*BLADE RUNNER (1982)* is a HORROR!? | First Time Watching | (reaction/commentary/review)
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Absolutely brilliant film!! Loved the detective storyline and the philosophical questions presented to the viewer. Even had some horror in there! Enjoy :)
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BLADE RUNNER (1982) is a HORROR!? | First Time Watching | (reaction/commentary/review)
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Even decades after first watching it I'm still amazed at the look of this film. SO far ahead of its time.
At the end of this movie, I'm thinking Roy is hoping to prove a point to himself: That a real live human would fight desperately, ferociously to survive, as he has.
As he comes to terms with his own death, he wants to know that he is doing what a real living thing would do and, in a way, validating his terrible actions up to now. Deckard's desperate attempts to survive against Roy, to try to kill him before he's killed, prove to Roy how much he himself truly has real life. At the end, sitting next to the fragile, weak man he could have so easily killed with his bare hands, Roy allows Deckard to live, and himself to die.
Deckard's fight for his life was a mirror image of Roy's own, and in the end, he could not allow himself to kill Deckard for simply doing what he has done: Desired with all his being to survive.
I like this explanation. I feel like if Deckard was a replicant and Roy knew this, it would feel really cheap and destroy your explanation here.
also Roy wanted someone to remember him, he achieved some sort of absolution from his actions by allowing Deckard to live.
Deckard dreamed of a Unicorn, the origami Unicorn at the end implies they knew of his dreams, from which one could assume they were implanted, implying he is a replicant. It has been debated over and over since the film was released, some agree and others don't.
People can debate all they want, the author of the book have explicitly said that Deckard is *not* a replicant and that's even more obvious if you read the book,
Ridley Scott wanted the ambiguity and added the whole unicorn thing and purposefully had Deckard's eyes reflect light the same way the eyes of Replicants does.
Whether he is or isn't a Replicant is moot. The point is the question, and to lead audiences to question whether or not they might be unwitting slaves themselves, preprogrammed with false ideas.
Similar to the question (but not really) is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Bruce Willis' was asked the question once on the red carpet. He responded that Die Hard was not a holiday movie. Personally I think it is, because that's me exercising my own choice/free will. On the other hand it's possible that our reality is just an outdated program that the creators couldn't be bothered to patch/update. The reason why in recent history music, movies (see above) and public discourse were at least interesting. Now well um ahem... Ghostbusters 2016, The current president of the USA saying if you voted for orange man bad you are bad too, etc. I've said before that while I'm not over the hill I certainly can see the top of it. I just hope either the creators update this reality or people grow a pair and not get offended about nonsensical gibberish. Wish you and those close to you nothing but the best. Stay safe because I'm thinking that things are going to get a lot wilder before they get any better.
@@JonatanE This is a movie reaction, not a book reaction.
@@JonatanE Yes this movie follows the book so closely.
I miss Rutger Hauer. He was so cool. Great reaction btw
Deckard absolutely thwacking Roy in the face with a length of pipe and him responding jovially "That's the spirit!" is one of the best exchanges in cinema and you can't tell me differently.
One of the finest death scenes ever filmed. There's a particular poetry to it considering that the movie is set in the year 2019 and Rutger Hauer, the actor who played Roy Batty, died in 2019.
As did Syd Mead, the concept design legend who contributed so much to the look of the movie. Crazy how these coincidences go.
@27:25ish... Roy knew he wad dying... this was it. And Roy - having human emotions - wanted to say his last words , thoughts and experiences to Dekard. To let him know "I Was Here." Appreciation of life!
Denis Villeneuve picked up the mantle after Ridley Scott with Blade Runner 2049 is a great legacy sequel.
The original ending has them driving through a beautiful rural forest landscape and getting away. Deckard's monolog says that Rachel was created without an expiration date.
The REAL ending. :)
@@robertreichle1No-it was the studio's mandated happy ending. Completely ridiculous. In a world where no one's ever really seen a real animal there is a beautiful untouched forest just north of the city?
