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'Blade Runner' at 40: Why the Ridley Scott Masterpiece is Still the Greatest Sci-Fi of All-Time
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| 25 June 2022
| Tom Ward
Posted on 06/27/2022 11:10:38 AM PDT by ShadowAce
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posted on
06/27/2022 11:10:38 AM PDT
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ShadowAce
To: ShadowAce
Rutger Hauer was one of the most underrated actors in Hollywood. May he rest in peace..................
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posted on
06/27/2022 11:13:00 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: ShadowAce
Saw it back then. I was like 12, didn’t get it.
Watched it recently, I get it now.
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posted on
06/27/2022 11:14:31 AM PDT
by
waterhill
(Resist)
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
06/27/2022 11:14:32 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: ShadowAce
"What a day."
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posted on
06/27/2022 11:15:45 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: ShadowAce
Blade Runner is my favorite, for sure.
To: waterhill
I was older than 12 at the time.
Instantly became my favorite movie, and that has not changed in the years since.
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posted on
06/27/2022 11:17:12 AM PDT
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ShadowAce
(Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
To: ShadowAce
PKD was an incredible genius. I liked the book better than the movie. It’s a shame that he didn’t live to see the success that his works have enjoyed post-Blade Runner. At one point, someone (Mel Gibson?) was talking about a film of Dick’s anti-abortion short story “The Pre Persons.” More relevant than ever, and one of the first out of the gate to understand the folly of Roe v. Wade, so also a shame that he didn’t live to see Dobbs.
To: ShadowAce
I like the version with the voiceover by Harrison Ford.
It makes the movie a combination of science fiction and film noir.
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posted on
06/27/2022 11:19:07 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: ShadowAce
No. It isn’t the greatest.
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posted on
06/27/2022 11:21:05 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
06/27/2022 11:21:17 AM PDT
by
Raven6
(Psalm 144:1 and Proverbs 22:3 YH TV)
To: ShadowAce
Sean Young was quite good in this one, as I recall.
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posted on
06/27/2022 11:21:19 AM PDT
by
OttawaFreeper
("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
To: ShadowAce
It’s certainly a great movie, but the greatest ever? Nope. Plan 9 From Outer space is the Greatest SciFi movie ever. No other movie has gotten such mileage per dollar.
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posted on
06/27/2022 11:21:20 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: ShadowAce
Not a big fan, it’s okay.
To: ShadowAce
I noted Daryl Hannah “replicated” her Blade Runner death scene in Kill Bill 2.
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posted on
06/27/2022 11:21:52 AM PDT
by
fruser1
To: waterhill
Saw it back then. I was like 12, didn’t get it.
Watched it recently, I get it now.
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I had much the same reaction, probably because seeing Harrison Ford was in Blade Runner, I was expecting a movie like Star Wars. I liked the movie in later viewings.
To: blueunicorn6
I like the version with the voiceover by Harrison Ford. It depends on my mood.
I've seen the voiceover version a bunch of times. Now, I like to watch the non-voiceover version because I know what is going on. It definitely makes for a different movie experience.
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posted on
06/27/2022 11:22:31 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/27/2022 11:23:18 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: Gaffer
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posted on
06/27/2022 11:23:35 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
To: Seruzawa
Okay The Day The Earth Stood Still and Forbidden Planet are what I consider classic scifi. Even the original version of The Thing was great
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