RE: 'Blade Runner'

RE: 'Blade Runner'

Posted by user510 on December 21, 2010 at 18:52:47

In Reply to: 'Blade Runner' posted by Tony D. on December 20, 2010 at 17:18:09:

agreed. The movie is more accessible than the novel.

I recently read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" by P.K.Dick. In some ways it seemed to add clarity to watching the film. The novel gave explanation for the Earth/city environment and conditions that the movie does not, but rather presumes we already know.....or doesn't care if we know.

For instance, in the Movie you see the robotic (Replicant) Owl fly across the room in the dimly lit Tyrell Corp. In the novel we learn that there has been a dying out of almost all animal life on the planet, hence the yearning for "Replicant" versions of animals as pets. These become status symbols for their owners. And it is the Tyrell Corp that produces the Replicants. But the movie fails to mention this precondition. It merely shows a replicant owl flying across the room. Then Deckard asks Rachel if it is real. That's an early clue, I guess.

Roy Baty in the movie is a much more fearsome replicant than in the novel. And so on.

In the end I felt that the novel, interesting as it was in its concepts, is not exactly a page burner. I attribute this to Dick's narrative skills.

Still. There was enough content in both the movie and the novel to interest me.

-Steve

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Topic - Anyone seen an advance screening of True Grit? - Postal Grunt 19:45:30 12/19/10 (23)

an average effort by the Coen brothers, so still worthwhile IMO - PhilJ 11:27:56 12/24/10 (0)

Saw it last night... - Dalton 00:16:02 12/24/10 (4)

It's very common to underestimate a Coen bros film on first viewing - Jazz Inmate 14:46:55 12/24/10 (3)

RE: It's very common to underestimate a Coen bros film on first viewing - Dalton 16:12:43 12/24/10 (2)

RE: It's very common to underestimate a Coen bros film on first viewing - Jazz Inmate 22:43:40 12/27/10 (0)

Very, very well-written and thought out responses! ABSOLUTE - tinear 09:00:52 12/27/10 (0)

came out today and I saw it - tunenut 17:55:37 12/22/10 (4)

Thanks for that. Can't wait to see it. (nt) - reelsmith. 07:39:57 12/23/10 (0)

Another home run by the Coens - Jazz Inmate 00:23:56 12/23/10 (2)

Saw it Xmas day in Carmel, IN - SOLD OUT. - Harmonia 16:59:59 12/28/10 (1)

RE: Saw it Xmas day in Carmel, IN - SOLD OUT. - Vinylized 09:48:15 01/03/11 (0)

Looks pretty promising... - musetap 15:48:18 12/20/10 (0)

Word is they're as true to it as they were to "No Country..." nt - tinear 12:57:38 12/20/10 (0)

has all the earmarks of a classic Coen bros outing - Jazz Inmate 10:39:28 12/20/10 (0)

Newsweek said... - mkuller 20:17:08 12/19/10 (8)

As good as the book? - Peter Breuninger 05:13:54 12/21/10 (0)

Gee - The Godfather, The Graduate, Goldfinger ... - musetap 21:35:39 12/20/10 (1)

No James Bond film approaches the book upon which it is based. The formulaic 15-minute cavalry charge at the - tinear 07:56:07 12/21/10 (0)

'Blade Runner' - Tony D. 17:18:09 12/20/10 (1)

RE: 'Blade Runner' - user510 18:52:47 12/21/10 (0)

Where the Wild Things Are (NT) - tunenut 14:19:38 12/20/10 (2)

Agreed... - mkuller 16:10:33 12/20/10 (1)

arguably A Clockword Orange... - tunenut 16:46:06 12/20/10 (0)

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