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Re:How the opening scenes of Blade Runner were made (video) by elblanco on Monday September 13, 2010 @08:39AM (#1686309)
I try and watch BR at least once a year. Future L.A. is a place so detailed that it seems absolutely real.

Not only is it a brilliant movie, it holds up amazingly well given its age. It could probably be released today and nobody would know the difference.

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Re:How the opening scenes of Blade Runner were made (video) by gecko on Monday September 13, 2010 @10:36AM (#1686680)
It was (re-)released a few years ago, and some people I saw the movie with were totally convinced that the special effects had all been redone with absolutely cutting-edge CGI like the remastered Star Wars movies. They were quite floored when I told them that the only digital aspect of the re-release had to do with color balance and improving the audio track.
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Re:How the opening scenes of Blade Runner were made (video) by ouhjygj on Monday September 13, 2010 @02:41PM (#1687703)
No it couldn't. There is no car chase, no explosions and only a couple of violent deaths.

Plus it has all this plot stuff that you have to 'like' concentrate on ...

Although it did invent the concept of anti-product placements. People would pay not to be placed in the remake!

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Re:How the opening scenes of Blade Runner were made (video) by hugh3 on Monday September 13, 2010 @09:39PM (#1689058)
No it couldn't. There is no car chase, no explosions and only a couple of violent deaths.

Plus it has all this plot stuff that you have to 'like' concentrate on ...

I'm sure if you went back to read the movie reviews from the year Blade Runner came out, you'd find them full of similar sentiments. "Blah blah, they don't make sophisticated movies any more, people only care about spectacle and car chases and explosions." No doubt people will be making similar complaints in another 30 years while completely ignoring the sophisticated movies being produced in their own time ("Man, nobody makes movies like Primer or District 9 any more, do they?)

(Yes, I know District 9 has explosions.)

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Re:How the opening scenes of Blade Runner were made (video) by sesqu on Tuesday September 14, 2010 @06:25AM (#1690086)
The first time I saw it, it looked old.

Way too much sheet plastic, close quarters, massive constructs, lack of lighting, utilitarianism, and general weather. And the guns sound like they were made by people who wanted to shoot big bullets. It's not that the special effects are unbelievable, it's that they're not describing a design aesthetic as extrapolated from the present-day experience.

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Re:How the opening scenes of Blade Runner were made (video) by eru on Monday September 13, 2010 @10:12PM (#1689150)
You should also read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?". While the overlap with the movie is quite small, the book is still fascinating.
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