Fun Fact: The forest shots were taken from unused footage from The Shining.
i will forever remember my first time watching the replicant sparing Deckard at the end! it's such a punch, right after the horror of the chase with all this panic building up and then... mercy. it feels so human. the replicant chases and hurts Deckard in this very human grief, both for his dead friends and for his own imminent death, but also saves him and let's him go cause killing him wasn't really his goal. he just wanted to live. that choice proves him sentient in such a sad, tragic way
22:14 This movie takes place in November. A time in America where people begin prepping for holiday events with family. Roy doesn’t have a family, a past or a future because Tyrell made him that way.
For Tyrell he just sees this as a blip in his busy schedule. Probably already got his Thanksgiving and Christmas or Hannukah planned out. For Roy he is literally being told this is the end of the road. I guess Roy figured “I’m dying and you want me to be okay with it. If I can’t live to see the holidays neither will you”
I didn't care much for this movie the first time I watched it. Then, one day I put it on and it just clicked. Absolutely love it.
Denis Villeneuve did such an excellent job with its sequel, 2049. He is probably my favorite director working today.
My experience too. Saw this as a teen and didn’t get it. But then came back to it decades later and it blew my mind (maybe because I was more sensitive to deep questions and my own mortality?). And then that sequel. Wow. Was skeptical at first but it was amazing.
Hear hear!
BR is an iconic film.
But somehow, BR2049 is not only a masterclass in how to do a legacy sequel in all the right ways, it is also just pure cinematic art.
Truly
This is too funny, I literally just finished watching both Blade Runner movies! The lady with the blonde hair is Darryl Hannah, she was in the Kill Bill movies, the Grumpy Old Men movies and she was also in the movie Splash, all of which are very good movies to react to ❤❤
Soak in the ambience, the environment, the "look." Soundtrack by Vangelis -- "mood music" for sure! Not surprised in the least that you have a load of questions, TCC! Film aficionados have had them since the movie came out! Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty: Mr. Hauer ad libbed, or wrote, his soliloquy at the very end -- "like tears in rain." Based on the short story by Philip K. Dick (1950s sci-fi writer extraordinaire) "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep."
Something I failed to notice in my first viewing: The four escaped replicants all have the mannerisms and themes of specific animals: Leon is slow and bulky like a tortoise (recall the tortoise story at the beginning). Zhora is exotic and slithery like a snake. Pris rummages in the trash, and paints her eyes like a raccoon. Roy howls into the night, and hunts Deckard like a wolf.
Blade Runner 2049 does answer a LOT of questions. I hope you did enjoy it...definitely a more "cerebral" sci-fi movie, rather than just action is a definite. It is made to make you think, and it does ask deep questions about morality. The "like tears in rain" speech has become kinda a thing when it comes to cult classics like this. I ADORE this film, and the sequel.
My favorite film. The message, for me, is that all life is precious, that we are all the same, every living thing is ultimately just trying to survive. We have a choice. We can make life better for each other, or we can keep doing what we’ve pretty much always done.
Roy saves Deckard because in the end, he recognizes the commonality he has with him, because he chooses his last act to be one of decency and light rather than destruction, because he has something to say, and because he does not want to die alone.
The soundtrack, by Vangelis, gripped me from my first viewing, and haunts me to this day. Lush, evocative, and unique, it fits the film perfectly. Also well worth mentioning is how beautiful so many of the visuals are in the film. Marrying scifi with film noir was quite novel at the time, and Ridley Scott’s work here was so compelling that it inspired aspects of dozens of subsequent movies and was key to launching the cyberpunk genre.
Others will explain the clues about Deckard, the meaning of the unicorn at the end of the film, etc. But I haven’t seen anyone else mention that the borderline sexual assault Deckard commits against Rachel is a reflection of his own emotional immaturity and lack of experience. This is, of course, merely an explanation, not an excuse, but he behaves that way because he has no actual practice dealing with those kinds of emotions.
