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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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1 posted on 09/08/2017 8:39:51 PM PDT by djf
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I got the Double DVD a year ago
and watched it several times...
Many times really. Love it!
Rachel...oh Yes.
Rutger Hauer...Wow.

12 MONKEYS has me Hamstrung now.


2 posted on 09/08/2017 8:50:34 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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3 posted on 09/08/2017 8:57:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Look...
Listen...
Kneel...
Pray!


4 posted on 09/08/2017 8:58:38 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: djf
Bump

William Sanderson as Sebastian before he was Larry

5 posted on 09/08/2017 9:02:09 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: djf

“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe.”


6 posted on 09/08/2017 9:02:12 PM PDT by Flag_This (Liberals are locusts.)
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7 posted on 09/08/2017 9:03:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin; shibumi
Sans Rutger...meh.


8 posted on 09/08/2017 9:03:37 PM PDT by Salamander (I'm on the wrong side of Heaven and the righteous side of Hell...)
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To: Big Red Badger

Rutger is why I watched.

Ladyhawke and Flesh And Blood.

Epics.


9 posted on 09/08/2017 9:05:18 PM PDT by Salamander (I'm on the wrong side of Heaven and the righteous side of Hell...)
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To: djf

I am a fan of the original, big time. One of the best movies to come out in the 80s, for sure. The trailers for this one look very promising.


10 posted on 09/08/2017 9:05:46 PM PDT by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: djf

Why did we need a remake?

Was something flawed in the original?


11 posted on 09/08/2017 9:10:37 PM PDT by oblomov (We have passed the point where "law," properly speaking, has any further application. - C. Thomas)
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Not a remake. A sequel.


12 posted on 09/08/2017 9:14:55 PM PDT by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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To: djf

The cynical side of me has low expectations. I wouldn’t mind being proven wrong, however, and the previews seem to be careful about revealing too many details.


13 posted on 09/08/2017 9:20:07 PM PDT by Gideon7
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To: oblomov

Remakes rarely work..
Part Two could work...could.


14 posted on 09/08/2017 9:20:33 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: oblomov
This is going to be a remake:

The Greatest American Hero Reboot Lands at ABC... With a Female Twist


Should we start calling it The Greatest American Heroine?

ABC has given a put-pilot commitment to a reboot of ’80s cult hit The Greatest American Hero, our sister site Deadline is reporting. But there’s a twist: Instead of the original’s accidental superhero Ralph Hinkley, the new Hero will be an Indian-American woman named Meera who’s fond of drinking tequila and singing karaoke.



15 posted on 09/08/2017 9:23:16 PM PDT by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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To: djf

I got excited over a movie the other night... I got over it pretty quick.


16 posted on 09/08/2017 9:35:07 PM PDT by Bullish (Whatever it takes to MAGA)
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Blade Runner is deep.

Would you like to meet your Maker?

Roy Batty did just that.

He met his maker Tyrell.

If you meet your Maker, what would you request?

Roy Batty told his maker Tyrell, “I want more life, f####r.”

What would you do if your request/prayer went unanswered?

In response to Roy Batty’s request, Tyrell said we made you as best as we could, so no life extention. Sorry, Batty. But enjoy what time you have left in this life.

Obviously, Batty did not take no for an answer. So Batty kissed his maker and killed him.

Thus goes the short and brutish life of an ungrateful creature: Kill your maker because he does not serve you.

I told ya, Blade Runner is deep.


17 posted on 09/08/2017 9:38:09 PM PDT by Vision Thing (You see the depths of our hearts, and You love us the same...)
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Big deal. Probably full of Trump-hating leftoids.

Boycott Hollywood.


18 posted on 09/08/2017 9:39:20 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (April 2006 Message from Dan http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2006_04.htm)
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When will they finally remake Gilligan’s Island?


19 posted on 09/08/2017 9:40:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Are they releasing another re-run of “Lassie”? There are NO, None, ZERO, movies worth watching any longer. “Follywood” is lost!


20 posted on 09/08/2017 9:49:14 PM PDT by DaveA37
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