Comments on: A letter from PKD after first seeing a TV preview of Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/a-letter-from-pkd-after-first.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 08:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Joel Emmett http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/a-letter-from-pkd-after-first.html#comment-1608271 Joel Emmett Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200441#comment-1608271 Hey, Mikey!  I think he likes it! Hey, Mikey!  I think he likes it!

]]> By: Werther deGoethe http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/a-letter-from-pkd-after-first.html#comment-1607948 Werther deGoethe Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200441#comment-1607948  Quod est demonstradum.  Quod est demonstradum.

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/a-letter-from-pkd-after-first.html#comment-1607917 Michael Smith Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200441#comment-1607917 It went through so many rewrites that I don't think anybody knows who actually wrote Blade Runner. It went through so many rewrites that I don’t think anybody knows who actually wrote Blade Runner.

]]> By: TheOven http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/a-letter-from-pkd-after-first.html#comment-1607595 TheOven Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200441#comment-1607595 I'm glad he didn't live to see Paycheck.  I’m glad he didn’t live to see Paycheck. 

]]> By: Samsa http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/a-letter-from-pkd-after-first.html#comment-1607494 Samsa Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200441#comment-1607494 I really love [90% of all literary figures] but also think he/she was nuts. There you go. I really love [90% of all literary figures] but also think he/she was nuts.

There you go.

]]> By: Samsa http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/a-letter-from-pkd-after-first.html#comment-1607489 Samsa Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200441#comment-1607489 Would have loved to see PKD's less than excited letter after seeing pretty much anything else adapted from his work. Would have loved to see PKD’s less than excited letter after seeing pretty much anything else adapted from his work.

]]> By: Lemoutan http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/a-letter-from-pkd-after-first.html#comment-1607467 Lemoutan Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200441#comment-1607467 Now you've gone and done it. I can't tell if that's an enthusiastic response or a criticism. Now you’ve gone and done it. I can’t tell if that’s an enthusiastic response or a criticism.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/a-letter-from-pkd-after-first.html#comment-1607409 Boundegar Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200441#comment-1607409 I love it.  Love his novels, too.  But also think he was nuts. I love it.  Love his novels, too.  But also think he was nuts.

]]> By: Paul Turnbull http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/a-letter-from-pkd-after-first.html#comment-1607391 Paul Turnbull Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200441#comment-1607391 So often authors are disappointed with the film versions of their stories. It's wonderful that while PKD did not see the final result, he was genuinely liked what he saw of what they were doing. So often authors are disappointed with the film versions of their stories. It’s wonderful that while PKD did not see the final result, he was genuinely liked what he saw of what they were doing.

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/a-letter-from-pkd-after-first.html#comment-1607370 Halloween_Jack Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200441#comment-1607370 Not wrath but pity, as neither you nor Boundegar seem to have read Dick's letter, in which he isn't offering criticism but a spontaneous and enthusiastic response to a brief glimpse of the movie. (And, Boundegar, despite Dick's complicated relationship with reality and sanity, the letter is thoughtful and warm, and quite coherent.) What traces of criticism are there are directed at his views of the then-current state of the art of science fiction, and he might have been quite right about that. Not wrath but pity, as neither you nor Boundegar seem to have read Dick’s letter, in which he isn’t offering criticism but a spontaneous and enthusiastic response to a brief glimpse of the movie. (And, Boundegar, despite Dick’s complicated relationship with reality and sanity, the letter is thoughtful and warm, and quite coherent.) What traces of criticism are there are directed at his views of the then-current state of the art of science fiction, and he might have been quite right about that.

]]> By: Mighty Blowhole http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/a-letter-from-pkd-after-first.html#comment-1607331 Mighty Blowhole Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200441#comment-1607331 So... you don't like Blade Runner? So… you don’t like Blade Runner?

]]> By: Werther deGoethe http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/a-letter-from-pkd-after-first.html#comment-1607281 Werther deGoethe Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200441#comment-1607281  Wrath of the Dickheads in 3...2...1...  Wrath of the Dickheads in 3…2…1…

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/a-letter-from-pkd-after-first.html#comment-1607244 Boundegar Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200441#comment-1607244 Dick is a poor critic, because he was always unsure of the line between fantasy and reality.  That might be a fun way to live, but it's not a critical stance. Dick is a poor critic, because he was always unsure of the line between fantasy and reality.  That might be a fun way to live, but it’s not a critical stance.

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