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Finally... a movie I'm excited about!
9/8/2017 | djf

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!


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To: djf

Blade runner was like the Matrix, only darker.


41 posted on 09/09/2017 1:02:08 AM PDT by Radix (Natural Born Citizens have Citizen parents)
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To: djf

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.


42 posted on 09/09/2017 1:02:32 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Vision Thing

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.


43 posted on 09/09/2017 1:10:28 AM PDT by E.Allen
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To: Bratch
the new Hero will be an Indian-American woman named Meera who’s fond of drinking tequila and singing karaoke.

Finally ! A show I can get with

44 posted on 09/09/2017 2:13:28 AM PDT by onona (Please Lord guide my thoughts and actions)
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To: onona

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.


45 posted on 09/09/2017 2:29:58 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: djf

Is Vangelis providing the soundtrack? Pure genius, I have several selections from the OST on my overnight playlist.


46 posted on 09/09/2017 2:53:40 AM PDT by Artie (We are surrounded by MORONS)
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To: Artie

Is Ford in the sequel?


47 posted on 09/09/2017 3:45:26 AM PDT by freepertoo
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To: Flag_This
"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 the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."


48 posted on 09/09/2017 3:52:23 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: freepertoo

I believe a small part as Dt. Decker.


49 posted on 09/09/2017 3:53:04 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Chode

She was bat-shit crazy too...


50 posted on 09/09/2017 3:57:49 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: dp0622

When you get older, you’ll find you cramp up even more easily.


51 posted on 09/09/2017 5:47:37 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: djf

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.


52 posted on 09/09/2017 6:01:03 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Radix

I am sure you have all seen it.

No, no I haven’t.


53 posted on 09/09/2017 6:06:13 AM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: wardaddy

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”.


54 posted on 09/09/2017 6:47:38 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Big Red Badger

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.


55 posted on 09/09/2017 6:54:25 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: EEGator

Then Batty releases the Dove.

BRILLIANT!


56 posted on 09/09/2017 6:56:40 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Bratch

“Greatest American Bimbo”


57 posted on 09/09/2017 7:00:59 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: Pollster1

Irene Kennedy WAS black in the original Vince Flynn books.


58 posted on 09/09/2017 7:09:39 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: Big Red Badger
Although the 12 MONKEYS movie is quite entertaining, the SyFy TV series is much better as the character development is more pronounced as is the overall writing.

The SyFy version of Dr. Cassandra Railly is infinitely more pleasing to the eye.


59 posted on 09/09/2017 7:09:55 AM PDT by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" @HOROWITZ39, DAVID HOROWITZ)
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To: djf
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....

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.

60 posted on 09/09/2017 7:10:03 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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