Hobbes' Choice wrote:Blade Runner represents great innovation in design. I saw it at my first Drive-in, in LA. It was a second feature, and after a few minutes several cars drove out. I can't remember the first film that night (must have been shite), and was disappointed to see people leave, but I loved the film.
There were not many films that dared to show the future as less than perfect, but Ridley Scott did this well with BR and the Alien films, providing us with a glimpse of dystopia.
I feel the "remake" (or is it a sequal?) is going to be a let down.
Oy vey. For perhaps only the second time in recorded history, I fear I have to agree with you. Call the press.
Blade Runner, and in particular, the scene on the rooftop in particular...absolute magic, that. But the scene of Deckard checking his teeth...the scene of Zhora's death...all magnificent, moody cinematic genius. I fear that I love the original too much not to see the sequel, but also love the original so much that, like you, I cannot bring myself to believe it can be anything but a letdown.
One more film of particular interest to philosophers, but one heck of a weird, moody "postmodern" piece in its own right, a very old Steven Soderbergh film called "Kafka." Fortunately, it's on YouTube in its entirety. See
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_MmwyazJBk . It's really quite creepy, but has quite a fascinating critique of modern life in it.