Comments on: Blade Runner, The Sequel. Or The Prequel. http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 05:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: gths http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043718 gths Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043718 The original didn't have enough big explosions so I reckon we could put Michael Bay on the case and he'd fix that for the sequel. The original didn’t have enough big explosions so I reckon we could put Michael Bay on the case and he’d fix that for the sequel.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1044237 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1044237 Should not be made. All these remakes, revisions and prequels deface and diminish the great works that they pretend to stand on. Should not be made.

All these remakes, revisions and prequels deface and diminish the great works that they pretend to stand on.

]]> By: podopolog http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043726 podopolog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043726 Before anyone gets to a sequel/prequel, we'd like to propose a true version of "Do Anroids Dream of Electric Sheep", without all the entertainment industry ketchup and oblivion polish. Ridley Scott didn't even read the book ! And while it's difficult to argue it's an entirely botched film, cause it's undeniably quite a juicy fruiturist spectacle, it lands way off the author's original mark ! We at the XLterrestrials Citizen Kino lab recently put it through a rigorous psychomedia analysis in Berlin during the Transmediale Fest, and have determined that Ridley tests positive as a Hollywood Replicant! He opted for easy digestible material and mas$ive-budget main$tream appeal. And rather than posing complex questions about humanity and corporate hell, wound up giving us sexy replicants, a formulaic cop story tryst and a subtle technohype commercial! PKd's work was fueled with serious social warning, and it still deserves a serious adaptation! Then again, maybe people just need to read more ! Before anyone gets to a sequel/prequel, we’d like to propose a true version of “Do Anroids Dream of Electric Sheep”, without all the entertainment industry ketchup and oblivion polish. Ridley Scott didn’t even read the book ! And while it’s difficult to argue it’s an entirely botched film, cause it’s undeniably quite a juicy fruiturist spectacle, it lands way off the author’s original mark !
We at the XLterrestrials Citizen Kino lab recently put it through a rigorous psychomedia analysis in Berlin during the Transmediale Fest, and have determined that Ridley tests positive as a Hollywood Replicant!
He opted for easy digestible material and mas$ive-budget main$tream appeal. And rather than posing complex questions about humanity and corporate hell, wound up giving us sexy replicants, a formulaic cop story tryst and a subtle technohype commercial! PKd’s work was fueled with serious social warning, and it still deserves a serious adaptation!
Then again, maybe people just need to read more !

]]> By: Daemon http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043729 Daemon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043729 "we’re living in the industrial age of technology" Please don't let whoever said this have anything to do with the movie, should it ever actually happen. “we’re living in the industrial age of technology”

Please don’t let whoever said this have anything to do with the movie, should it ever actually happen.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1044753 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1044753 sure sure, i got the metaphor part. but was it a real bird? i didn't think there were any left, hence the need for replicant animals. in jf's bldg, was it a flock of replicant birds running around loose? flying around loose, i mean. what gives? sure sure, i got the metaphor part. but was it a real bird? i didn’t think there were any left, hence the need for replicant animals. in jf’s bldg, was it a flock of replicant birds running around loose? flying around loose, i mean. what gives?

]]> By: Gloo http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043730 Gloo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043730 "We just need to find the right writer and director.” All I hope is that both of them will stay well hidden... “We just need to find the right writer and director.”

All I hope is that both of them will stay well hidden…

]]> By: DrPretto http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043731 DrPretto Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043731 Hey Mr. Pescovitz, at least give me some credit, I "submiterated" this yesterday: http://boingboing.net/submit/2011/03/blade-runner-sequel-or-prequel-in-development-now.html Hey Mr. Pescovitz, at least give me some credit, I “submiterated” this yesterday:
http://boingboing.net/submit/2011/03/blade-runner-sequel-or-prequel-in-development-now.html

]]> By: podopolog http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043734 podopolog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043734 Btw, if anyone's interested we're trying to bring our psychomedia analysis project - CitiZen Kino - back on tour through the Land of Replicant Memories in 2011 and looking for hosts, collaborators and producers. More info here: http://xlterrestrials.org/plog/?p=6424 Btw, if anyone’s interested we’re trying to bring our psychomedia analysis project – CitiZen Kino – back on tour through the Land of Replicant Memories in 2011 and looking for hosts, collaborators and producers.
More info here:
http://xlterrestrials.org/plog/?p=6424

]]> By: angrydroid http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043741 angrydroid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043741 Please. No. Don't. Please. No. Don’t.

