Walsingham Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Wrath of Dagon Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Nothing's sacred if you can make money off it. You can always ignore the sequel of course. "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan
Deadly_Nightshade Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Urrgg... "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot
Raithe Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Well they already wrote a sequel trilogy of books to Bladerunner.. It was only a matter of time before someone returned the idea to hollywood. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Nepenthe Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 I suppose you think that's funny. I thought it was hilarious. You're a cheery wee bugger, Nep. Have I ever said that? Reapercussions
kirottu Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Since "blade runner" is a cop who hunts replicants I have nothing against Blade Runner 2. This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time.
Walsingham Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 I suppose you think that's funny. What's funny about holy cocaine wine? "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Orogun01 Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 As long as it has Keanu Reeves in it, I'm game. I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you.
Malcador Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 As long as it has Keanu Reeves in it, I'm game. Had the same thought. Imagine him giving the VK test Oh well, treat it like the new Dune books, pretend they don't exist. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
WILL THE ALMIGHTY Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 Maybe it won't suck? Maybe it'll actually bring something new and interesting to the series, explore some other aspect of the BR world? "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
Monte Carlo Posted March 4, 2011 Author Posted March 4, 2011 :: shrugs :: Sometimes it's just that a movie is pretty much perfect as it is. It would be nice just to let it speak for itself and for folks to make something new.
Malcador Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 Maybe it won't suck? Maybe it'll actually bring something new and interesting to the series, explore some other aspect of the BR world? We can see how Roy fell in love with Zhora and how that provided an impetus for him to want more life. You're too optimistic though. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Gorgon Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 Actually I don't have a problem with a sequel. It's going to be hard to top the original, but get somebody good and who knows. Better this than releasing another 'final, no this time we really actually mean it, cut' version. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all.
Tale Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 *drops to knees* *hands in the air* *tears run down his cheeks* why? "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
Blarghagh Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 Oh dear. Someone is making a sequel to a great movie. I guess that will just be a small pang of "too bad they screwed up the sequel" every time I watch the original. I guess I'm going to have to whine about that small discomfort on the internet and blow it up like it's a life changing negative experience.
Morgoth Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 I'm neutral on this. For now. Rain makes everything better.
Walsingham Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 You know it would be kind of awesome if we actually formed a mob and burned down the studio. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Hurlshort Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 As long as it has Keanu Reeves in it, I'm game. Had the same thought. Imagine him giving the VK test Oh well, treat it like the new Dune books, pretend they don't exist. I made the comment a bit tongue in cheek, but I really could see him doing it. I like Johnny Mnemonic enough to go see it with him as the lead.
Gorgon Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 Yes, he's got just enough range of emotion to play a robot. If we are assuming Dekkard is/was one that is. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all.
Guard Dog Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 Probabilities of it being any good are pretty small. I remember watching one of the highlander sequels in a room full of people, they said that iconic lone "there can be only one" and someone shouted out "There should have been". it was funny. Just look at the last Indiana Jones movie for how bad a sequel can be, "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Enoch Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 (edited) :: shrugs :: Sometimes it's just that a movie is pretty much perfect as it is. It would be nice just to let it speak for itself and for folks to make something new. I like Blade Runner okay, but it's a pretty shaky foundation for this particular argument. Seriously, how many different first-run, second-run, altered, re-edited, directors-cut, abridged, unabridged, no-that-last-director's-cut-wasn't-really-what-the-director-wanted-but-this-one-totally-is-director's-cut, 18-volume DVD box, etc., etc., etc., releases has that film had?? The Keanu line was funny. But to the extent that he has a real acting gift, it's in playing characters who may not be entirely real. Which is a very good fit for a P.K.Dick-style piece. He was pretty good in the film adaptation of Dick's A Scanner Darkly. Given Rutger Hauer's prominence in the original, I can't really see how Blade Runner fans can get too snobby about acting skills. [Edit: Daryl Hannah, too.] Edited March 4, 2011 by Enoch
Monte Carlo Posted March 4, 2011 Author Posted March 4, 2011 Some movies (I believe they call them 'franchises') lend themselves to sequels. FFS, I love the Bourne movies, for me number three was the best. I just think that Bladerunner is complete. It's a gem. Leave it be.
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