So yes on this statement. I saw blade Runner as a kid, I can't tell you how much I hung on every sound and visual in that movie. The daydreams it spawned in my young imagination. As an adult, I have a whole other appreciation for it now, and it still spawns daydreams to this day.
The 'tears in the rain' speech was improvised by Rutger Hauer. He asked Ridley Scott if he could do it, and Scott said, 'sure', and that's the version they kept.
They had no real ending for the film, so the filmmakers were winging it. Rutger wrote it as a final farewell for his character. "Blade Runner" was a troubled production.
Not exactly. The soliloquy existed in a pretty complete form even in the first story treatments, and the final shooting script's text was very similar to Hauer's actual performance. The actual written speech from the shooting script was: "I've seen things... seen things you little people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion bright as magnesium... I rode on the back decks of a blinker and watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments... they'll be gone." Hauer dropped a couple words here and there and, more significantly, added the "tears in rain" part, but the speech itself was always part of the script. It was also not edited with Scott's prior approval. Hauer simply did it when the cameras rolled.
@@Ambaryerno That´s actually not true. Hauer woke up 4am and wrote that line. The next day, he talked to Ridley a few hours before shooting the scene and read it. Ridley approved and that´s it, they took around 14 hours to shoot the whole thing.
@@LuizVictoriano Sorry, but that's been REPEATEDLY refuted. Hauer EDITED the line, but he didn't write it, as a version of it has existed in every version of the script. One of the earliest: "I've known adventures, seen places you people will never see, I've been Offworld and back… frontiers! I've stood on the back deck of a blinker bound for the Plutition Camps with sweat in my eyes watching stars fight on the shoulder of Orion... I’ve felt wind in my hair, riding test boats off the black galaxies and seen an attack fleet burn like a match and disappear. I've seen it, felt it...!" This is the version from the final script, BEFORE Hauer's edits: "I've seen things... seen things you little people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion bright as magnesium... I rode on the back decks of a blinker and watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments... they'll be gone."
This movie was based on a story by Philip K Dick, who was a metaphysical existentialist. Most of his stories dealt with questions of consciousness, self-awareness and reality. Also see 'Minority Report', another good Philip K Dick story adaptation.
In the "original cut" Decker and Rachel went off together with the knowledge that Rachel was a prototype with "no termination date". They drop that info in the "final cut"
"Meeting your god...and seeing he is useless." You nailed it. But, finally, rejecting your god...and finding joy, and even mercy, anyway. And a final happiness at having been here and seen things, even briefly. 4 years, or 84 years.
Confront your creator and then kill him is a classical theme, even in ancient Greece 's myths where Olympians kill Titans in order to usurp them and rule over. It's obviously a metaphor of younger genereation's emancipation
He has to revolt in order to accept the inevitability of his own mortality, and become more human, or a more accomplished replicant. He is not "killing" his god as he finally unite with him at the end
Sean Young’s casting and performance in this is immaculate. To make every motion, every word, every breath seem partly human and effortlessly mechanical, always impresses me.
The music in this movie is iconic to me. The love theme especially. I love it almost more than the movie. You should definitely consider watching the recent sequel as well.
@@FuckRUclipsAndGoogle Deckard being a replicant is not dumb, and Deckard not being a replicant is not dumb either. The whole point of the movie is that replicants and humans have became pretty much indistinguishable.
@@juanausensi499 Which is why it should be ambiguous, the problem is that the unicorn makes it explicitly clear that Deckard is a replicant. The story is best served by Deckard being a human who questions whether or not he is a replicant because of the humanity he finds within replicants, primarily Rachel, but also Roy and company.
@@FuckRUclipsAndGoogle And WHY is the story best served that way? Maybe you can't identify with the protagonist if he is not human? I think the whole point of the movie is that replicants and humans are pretty much the same, so a replicant questioning his humanity should also work. I can add: if you believed that Deckard was a human until the end, then as a replicant he fooled you (and himself) about what he is. Doesn't that solidify the movies' message?
@@group-music I know, more or less, what intentions had the people who worked in the film. I'm not trying to impose a canon or to determine what canon is better. I'm just saying that Deckard being a replicant changes the story, that's undeniable, but the result is not a bad movie at all.
Dasha...once again you nailed the reaction here. It is one the best Sci-Fi movies ever made and when it was still pretty new they kept changing things and this is the best version that you selected. I knew you were going to nail this one as you knew instantly about the scale. Awesome job!!!!
You got it. Got all of it, and clearer than most. This is my pick for greatest sci-fi film ever made, and it's because the level of artistry employed surpasses every other sci-fi I've ever seen. There are an almost unbelievable number of frames that could stand alone as works of art. Roy's monologue at the end is probably the most human expression of the entire film, which is ironic since he is made out to be such a monster.
28:50 "It's like meeting God and finding out he's useless". Yes, a very insightful comment there. English might not be your first language but you come out with better observations than most reactors make in their own language. Batty is fixated on a selfish (if understandable) goal of lengthening his own life, but it is his compassion for Deckard at the end that makes him so human, not merely synthetic. You could see his reaction to Tyrell basically giving him a death sentence as being equivalent to the stages of grief that people often go through - rage, denial, bargaining etc and finally that beautiful scene of acceptance as he expires in the rain. What a movie.
Dasha, your reactioni was spot on. I dragged my best friends to see this in the theatre and I was the only one who knew it would be a classic. As you mentioned repeatedly, there were so many layers of detail presented in the film that a single viewing doesn't do it justice. The atmosphere developed by the cinematography and musical score were unparalleled in movies of its time. Definitiely one of Ridley Scott's best. The fact that it holds up after 40 years says a lot about the story, the acting, the score, and the cinematography. You really should watch the sequel: Blade Runner: 2049. As @Nathan_Jasper said, one of the best sci-fi films of all time.
"The fact that it holds up after 40 years"... except for the whole 2019 time frame. They should have edited this version to be set in 2149 to give it some breathing room!
What I like about your reactions is it’s like watching a movie with your smart friend - as you are one if the few reactors I never seem to get frustrated about them missing themes, plot points or concepts. You are super observant and intelligent and appreciate artistry in movies, and that makes your reactions really great to watch
I've said very much the same thing a couple of times under Dasha's videos, Ian, her fun and delightful nature mixed with her intelligent and well-observed comments (as you mentioned) is absolutely uplifting. Watching her watch a flm that has been a favorite of mine since its release just adds an extra layer of joy too, I was smiling the whole way through!
@@marcuscato9083 She's doing pretty good growing her subscriber count. She's been doing this what, a year and a half, and she already has almost 65k. That's an impressive rate of growth. So I have a feeling she WILL catch up.
Sean Young(Rachel) was also in the first Dune movie. Oops, I forgot Ace Ventura, Pet Detective. Corrective edit: I at first posted that she was in The Bride which actually started Jennifer Beals in the title role.
"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 Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die." this was not the original version of the speech, the original was much longer, but Hauer decided it would be better if he kept the lines about attack ships and C beams, and came up with a much shorter speech that more perfectly summed up the relationship between man, machine, life and death more concisely, and it's gone on to become one of the most famous scenes in film history because of it
Great to watch Ex Machina and Blade Runner so close together. Both play with the thought what it means to be human. You need to watch Blade Runner 2049 too.
The building that J F Sebastian lives in is the Bradbury building in downtown LA. It’s really beautiful inside IRL, all brass and polished wood, and is mostly offices although there were people living there until recently. I went there about 12 years ago to look around. The guy on the door said he was only allowed to let visitors up to the first floor but after I waved some money at him he let me travel to the top in the open cage elevators. I’ll never forget the experience.
