is not.jacob Raver, sinTempter wrote:Most Overrated) Blade Runner
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to one of them?
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i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
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a straight edge for legends at
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lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
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have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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jacob Raver, sinTempter
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OH...NO...lucimay wrote:is not.jacob Raver, sinTempter wrote:Most Overrated) Blade Runner
You didn't just...
She did...
This is like back in the day when someone would do the Joey, "Woah"...
Or when someone next to you yawns...
I'm goin'ta skip the everso tempting and nearly irrifusable response (using all my willpower), and go with Jungle Book response, "now don't sta't tha' again."
- is 2x10!!
dammnittttt all!...argghhh (uleh)....
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is not. INFINITY!! 
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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INFINITY^2...
- Victory is mine!
- Victory is mine!
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Not really.
The story is pretty lame, the ending anti-climactic, the acting average...it's the "feel" Scott is famous for that is absolutely stunning and awe-inspiring...the music, tone, color palette...hardly ever rivaled in that...but the story and non-artistic ends of the film just don't hold up against other films taughted so high by Geekdom...IMnHO...
The story is pretty lame, the ending anti-climactic, the acting average...it's the "feel" Scott is famous for that is absolutely stunning and awe-inspiring...the music, tone, color palette...hardly ever rivaled in that...but the story and non-artistic ends of the film just don't hold up against other films taughted so high by Geekdom...IMnHO...
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wrong. wrong wrong wrong. sooo wrong. yer just wrong. yer so not right. completely incorrect. 
its a piece of poetry.
its an extraction of a larger story. and a damn good extraction.
dick loved it.
he accused scott of being able to see inside his head.
so yer just...yer just...being obstinate. you're not liking it because
somebody you don't like likes it or something.
watch it again. watch scott's final edit. it's fabulous. stunning. riveting even.
smoke a doobie.
you'll love it, i swear.
its a piece of poetry.
its an extraction of a larger story. and a damn good extraction.
dick loved it.
he accused scott of being able to see inside his head.
so yer just...yer just...being obstinate. you're not liking it because
somebody you don't like likes it or something.
watch it again. watch scott's final edit. it's fabulous. stunning. riveting even.
smoke a doobie.
you'll love it, i swear.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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I did, 'bout a month ago...that isn't an off-the-cuff opinion...serious, average film, amazing atmosphere...
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seriously. you're so wrong.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
Well, since opinion can't be wrong, we'll ignore all that static.
But, as I've said before, I agree. Blade Runner is gorgeous-looking B movie....It's form above function. I find it interesting that Dick loved it, as he died months before the film was released and had only read the script and seen a few effects sequences.
I'm not calling the film a turd, but it differs vastly from the book in ways that (in my opinion) make it a completely separate work from Dick's novel. The two should not be compared or even mentioned in the same sentence.
From a production and design standpoint, Blade Runner was groundbreaking. I think it failed miserably at telling its story and/or telling Dick's.
But, as I've said before, I agree. Blade Runner is gorgeous-looking B movie....It's form above function. I find it interesting that Dick loved it, as he died months before the film was released and had only read the script and seen a few effects sequences.
I'm not calling the film a turd, but it differs vastly from the book in ways that (in my opinion) make it a completely separate work from Dick's novel. The two should not be compared or even mentioned in the same sentence.
From a production and design standpoint, Blade Runner was groundbreaking. I think it failed miserably at telling its story and/or telling Dick's.
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Okay, I'll cede that the ending was pretty good...but for the rest, I'm with the Haruchai...
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I feel like it WOULD be a B-movie, if it weren't for Rutger Haur's heart wrenching performance at the end of the movie. (And 80's Darryl Hannah... my GOD man.)
It's no Minority Report. Or The Fountain.
My top 5 sci-fi (I cant rank 'em)
*2001: A Space Odyssey
*12 Monkeys
*Minority Report
*Alien
*Children of Men
It's no Minority Report. Or The Fountain.
My top 5 sci-fi (I cant rank 'em)
*2001: A Space Odyssey
*12 Monkeys
*Minority Report
*Alien
*Children of Men
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I liked Children of Men a lot...but it felt a little unpolished...not quite up to the top level for me...
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Absolutely. There's nothing remotely unpolished about that film.The Dreaming wrote:Unpolished? It might be the most technically spectacular movie of all time. Micheal Bay doesn't hold a candle to Alfonso Cuaron. 20 minute cut of a battle scene... my jaw was on the floor of the cinema.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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