Excellent analysis for a first watch. Blade Runner 2049 does indeed go deeper and is an excellent movie.
For me the movie is that there is no real difference between replicants and humans, yet we find out an excuse to treat the replicants differently. They have emotion and a desire to live, just like humans. So the fact that he forced himself on her is wrong. And the fact that the replicant saved the human at the end means they also have moral. So what is the real difference between replicants and humans? One has power over the other. The replicants are slaves. So the humans are the real baddies.
11:25 "This is so wholesm! :D"
*ominous music plays*
When Pris slipped and broke the window….. the actress actually slipped and broke HER ELBOW in many parts, but she acted through it….
The interesting thing about Rachael is that her face doesn’t look human; Sean Young (the actress) does such an amazing job as her. And Ridley, needless to say, always making good movies
*That* scene was written exactly like a ladies' romance novel. Make of that what you will.
Seriously, which scene? Ooooooooooh, I figured it out as I wrote that.
Excellent reactions. I remember seeing this film upon release, life memory. Rachel was not given an expiration date.
Stuff
1. Joe Turkel/Tyrell played Lloyd (bartender) in the original Shining.
2. Roy/Rutger Hauer😇 plays in Blind Fury a great first time/share.
3. Leon/ Brion James in Tango and Cash. Much bigger role first time/share also.
4. Deckard/Harrison Ford two overlooked must first time/share "Witness" and "Force 10 from Naverone".
5. In the original Roy tells Tyrell, "I want more life FUCKER" not father.
6. Ford disliked almost everything about this movie (including Sean Young). He mostly disliked the voiceover. He refused to even watch it until it was "fixed".
7. Daryl Hannah cut her elbow when she ran into that van window
8. Philipe K Dick first came up with the idea for his novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
9. You must watch Blade Runner 2049.
Bladerunner really felt like it was directly inspired by noir detective films, especially some of Robert Mitchum’s famous roles - right down to the voiceover narration. The shadows, grittiness and flavor is all there. It was really inspired to marry that to a science fiction, dystopian setting. The cast was incredible and the pacing immaculate. A modern classic. ❤
I haven’t watched many of those types of films so this was a really fresh experience for me and I loved it!
@@thecocoacouch I highly recommend “The Maltese Falcon” next time you’re in the mood for a film noir classic.
@@timothypanngam2249 Or Carol Reed's *_The Third Man._* Not enough reactions to that great film out there.
Yes! This is why I actually prefer the theatrical release with Deckard's crime noir-style narration, even though some find it to be "over-explanatory" or "immersion-breaking." Kind of an elitist opinion, imo. (Also long silences make brain go screeeeeee)
Such a classic. I first saw this for my media studies class way back in 1993ish and have been obsessed with it ever since.
Harrison Ford is ofcourse awesome but Rutger Hauer and Darryl Hannah really steal the show for me. Performance of their respective careers i reckon.
Another classic. Great reaction and analysis. The soundtrack by Vangelis is exquisite. This has been a favorite of mine for a long time. I even worked on a fan film back in the early 2000's.
Oh that’s so cool! Yeah this was a blast.
@@thecocoacouch there's an alternative ending that gives your more details, but they opted for not including it in the movie. I think you can find it in the aditional material of the DVD release ruclips.net/video/17hVxMTAmyw/видео.html
The melody of the credits music, appropriately called "End Titles", has been quoted in a *ridiculous* number of electronic music tracks, especially in the techno and trance genres, and also just shows up *everywhere* in media influenced by cyberpunk. Back in the 90s, I remember playing custom Doom levels that used a MIDI arrangement of it!
For a real world example of it appearing in trance music, check out "High Energy Protons (Orion Mix)" by Juno Reactor. In 1994 you just weren't doing acid trance music correctly unless you were quoting Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey, or both.