Dasha always reacts so beautifully to movies, she catches the little things and with her comments you can tell she is caught up in the movie. A great cult classic that is a fun re-watch.
Once again you prove you are one of the most intelligent film reaction vloggers on RUclips. Glad you enjoyed this iconic Sci-Fi movie. All the special effects were done in camera, with multiple exposures of the same negative, and no CGI. Impressive huh? Since you like Ridley Scott, you should react to "Thelma & Louise", another of his great films.
I have to say it yet again - much respect for keeping up with a complicated story. And this cut can be extra confusing for a first-timer. You know when to listen and let the film teach you, and you never voice confusion - only realizations. It's always a pleasure to watch your intelligent reactions. Keep up the great work!
One word to describe this movie: Immersive. The whole atmosphere, the tiniest details of the settings and the background people gives you the sense of a real, lived in world you can almost feel and even smell through the screen.
The greatest debate in sci-fi circles: is Deckard a replicant or not? Even the film makers don’t agree. Ridley Scott says yes he is, Harrison Ford says no he’s not. I myself haven’t seen the final cut, but the original theatrical cut had a film noir style voiceover narration by Ford. At the end he states via voiceover that Rachel was an experimental model with no fixed expiration date. Don’t know if this was stated in the director’s cut. Highly suggest you check out the sequel. Although it was made nearly 40 years later, it is directly tied to this movie plot wise. If you thought constant darkness and rain in LA was noteworthy, the sequel features constant SNOW.
Rutger Hauer was very much against the idea that Deckerd was a replicant. Deckerd is the human you have to have to compare the replicants to. And in particular Roy Betty's character development to.
@@seanfallon5788 Some replicants don't know they are one. So a replicant identifying someone else without a TEST.. Doubtful. :) Lol this debate has raged for decades I should have made my original comment a more obvious light hearted joke about the theories.
Dasha, you will LOVE "Stand By Me", a Stephen King coming of age movie. Many believe it is the greatest adaption of a Stephen King novel to film. You will not regret putting this in your Patreon polls!
I remember, the first time watching this, I was so afraid Deckard would kill Rachel in their last scene. I still quite like the original version, as that was the one I saw the first ten or so times. Absolutely one of the greatest, most immersive films ever made. Very happy you enjoyed it, and appreciated the slow pace, one of the things modern viewers usually find difficult.
Dasha, you are amazing! I love your reaction to this movie. Your intelligent analysis of the whole movie, especially the ending, was a joy to watch! Maybe Deckard and Rachel, because they have memories, don't have a 4-year limit on their lives? I always hoped that was true. I have seen this movie more than 20 times. It never loses its appeal.
I feel it important to point out in these reactions that Replicants aren't machines with mechanical parts, they're machines, like us, with genetically designed parts that perfectly replicate human tissue, physically indistinguishable from humans. Hence the need for a psychological test to detect the only thing they weren't able to perfectly replicate; human experience that form the foundation for emotions and emotional control because they never had what you could call a childhood.
They do have some mechanical parts in this movie. That's why their eyes glow sometimes. By 2049 they are completely organic. The original replicants were mostly mechanical and then they came up with ones with an organic covering like a Terminator. That's where the insult skin job comes from. It's in the books
You would probably enjoy the sequel (Blade Runner 2049) made much more recently by Denis Villeneuve. It is similarly visually beautiful and slowly paced (but full of things to think about).
@@currencylad7125 Really? I enjoyed it, obviously not as good as the first, but by no means a bad film. I was very engaged with the story and the struggles the character experienced, his fears and ultimately his disappointment and acceptance.
One of my favorite sci-fi films, and I'm glad they used the Bradbury Building for the last scenes, it is so beautiful and dark, and what a great cast, Rutger Hauer has one of the best lines from a movie, that I have been quoting for years, “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 Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.” perhaps the most moving death soliloquy in cinematic history, "It's to bad she won't live, but then again who does?" you had a lot of good questions Dasha, you need to watch the sequel Blade Runner 2049 that came out in 2017
Great reaction! Rutger Hauer's soliloquy "lost, like tears in rain..." was entirely improvised by Rutger. Just as you said Dasha, Ridley Scott was blown away by Hauer's speech and kept it in!
I've always loved a good detective story but this puts a spin on it , amazing art style beautiful lighting and an amazing soundtrack by the late great Vangelis make this one of my most favourite films of all time no other film looks or sounds like this.
In an interview, Ridley Scott thought about when he was about to begin Blade Runner after just doing Alien "if space looks look this (his vision of space) What was Earth-like at the time?" Something to think about, Blade Runner, like Star Wars had such an influence on how movies looked for decades after. For most not old enough, I would think it difficult to totally understand the full effect they had on what you grew up watching. They were groundbreaking in many ways, nearly everything Science-fictiony since owes them that, right or wrong
This movie invented this "noir sci-fi" look, where it's always dark and raining, and with neon everywhere. Every other movie that looks like that was inspired by this one.
Love this movie - great reaction! You should follow this up by watching it's sequel "Blade Runner 2049" at some point, one of the best sci fi sequels ever made in my opinion.
It's an amazing film, no CGI was used, it's all practical and in-camera effects, models, lighting. I think for newcomers the theatrical version is best because it has narration which explains some things and it has a less ambiguous ending. What the film should explain is that a virus killed off most animal and plant life, that's why we see so many artificial animals. You've seen some of these actors before, Daryl Hannah (Pris) was Elle Driver in "Kill Bill" and Joe Turkel (Dr. Tyrell) was Lloyd the bartender in "The Shining". He died less than a month ago, on June 27. James Hong (Chew, the eye-man) has been in 500 films and voice-overs.
In the movie script, the replicant creator Tyrell was a replicant as well. His real body was later found by Deckard in a secured hibernation chamber on the top floor of the big Tyrell building to keep himself young. There are also production storyboards of this sequence but it was never created when filming.
Would make sense, assuming he could transfer his consciousness to another replicant but story wise what would be the point? You would think he would have better eyesight. 😂 In this universe the replicants are virtually clones, or at least genetically engineered.
@@Cheepchipsable For a few reasons. So he could live longer, see see his progress of the replicants over a span of years as well as use newer better technology to build better replicants in the future.
I'm glad you enjoyed Blade Runner. Hopefully you will watch it again and again through the years as there are many layers of meaning hidden in the imagery and themes.
It’s the greatest cyberpunk film of the past 40 years, with “Dark City” a close second. Shockingly bombed at the box office, in a summer loaded with competition (ET, Poltergeist, Star Trek II). Also ignored at the Oscars, where it was nominated for some technical awards and lost both, and wasn’t even nominated for cinematography. I mean, that sunset shot alone from the Tyrrell Corp. balcony was a masterpiece suitable for framing. Fortunately, the public rediscovered it over the years, and it’s now viewed as a classic. (To be fair, there was lots of editing and studio tinkering that might have hurt its reception with audiences---which is why there are so many DVD versions out there, including at least two director’s cuts).
Many of the wonderful effects and look of the film were created by a guy called Syd Mead, he was very influencial on people like me who do digital art. This is a Film Noir in a sci-fi environment, there are many great ones made from the 1930's to 50's. The chess game they play is a copy of 'The Immortal Game', a famous match from 1851. Sebastian is like the replicants, he grows old too quickly. Rachael might be different from the other replicants and live longer because she has the memory implants which the others don't have. The director thought that Deckard was a replicant but the writer didn't and they never talked about it while making the film:) You did a fantastic job understanding everything for your first time watching it and I really enjoyed your reaction!
It has a very film noir vibe to it, doesn't it? One of the all-time great speeches (Roy Batty) in film history and it wasn't originally in the script. Plus the soundtrack is amazing.
