demagogue on 18/5/2012 at 15:58
I'll cross post what I said elsewhere:
Suffice it to say the chances of success here are slim IMO, but it's like any sequel that comes decades later. Nobody's going to think it reflects on the original however it turns out. But it's not inevitable it will suck either. The Blade Runner adventure game presented a sequel story that was respectable to its source material IMO (well if you cut the fluff & boiled it down). So it *can* be done.
I think this is the difference from us simply assuming it will suck and not bothering to go on about the inevitable vs. us hoping it's pretty good and giving the makers hell if it's not. I think we're still in the 2nd category on this.
Also how Prometheus turns out will probably speak a lot to what we should expect from this.
faetal on 18/5/2012 at 17:28
They should do a LP of the game and just show that in cinemas.
fett on 18/5/2012 at 21:12
I don't see this working, mainly because the themes that were presented (and presented well for the first time) by the original have been explored in every possible format at this point. Everything from Transformers down to that shitty Robin Williams movie where he was the robot, to Will Smith's AI, Minority Report (a little), even outside of the realm of sci-fi you have about half the Pixar films humanizing machines for one purpose or another. I'm not sure what else they think there is to say, but I'm always up for a good story. Sadly, I suspect whatever they come up will be be viewed as derivative, even though ironically most of what it derives from was influenced by it. Or something.
Sulphur on 18/5/2012 at 21:20
All a sequel needs is good techno porn and edgy shit to ride on in lieu of a story, and people will be there in droves.
Face it: we all love Blade Runner because of the bit where Rutger Hauer pushes his thumbs into some old chess player guy's eyes.
Yakoob on 19/5/2012 at 02:16
well just because it's a sequel doesn't mean it needs to explore exactly the same concepts and ideas. I mean the first movie already did that, why just repeat? why not go in a whole new direction? If anything, it would only enrich the series.
henke on 20/5/2012 at 09:57
Quote Posted by demagogue
I think classic movies are the stuff of young directors on their way up, not old directors on their way down
I don't think Ridley Scott is on his way down though. His movies have been quite consistent in quality over the course of his career. Not all of them are winners but every few years one comes out that proves the guy still knows what he's doing.
Anyway, I've never been a huge Blade Runner fan so I don't mind a sequel. If it turns out to be good then yay.
june gloom on 20/5/2012 at 12:21
I'm a huge BR fan and I really can't process this. I need more information before I can declare whether it sucks or not.
faetal on 20/5/2012 at 14:25
It's in my top 5, but I don't mind too much. If it's gash, then I can just re-watch the original and pretend like nothing happened.
demagogue on 20/5/2012 at 22:33
You know what all you people got...?
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Sg3 on 20/5/2012 at 22:56
Hmm. I've never seen Blade Runner.
