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A comment on ‘Blade Runner’ at 40. Parent comment

Re:‘Blade Runner’ at 40 by cmrdporcupine on Sunday June 26, 2022 @11:18PM (#31890238)
I tried to impress my 11 year old with the opening sequence; flames belching over LA, Vangelis, etc. -- which I've always found aesthetically stunning.

He was not impressed. This made me sad.

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Re:‘Blade Runner’ at 40 by phlakaton on Sunday June 26, 2022 @11:58PM (#31890440)
Give him 7 to 10 years. It bounced right off me as a kid too. It's one of my desert island films now.
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Re:‘Blade Runner’ at 40 by mlyle on Sunday June 26, 2022 @11:23PM (#31890262)
That's the caveat of groundbreaking works. They may hold up over time and still be strong works. But the things they did that were new and jaw-dropping end up riffed upon and will no longer be as surprising to new audiences.
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Re:‘Blade Runner’ at 40 by bofh23 on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @08:17AM (#31987291)
Enjoy this awesome cinemagraph from that opening scene (not my work):

“Los Angeles, November 2019” Blade Runner (1982) IWDRM https://iwdrm.tumblr.com/post/2927811283

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Re:‘Blade Runner’ at 40 by PedroBatista on Monday June 27, 2022 @06:03AM (#31892529)
The Kinks, Michael Jackson’s music sound “ok” and familiar today. That’s the price of success and being “trend setting”.
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Re:‘Blade Runner’ at 40 by blarg1 on Monday June 27, 2022 @04:27AM (#31891933)
I was very unimpressed when I watched it as a kid, blown away when I was older.
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