Holee Shit, Blade Runner

[featherynscale]

I just saw the director's cut re-release of Blade Runner. I had not seen the film before (although I did read the story last year...) and every time I say that to somebody, they go, "WTF? You haven't seen Blade Runner? How could that be true? It's so very you!"

And, now that I've seen it, I had to ask myself "Holy shit! How could I have not seen this movie?". I mean, really, I've spent 25 years of my life having not seen Blade Runner, and it is so very very fucking me. It expresses practically the whole of my aesthetic preferences. It asks Probing Questions About What It Means To Be Human. It is chock full of moral ambiguity. You don't really know what happens to the hero and the heroine at the end. And, a guy fucks a robot(!!).

Anyway, I feel enriched by the experience.

Comments

I've watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

It's actually a gun-metal grey plastic briefcase, sadly. However, it does include a metallic origami unicorn, and a hot-wheel-sized replica of Gaff's police cruiser.

My sister gave me a HD-DVD player for xmas, and I immediately ordered the HD-DVD version of the Ultimate Collector's Whoa Mama Edition. I am a happy geek.

C-beams. Right.

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

I heard that last night and was momentarily distracted by thinking "sea beams? how does one get underwater light in space...?"

Re: C-beams. Right.

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

And what would a beam of sea look like?

I understand that Rutger Hauer improvised most of the "Tears in rain" monologue, which (if true) is an impressive feat.

Re: I've watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.

[malvito.livejournal.com]

Plastic, metal, what the hell ... It's all about the kitsch.

Re: I've watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

And it is prime kitsch. There's also a set of production stills on collectible-type cards, with informative stories on the reverse.

This whole set makes me laugh, though. I strongly suspect that Ridley Scott and whatever other powers may have been behind the Ultimate Final Cut release were at least partially trying to show George Lucas what he should have done with the original Star Wars trilogy.