]]> By: BBQbrains http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1044009 BBQbrains Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1044009 "Before anyone gets to a sequel/prequel, we'd like to propose a true version of "Do Anroids Dream of Electric Sheep", without all the entertainment industry ketchup and oblivion polish. Ridley Scott didn't even read the book ! And while it's difficult to argue it's an entirely botched film, cause it's undeniably quite a juicy fruiturist spectacle, it lands way off the author's original mark !" Thank the gods for Ridley Scott. IMO the PKD book wasn't particularly good. If they want more Blade-Runnery material, they can always work on an adaptation of Chung Kuo. Lots of sequels already built in. “Before anyone gets to a sequel/prequel, we’d like to propose a true version of “Do Anroids Dream of Electric Sheep”, without all the entertainment industry ketchup and oblivion polish. Ridley Scott didn’t even read the book ! And while it’s difficult to argue it’s an entirely botched film, cause it’s undeniably quite a juicy fruiturist spectacle, it lands way off the author’s original mark !”

Thank the gods for Ridley Scott. IMO the PKD book wasn’t particularly good.

If they want more Blade-Runnery material, they can always work on an adaptation of Chung Kuo. Lots of sequels already built in.

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1044278 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1044278 The best thing about the movie, IMHO, was when some studio hack(s) saw it for what it should be and added the opening voice-over, making it *Philip Marlowe In The Rain*. It was better noir than science fiction, anyway. If a sequel, take it back to the mean streets of L.A., down which a man will walk who is not himself mean. Also, I can't figure out how a hi-tech replicant with a shelf life of only a few years can possibly be cost-effective. The Tyrell Corporation must have made its billions doing something else. The best thing about the movie, IMHO, was when some studio hack(s) saw it for what it should be and added the opening voice-over, making it *Philip Marlowe In The Rain*. It was better noir than science fiction, anyway. If a sequel, take it back to the mean streets of L.A., down which a man will walk who is not himself mean.

Also, I can’t figure out how a hi-tech replicant with a shelf life of only a few years can possibly be cost-effective. The Tyrell Corporation must have made its billions doing something else.

]]> By: Camp Freddie http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043776 Camp Freddie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043776 I really think that Blade Runner doesn't need or want a sequel or prequel. Some films just work best on their own, with the mysteries left as mysteries. I don't want to know how replicants were invented, I don't want to know why Decker became a replicant-hunter. I sure as hell don't want some crappy 3D CGI of attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion or C-beams glittering in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. I mean, imagine what would happen if some idiot tried to make a sequel to the Matrix where they explained the background about why the computers want to imprison humans? I really think that Blade Runner doesn’t need or want a sequel or prequel.

Some films just work best on their own, with the mysteries left as mysteries. I don’t want to know how replicants were invented, I don’t want to know why Decker became a replicant-hunter.

I sure as hell don’t want some crappy 3D CGI of attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion or C-beams glittering in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.

I mean, imagine what would happen if some idiot tried to make a sequel to the Matrix where they explained the background about why the computers want to imprison humans?

]]> By: neilwalker http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1044293 neilwalker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1044293 What does it mean to be a human being? Didn't we have enough Lt. Commander Data episodes to answer that one? However, if it gets made and is bad it won't delete the original. Highlander 2 was bad, but it didn't affect the original's greatness. It just meant that there was another bad sequel in the world. If I was to put money on it, I'd bet it will be another Tron Legacy. It'll look great, but leave you feeling cold inside... What does it mean to be a human being? Didn’t we have enough Lt. Commander Data episodes to answer that one?

However, if it gets made and is bad it won’t delete the original. Highlander 2 was bad, but it didn’t affect the original’s greatness. It just meant that there was another bad sequel in the world. If I was to put money on it, I’d bet it will be another Tron Legacy. It’ll look great, but leave you feeling cold inside…

]]> By: Prufrock451 http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043531 Prufrock451 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043531 Boy, that picture did turn out so well. So go back to collecting $15 a year in royalties on The book of Eli and get the hell away from Blade Runner. Boy, that picture did turn out so well. So go back to collecting $15 a year in royalties on The book of Eli and get the hell away from Blade Runner.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043535 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043535 as long as they have Rutger Hauer in it in some form! as long as they have Rutger Hauer in it in some form!

]]> By: bklynchris http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043537 bklynchris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043537 Hey! I have a great idea! How about Philip K. Dick? .....oh wait...he's dead. or is it just me that thinks this un-BB worthy? Unless, it was put up here for scorn and ridicule. Hey! I have a great idea! How about Philip K. Dick? …..oh wait…he’s dead.

or is it just me that thinks this un-BB worthy? Unless, it was put up here for scorn and ridicule.

