PaulaBeddis 05:56:55 PM Dec 12 2007

Check out herefordmsv bladerunner video on youtube. Its amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaGj1lAVL-I

bucksnorts985 08:20:21 AM Sep 05 2007

with time the truth will win out

sportsawar 10:46:01 PM Sep 04 2007

Ya know, it's amazing how strongly people and highly educated people feel about this film, I have always been a huge fan and I am really enjoying this bog-and I'm learning about a film that I can watch over and over and never be bored-how about that pan sequence from the top of the captains office with the dirt on top of the partitions and the pictorial lampshade-this film is dense with fully realized visual details-a true future world. By the way, I'm a guy-forget the icon....

gemloyear 10:27:11 PM Sep 04 2007

I have read much science fiction and this is one of the few films that captures the emersion of the reading experience. When I've walked the streets of NY at night or listened to the screams and sirens outside my hotel window I recall Bladerunner. The descent to this future comes closer everyday. How much is real life worth today?

yty078u7 09:36:27 PM Sep 04 2007

John53stevenson, your statement is so THERE it's like looking into a mirror and seeing someone else! You are right about Phillip Dick, and the movie, I agree was a landmark for the 80's generation!

In my own opinion, I thought Blade Runner accurately, though violently portrayed many real aspects of strong fighting emotions when the future only provides a sort of fantasization and escapism and the constant threat of death for anyone not deemed worthy of the "anti-life" trends in cultural hedonism!

The main character, played by Harrison Ford, was a police ROBOT who could only do what he was told! What a tragic life for a man - especially a paid hit-cop! May that future NEVER come to pass!

mrvnlimar 09:27:32 PM Sep 04 2007

I can hardly believe what I have read here.........comments from people that are articulate, intelligent, and interesting. This is a rare thing in posts. What's more, the miracle is that I agree with nearly all of them, be they pro or con, because there was so much to discuss about the film, so many topics, the varied viewpoints all shared the one major thrust.........it was simply a great movie, no matter which version. I will eagerly grab a copy ASAP.

niqueiii 06:01:29 PM Sep 04 2007

This is great. I can't wait to see Ridley Scott's TRUE version of this film!

genghisjon 01:54:35 PM Sep 04 2007

The voice overs weren't essential to the movie nor did they ruin it. They gave it yet another element of film noir flavor. Harrison Ford played what is basically a cyberpunk Phillip Marlowe so the voice overs fit the character.
The "happy ending", however didn't match the film's mood at all. It should have been dark,tragic, and emotionally complex like the rest of the film and the entire film noir genre it pays homage to. Take The Maltese Falcon. it was a great movie, but had Bogie and the girl ended up together, the end would have seriously blown the whole mood and wrecked the film.
That being said, I'm always interested in what the director's original vision, unimpaired by the studio system, is of a movie. I'll have to get that DVD.

John53stevenson 12:18:35 PM Sep 04 2007

Though I have the DVD version of one of the remakes, I must admit that my favorite was the original with the voice-over and "happier" ending that first hit the theaters. I thought it to be a good movie back then and have never had cause to change my mind.

It is interesting that nearly every book penned by the late Philip Dick had the main character question the reality of his own identity.

TaylorRoot 10:35:10 AM Sep 04 2007

It figures that the critics panned it, given that it's taught in so many college film and drama programs now.