Kingdom of Heaven DIRECTOR'S CUT is an amazing film also by Ridley Scott. Make sure it is Director's cut and not theatre version. There is a big difference in how good they are
The "romance" scene is often difficult to understand for many. I too pondered why he almost forced it upon her and it can easily be misinterpreted. Both understand that the feelings exist, but Rachael is confused about her very humanity and no longer trusts her own feelings knowing they are essentially programmed into her and belong to a real person. Deckard is forcing her to trust "her" emotions and to stop running from them. He is forcing her to trust in herself, regardless of being human or a replicant. This is a pivotal moment for her. Running away is an acceptance that she is not real, her choices are not real, and she will be hunted down and killed alone. Deckard is both saving her life and forcing her to believe in her own autonomy.
hey Dasha, so glad you finally watched this one (great week of scify must-see movies you have done there, top!) Roy Betty's final lines are to me one of, if not the most iconic lines in cinema history. rip Rutger Hauer - †2019 - what an irony.
@@BillyButcher90 Yes, definitely. I haven't seen Thelma And Louise yet, but I understand it's widely regarded as iconic. The other two you mentioned are good movies.
I love Scott’s depiction of the future. Unlike Star Trek and other sci-fi shows where everything is clean, everyone is dressed the same ( even civilian clothes) and there’s no poverty, Scott shows what the future is more likely to be. It is much like today, just with different technology. There’s still crime, machinery still gets dirty, it’s overcrowded, people still wear similar clothes. I mean, here we are in 2022 in the time of Bladerunnner, and it looks pretty much like 1982, except the cars are different, everyone has a cellphone, TVs are flat and I’m still wearing blue jeans and t-shirts.
You obviously never read the book. Very few people are left on Earth because of "World War Terminus", the majority of people have moved to off-world colonies. The unlucky ones (mostly those who can't pass the physical), remain on the planet. The sun no longer shines on Earth.The dark, dirty and gritty setting is from the dust which killed the animals, starting with owls. This is why we see synthetic animals in the film.
Star Trek has a different society. There is some kind of egalitarian society and poverty eradicated, and we need to remember the Star Fleet is probably very well funded.
@@starman6280 See this is why the voice over was important for the film. I didn't like it, but for the casual viewer it help fill in questions about the world. Many reactors are confused by the story with no context.
He is not replicant but this paper origami shows that the policeman was there and knew that he hide the female replicant but let him go. He is not replicant because he don't have the force of a replicant. In direct confrontation with replicants he was beaten every time because he was weak, human.
Great reaction Dasha!!! Wow...at the end... "Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait..." You had the same idea about Deckard of so many fans of this movie after seeing this movie. It was in a debate on the Internet for decades. You should watch/react to Blade Runner 2049 sometime in the future. It's nearly as awesome as the original (for a change in newer movies). Thanks so much for watching this version of the 1982 Blade Runner movie!!!
The replicants in this movie are pretty much perfect villains. You understand what they are after and can even empathize with them but they show you enough of the evil that you're ok with them dying.
@@tileux They are trying to do the one thing they are NOT made to do... live. The evil comes from what they do to get that life. Rachel wants to live as much as they do but does she run around killing left, right and center? Nope... because she, unlike them, is not evil.
@@Linerunner99 No, she is not made to be a fighter. The only one of the replicants who isnt created to kill is Pris - and she doesnt kill. Perhaps you didnt notice that. They are as their creator made them. You seem to have missed that.
@@tileux Yeah I'm sure she was planning on making out with Deckard at the end of that flipping run she was taking at him. And clapping his ears and nearly twisting his head off was part of her BDSM program, right? Just because she didn't manage to kill doesn't mean she wouldn't. This is a ridiculous argument. You aren't making any points at all. You're just grasping at straws to justify what you never should have done to begin with. You're welcome to believe whatever you want, but nothing you say is going to change my OPINION on this film.
@@Linerunner99 didnt kill him. Maybe you missed this but DECKARD was trying to kill HER. You have a very weird perspective on this - deckard is trying to kill her - with a frigging hand cannon - and you think SHE's evil because she tries to defend herself. You dont make any sense. So dont reply - youre tedious.
What a magnificent reaction, Dasha. So glad that you "Got" this ground breaking film. Many others here on YT fail to take this film seriously. It's as if they see the darkness and the "flying cars" and then immediately think "Star Wars" or something. Also, the simplest things seem to go right over their heads and they are easily confused. Not you though. Outstanding.
I remember my mom taking me to see this movie in theaters when I was 6yo and I still remember watching in awe at the visual effects, still holds up to those day....
The reason why the effects hold up so well despite being filmed in 1982 is they used miniatures, matte paintings, and other practical effects that required intense skill and attention to detail to create. Even the best CGI today has a hard time keeping up so the best bang for my buck is to do the miniature work and use subtle CGI to enhance the whole thing in tiny ways to give the art that "it factor".
Смотрел в кинотеатре, когда он вышел. Так здорово видеть вашу реакцию, что снова делает это новым для меня! Приятно видеть, что вы задаете те же вопросы, которые фанаты задавали десятилетиями! Замечательная реакция!
The origami unicorn is a very strong hint that Deckard is a replicant. The implication is that the other blade runner was aware of Deckard's dream of the unicorn because it was synthetic. He allowed Deckard and Rachel to escape.
One of my all time favourite movies.. the musical genius of Vangelis adds so much to the post apocalyptic style.. I was worried the later BR movie would fail to capture the original feel, but it was also very good..
I have seen so many Blade Runner reaction videos, and without a doubt most impressed by yours. Picked up on so many key elements of the story, so insightful on a first viewing. Job well done 😊
You're fantastic to watch along with Dasha, so fun and joyful yet you always remain very observant and offer interesting thoughts and interpretations. The origami unicorn at the end is very suggestive, as you noticed, it means both that Gaff (the origami man) was in the apartment where Rachael was sleeping, yet alowed her to live, but also that he is aware of the contents of Deckard's dream, meaning that Deckard is indeed a replicant. People still argue about it, but that's my take on it. Thank you so much, I really love your reactions and Blade Runner has been a favourite film of mine my whole life, so it was even more wonderful to watch you experience this beautiful and fascinating film. Take care, lovely!
I know it’s not a very popular opinion, but I’ve always liked the original, theatrical cut, with the Harrison Ford voiceover. I also think it’s the best version for first time viewers, as it gives more exposition at the beginning, which helps to alleviate some confusion. From what I’ve seen so far, Dasha picked it up pretty quickly, but she’s pretty sharp, so I wasn’t that worried about her. Most reactors I’ve seen are usually pretty confused for a good deal of the film.
The theatrical does have a moodier neo-noir feel with the VO. I think it's good for fans to go back and check it out, but the Final Cut is easier to digest on its own for first timers.
Edward James Olmos wrote the other most quotable line in the film. The "It's to bad she wont live, but then again who does" line, much like "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain" was written by Rutger Hauers the two most popular lines in the film were written by the actors.
Dasha is smart and perceptive. It makes it fun to watch movies like this again with her. And, yeah, this is a movie where you pick up on things you missed each time you watch it.
This is one of my favorite films. I'd agree Blade Runner is an odd title. The title of the book it's based on , an excellent read BTW, is "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep".
