I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
One of my all time favorite movie lines.......
another is:
"the flame that burns twice as bright, burns half as long"
One of the Absolute Greats.
What book / movie is that from?
What book / movie is that from?
For shame!
What book / movie is that from?
Bladerunner.
d'oh! However, I have never read the book. ~hangs my head in shame~ But I have seen the movie a few times.
d'oh! However, I have never read the book. ~hangs my head in shame~ But I have seen the movie a few times.
Time to bust out the popcorn and have a movie night.
d'oh! However, I have never read the book. ~hangs my head in shame~ But I have seen the movie a few times.Time to bust out the popcorn and have a movie night.
Make sure it's the Final Cut, after seeing every version, I'd say it's the best.
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d'oh! However, I have never read the book. ~hangs my head in shame~ But I have seen the movie a few times.
Not in the book, the line was ad-libbed by the actor Rutger Hauer. The book is called Do androids dream of Electric Sheep and while superficially it is the same, there are other concepts deep in the book overlooked in the movie, severe society wide drug addiction being one of them.
d'oh! However, I have never read the book. ~hangs my head in shame~ But I have seen the movie a few times.Not in the book, the line was ad-libbed by the actor Rutger Hauer. The book is called Do androids dream of Electric Sheep and while superficially it is the same, there are other concepts deep in the book overlooked in the movie, severe society wide drug addiction being one of them.
I agree but feel that this is definitely one of those cases where the movie is significantly superior to the book. Philip K. Dick is interesting in an addled mind kind of way. Sometimes that leads to great creativity but such creative art works best for the rest of us if its filtered through some one who is not off their rocker before being presented as art.
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d'oh! However, I have never read the book. ~hangs my head in shame~ But I have seen the movie a few times.Not in the book, the line was ad-libbed by the actor Rutger Hauer. The book is called Do androids dream of Electric Sheep and while superficially it is the same, there are other concepts deep in the book overlooked in the movie, severe society wide drug addiction being one of them.I agree but feel that this is definitely one of those cases where the movie is significantly superior to the book. Philip K. Dick is interesting in an addled mind kind of way. Sometimes that leads to great creativity but such creative art works best for the rest of us if its filtered through some one who is not off their rocker before being presented as art.
I would not say superior, vastly different yes. Of course I did not care for the movie the first time I watched it. I had to watch it again years later, to appreciate the sheer beauty and brilliance of this film.
I have heard Blade Runner has multiple endings, but any copy I have seen has always had the same ending. Can anyone tell me how each ending was different?
I have heard Blade Runner has multiple endings, but any copy I have seen has always had the same ending. Can anyone tell me how each ending was different?
There is a "Love Conquers All" ending where a voice-over (Harrison Ford I think) informs you that certain characters who were meant to die did not, in fact, die.
The real ending is subtle and basically implies that even more people die or have cause to be miserable. I much prefer it.
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I have heard Blade Runner has multiple endings, but any copy I have seen has always had the same ending. Can anyone tell me how each ending was different?
The first version that came out in theatres was the most different. In it you have all the voice over from Harrison Ford. The end in that one is where Decker and Rachel basically ride off into the sunset and live happily ever after. The movie took too long and too much money and (who was it? MGM?) they took the movie away from Ridley Scott, put in the voice over (because the movie didn't make any sense to them) and added the ending of them riding off in the sunset. If memory serves me right, there was a second version with the voice over and that ending but was more "gritty"? The director's cut, if I remember correctly (I may need to watch it again) ends with everyone getting on the elevator. (There are subtle hints throughout the movie that Decker is also a replicant and that Olmos knows.) I think that the final version basically ends with the releasing of the dove which (again if memory serves me right) takes longer than "normal".
I'm probably wrong with some of this. It's been a little while since I've seen them.
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If only you could have seen what I have seen with your eyes...
Make sure it's the Final Cut, after seeing every version, I'd say it's the best.d'oh! However, I have never read the book. ~hangs my head in shame~ But I have seen the movie a few times.Time to bust out the popcorn and have a movie night.
Better than the director's cut?
I liked the version with the voice-over the best. Ending not-withstanding.
I've liked every version. I've seen them all except this latest one. They're like midrashes on each other.