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Blade Runner II

Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 11:29
by Pista
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14586762
In no way do I speak for Ridley Scott, but if you're asking me will this movie have anything to do with Harrison Ford? The answer is no.
That's a relief. It would become a joke real fast if it did.

Re: Blade Runner II

Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 12:31
by Sita
Pista wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14586762
In no way do I speak for Ridley Scott, but if you're asking me will this movie have anything to do with Harrison Ford? The answer is no.
That's a relief. It would become a joke real fast if it did.

That's pretty exciting news! I hear it with mixed feelings though. Saw the movie as a kid and found it quite disturbing, read the novel as an adult and found it even more disturbing.
Just one thing... what's wrong with Harrison Ford? :(

Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 13:00
by James Blast
he doesn't suit an earring ;D

Re: Blade Runner II

Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 13:17
by Dan
Sita wrote:Just one thing... what's wrong with Harrison Ford? :(
Probably too old.

Re: Blade Runner II

Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 13:18
by Pista
Sita wrote: Just one thing... what's wrong with Harrison Ford? :(
Well just try to imagine (yet) another Raiders Of The Lost Ark shindig with him in the lead role.
Think it would work?
Oh. & he doesn't suit an earring.

:lol:

Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 13:26
by abridged
Wasn't Bladerunner one of those things you had to like when you were sixteen but were in fact just dull? Like Russian arthouse films and The Clash? :twisted:

Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 13:29
by James Blast
no dissin' The Clash

Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 13:29
by Dan
I saw Blade Runner again on TV last year sometime, but it'd been edited in a really weird way and various bits were missing an it made the whole thing awful and nonsensical.

Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 14:10
by Sita
abridged wrote:Wasn't Bladerunner one of those things you had to like when you were sixteen but were in fact just dull? Like Russian arthouse films and The Clash? :twisted:
Noooooo :eek:
If you mean stuff like Stalker, don't remind me... :urff:

Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 14:33
by abridged
Sita wrote:
abridged wrote:Wasn't Bladerunner one of those things you had to like when you were sixteen but were in fact just dull? Like Russian arthouse films and The Clash? :twisted:
Noooooo :eek:
If you mean stuff like Stalker, don't remind me... :urff:
Ah Solaris, seminal apparently but yaaaawn! ;D

Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 15:05
by James Blast
yeah, Solaris (and the remake blow) but The Clash, get serious Dude!

Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 15:18
by abridged
James Blast wrote:yeah, Solaris (and the remake blow) but The Clash, get serious Dude!
ah glad am not the only Solaris hater! Tried to like the Clash but mostly just liked their covers, Bankrobber and I Fought the Law am afraid. Preferred early Ultravox! - of that era(ish).

Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 15:40
by James Blast
Know Your Rights

you can thank me after you've listened to it ;D

Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 16:58
by Sita
I love Rachid Taha's arab version of Rock the Casbah

Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 18:00
by James Blast
it's better than the original, but that's not saying much :|

Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 21:19
by Sita
abridged wrote:
James Blast wrote:yeah, Solaris (and the remake blow) but The Clash, get serious Dude!
ah glad am not the only Solaris hater! Tried to like the Clash but mostly just liked their covers, Bankrobber and I Fought the Law am afraid. Preferred early Ultravox! - of that era(ish).
It feels almost morally wrong to find Tarkowskij not fascinating, but I can't help it :(

Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 21:46
by abridged
Sita wrote:
abridged wrote:
James Blast wrote:yeah, Solaris (and the remake blow) but The Clash, get serious Dude!
ah glad am not the only Solaris hater! Tried to like the Clash but mostly just liked their covers, Bankrobber and I Fought the Law am afraid. Preferred early Ultravox! - of that era(ish).
It feels almost morally wrong to find Tarkowskij not fascinating, but I can't help it :(
For years I tried to convince myself that his films were great but there came a point when i had to be honest with meself and admit that they were just boring! ah thank you for the link James. Maybe you'd like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DclSrYbSn-E Very underrated.

Posted: 20 Aug 2011, 00:32
by Francis
Blade Runner was very cool and mysterious in the early 80s, like The Sisters and Conan the Barbarian. Not as cool as Jimmy Dean though. Or even Jimmy Sommerville.

Posted: 20 Aug 2011, 01:25
by sultan2075
James Blast wrote:no dissin' The Clash
Goddam right.

I'm back in Dallas, and responding to you.

Posted: 22 Aug 2011, 10:43
by elevation
My colleages were talking about this at work, cause we were having a bad sequel ideas discussion and were discussing this new Conan the Barbarian film, so Blade Runner II came up. I am not a real fan of sequels, usually think they should pour money into new productions, rather than screwing up old storylines, but I have faith in Ridley Scott and I guess only time will tell.

Posted: 22 Aug 2011, 11:39
by markfiend
How can you do a sequel to Blade Runner? It is what it is, self-contained and complete.

Having said that, Ridley Scott has been milking it for all it's worth over the years, with a new "super-extra-special real-this-time director's cut" almost every year, why not completely flog the dead horse with a sequel?

Posted: 22 Aug 2011, 19:22
by 10-E Rabid
Blade Runner II Attack of the Clones. Near Dark is being remade also. I'm gonna go gag.

Posted: 22 Aug 2011, 19:34
by James Blast
I'm one of the very few that likes the original 'original' with the voiceover and happy ending, so I'm buying into this one.

You can all Get Bent! ;D

Posted: 22 Aug 2011, 21:09
by Izzy HaveMercy
James Blast wrote:I'm one of the very few that likes the original 'original' with the voiceover and happy ending, so I'm buying into this one.

You can all Get Bent! ;D
You like all your movies with a 'happy ending' James! ;D

IZ.

Posted: 22 Aug 2011, 21:20
by James Blast
FAC.

nothing better than an happy finish IzBert ;D