Re:‘Blade Runner’ at 40
by golergka on Sunday June 26, 2022 @05:09PM
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This is literally what “Seinfeld is unfunny” trope is about. The original, groundbreaking work gets quoted and used so much that a modern viewer doesn't see anything original in it anymore.
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Some things survive this process, though, and some don't. For example, I didn't see Alien until after I saw Blade Runner. I see Alien as more influential and copied than Blade Runner, yet I still think it's great.
Re:‘Blade Runner’ at 40
by browningstreet on Sunday June 26, 2022 @05:18PM
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To wit: I just watched Close Encounters on a plane. Surprised at how much Spielberg himself quoted from it. It feels like a mashup of ET, Indiana Jones and even Schindlers List.
My ex wife is 16 years younger than me (from 1987). So I made her watch many movies from the 80's and 90's that I think are classics.
Well,most of the time she didn't apreciate them because she watched a lot of TV movies in her teens, and knew most of the plots and twists.