@@ChronosTachyon There is one techo piece I still have a copy of "BR1997". I have the soundtracks from the movie, the Westwood video game and some work done by Bentley Ousley for our Blade Runner fan film
@@federicomuria8377 Yeah the theatrical release was way different from the extended directors cut. Different ending and the VO dialog by Harrison Ford. I really enjoy both versions, but the one without VO feels truer to Ridley's vision.
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SO glad you liked it. Blade Runner came out when I was a freshman in college. My imagination was piqued by the little bits of promotional material hung up around the campus. The movie, when I finally saw it, captivated me. Some scenes made my breath catch in my throat because they were so stunning. I actually was moved by the beauty at times and my eyes welled with tears. I mean, we had never seen anything on the screen that looked like Blade Runner! And the music? Perfection! I wish you could’ve experienced it the way we did, before sci-fi worlds flooded the big & small screens the way it is now;those city scapes were mind-blowing! Anyway, so happy you got to watch this classic film!!
I was 15 or so when it was released, but even at the age it had a permanent impact, and has remained my favorite film for 40 years.
Your comment was very well said. Right there with you.
It looks good because they used real locations, sets, and rather large miniatures for the city and buildings. The matt painting were also excellent. One example is the building Sebastián's apartment was in. That was the Bradbury Building and has been featured in many movies and tv shows. Two excellent movies were "Double Indemnity" and "M" (a remake of a German movie about a child killer being hunted by both the police and the criminal underworld).
Another movie both influenced by Blade Runner and a genre definer in its own right is the original "Ghost in the Shell" animated movie. The first two TV seasons also show a strong influence including some building designs and even the photograph enhancement machine made an appearance.
People not only used to take hours to play chess like that, but also would play by regular mail. I knew someone who did that back in the day.
My favorite film. All sorts of moral and religious questions come up for discussion. One thing I've noticed that no one comments on is when Roy releases the dove when he dies. At first it seems he has grown a soul and now it has been set free by his death. But think, animals are mostly extinct in this world, replace by android copies. So, if the dove is an android dove does that mean that there is now a Replicant God/Holy Spirit that can grant deserving replicants souls?
Roy's speech at the end has started hitting harder as I've gotten older.
All those moments will be lost in time. Like tears in rain. Time to die. - RIP Rutger Hauer
Another great movie to react to is 1986 "The Hitcher" with our beloved Roy Baty ... Rutger Hauer!
One of my fav cyberpunk movies, amazing acting and script as well as the effects for those years. Happy to see you reacting to it
Film Noir more than Cyberpunk.
@@dr.feelgoodmalusphillips2475it essentially invented cyberpunk on screen.
In case you haven't seen, a couple great newer sci-fi films are 'Ex Machina' 2024 and 'Morgan' 2016 with Any Taylor Joy.
The theatrical cut has the couple driving into the countryside.
You would like, Gattaca. It's another Scifi movie about humans manipulating the human gene. It has a really well writien story and great acting.
I watched this when i was 15, and it blew me away, nothing else did, until The Matrix in 1999. This movie is a masterpiece, The visual style, the sound track. But watch it again, and you will get the true nature of the movie, they where all replicants. Captain Bryant's lampshade on his desk, was made entirely of black and white photographs, his desk was swamped in them, and the line, "it's too bad she wont live, but then again, who does", was the clincher, and the dreaming of the unicorn was the cherry on top, Why did Roy save Deckard? i like to think, in his final moments, nothing was more important or sacred to him, than life itself, all life, as its only as we approach death, then we understand it's true beauty, there is alot on this you could dive into, enjoyed your reaction.
The Rachel/deckard scene where he appears to get a little violent with her. You understood dead on. A lot of people wrongly interpret it through todays "you too" movement. But the scene in reality is Rachel being unsure of herself. And Deckard sort of trying to get her to trust her memories of her experiences
I have a movie suggestion if you haven't seen it, Oscar - Ladyhawke; 1985, Rutger Hauer, Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer. Medieval, magical, soundtrack by Alan Parson's Project. I think you would like it.
