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The title cards in Blade Runner are amazing

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Re: The title cards in Blade Runner are amazing

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Post by teo_zero »

No, I don't find anything amazing in Blade Runner's title sequence, and the article does nothing to convince me.

Yes, they got small-caps spacing right: hardly amazing. And what about the "feeling" the article talks about? Where is it and where does it come from?

Re: The title cards in Blade Runner are amazing

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Post by mpfh »

teo_zero wrote: post #21

No, I don't find anything amazing in Blade Runner's title sequence, and the article does nothing to convince me. Yes, they got small-caps spacing right: hardly amazing. And what about the "feeling" the article talks about? Where is it and where does it come from?

I think Rands had too much coffee.

Re: The title cards in Blade Runner are amazing

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Post by EarlKing »

schoen wrote: post #2

With the em dashes and the conclusion "This was not called execution. It was called retirement." I expect a lot of people would believe today that these title cards were written by an LLM.

Clearly the writers should be subject to a Voight-Kampff test just to be sure.

Re: The title cards in Blade Runner are amazing

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Post by ilamont »

Well, besides the language and the typeface, the other element of this sequence at the beginning of Blade Runner that makes it so special is the accompanying score by Vangelis, and the sound effects that start with twinkling computer notes and gradually build in volume to explosions and the whoosh of futuristic vehicles. It effectively immerses viewers into this incredible world and story.

Re: The title cards in Blade Runner are amazing

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Post by draw_down »

teo_zero wrote: post #21

No, I don't find anything amazing in Blade Runner's title sequence, and the article does nothing to convince me. Yes, they got small-caps spacing right: hardly amazing. And what about the "feeling" the article talks about? Where is it and where does it come from?

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Re: The title cards in Blade Runner are amazing

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Post by roughly »

schoen wrote: post #2

With the em dashes and the conclusion "This was not called execution. It was called retirement." I expect a lot of people would believe today that these title cards were written by an LLM.

What’s sort of funny about that is there’s a normal thing whenever anyone who hasn’t seen it watches Blade Runner for the first time - often they come out feeling it’s kind of derivative, when the truth is that it feels that way because everything after Blade Runner copied Blade Runner.

Add the initial title cards to that list too now, I guess.

Re: The title cards in Blade Runner are amazing

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Post by Applejinx »

teo_zero wrote: post #21

No, I don't find anything amazing in Blade Runner's title sequence, and the article does nothing to convince me. Yes, they got small-caps spacing right: hardly amazing. And what about the "feeling" the article talks about? Where is it and where does it come from?

It's probably an AI-written article. I was curious enough about the premise, but there wasn't any intention in there, it sort of wanders about going 'ooh'.

Re: The title cards in Blade Runner are amazing

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Post by beej71 »

julienchastang wrote: post #19

The complete opening sequence of Blade Runner is "fucking amazing". The entire movie is "fucking amazing". It is a beautiful, visually stunning masterpiece that I will never tire to look at complimented with a Vangelis soundtrack that ranks as one of the best in all of cinema. And a performance by Rutger Hauer that is pure artistic mastery. And has a woman ever looked as seductive as Sean Young smoking a cigarette as…

Asterisk the director's cut is amazing.
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