Yes, all the animals are manufactured. They're all extinct. The book (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?) is much clearer on that. The actress that plays Pris is also in Kill Bill as Elle -- the one with the eye-patch and the snakes. Daryl Hannah. In Kill Bill she does a throwback to Blade Runner with her death scene, flailing about on the floor like that. There is almost zero computer graphics in this. It's all large and ridiculously detailed models. The only CG IIRC is a couple times on the screen of the flying cars. There's several "making of" videos and they're well worth watching for those into that sort of thing. Yes. Deckard is a replicant. This cut in particular makes it VERY clear due to the insertion of the unicorn dream. In prior cuts without that the unicorn just indicates that Gaf (origami guy) had been there. So the question remains open. With the insertion of the unicorn dream it shows that Gaf knows about the dream; which, of course, Deckard never told anyone like Rachel with the spiders. The book leaves it hanging as well. I for one HIGHLY recommend reading it. "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" by Phillip K. Dick. Who, incidentally, has many many other movies made from his work. Like Total Recall and Minority Report.
Hey Dasha, the original theatrical release of this movie actually had a voiceover from Harrison Ford's character of Rick Deckard that in some scenes clarified certain elements in the movie, such as that gibberish language that Gaff spoke to Deckard when he'd dragged him to the police station to return to being reinstated as a bladerunner
Wonderful film - visuals and sound that influenced everything that came after it. The fact a 40 odd year old sci fi film still stands up shows how good it is. And it’s whole point is to make you question it and how you understand it. Well done for understanding this film so well!
Haha. "Wait. Wait. Wait.... Wait." Yes. There are always going to be people who feel one way or the other but, according to Ridley Scott himself, Rick Deckard IS a replicant. The idea that he was being used by humans to hunt his own kind (without knowing it) is one of the great ironies here. Another great reaction, Dasha. Cheers.
Good catch. There are several hints that Dekkard is a Replicant. The unicorn represents purity, there's a shot where Dekkard's eyes shine like the owl's, and as you mentioned, Rachel asks if he's taken the VK test.
'Blade Runner' was the name of a book whose movie rights were bought only for the name. In the novel of the movie you're watching, there is no mention of 'blade runners'. The name of the book is 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'. This is because almost all animals are dead and the only pets are electric ones (Robots, nowadays) and you count sheep to get to sleep. Well humans do... Philip K Dick has written a vast number of books and many are movies. The guy was a bit weird, though and some stories are hard to understand. The short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" was made into "Total Recall (1990) but the novelette is hilarious in its conclusion.
Ah you're really getting through some of the sci-fi greats recently, I'm jealous! As not many people have pointed it out, I just wanted to stress that its hard to undersell just how influential Blade Runner was on so many movies, games, and fiction in general. The futuristic 'cyberpunk' genre came mainly from a great book called Neuromancer, but it was Blade Runner which brought to life a gritty noir, neon-soaked techno future - and the visuals and world went on to influence so much media to this day.
10/10 reaction because Dasha you are super observant and the film is not in your native language. Watching you notice the importance of the origami unicorn at the end was the best part :)
Another great Ridley Scott movie that nobody's ever reacted to because of how underrated it is is "Black Rain". Not only one of his best, but one of the greatest movies ever imo. And with an AMAZING soundtrack by Hans Zimmer.
Your question about Deckard being a replicant is excellent. Ridley Scott says it was supposed to be possible but not answered. Harrison Ford insists Deckard is human. I trust Ridley's interpretation as he was the director. The fact the actor playing Deckard didn't know it was possible for him to be a replicant is perfect for this movie.
Except that's just lip service from Ridley Scott, the origami unicorn is not in any way ambiguous, it's absolute confirmation that Deckard is a replicant. Harrison Ford thinks Deckard is a human because he actually understands the point of his character. Deckard is someone who has lost touch with his own humanity and rediscovers it in Rachel (and arguably to an extent in Roy), who is not a human, but a replicant. That's the point. The idea that a human needs help from beings who supposedly lack humanity, to rediscover his own. Rachel is both the only person who treats Deckard like an actual human and the only person he treats like an actual human, again the irony being that she isn't an actual human. If he's a replicant there is no point to his character, it's just a dumb, "dramatic", twist ending.
See? That's the sign of a great movie. They didn't have to place the questions in your mind. You did it yourself. Well developed, compelling characters will make you fill in the blanks yourself. If you are using YOUR imagination during the course of the film, they have done their job. The darkness of the filming allows us to color it in. Genius!
In Queens, NYC, in the museum of the moving image, they have the sculpture of that huge building that was used in the film, still with all that insane detail
RIP Rutger Hauer. A brilliant performance in this film.
And Joe Turkel, who played Tyrell.
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And Vangelis.. for the music RIP
Flesh and blood was a favorite of mine
It’s a crime how Rutger never became a movie star.
Definitely one of the best sci-fi films of all time.
Top 2 films ever for me (other is Empire Strikes Back)
So yes on this statement. I saw blade Runner as a kid, I can't tell you how much I hung on every sound and visual in that movie. The daydreams it spawned in my young imagination. As an adult, I have a whole other appreciation for it now, and it still spawns daydreams to this day.
could not agree more
Most definitely one of the best films of all time.
To me its THE greatest movie ever made ... not just the best sci fi ever, definitely better than 2001 Space Odyssey which is overrated I think ...
This is a masterpiece. But what you said, Dasha, "It's not like you're watching a movie, you're watching the story." I think that's perfect.
The 'tears in the rain' speech was improvised by Rutger Hauer. He asked Ridley Scott if he could do it, and Scott said, 'sure', and that's the version they kept.
They had no real ending for the film, so the filmmakers were winging it. Rutger wrote it as a final farewell for his character. "Blade Runner" was a troubled production.
Not exactly.
The soliloquy existed in a pretty complete form even in the first story treatments, and the final shooting script's text was very similar to Hauer's actual performance. The actual written speech from the shooting script was:
"I've seen things... seen things you little people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion bright as magnesium... I rode on the back decks of a blinker and watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments... they'll be gone."
Hauer dropped a couple words here and there and, more significantly, added the "tears in rain" part, but the speech itself was always part of the script. It was also not edited with Scott's prior approval. Hauer simply did it when the cameras rolled.
One in a million.
@@Ambaryerno That´s actually not true. Hauer woke up 4am and wrote that line.
The next day, he talked to Ridley a few hours before shooting the scene and read it. Ridley approved and that´s it, they took around 14 hours to shoot the whole thing.
@@LuizVictoriano Sorry, but that's been REPEATEDLY refuted. Hauer EDITED the line, but he didn't write it, as a version of it has existed in every version of the script. One of the earliest:
"I've known adventures, seen places you people will never see, I've been Offworld and back… frontiers! I've stood on the back deck of a blinker bound for the Plutition Camps with sweat in my eyes watching stars fight on the shoulder of Orion... I’ve felt wind in my hair, riding test boats off the black galaxies and seen an attack fleet burn like a match and disappear. I've seen it, felt it...!"
This is the version from the final script, BEFORE Hauer's edits:
"I've seen things... seen things you little people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion bright as magnesium... I rode on the back decks of a blinker and watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments... they'll be gone."
This movie was based on a story by Philip K Dick, who was a metaphysical existentialist. Most of his stories dealt with questions of consciousness, self-awareness and reality. Also see 'Minority Report', another good Philip K Dick story adaptation.
Yes, Minority Report is a must.
Total Recall is another great spawn of Philip K Dick.
I also thought 'A Scanner Darkly' was a good adaptation.
Do androids dream of electric sheep. Great book!
Philip K Dick was able to see the movie before it was released, and approved…
Only character names are from Philip K Dick, the story and characters themselves are entirely different.
In the "original cut" Decker and Rachel went off together with the knowledge that Rachel was a prototype with "no termination date". They drop that info in the "final cut"
"Meeting your god...and seeing he is useless."
You nailed it. But, finally, rejecting your god...and finding joy, and even mercy, anyway. And a final happiness at having been here and seen things, even briefly. 4 years, or 84 years.
