MrCoffee]

2. The only thing you need to know about the whole "Is Deckard a replicant" thing

Ridley Scott is a hack who will do anything for a buck.

[swimmernsecretsea]

3. I saw the Final Cut at the Castro Theater in San Francisco.

Still as good as ever, and Roy Batty's final speech still gets to me. Most of the work done seems to be refining the special effects, and some dialog touchup.