]]> By: Johnny Cat http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043538 Johnny Cat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043538 "Get the hell away from Blade Runner." Agreed. Maybe the film world doesn't amount to a hill of beans, but throwing origami unicorns at it won't solve the damn problem. “Get the hell away from Blade Runner.”

Agreed. Maybe the film world doesn’t amount to a hill of beans, but throwing origami unicorns at it won’t solve the damn problem.

]]> By: dubzee http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043539 dubzee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043539 No. No no no. Don't do that...seriously. No.

No no no.

Don’t do that…seriously.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043540 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043540 that was my first thought too. followed by: "hey hollywood, why don't you try and find some other gem buried in literature to make, or come up with something new, rather than endless rehashing the fucking past???" that was my first thought too. followed by:

“hey hollywood, why don’t you try and find some other gem buried in literature to make, or come up with something new, rather than endless rehashing the fucking past???”

]]> By: scifijazznik http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043541 scifijazznik Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043541 Can we start a kickstart account to raise $5 billion dollars to give to them in exchange for not following through with this terrible idea? It's Hollywood, so appealing to conscience or good taste is not going to work. Money is the only option. Can we start a kickstart account to raise $5 billion dollars to give to them in exchange for not following through with this terrible idea? It’s Hollywood, so appealing to conscience or good taste is not going to work. Money is the only option.

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1044821 Michael Smith Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1044821 It was a real bird. All the replicant animals we see were directly owned by people, like the snake. It was a real bird. All the replicant animals we see were directly owned by people, like the snake.

]]> By: thekinginyellow http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043798 thekinginyellow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043798 this is all i have to say: http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/1237/darthvadernoooop.jpg this is all i have to say:
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/1237/darthvadernoooop.jpg

]]> By: delightfuldave http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043543 delightfuldave Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043543 They should incorporate elements from Dick's Electric Ant if they really want to deal with what it means to be human. That narrative arguably pushes it more towards elements of perception, but at it's core it's about the initial ambiguity surrounding the principle character's discovery that he is not human. They should incorporate elements from Dick’s Electric Ant if they really want to deal with what it means to be human. That narrative arguably pushes it more towards elements of perception, but at it’s core it’s about the initial ambiguity surrounding the principle character’s discovery that he is not human.

]]> By: StudioRobot http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043544 StudioRobot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043544 meh. i say throw Terry Gilliam at it. I think he could pull it off. meh. i say throw Terry Gilliam at it. I think he could pull it off.

]]> By: rrh http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043545 rrh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043545 What would we see in a prequel? Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion? C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate? What would we see in a prequel? Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion? C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043548 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043548 No. Don't #$%! with it. Please. No.
Don’t #$%! with it.
Please.

]]> By: Tonky http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043549 Tonky Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043549 I second that PruFrock. Blade Runner is quite possibly the greatest film of all time. Visual richness, action, methodical story telling and 1 sweet boa constrictor! Can't see a se/prequel having anything to add to that universe. At the very least least it will bring attention to the original. I pray they don't produce it all in a computer and actually build sets. I second that PruFrock. Blade Runner is quite possibly the greatest film of all time. Visual richness, action, methodical story telling and 1 sweet boa constrictor!

Can’t see a se/prequel having anything to add to that universe.
At the very least least it will bring attention to the original.

I pray they don’t produce it all in a computer and actually build sets.

]]> By: deckard68 http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1044064 deckard68 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1044064 @68: Those sequel books by Jeter aren't considered "cannon" by anyone with taste. They're putrid. @68: Those sequel books by Jeter aren’t considered “cannon” by anyone with taste. They’re putrid.

]]> By: Kwolfbrooks http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043553 Kwolfbrooks Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043553 “But from our point of view, the thematic core of the original movie — what does it mean to be a human being? — is even more relevant today than it was when the film came out. " Eh...? Is this guy in fourth grade, or what? Is being human really more relevant today than it was back then? And... "Industrial Age of technology..." Sheeeeesh! “But from our point of view, the thematic core of the original movie — what does it mean to be a human being? — is even more relevant today than it was when the film came out. ”

Eh…? Is this guy in fourth grade, or what? Is being human really more relevant today than it was back then?

And… “Industrial Age of technology…”

Sheeeeesh!

]]> By: Michaelchr http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/blade-runner-the-seq.html#comment-1043554 Michaelchr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043554 I just watched this again the other night and realized that according to the opening credits it takes place in 2018. It's going to be the future soon. Someone better get moving if we're going to have off-world colonies and flying cars in just 7 years. Not to mention very attractive killer robots. I just watched this again the other night and realized that according to the opening credits it takes place in 2018. It’s going to be the future soon. Someone better get moving if we’re going to have off-world colonies and flying cars in just 7 years. Not to mention very attractive killer robots.

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