Have to defeat god to be truly conscious.
Confront your creator and then kill him is a classical theme, even in ancient Greece 's myths where Olympians kill Titans in order to usurp them and rule over. It's obviously a metaphor of younger genereation's emancipation
He has to revolt in order to accept the inevitability of his own mortality, and become more human, or a more accomplished replicant. He is not "killing" his god as he finally unite with him at the end
@@ddoumeche God was the Doctor guy that the geek led them too, not harrison ford. unless you think he's uniting with him in death?
"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."
Hits you directly in the heart.
Rutger Hauer used it as the title for his autobiography: "All those moments"
Sean Young’s casting and performance in this is immaculate. To make every motion, every word, every breath seem partly human and effortlessly mechanical, always impresses me.
She's excellent in this. As much as I adore Michelle Pfeiffer in Batman Returns, I would've loved to see Sean Young's Catwoman.
The music in this movie is iconic to me. The love theme especially. I love it almost more than the movie. You should definitely consider watching the recent sequel as well.
RIP Vangelis
I'm genuinely impressed that Dasha understood the ending! Most people either don't get it at all, or can't face up to it.
That's because Deckard being a replicant is dumb and goes against the themes of his character.
@@FuckRUclipsAndGoogle Deckard being a replicant is not dumb, and Deckard not being a replicant is not dumb either. The whole point of the movie is that replicants and humans have became pretty much indistinguishable.
@@juanausensi499 Which is why it should be ambiguous, the problem is that the unicorn makes it explicitly clear that Deckard is a replicant. The story is best served by Deckard being a human who questions whether or not he is a replicant because of the humanity he finds within replicants, primarily Rachel, but also Roy and company.
@@FuckRUclipsAndGoogle And WHY is the story best served that way? Maybe you can't identify with the protagonist if he is not human?
I think the whole point of the movie is that replicants and humans are pretty much the same, so a replicant questioning his humanity should also work. I can add: if you believed that Deckard was a human until the end, then as a replicant he fooled you (and himself) about what he is. Doesn't that solidify the movies' message?
@@group-music I know, more or less, what intentions had the people who worked in the film. I'm not trying to impose a canon or to determine what canon is better. I'm just saying that Deckard being a replicant changes the story, that's undeniable, but the result is not a bad movie at all.
Dasha...once again you nailed the reaction here. It is one the best Sci-Fi movies ever made and when it was still pretty new they kept changing things and this is the best version that you selected. I knew you were going to nail this one as you knew instantly about the scale. Awesome job!!!!
You got it. Got all of it, and clearer than most. This is my pick for greatest sci-fi film ever made, and it's because the level of artistry employed surpasses every other sci-fi I've ever seen. There are an almost unbelievable number of frames that could stand alone as works of art. Roy's monologue at the end is probably the most human expression of the entire film, which is ironic since he is made out to be such a monster.
28:50 "It's like meeting God and finding out he's useless". Yes, a very insightful comment there. English might not be your first language but you come out with better observations than most reactors make in their own language.
Batty is fixated on a selfish (if understandable) goal of lengthening his own life, but it is his compassion for Deckard at the end that makes him so human, not merely synthetic. You could see his reaction to Tyrell basically giving him a death sentence as being equivalent to the stages of grief that people often go through - rage, denial, bargaining etc and finally that beautiful scene of acceptance as he expires in the rain. What a movie.
Dasha, your reactioni was spot on. I dragged my best friends to see this in the theatre and I was the only one who knew it would be a classic. As you mentioned repeatedly, there were so many layers of detail presented in the film that a single viewing doesn't do it justice. The atmosphere developed by the cinematography and musical score were unparalleled in movies of its time. Definitiely one of Ridley Scott's best. The fact that it holds up after 40 years says a lot about the story, the acting, the score, and the cinematography. You really should watch the sequel: Blade Runner: 2049. As @Nathan_Jasper said, one of the best sci-fi films of all time.
"The fact that it holds up after 40 years"... except for the whole 2019 time frame. They should have edited this version to be set in 2149 to give it some breathing room!
@@Mr.Ekshin Like they did with Cyberpunk: 2020 when the video game came around?
One of my favourite films. The detail of the cityscape is amazing and the music by Vangelis is just so beautiful and poignant.
What I like about your reactions is it’s like watching a movie with your smart friend - as you are one if the few reactors I never seem to get frustrated about them missing themes, plot points or concepts.
You are super observant and intelligent and appreciate artistry in movies, and that makes your reactions really great to watch
I've said very much the same thing a couple of times under Dasha's videos, Ian, her fun and delightful nature mixed with her intelligent and well-observed comments (as you mentioned) is absolutely uplifting. Watching her watch a flm that has been a favorite of mine since its release just adds an extra layer of joy too, I was smiling the whole way through!
She is far better than some people have far more subscribers. Hopefully she'll catch up.
@@marcuscato9083 She's doing pretty good growing her subscriber count. She's been doing this what, a year and a half, and she already has almost 65k. That's an impressive rate of growth. So I have a feeling she WILL catch up.
Sean Young(Rachel) was also in the first Dune movie. Oops, I forgot Ace Ventura, Pet Detective. Corrective edit: I at first posted that she was in The Bride which actually started Jennifer Beals in the title role.
"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 Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die."
this was not the original version of the speech, the original was much longer, but Hauer decided it would be better if he kept the lines about attack ships and C beams, and came up with a much shorter speech that more perfectly summed up the relationship between man, machine, life and death more concisely, and it's gone on to become one of the most famous scenes in film history because of it
Great to watch Ex Machina and Blade Runner so close together. Both play with the thought what it means to be human. You need to watch Blade Runner 2049 too.
@@Christobanistan Remake? 🤨
@@Christobanistan Yes, it's a sequel. New story and you need to watch the original Blade Runner first to understand BR 2049
The sequel does not impress that much ...
@@88feji You did not like it so much? Ok. But your generalized statement is simply wrong.
The building that J F Sebastian lives in is the Bradbury building in downtown LA. It’s really beautiful inside IRL, all brass and polished wood, and is mostly offices although there were people living there until recently. I went there about 12 years ago to look around. The guy on the door said he was only allowed to let visitors up to the first floor but after I waved some money at him he let me travel to the top in the open cage elevators. I’ll never forget the experience.
Dasha always reacts so beautifully to movies, she catches the little things and with her comments you can tell she is caught up in the movie. A great cult classic that is a fun re-watch.
Once again you prove you are one of the most intelligent film reaction vloggers on RUclips.
Glad you enjoyed this iconic Sci-Fi movie. All the special effects were done in camera, with multiple exposures of the same negative, and no CGI. Impressive huh?
Since you like Ridley Scott, you should react to "Thelma & Louise", another of his great films.
I have to say it yet again - much respect for keeping up with a complicated story. And this cut can be extra confusing for a first-timer. You know when to listen and let the film teach you, and you never voice confusion - only realizations.
It's always a pleasure to watch your intelligent reactions. Keep up the great work!
One word to describe this movie: Immersive.
The whole atmosphere, the tiniest details of the settings and the background people gives you the sense of a real, lived in world you can almost feel and even smell through the screen.
The greatest debate in sci-fi circles: is Deckard a replicant or not?
Even the film makers don’t agree. Ridley Scott says yes he is, Harrison Ford says no he’s not.
I myself haven’t seen the final cut, but the original theatrical cut had a film noir style voiceover narration by Ford. At the end he states via voiceover that Rachel was an experimental model with no fixed expiration date. Don’t know if this was stated in the director’s cut.
Highly suggest you check out the sequel. Although it was made nearly 40 years later, it is directly tied to this movie plot wise. If you thought constant darkness and rain in LA was noteworthy, the sequel features constant SNOW.