One of the greatest movie scores ever made. Well worth a listen.
FUN FACT! The iconic pistol Harrison Ford carries is actually an extremely cut down rifle.
Your concern for Rachael in the end was the sweetest thing ever 😊😆😆 she was that one innocent, adorable character and I remember that when I watched it for the first time my main hope for the finale was also just Rachael being okay 💖
"TEARS IN THE RAIN". SUCH A SAD LAST LINE😍🙏🙏😪😪
It doesn't look great for a movie this old, it looks great because it's this old. We connect with practical effects and models in an emotional way unmatched by CGI equivalents.
Rachel has a normal lifespan. This is one of several critical details revealed through Ford's narration in the theatrical version.
At the end Roy saved him to witness his death, that he was alive and his life meant something.
The trope of a retired cop/detective/professional adds the angle of the main character reluctantly taking part in a system they probably know is corrupt or failing. It tends to make the protagonist more sympathetic than writing a straight up active duty official who's super hyped about the job... unless you're writing a story that's a straight up love letter for armed forces, of course. And if used right, it can give the story more nuance when it's deliberately set up from the beginning that the viewer has to consider the morality of the system all of the characters are caught in.
At 21:26 the owl's eyes are referencing the bit in the novel where most animals (pets) are artificial creations and only very wealthy people can afford real animals. It's a whole "side quest" in the book. In the movie it's just this nice little touch because you can't know if the owl is real or not, even if we're in the billionaire's apartment. Just like the lines between all the characters in the story get blurred.
But like, this is one of those movies that has a gazillion different cuts that all emphasize plot points and how you view the characters differently.
Even though they're very different movies, this always reminds me of Logan's Run. (Which you should check out.)
I had an epiphany one day thinking about Ridley Scott Blade Runner and Alien when it hit me that both films take place in the same universe.
@@group-music I don't think you understand what I am saying and... Ridley Scott confirmed it.
New subscriber, love your reactions. Glad you understand the movies of my generation. So many don't. Vangelis was well know, big hit, movie/soundtrack "Chariots Of Fire". (1981) Vangelis albums were/are incredible. Off the beaten path, but wonderful listening. Did coffee & sunrise on the deck, Vangelis in the background.
A great piece of art will leave you with lots of questions.
Yes!!!
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When I saw this in the theatre, originally, Harrison Ford narrates throughout the entire movie, which was replaced by the non-narrated version later on.
I read the book that this movie is based on ( DO Androids dream of electric sheep? ) and it's a simple, yet beautiful story.
1. At the end, the last replicant shows Harrison Ford how precious life is ( when he saves him ) and says, what is perhaps, the most beautiful line in any movie - " All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain"
2. The origami unicorn at the end is supposed to leave the viewer thinking 'is Harrison Ford a replicant too?' Because he had the dream about the unicorn....that's a mind-bender to end the movie lol
Thanks for your reaction to this movie. I think this is actually one of the greatest stories written, about the value of life, and Ridley Scott did a great job translating it into a movie!
Can't wait for the next reaction. Keep smiling👍🙂
If you notice in the scene where Rachel asks Deckard if he would come after her. His eyes glow the same as hers showing Deckard is a replicant and the unicorn at the end confirms it because they knew his dreams. Now watch Bladerunner 2049. An excellent sequel.
LAST SCENES FILMED INSIDE OLD, HISTORICAL BUILDING IN L.A.👍👍👍👍
This movie is based off of Do Androidsdream of Electric Sheep. In the Blade Runner universe a nuculer war caused no animals survived, hence artificial owls, and Deckard wanting to buy a sheep in the book. It makes sense here, wouldn't there.
