tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post7409241356427054045..comments2024-03-18T10:29:46.055+00:00Comments on Ken Armstrong Writing Stuff: Deckard and the ReplicantsKen Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-26504250406880642912016-09-07T14:05:02.190+01:002016-09-07T14:05:02.190+01:00Blade Runner never leaves my Top Ten Films list. I...<i>Blade Runner</i> never leaves my Top Ten Films list. I’ve seen the original cinema release more times than I can remember and every subsequent cut too plus I have a boxed set of all the versions of the soundtrack which also never leaves my Top Ten Soundtracks list. There’s a lot to be said for multiple viewings of films and I wish I had more time for that but I can’t keep up with all the TV I want to watch even the once which is a shame because there are shows out there that deserve (and actually need) multiple viewings, <i>The Leftovers</i>, for example. On the surface you wouldn’t think of <i>Blade Runner</i> as that kind of film but once I’d seen it a few times I started to let my attention wander and realised the film is so rich in detail. I remember watching a documentary that talked about the subtext in <i>Alien</i> comparing it to <i>A Nightmare on Elm Street</i> and I was blown away by how much I’d missed; I imagine the same will prove true of <i>Blade Runner</i>. Of course there’s always the danger of reading <i>into</i> a text and all you have to do is remember the fracas surrounding <i>Lost</i> to see how that can go. As for the whole issue about whether or not Deckard was a replicant I’m not sure when people started talking about that but I went back and read the novel and I don’t recall there being even a hint there. The book disappointed which is a shame because it’s far from being a bad book but it wasn’t <i>Blade Runner</i>. Learned some new stuff in your article especially about Holden. Thanks for that. The big question through is: What position will the new film take? Perhaps it’ll ignore the question completely. Either way some percentage of fans will be disappointed. I was reading about a comment made by Nicholas Meyer in relation to the new <i>Star Trek: Discovery</i> TV series in which he asks fans to lower their expectations. He said, “[I]f you go with a set of impossible to realize expectations, which even you cannot specifically define, then we’re bound to fail.” This is why I tend to skim articles about new science fiction films after ruining Batman (the Tim Burton version) for myself by believing the hype. I cannot pretend for a second I’m not excited about <i>Blade Runner 2</i> and I probably will still manage to be disappointed but that’s just because too many people get involved in films these days and it’s never a good thing. I was reading an interview with Woody Allen a few days ago where he was talking about his new TV series and basically he was given a sum of money and told “Come back with a TV series” like they used to do in the old days, <i>Monty Python’s Flying Circus</i> being a similar case. If only films—Woody Allen again being the glaring exception—could be more like that, one man’s vision.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-12857821513081125742016-09-04T14:52:27.103+01:002016-09-04T14:52:27.103+01:00Hi Ken, not my favest of movies, tbh, but have see...Hi Ken, not my favest of movies, tbh, but have seen the various 'cuts' bought the box set cheap when Zavvi closed a few years back. On the features Ridley Scott admiTs Deckard was a replicant, albeit tongue in cheek, there's a very long doc about the movie which ,as a fan you'd enjoy, I watched it a few times,lots of backbiting between all involved , but a great insight into the movie & how it came to be, Dangerous Days, I think it's called. I used to do amovienews bit for a forum a while back, & discovered that a sequel is being planned, with Harrison Ford, tho how much participation would be anyones guess, the plot seem to centre on a 5th or 6th, replicant mentioned in 1st movie that escaped with others & deckard didn't get it, wheher he's it or there's another loose is anyones guess I Suppose, this movie was mentioned in same breath as a 5th Indiana Jones also with Ford so you never know...<br /><br />Take Care Ken <br /><br /> GHseoirse mac enrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11894305600071657649noreply@blogger.com