2049 is what we call a true proper sequel. Not many can claim that title
I am gonna side with he is a replicant, simply because send a replicant to kill a replicant makes more sense to me in this world.
Rutger Hauer was very much against the idea that Deckerd was a replicant. Deckerd is the human you have to have to compare the replicants to. And in particular Roy Betty's character development to.
@@Tigermania Roy says to Deckard “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe”. That means you’re not one of us, a Replicant, so no Deckard is human.
@@seanfallon5788 Some replicants don't know they are one. So a replicant identifying someone else without a TEST.. Doubtful. :) Lol this debate has raged for decades I should have made my original comment a more obvious light hearted joke about the theories.
Dasha, you will LOVE "Stand By Me", a Stephen King coming of age movie. Many believe it is the greatest adaption of a Stephen King novel to film. You will not regret putting this in your Patreon polls!
As much as I love that movie, I think Misery was the best adaptation.
Absolutely agreed stand by me is one of my all-time favorite Stephen King movies one of my all-time favorite movies.
I remember, the first time watching this, I was so afraid Deckard would kill Rachel in their last scene. I still quite like the original version, as that was the one I saw the first ten or so times. Absolutely one of the greatest, most immersive films ever made.
Very happy you enjoyed it, and appreciated the slow pace, one of the things modern viewers usually find difficult.
Certainly I found it difficult. It's the reason I still call this movie overrated.
Dasha, you are amazing! I love your reaction to this movie.
Your intelligent analysis of the whole movie, especially the ending, was a joy to watch!
Maybe Deckard and Rachel, because they have memories, don't have a 4-year limit on their lives? I always hoped that was true.
I have seen this movie more than 20 times. It never loses its appeal.
I feel it important to point out in these reactions that Replicants aren't machines with mechanical parts, they're machines, like us, with genetically designed parts that perfectly replicate human tissue, physically indistinguishable from humans. Hence the need for a psychological test to detect the only thing they weren't able to perfectly replicate; human experience that form the foundation for emotions and emotional control because they never had what you could call a childhood.
Exactly. They are GMO humans 🙂
They do have some mechanical parts in this movie. That's why their eyes glow sometimes. By 2049 they are completely organic. The original replicants were mostly mechanical and then they came up with ones with an organic covering like a Terminator. That's where the insult skin job comes from. It's in the books
Roy Batty is very high on my list of all time favorite movie characters.
You would probably enjoy the sequel (Blade Runner 2049) made much more recently by Denis Villeneuve. It is similarly visually beautiful and slowly paced (but full of things to think about).
Are you kidding? That's 3 and a 1/2 hours of my life I'll never get back. Loved the original but hated the sequel.
@@currencylad7125 Me too. I tried watching it twice and fell asleep during it both times.
@@currencylad7125 Really? I enjoyed it, obviously not as good as the first, but by no means a bad film. I was very engaged with the story and the struggles the character experienced, his fears and ultimately his disappointment and acceptance.
I think the story in the sequel is good. But I really missed the old Blade Runner world and the music was a very poor imitation of Vangelis.
Disappointed with many aspects of the sequels ...
One of my favorite sci-fi films, and I'm glad they used the Bradbury Building for the last scenes, it is so beautiful and dark, and what a great cast, Rutger Hauer has one of the best lines from a movie, that I have been quoting for years, “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 Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.” perhaps the most moving death soliloquy in cinematic history, "It's to bad she won't live, but then again who does?" you had a lot of good questions Dasha, you need to watch the sequel Blade Runner 2049 that came out in 2017
Great reaction! Rutger Hauer's soliloquy "lost, like tears in rain..." was entirely improvised by Rutger. Just as you said Dasha, Ridley Scott was blown away by Hauer's speech and kept it in!
I've always loved a good detective story but this puts a spin on it , amazing art style beautiful lighting and an amazing soundtrack by the late great Vangelis make this one of my most favourite films of all time no other film looks or sounds like this.
In an interview, Ridley Scott thought about when he was about to begin Blade Runner after just doing Alien "if space looks look this (his vision of space) What was Earth-like at the time?" Something to think about, Blade Runner, like Star Wars had such an influence on how movies looked for decades after. For most not old enough, I would think it difficult to totally understand the full effect they had on what you grew up watching. They were groundbreaking in many ways, nearly everything Science-fictiony since owes them that, right or wrong
One of my favorite all time movies. William Blake's an American prophecy is quoted at the end. ❤
This movie invented this "noir sci-fi" look, where it's always dark and raining, and with neon everywhere. Every other movie that looks like that was inspired by this one.
The term you're looking for is "Cyber-Punk".
@@FuckRUclipsAndGoogle Yes, but Dasha doesn't know that. 😀
@@FuckRUclipsAndGoogle or Neo Noir or Tech Noir.
Love this movie - great reaction! You should follow this up by watching it's sequel "Blade Runner 2049" at some point, one of the best sci fi sequels ever made in my opinion.
It's an amazing film, no CGI was used, it's all practical and in-camera effects, models, lighting. I think for newcomers the theatrical version is best because it has narration which explains some things and it has a less ambiguous ending. What the film should explain is that a virus killed off most animal and plant life, that's why we see so many artificial animals.
You've seen some of these actors before, Daryl Hannah (Pris) was Elle Driver in "Kill Bill" and Joe Turkel (Dr. Tyrell) was Lloyd the bartender in "The Shining". He died less than a month ago, on June 27. James Hong (Chew, the eye-man) has been in 500 films and voice-overs.
The Final Cut updated some of the SFX shots with CGI, though it was very subtly done.
LOL, they still used special effects, just not computer generated. I wish people would stop harping about this.
In the movie script, the replicant creator Tyrell was a replicant as well. His real body was later found by Deckard in a secured hibernation chamber on the top floor of the big Tyrell building to keep himself young. There are also production storyboards of this sequence but it was never created when filming.
Would make sense, assuming he could transfer his consciousness to another replicant but story wise what would be the point? You would think he would have better eyesight. 😂
In this universe the replicants are virtually clones, or at least genetically engineered.
@@Cheepchipsable For a few reasons. So he could live longer, see see his progress of the replicants over a span of years as well as use newer better technology to build better replicants in the future.
I'm glad you enjoyed Blade Runner. Hopefully you will watch it again and again through the years as there are many layers of meaning hidden in the imagery and themes.
Blade Runner 2049 is surprisingly a great sequel, I hope you react to it as well
The sequel's not really that great ...
Blade Runner 2049 is beautiful, its perfection. I've watched it many times over.
The atmosphere that Ridley Scott injects into his films is masterful.The Duellists is his first film and shows this perfectly. Love your reactions.
I've never even heard of that movie. Should probably be more famous, considering the career Scott has had.
It’s the greatest cyberpunk film of the past 40 years, with “Dark City” a close second. Shockingly bombed at the box office, in a summer loaded with competition (ET, Poltergeist, Star Trek II). Also ignored at the Oscars, where it was nominated for some technical awards and lost both, and wasn’t even nominated for cinematography. I mean, that sunset shot alone from the Tyrrell Corp. balcony was a masterpiece suitable for framing. Fortunately, the public rediscovered it over the years, and it’s now viewed as a classic. (To be fair, there was lots of editing and studio tinkering that might have hurt its reception with audiences---which is why there are so many DVD versions out there, including at least two director’s cuts).
