Agent Cooper wrote:BADMIKE-Where do you see the complete Twin Peaks for sale?To my knowledge, only season one, minus the pilot, has been released on DVD (in region one). I'd love the whole series. I'm a bit of a fan, if you can believe it.
FormCritic wrote:Speaking back to the Blade Runner discussion....There has already been a director's cut. Does this mean that the director unreasonably censored himself in his own re-cut of his own movie?I prefer the theatrical version with the much-derided detective-style voiceovers. I think the narration in Deckard's voice adds a great deal to both the feel and the meaning of the story.The director's cut is a darker story, but it also leaves us hanging and deletes Deckard's final monologue, which is some of the best writing in the script.
FormCritic wrote:Speaking back to the Blade Runner discussion....There has already been a director's cut. Does this mean that the director unreasonably censored himself in his own re-cut of his own movie?
FormCritic wrote:I prefer the theatrical version with the much-derided detective-style voiceovers. I think the narration in Deckard's voice adds a great deal to both the feel and the meaning of the story.
FormCritic wrote: I prefer the theatrical version with the much-derided detective-style voiceovers. I think the narration in Deckard's voice adds a great deal to both the feel and the meaning of the story.The director's cut is a darker story, but it also leaves us hanging and deletes Deckard's final monologue, which is some of the best writing in the script.
killjoy32 wrote:well this apparently has everything in it for the first time and with it all being restored to its true original form, you will apparently see properly for the first time that Deckard is also a replicant too. thats what is rumoured anyway, but you know how these things generally work.i've been holding off watching bladerunner again just for now as i want to save it for this release....Al
g026r wrote:I prefer the director's cut to the theatrical, but I'm glad I did see the theatrical since there are things explained in the voiceovers that are left unexplained otherwise.)But the final narration... When I first saw the theatrical release, the entire room burst out laughing when it came on.
Agent Cooper wrote:BLADE RUNNER SPOILERS BELOW***********************KILLJOY-Alot of people think Deckard is a Replicant. But I have to disagree.He really can't be a replicant. The film leaves it to make you wonder, but if you think about it:1. If D was a replicant, he wouldn't get thrown around like a ragdoll by the other replicants when he engages them in combat. The replicants are obviously many times stronger him, and overpower his puny human strength easily.2. When Roy breaks Deckard's fingers in the deserted building, Deckard bleeds real red blood and this obviously causes him intense pain. Replicants don't feel pain. (Remember Roy grabbing the eye out of the Liquid Nitro tank in the plastic surgeon's office?)3. When Deckard is climbing around and through the deserted building trying to evade Roy, he becomes fatigued and is obviously winded. Replicants don't get winded! And why run through the rooms of the building when you can take a shortcut and just tear through a wall or two like Roy does? Because you can't if you're just a human.4. In the last scene, as Deckard is holding onto the building many floors from the street, he eventually becomes exhausted and loses his grip, and would have fallen when Roy saves him.Replicants don't get tired of holding on to things!
red_bus wrote: but I just find as I get older that my quality tolerance threshold goes up and up - for books, films, lots of stuff (including rpgs)
red_bus wrote:Personally I don't think it matters. What is important is that the possibilities and personal doubts are available. Which is part of what (I think) this kind of story has to offer, for example, that we may actually be the same as those against whom we are in conflict, and/or that our personalities and dreams are in some ways less certainly ours but also shared or created by others. Which is also why a director would never enter into a debate on an over-literal interpretation of his work... even if it was the last good film he made*.* the others being the Duellists and Alien. Since then it goes sharply downhill with the possible exception of Themla & Louise.