French Comic legend Moebius, and Alien Screenwriter of Alien Dan O Bannon made a small comic for Heavy Metal Magazine in 1976. It was called. The long Tommorrow. This comic inspired star wars, and where the visual city, and mood, was the inspiration for Blade Runner to go along with Phillip K Dick's Book. Moebius rejected the position going on to visually design Tron 1982, nad The 5th Element.
The Noir genre is something like a mustery investigates are humanity. The movie is about dehuminazation, it's the most antithetical action movie, Phillip K Dick was studing nazi mentality For writing Man in the high castle. he saw people with no emotion empathy, as incapable of humanity, and the story was a guy to kill people who look like you feel make you numb, and to make him universally feel like we would currently. When you break it down It's so dope.
The fact it feel like a dream the score,, and the music has this echo that matched to hang in the air with ambiance. This achieves the dream effect, acompanied with the visuals, lighting costuming, performances, camerawork, and direction.
The Score. VANGELIS FREESTYLED IT! yeah he watched the footage Ridly Scott gave him, and played this monster synth/organ live.
This movie is special, being one of the most troubled film productions in history, glad you're discovering it.
18:50 i saw it as passion
Blade Runner is in my top 5 films of all time.
This is the most complete, complex, beautiful movie ever.i, unlike you, have no questions about it. I love Ridley Scott's work, and this is probably his best. My favorite Ridley Scott pr9duction was a commercial that he did for Nissan, starring the 300ZX, after it had been discontinued, so he wasn't even selling anything. You should check it out.
This was an incredible film!! Some of my favourites are the ones that get me asking more! Cant wait to see more Ridley Scott!
Rutger Hauer died in 2019, the same year the ovie is set in.
You're making your way through the Classics. 😍
Rachel and Dekker were the 2 replicants that got fried. They were reprogrammed.
Oooo that’s an interesting theory.
Great atmosphere in this movie. The city just feels real and lived in, and not a constructed set for a movie.
9:04 Agent Smith from The Matrix has some interesting things to say about that
So glad you mentioned the Soundtrack!😊 I feel the music really adds to the whole world building you were pointing out. The composer, Vangelis, was most well known in the '80s for his theme to Chariots of Fire (another fabulous movie). I have the OST for both Blade Runner and The Fifth Element on CD...😁
It really was incredible listing to it in those long sky view shots.
My favorite movie of all time...😃ty for your reaction!
R.I.P. Rutger Hauer(Fun fact: Roy and his actor both died in 2019 but not before replacing the late, great Leonard Nimoy as the English language voice actor for Master Xehanort in Kingdom Hearts III(Christopher Lloyd took over in Kingdom Hearts III:ReMind, mixing his own distinctive voice with Leonard and Rutger`s performances mixed together which sometimes worked, other times not so much) , Rutger sounded somewhat younger and smoother than Leonard and Christopher Lloyd but that`s probably because unlike them he was not a smoker and though he did try to conceal his accent with Xehanort`s trademark raspiness, Rutger`s native Dutch accent did peak through the vocal performance somewhat despite Xehanort`s other voice actors being Japanese and American, of course whilst Rutger`s accent was offputting in that aside from the original Japanese VAs, the first of whom also passed away of lung cancer like Nimoy did and was replaced by his own son in the Japanese version of the game, none of the other Xehanorts were regionalized , despite this the accent did kind of work with Xehanort`s ambiguous ethnicity, having olive skin, Eurasian and possibly even Amazigh/Berber features.)
Ridley Scott is one of the greatest VISUAL directors, especially in the Sci-Fi genre. Alien (1979) and Blade Runner (1982) are among greatest movies of all time, not just Sci-Fi movies. No wonder both masterpieces were imitated countless times.
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If you thought Rutger was creepy in this wait until you see him in the Hitcher
Hyped for you to get to the sequel. It is also an absolute masterpiece.
11:48, exactly if you want friends you go meet people. Sebastian creates his. Yikes!!