Many of the wonderful effects and look of the film were created by a guy called Syd Mead, he was very influencial on people like me who do digital art. This is a Film Noir in a sci-fi environment, there are many great ones made from the 1930's to 50's. The chess game they play is a copy of 'The Immortal Game', a famous match from 1851. Sebastian is like the replicants, he grows old too quickly. Rachael might be different from the other replicants and live longer because she has the memory implants which the others don't have. The director thought that Deckard was a replicant but the writer didn't and they never talked about it while making the film:) You did a fantastic job understanding everything for your first time watching it and I really enjoyed your reaction!
at the moment of death he realizes how precious* life is and saves decker, 'bladerunner 2049' should be next...
Precise? Oh, I think you meant "precious."
@@bigdream_dreambig my bad…
@@unki3259 No problem! You just had me contemplating the precision of life for a moment! 😝
@@bigdream_dreambig lol
It has a very film noir vibe to it, doesn't it? One of the all-time great speeches (Roy Batty) in film history and it wasn't originally in the script. Plus the soundtrack is amazing.
I hope you watch Blade Runner 2049 as well!
RIP VANGELIS
Kingdom of Heaven DIRECTOR'S CUT is an amazing film also by Ridley Scott. Make sure it is Director's cut and not theatre version. There is a big difference in how good they are
Seconded. The difference was staggering.
The "romance" scene is often difficult to understand for many. I too pondered why he almost forced it upon her and it can easily be misinterpreted. Both understand that the feelings exist, but Rachael is confused about her very humanity and no longer trusts her own feelings knowing they are essentially programmed into her and belong to a real person. Deckard is forcing her to trust "her" emotions and to stop running from them. He is forcing her to trust in herself, regardless of being human or a replicant. This is a pivotal moment for her. Running away is an acceptance that she is not real, her choices are not real, and she will be hunted down and killed alone. Deckard is both saving her life and forcing her to believe in her own autonomy.
hey Dasha, so glad you finally watched this one (great week of scify must-see movies you have done there, top!)
Roy Betty's final lines are to me one of, if not the most iconic lines in cinema history.
rip Rutger Hauer - †2019 - what an irony.
Hey Dasha, just to let you know, Ridley Scott also did Gladiator as well 😀😀
Did she react to Prometheus yet? Scott also directed that.
@@jeremyfrost2636 Then she should also react to Thelma and Louise, American Gangster and Kingdom of Heaven.
@@BillyButcher90 Yes, definitely. I haven't seen Thelma And Louise yet, but I understand it's widely regarded as iconic. The other two you mentioned are good movies.
@@jeremyfrost2636 Do you live in the UK?
@@BillyButcher90 No, USA.
I love Scott’s depiction of the future. Unlike Star Trek and other sci-fi shows where everything is clean, everyone is dressed the same ( even civilian clothes) and there’s no poverty, Scott shows what the future is more likely to be. It is much like today, just with different technology. There’s still crime, machinery still gets dirty, it’s overcrowded, people still wear similar clothes. I mean, here we are in 2022 in the time of Bladerunnner, and it looks pretty much like 1982, except the cars are different, everyone has a cellphone, TVs are flat and I’m still wearing blue jeans and t-shirts.
You obviously never read the book. Very few people are left on Earth because of "World War Terminus", the majority of people have moved to off-world colonies. The unlucky ones (mostly those who can't pass the physical), remain on the planet. The sun no longer shines on Earth.The dark, dirty and gritty setting is from the dust which killed the animals, starting with owls. This is why we see synthetic animals in the film.
Star Trek has a different society. There is some kind of egalitarian society and poverty eradicated, and we need to remember the Star Fleet is probably very well funded.
@@starman6280 See this is why the voice over was important for the film. I didn't like it, but for the casual viewer it help fill in questions about the world. Many reactors are confused by the story with no context.
I love your videos, you're so relaxing to listen to. I love the sound of your voice. You also make intelligent observations, very refreshing.
He is not replicant but this paper origami shows that the policeman was there and knew that he hide the female replicant but let him go.
He is not replicant because he don't have the force of a replicant. In direct confrontation with replicants he was beaten every time because he was weak, human.
AND THIS REACTION IS WHY I KEEP COMING BACK! I love Dasha's analysis and thoughts.
This is one of those virtually flawless films.
Dasha nailed the Thumbnail.
The second interaction between Decker & Rachel (at his apartment) glimpse of "Red" in his eyes.
Great reaction Dasha!!! Wow...at the end... "Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait..." You had the same idea about Deckard of so many fans of this movie after seeing this movie. It was in a debate on the Internet for decades. You should watch/react to Blade Runner 2049 sometime in the future. It's nearly as awesome as the original (for a change in newer movies). Thanks so much for watching this version of the 1982 Blade Runner movie!!!
Dasha, great reaction to one of my 5 favorite movies of all time. The world building, the music, the mood - all fantastically done by Ridley Scott!
@0:35 "man standing on a blade" haha. that would make one hell of a movie. great reaction btw.....keep it up!
The replicants in this movie are pretty much perfect villains. You understand what they are after and can even empathize with them but they show you enough of the evil that you're ok with them dying.
Theyre not evil. They do what they were made to do. Thats all.
@@tileux They are trying to do the one thing they are NOT made to do... live. The evil comes from what they do to get that life. Rachel wants to live as much as they do but does she run around killing left, right and center? Nope... because she, unlike them, is not evil.
@@Linerunner99 No, she is not made to be a fighter. The only one of the replicants who isnt created to kill is Pris - and she doesnt kill. Perhaps you didnt notice that.
They are as their creator made them. You seem to have missed that.
@@tileux Yeah I'm sure she was planning on making out with Deckard at the end of that flipping run she was taking at him. And clapping his ears and nearly twisting his head off was part of her BDSM program, right? Just because she didn't manage to kill doesn't mean she wouldn't. This is a ridiculous argument. You aren't making any points at all. You're just grasping at straws to justify what you never should have done to begin with. You're welcome to believe whatever you want, but nothing you say is going to change my OPINION on this film.
@@Linerunner99 didnt kill him. Maybe you missed this but DECKARD was trying to kill HER. You have a very weird perspective on this - deckard is trying to kill her - with a frigging hand cannon - and you think SHE's evil because she tries to defend herself. You dont make any sense. So dont reply - youre tedious.
How beautiful would you like this scene?
Ridley Scott: Yes
What a magnificent reaction, Dasha. So glad that you "Got" this ground breaking film. Many others here on YT fail to take this film seriously. It's as if they see the darkness and the "flying cars" and then immediately think "Star Wars" or something. Also, the simplest things seem to go right over their heads and they are easily confused. Not you though. Outstanding.
I remember my mom taking me to see this movie in theaters when I was 6yo and I still remember watching in awe at the visual effects, still holds up to those day....
My all time favourite film. The "tears in rain" scene is just magical, Rutger Hauer was an incredible actor.
The sequel is fantastic too Dasha 👍
The reason why the effects hold up so well despite being filmed in 1982 is they used miniatures, matte paintings, and other practical effects that required intense skill and attention to detail to create. Even the best CGI today has a hard time keeping up so the best bang for my buck is to do the miniature work and use subtle CGI to enhance the whole thing in tiny ways to give the art that "it factor".
Смотрел в кинотеатре, когда он вышел. Так здорово видеть вашу реакцию, что снова делает это новым для меня! Приятно видеть, что вы задаете те же вопросы, которые фанаты задавали десятилетиями! Замечательная реакция!
The origami unicorn is a very strong hint that Deckard is a replicant. The implication is that the other blade runner was aware of Deckard's dream of the unicorn because it was synthetic. He allowed Deckard and Rachel to escape.
If deckard is a replicant, then how is he still alive? Don’t replicants live short lives?
One of my all time favourite movies.. the musical genius of Vangelis adds so much to the post apocalyptic style.. I was worried the later BR movie would fail to capture the original feel, but it was also very good..
It's not post apocalyptic, it's simply urban decay.
