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‘Blade Runner’ at 40

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Post by forgetfulness »

Andrew_nenakhov wrote: post #185
jq-r wrote: post #159

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Of course he is.

Of course, he isn't. Later attempts to shoehorn him into being one in subsequent editions cheapen Batty's act of forgiving him. Thus, it is wrong.

Deckard being a replicant makes for a good sci-fi twist, heavier on the technological aspect of sci-fi rather than the reflection of our worries that it commonly poses, and an interesting solution to The Question as a puzzle.

And also cheapens the plot and the questions it poses by a lot, a lot. The movie leaves you with more after watching it if he isn't, or if it's just ambiguous.

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Post by kennywinker »

exodust wrote: post #425
kennywinker wrote: post #424

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When a movie is presenting coercive behavior as good, yes it does bother me. Yes within the story his behavior is validated - it was what she needed blah blah blah. That’s fine. But how many people were assaulted by men thinking they were deckard? It’s not zero

> how many people were assaulted by men thinking they were deckard? It’s not zero It's zero. Why aren't you getting your moral radar in a spin about the numerous violent and aggressive scenes in this or any movie? The real world has a huge problem with violence and guns after all. I presume you eat popcorn as people or replicants are shot and killed on screen, or when poetic, philosophical replicants crush the skulls…

It’s not zero. Ask a woman. Done talking about it. Have a nice day.

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deltaonefour wrote: post #412
ethbr0 wrote: post #382

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The Treachery of Images , as I understand it, is a visual/linguistic joke on the multiple definitions of being. By distilling language down to a most basic, simplified statement, the artist (Magritte) is seducing the viewer into a first impression ("This is a pipe") and then contradicting it, on the basis that a picture of a pipe cannot be used for anything which a pipe can (e.g. smoking). So yes, similar lines to th…

See this here with more French when I obviously called you on it is called trolling. Nobody look up that French or ask about it... it's a trap so he can lord it over you with an authoritative expose and explanation of his expansive knowledge of French wisdom while eating a croissant.

Try to stop assuming that everybody here shares your exact experiences and background. English has acquired many loan words and phrases from French and many people from British and Commonwealth backgrounds learned some French at school, to the extent that Franglais is both a joke in itself and used to make jokes. Saying "I don't speak French" in French is that sort of absurdist/wry joke, not the least because often that is the about only thing a traveller learns of a foreign tongue - how to apologise for not speaking it and to ask whether they speak English.

So although I'm a monoglot Kiwi I'm neither baffled nor insulted by a snippet of French, and although I know little of the history of art the fame of that surrealist painting precedes it. "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" has passed from being a painting to a concise reference to an idea, and like all jargon its succinctness is both useful for those familiar with the field and can be forbidding for those who don't.

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Post by lk1d »

candiddevmike wrote: post #150
aresant wrote: post #23

The visual language Bladerunner invented has virtually defined SciFi for the past 40 years. If you enjoy it's worth digging into the work Syd Mead - the film's concept artist - created: https://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/5642443624/in/... https://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/5642443252/in/... https://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/5641873923/in/... https://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_…

Can anyone recommend some music that has the same vibe as Blade Runner's synth stuff?

Arovane's Gestalt (Spotify). Eno's Apollo maybe?

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Post by bofh23 »

cmrdporcupine wrote: post #280
aresant wrote: post #23

The visual language Bladerunner invented has virtually defined SciFi for the past 40 years. If you enjoy it's worth digging into the work Syd Mead - the film's concept artist - created: https://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/5642443624/in/... https://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/5642443252/in/... https://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/5641873923/in/... https://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_…

I tried to impress my 11 year old with the opening sequence; flames belching over LA, Vangelis, etc. -- which I've always found aesthetically stunning. He was not impressed. This made me sad.

Enjoy this awesome cinemagraph from that opening scene (not my work):

“Los Angeles, November 2019” Blade Runner (1982) IWDRM https://iwdrm.tumblr.com/post/2927811283

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