THIS IS IN MY TOP TEN SCIFI👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
HE HAS MADE ANOTHER ONE. HARRISON FORD AND RYAN GOSLING STAR.👍👍👍👍
VANGELIS DID SOUNDTRACK...ALSO TO "CHARIOTS OF FIRE". EXCELLENT, TRUE STORY!!!👍👍👍👍👍
Fun fact : there is a implication that the Blade runner universe and Alien universe are one and the same.
Damn! You are on fire with these movie selections! How do we submit suggestions to you? Just through the comments here?
Yeah even if I don’t reply or react to every comment, I read them all and see the suggestions ☺️
This is a really weird movie. The more times you watch it, the more amazing it becomes. The first time I watched it was 2012. I was intrigued, the second time I watched the next year, I was amazed. Now I love it and has become my favorite. Cant get enough of it. Watch all documentaries and interviews relating to it. Listen to the soundtrack on rainy days. Such a cool and amazing world Ridley Scott created. Such a relavant story with AI taking over.
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Great, intelligent, review, thanks so much for this ☺. Casablanca is my favourite movie but Blade Runner comes a close second. We all have an invisible sell by date and that's crap. To give robots real, human emotions, and a deliberate, short, sell by date is cruel. It's no wonder they want to live, and love, for longer. Rutger Hauer, at the end, finding salvation and true humanity in saving Harrison Ford, is heartbreaking. It mirrors our own fragility and our constant battle with mortality, and the mortality of our loved ones. In a nutshell, life is such a gift but death, and frequently the manner of it, sucks.
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TESTING FOR REPLICANTS THAT HAVE ESCAPED!!!
Great reaction!
Unpopular opinion: Yes, Blade Runner is horror...and a whole bunch of other things. And removing the horror elements from the sequel kinda ruined it for me
This movie is a masterpiece, but BR 2049 is a great sequel! You must see it absolutely.
It IS a Ridley Scott thing...the world-building. A couple points: He made the city Asian-ized. Did you notice how many people were Asian, which was just an extrapolation of the population percentage, based on the fact that many Asian families live in California. Just another thing I read years ago when I researched how the movie was made. The other thing was the constant rain, though I would have no idea if that is something experienced there.
Did you notice the incredible models of the buildings? You were mentioning how well-done and real everything looked. Something about models is more real than CGI. I've noticed that CGI imparts a sheen or shininess, an unreal perfection, to whatever is depicted, which is why I like older movies with models. Where I differ with a lot of reactors is the seemingly mandatory proviso, "for a movie this old" or "for a movie of that time." I would tend to leave that proviso off because there was nothing about the environment outside, with all the buildings, lighting, the huge lit billboard on the side of a skyscraper, that was inferior to anything made today. I always find the models more real, and that's probably because they are.
In the big picture, Deckard is the villain, the Replicants are a slave race struggling for answers and freedom. In the end, leaving it an open question of whether Deckard is a Replicant or not, is meant to encourage audiences to question if they might be unwitting slaves themselves, preprogrammed with false ideas. It's very different from the source material, but also very much in keeping with both the author's themes and style. Phillip K Dick was known for leaving readers with questions, specific questions his text leads up to and explores along the way.
First of all, I really like your reactions: You allow yourself to get deeply immersed, you're at ease with your own emotions, and you're pretty insightful.
And thank you for understanding and accepting the premise that replicants are pretty much human in all but name, only better. Almost all reactors I've watched call them "robots" or "androids", showing that they don't even get the premise.
As far as the dystopian future's concerned: This is the first big movie of the cyberpunk genre. Unfortunately there aren't many, although it was really big in the eighties.
Of course you should do the sequel as long as the original's still fresh in your mind. Sadly, we live in a stone age, film-wise, where almost everything's a shitty reboot, remake, reimagining or sequel. BR 2049 is the *only* sequel to an IP from before movies got so bad that actually respects the original instead of despising it and tries to live up to it instead of trying to "improve" it.