4:15 Dasha's "watching tv face" Lol, everyone's expression when watching tv is a tad different, you crack me up with yours. 😂
I have seen so many Blade Runner reaction videos, and without a doubt most impressed by yours.
Picked up on so many key elements of the story, so insightful on a first viewing. Job well done 😊
Ridley Scott's brother was the late Tony Scott who did make some good films as well like Last Boy Scouts with Bruce Willis.
"Why don't you help the tortoise on its back lying in the sun?" -> "Because I'm also a tortoise."
You're fantastic to watch along with Dasha, so fun and joyful yet you always remain very observant and offer interesting thoughts and interpretations. The origami unicorn at the end is very suggestive, as you noticed, it means both that Gaff (the origami man) was in the apartment where Rachael was sleeping, yet alowed her to live, but also that he is aware of the contents of Deckard's dream, meaning that Deckard is indeed a replicant. People still argue about it, but that's my take on it. Thank you so much, I really love your reactions and Blade Runner has been a favourite film of mine my whole life, so it was even more wonderful to watch you experience this beautiful and fascinating film. Take care, lovely!
I know it’s not a very popular opinion, but I’ve always liked the original, theatrical cut, with the Harrison Ford voiceover. I also think it’s the best version for first time viewers, as it gives more exposition at the beginning, which helps to alleviate some confusion.
From what I’ve seen so far, Dasha picked it up pretty quickly, but she’s pretty sharp, so I wasn’t that worried about her. Most reactors I’ve seen are usually pretty confused for a good deal of the film.
The theatrical does have a moodier neo-noir feel with the VO. I think it's good for fans to go back and check it out, but the Final Cut is easier to digest on its own for first timers.
Edward James Olmos wrote the other most quotable line in the film. The "It's to bad she wont live, but then again who does" line, much like "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain" was written by Rutger Hauers the two most popular lines in the film were written by the actors.
Dasha is smart and perceptive. It makes it fun to watch movies like this again with her. And, yeah, this is a movie where you pick up on things you missed each time you watch it.
This is one of my favorite films. I'd agree Blade Runner is an odd title. The title of the book it's based on , an excellent read BTW, is "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep".
Is the book any faster paced? Because this movie is infuriating to me. I'm really only here for Dasha.
@@jeremyfrost2636 Stop whining.
Maybe there is an edit with more explosions so you don't need to think about anything.
Yes, all the animals are manufactured. They're all extinct. The book (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?) is much clearer on that.
The actress that plays Pris is also in Kill Bill as Elle -- the one with the eye-patch and the snakes. Daryl Hannah. In Kill Bill she does a throwback to Blade Runner with her death scene, flailing about on the floor like that.
There is almost zero computer graphics in this. It's all large and ridiculously detailed models. The only CG IIRC is a couple times on the screen of the flying cars. There's several "making of" videos and they're well worth watching for those into that sort of thing.
Yes. Deckard is a replicant. This cut in particular makes it VERY clear due to the insertion of the unicorn dream.
In prior cuts without that the unicorn just indicates that Gaf (origami guy) had been there. So the question remains open. With the insertion of the unicorn dream it shows that Gaf knows about the dream; which, of course, Deckard never told anyone like Rachel with the spiders.
The book leaves it hanging as well. I for one HIGHLY recommend reading it. "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" by Phillip K. Dick. Who, incidentally, has many many other movies made from his work. Like Total Recall and Minority Report.
The cinematography, the sound design, the soundtrack is unparalleled in movie history.
the 'tears in rain' speech was done by Rutger Hauer
Hey Dasha, the original theatrical release of this movie actually had a voiceover from Harrison Ford's character of Rick Deckard that in some scenes clarified certain elements in the movie, such as that gibberish language that Gaff spoke to Deckard when he'd dragged him to the police station to return to being reinstated as a bladerunner
Wonderful film - visuals and sound that influenced everything that came after it. The fact a 40 odd year old sci fi film still stands up shows how good it is. And it’s whole point is to make you question it and how you understand it. Well done for understanding this film so well!
Now you have to watch Blade Runner 2049. Solid sequel.
It helps with the continuity a lot that it was written by Hampton Fancher, who co-wrote the first one.
Yea I gotta say I really enjoyed the sequel
"Quite an experience to live in fear isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave"
Haha. "Wait. Wait. Wait.... Wait." Yes. There are always going to be people who feel one way or the other but, according to Ridley Scott himself, Rick Deckard IS a replicant. The idea that he was being used by humans to hunt his own kind (without knowing it) is one of the great ironies here. Another great reaction, Dasha. Cheers.
Good catch. There are several hints that Dekkard is a Replicant. The unicorn represents purity, there's a shot where Dekkard's eyes shine like the owl's, and as you mentioned, Rachel asks if he's taken the VK test.
'Blade Runner' was the name of a book whose movie rights were bought only for the name. In the novel of the movie you're watching, there is no mention of 'blade runners'.
The name of the book is 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'. This is because almost all animals are dead and the only pets are electric ones (Robots, nowadays) and you count sheep to get to sleep. Well humans do...
Philip K Dick has written a vast number of books and many are movies. The guy was a bit weird, though and some stories are hard to understand.
The short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" was made into "Total Recall (1990) but the novelette is hilarious in its conclusion.
Ah you're really getting through some of the sci-fi greats recently, I'm jealous! As not many people have pointed it out, I just wanted to stress that its hard to undersell just how influential Blade Runner was on so many movies, games, and fiction in general. The futuristic 'cyberpunk' genre came mainly from a great book called Neuromancer, but it was Blade Runner which brought to life a gritty noir, neon-soaked techno future - and the visuals and world went on to influence so much media to this day.
Well said. I read Neuromancer long after I had seen the Matrix and I was surprised by how much the Matrix owed to Neuromancer.
10/10 reaction because Dasha you are super observant and the film is not in your native language. Watching you notice the importance of the origami unicorn at the end was the best part :)
Another great Ridley Scott movie that nobody's ever reacted to because of how underrated it is is "Black Rain". Not only one of his best, but one of the greatest movies ever imo. And with an AMAZING soundtrack by Hans Zimmer.
Bladerunner over the years is probably my most watched film.
Truly groundbreaking look and story, much like Alien.
Your question about Deckard being a replicant is excellent. Ridley Scott says it was supposed to be possible but not answered. Harrison Ford insists Deckard is human. I trust Ridley's interpretation as he was the director. The fact the actor playing Deckard didn't know it was possible for him to be a replicant is perfect for this movie.
Except that's just lip service from Ridley Scott, the origami unicorn is not in any way ambiguous, it's absolute confirmation that Deckard is a replicant.
Harrison Ford thinks Deckard is a human because he actually understands the point of his character. Deckard is someone who has lost touch with his own humanity and rediscovers it in Rachel (and arguably to an extent in Roy), who is not a human, but a replicant. That's the point. The idea that a human needs help from beings who supposedly lack humanity, to rediscover his own. Rachel is both the only person who treats Deckard like an actual human and the only person he treats like an actual human, again the irony being that she isn't an actual human. If he's a replicant there is no point to his character, it's just a dumb, "dramatic", twist ending.
See? That's the sign of a great movie. They didn't have to place the questions in your mind. You did it yourself. Well developed, compelling characters
will make you fill in the blanks yourself. If you are using YOUR imagination during the course of the film, they have done their job.
The darkness of the filming allows us to color it in. Genius!
The original theatrical cut did not have the unicorn dream. This is my fave movie ever since the day it came out and I saw this and the thing.
One of the greatest soundtracks in history!
In Queens, NYC, in the museum of the moving image, they have the sculpture of that huge building that was used in the film, still with all that insane detail