Blade Runner

[Steve Carlton]

Bring it on! The original is one of my most favorite movies, and I'm rarely disappointed in Ridley Scott's work.

[Joe Bob]

Poor old Harrison looked pathetic trying to run...

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

Poor old Harrison looked pathetic trying to run...

He's 74
I give him a lot of credit for continuing with movies. I'm sure with all the royalties from past work, he is not needing the work to pay the bills!

[JackDidley]

Looking forward to it.

[cockerpunk]

Originally Posted by James Brown

yup.

blade runner is a classic example of further tinkering ruining the whole thing. a second installment can only be worse. when you create a masterpiece, there is no reason to try and top it. stop making them.

its like star wars, the best star wars movie has already been made, its called empire strikes back. there is no reason to make any more, they can only ever be worse.

[Sarc]

Originally Posted by cockerpunk

its like star wars, the best star wars movie has already been made, its called empire strikes back. there is no reason to make any more, they can only ever be worse.

Since Empire was the second installment, you must be glad Lucas didn't follow your logic and stop at New Hope.

[Crowbob]

Originally Posted by Sarc

Since Empire was the second installment, you must be glad Lucas didn't follow your logic and stop at New Hope.

Oops.

[Baz]

Harrison looked pretty good....going to be awesome - love it when they make sequels!

[psychII]

Originally Posted by Sarc

Since Empire was the second installment, you must be glad Lucas didn't follow your logic and stop at New Hope.

Star Wars, Empire, and Return were designed to be a trilogy. Was Blade Runner?

[Steve Carlton]

I don't think so. My fantasy was to write a prequel. The original went through about 5 versions, the last one being the "Final Cut." All pretty much the same, although there were two endings.

[KNS]

Ninety percent of all sequels suck. Maybe this one will work...? I'm not counting on it.

[snbush67]

Big shoes to fill, a sequel to the best sci fi ever. There is no way this sequel will please everyone. The trailer posted seems to have captured the ambiance from the first film, soundtrack and visuals seem to fit.

To me it was obvious that Dekard was a replicant, both in the book and the film. He was of the same generation as Rachael and it was when he interviewed her, that he became self aware. He realized that his memories were likely implants, that the black and white photographs and his dreams were a result of the implanted memories. Apparently he had no expiration date.

I hope this sequel reveals prequel information to the original Blade Runner.

I would like to see the film open with the original androids take over of the ship that they hijack.

Perhaps the the film could transition and then flash forward to the future where Deckard and Rachel have aged and are somehow involved with Tyrell corporation.

- the development of nexus 6 and 7.

- deckard and Rachel come to life, manufactured

- life on the colonies of off-world and androids doing the crap labour

- how batty becomes a leader, and plots the overthrow of the ship

- how the androids discover their expiration dates

- how the blade Runners are developed

- how earth is really forgotten, left behind for off-world colonies.

- The animal market and trade

- Empathy vs. apathy

- Gaffs story and the purpose of planting false memories, the unicorn.

- more on the Tyrell corporation, will they actually tie it to the Clinton Foundation?

[snbush67]

Originally Posted by cockerpunk

yup.

blade runner is a classic example of further tinkering ruining the whole thing. a second installment can only be worse. when you create a masterpiece, there is no reason to try and top it. stop making them.

its like star wars, the best star wars movie has already been made, its called empire strikes back. there is no reason to make any more, they can only ever be worse.

Yup, I agree but I hope your wrong. But then, the film didn't exactly mirror the book, and the film has several versions, with some major differences. So much tinkering has already been done. HF hated doing the narrations in the first version of the original, and the later versions removed his narrations, I liked the later versions better. I'll keep my fingers crossed that this is the best sequel ever.

[Bill Douglas]

I'm slack about going to the movies; but I'm NOT going to miss this one.

Probably the old one was my favorite movie of all times.

[JackDidley]

Do replicants age ?? Decker certainly got old. So did I ........

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by JackDidley

Do replicants age ?? Decker certainly got old. So did I ........

Replicants would age just like us if they were able to live beyond 4 years.

However, If you could mess with the aging process at the DNA level then anything is possible.

[Steve Carlton]

Tyrell: The facts of life. To make an alteration in the evolvment of an organic life system is fatal. A coding sequence cannot be revised once it's been established.

Roy: Why not?

Tyrell: Because by the second day of incubation, any cells that have undergone reversion mutations give rise to revertant colonies like rats leaving a sinking ship. Then the ship sinks.

Roy: What about EMS recombination.

Tyrell: We've already tried it. Ethyl methane sulfonate as an alkylating agent a potent mutagen It created a virus so lethal the subject was dead before he left the table.

Roy: Then a repressive protein that blocks the operating cells.

Tyrell: Wouldn't obstruct replication, but it does give rise to an error in replication so that the newly formed DNA strand carries the mutation and you've got a virus again. But, uh, this-- all of this is academic. You were made as well as we could make you.

Roy: But not to last.

Tyrell: The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long. And you have burned so very very brightly, Roy. Look at you. You're the prodigal son. You're quite a prize!

[Steve Carlton]

This looks interesting. The Facebook video will play after loading for a while.

Harrison Ford on Returning to ‘Blade Runner,’ Reprising Deckard Role | Variety

[Pazuzu]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

Tyrell: The facts of life. To make an alteration in the evolvment of an organic life system is fatal. A coding sequence cannot be revised once it's been established.

Roy: Why not?

Tyrell: Because by the second day of incubation, any cells that have undergone reversion mutations give rise to revertant colonies like rats leaving a sinking ship. Then the ship sinks.

Roy: What about EMS recombination.

Tyrell: We've already tried it. Ethyl methane sulfonate as an alkylating agent a potent mutagen It created a virus so lethal the subject was dead before he left the table.

Roy: Then a repressive protein that blocks the operating cells.

Tyrell: Wouldn't obstruct replication, but it does give rise to an error in replication so that the newly formed DNA strand carries the mutation and you've got a virus again. But, uh, this-- all of this is academic. You were made as well as we could make you.

Roy: But not to last.

Tyrell: The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long. And you have burned so very very brightly, Roy. Look at you. You're the prodigal son. You're quite a prize!

What if Deckard was a replicant...


...but not built by Tyrell? Perhaps a rogue corporation solved the aging problem with replicants? Off world labs?
We know they go to Las Vegas in the new movie, perhaps a shadow corporation doing research in a remote location?

I was of the camp that so very strongly wanted Deckard to be a replicant, Nexus 7, and to die off screen a year or two after the movie. Unfortunately, now that we know that that does not happen, we must accept the next most likely scenario, until proven otherwise. Occam's Razor says that he is a human as of now, because no other reasonable scenario exists that is more likely.

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

Poor old Harrison looked pathetic trying to run...

Have you looked at how WE at our age look while running!? I am just happy to be moving these days!