24:07 Speaking of Nightmares. I highly recommend Nightmare on Elm Street 84'
You'll never sleep again. 😏😂
Thanks for the donation!! Bless you ☺️ yeah I’m gonna watch that pretty soon as well as Halloween 😭
Hope Myers and Krueger stalk you in your dreams together. 😂
I will be keeping an eye out for those reactions. Maybe I'll recommend 80's comedy on those reactions.
@@PrismaticController 😆 I'll let you know!
Just to say one thing regarding Harrison ford he was asked one time on a show, this was a few years later after blade runner what was his favourite films he worked on and films he didn't like unfortunately''Blade Runner' wasnt one of his favourites he worked on, and nearly turned it down, and thought it would flop he recalled, The reviews by a few film critics, really laid into it as did they did to his other masterpiece Ridley scott ''Alien'' now we all know ''Blade Runner'' in spite of its poor reviews by some and poor returns at the box office Ridley scott iconic film has stood the test of time by its huge worldwide cult and achieve a cult statues,, over the years old harrison ford surly knew of its cult statues in spite of him hating the film, and so did hollywood, now fast forward to 2017 when the much anticipated film Blade runner 2, ready for releases Harrison ford, all of a sudden became a fan for a long time, cause you did mate ,and went on record during a interview and announced in that interviews, his love of it the build up to the squeal and release date, it was one of his favorite films, yeah mate Harrison we know mate we know, the last scene of roy baddie giving that speech was written by Rutger hauer himself when he approached ridley scott and suggested to incorporate it in the scene, Scott agreed straight away, Rutger Hauer stole the show from harrison and rightly so,
You have your title labelled incorrectly. What you just watched was Blade Runner: Final Cut, which was released in 1992 - 10 years after the original. I recommend you actually watch the original, in fact, as there are some significant changes and lore omissions, of which the final cut is very, very guilty.
The tone and atmosphere of the film make it a masterpiece. Your comments early in your reaction establish that you picked up on that. The ethical dilemmas linger in debates among the Fandom today. Was Deckard an advanced Replicant designed to take out his own kind? Phillip K Dick wrote the book on which Blade Runner was based. Many of his stories delve into the subjects of doubting self, identity and our perception of reality.
The set designs and practical effects in Blade Runner are absolutely amazing. They blew me away when I first saw this film. So glad you enjoyed it. You should check out Ridley Scott's "Legend, The Directors Cut". Another visually stunning movie. Has to be the director's cut though. They ruined a great dark fairy tale by cutting the hell out of it and replacing the original Jerry Goldsmith score with a crappy pop score by Tangerine Dream for the theatrical U.S. release.
Something i almost never say. Watch the sequal, its very good.
I hear that a lot for this film!! Gonna see it this coming week!
In his final moments.. he cherished all life, even Deckards. AND.. you saw the unicorn origami.. and you saw his unicorn dream.. right?
@@group-music I'm aware of this. I'm also aware that they deleted the dialogue. Basically Ridley Scott wanted to make it clear that a certain thing was a certain way which I don't want to put here as a spoiler of any kind.
RIDLEY SCOTT IS A GENIUS, RIGHT NEXT TO KUBRICK'S WORLD BUILDING!!!
ALIEN
ALIEN V. PREDATOR
PROMETHEUS (ORIGIN STORY) IS EXCELLENT!!!
Bladerunner 2049 is so good. Do watch it :)
19:04 I’m on the fence about the make out scene with Rachel. It seemed to forced initially. But if she is into it hey why not?
Blade Runner 2049 is a good continuation of the story 30 years later, but the world has changed a lot unfortunately. It doesn't come close to this film regarding production design, lighting, costumes or music.
BRADBERRY BUILDING, I THONK
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
2049 Is basically nonsense. Watch the original Directors cut. Pay attention to the origami and who's a Replicant 😘
@group-music interesting. The unicorn 🦄 means what it means. I understood it was a cut, not added a decade later for a twist. I'll research