Ridley Scott Ready To Direct New Version Of Seminal Sci-Fi Film 'Blade Runner'

Dowly · 08-18-11, 07:29 PM

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EXCLUSIVE: After revisiting his classic Alien with the upcoming 3D Fox film
Prometheus, Ridley Scott is committing to direct and produce a film that
advances his other seminal and groundbreaking science fiction film. Scott has
signed on to direct and produce a new installment of Blade Runner.

http://www.deadline.com/2011/08/ridl...-blade-runner/

First new "Alien" flick, now new Blade Runner? Awesome.

Torplexed · 08-18-11, 08:08 PM

So good to see Ridley Scott returning to science fiction after an almost thirty year absence.

I've heard he might also be working on a film adaptation of the Hugo Award winning Philip Dick novel, Man in the High Castle.

I suppose if he times it right the new Blade Runner could be coming out in almost the same year the original film was set in--2019.

kiwi_2005 · 08-18-11, 08:37 PM

First time I watched Blade runner renting out a VHS tape back in the day I thought it was awesome

20yrs later it show here on tv so thought be good to see it again, and it sucked

I actually fell asleep watching it.

Looking forward to the new bladerunner though.

Sailor Steve · 08-18-11, 08:43 PM

I saw it in the theater and didn't like it then. A couple of Philip K. Dick novels have been made into movies, and they have nothing to do with the books.

I did like Daryl Hannah's death scene.

Torplexed · 08-18-11, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I saw it in the theater and didn't like it then. A couple of Philip K. Dick novels have been made into movies, and they have nothing to do with the books.

I remember having to pull my jaw off the floor with that opening shot of 2019 Los Angeles. It really worked for me on the wide screen. I was hooked from then although Harrison Ford's narration in the original release just didn't work well. At the time I had never heard of Philip K. Dick.

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I did like Daryl Hannah's death scene.

Replicant retirement is usually pretty dramatic.

Skybird · 08-18-11, 09:28 PM

Blade Runner bases on Philip K. Dicks novel "Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep", and the movie surpasses the novel in all regards, I think. I also think the novel is a good one but not one of the best by Dick. However, the other Dick novels and stories turned into movies, usually stayed above the quality of the films.

I do not understand what Scott tries to show there when redoing Blade Runner. The movie still speaks for itself right the way as it is - a highly influential benchmark, and a classic second to none in its segment. Not to mention that there already have been five versions/cuts of the movie now.

Scott is old, and his time is running out. I wonder why he does not focus - and if he ever will have the time left - on what he claimed to be a heart'S business for him - turning Haldeman's famous SciFi novel "The Forever War" into a movie, which he said years ago were a desire for him since he was a young man. He has bought the rights years ago, a screen play was started also several years ago - and now it is rotting in a drawer of his desk?

And as much as I like most movies by Scott, he also did some terribly bad ones (Hannibal, GI Jane), and Robin Hood lately was simply - boring, and hopelessly misled.

Get back to serious work, Ridley. Get Forever War done, before your time has run out - you are already 74 now. This is the one movie I wait more for than any more incarnations of Alien, Blade Runner, Protheus-Alien clones, or whatever. If there is one director who can do this complex storyline, than it is you - and you do not turn younger, you know.

Skybird · 08-18-11, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

I was hooked from then although Harrison Ford's narration in the original release just didn't work well.

That wa sintentionally done this way by Ford. Niether Ford nor Scott wanted that narration, or the happy end, but the company said American audience were too dumb to understand the story without the narration, and American audience would insist that there had to be a happy end, so they copied in a sequence from material that was left from Kubrick's "Shining" (the landscape flight at the end), and Ford did the narration as bad and demotivated as he could in the hope that it would be so terrible that they would cut it out again. Scott and Ford never wanted it with that narration.

In German it worked slightly better, due to the very well-matching German speaker for Harrison Ford. But still I think it was not needed to be done.

Rockstar · 08-18-11, 09:34 PM

I liked the movie with the Ford narration, until I saw the directors cut which was I thought was much better. But that ain't saying much as I think 'Eegah' with Richard Kiel is Oscar material too.

08-18-11, 08:08 PM	#2
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	So good to see Ridley Scott returning to science fiction after an almost thirty year absence. I've heard he might also be working on a film adaptation of the Hugo Award winning Philip Dick novel, Man in the High Castle. I suppose if he times it right the new Blade Runner could be coming out in almost the same year the original film was set in--2019. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

08-18-11, 08:37 PM	#3
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	First time I watched Blade runner renting out a VHS tape back in the day I thought it was awesome 20yrs later it show here on tv so thought be good to see it again, and it sucked I actually fell asleep watching it. Looking forward to the new bladerunner though. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

08-18-11, 08:43 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I saw it in the theater and didn't like it then. A couple of Philip K. Dick novels have been made into movies, and they have nothing to do with the books. I did like Daryl Hannah's death scene. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-18-11, 09:28 PM	#6
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,649 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Blade Runner bases on Philip K. Dicks novel "Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep", and the movie surpasses the novel in all regards, I think. I also think the novel is a good one but not one of the best by Dick. However, the other Dick novels and stories turned into movies, usually stayed above the quality of the films. I do not understand what Scott tries to show there when redoing Blade Runner. The movie still speaks for itself right the way as it is - a highly influential benchmark, and a classic second to none in its segment. Not to mention that there already have been five versions/cuts of the movie now. Scott is old, and his time is running out. I wonder why he does not focus - and if he ever will have the time left - on what he claimed to be a heart'S business for him - turning Haldeman's famous SciFi novel "The Forever War" into a movie, which he said years ago were a desire for him since he was a young man. He has bought the rights years ago, a screen play was started also several years ago - and now it is rotting in a drawer of his desk? And as much as I like most movies by Scott, he also did some terribly bad ones (Hannibal, GI Jane), and Robin Hood lately was simply - boring, and hopelessly misled. Get back to serious work, Ridley. Get Forever War done, before your time has run out - you are already 74 now. This is the one movie I wait more for than any more incarnations of Alien, Blade Runner, Protheus-Alien clones, or whatever. If there is one director who can do this complex storyline, than it is you - and you do not turn younger, you know. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

08-18-11, 09:34 PM	#8
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I liked the movie with the Ford narration, until I saw the directors cut which was I thought was much better. But that ain't saying much as I think 'Eegah' with Richard Kiel is Oscar material too.