Movie A Day #66: Blade Runner

[UncleChris]

True.... but for a great cause!!


Gracie: You have a gun, I hope?
Jack Burton: A knife.
Gracie: A knife? This guy's twelve feet tall!
Jack Burton: Seven. Besides, I can take him.

 

[Hollywood]

[Walking outside in the rain, Jack and Egg fight for control of the umbrella]
Wang Chi: A brave man likes the feel of wind on his face.
Egg Shen: And a wise man knows when to get in out of the rain!

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

True.... but for a great cause!!


Gracie: You have a gun, I hope?
Jack Burton: A knife.
Gracie: A knife? This guy's twelve feet tall!
Jack Burton: Seven. Besides, I can take him.

 

[UncleChris]

Jack Burton: Okay, I get the picture White Tigers, Lords of Death, guys in funny suits throwing plastic explosives while poison arrows fall from the sky and the pillars of heaven shake, huh? Sure, okay, I see Charlie Chan, Fu Manchu and a hundred howlin' monkey temples, and that's just for starters, right? Fine! I'm back! I'm ready, ********* let me at 'em!

 

[Linderbee]

I am SOO glad I own this on DVD.

 

[Mulli]

All I can remember about the movie is:

"Me, Jack Burton!"

 

[dreamcastrocks]

I am SOO glad I own this on DVD.

Me 2. I have the out of print 2 disc edition. I think I'll have to go back and rewatch it soon.

 

[Linderbee]

I think I'll have to go back and rewatch it soon.

 

[Renz]

All I can remember about the movie is:

"Me, Jack Burton!"

It is actually, "Jack Burton. Me."

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

It is actually, "Jack Burton. Me."

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[Renz]

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[Cheesebeef]

so, I just watched this entire thing, catching it in the theaters and all I can say is... huh? I still don't get where the ridiculous worship of this movie comes from. I did think it was visually striking and interesting, but yeah, slow, slow, and slow.

and was Ford supposed to be a replicant also? What gives?

 

[Pariah]

A agree. Overrated.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

so, I just watched this entire thing, catching it in the theaters and all I can say is... huh? I still don't get where the ridiculous worship of this movie comes from. I did think it was visually striking and interesting, but yeah, slow, slow, and slow.

and was Ford supposed to be a replicant also? What gives?

You must have seen it without the narration. I've seen both versions in the theaters. The same theater to be exact. Saw it in the original Cine Capri when it was originally released (saw it in the El Camino in Scottsdale also - third largest screen at the time...after Cine Capri and Kachina). Also saw the "Director's Cut" when it was premiered at the original Cine Capri.

The narration keeps it moving along in my opinion.

As for your last question:

Spoiler

According to the author - NO. Absolutely not. The character was human and NOT a replicant.

According to the director: Yes. He has come out in interviews saying he was a replicant.

I side with the author.

 

[Cheesebeef]

You must have seen it without the narration. I've seen both versions in the theaters. The same theater to be exact. Saw it in the original Cine Capri when it was originally released (saw it in the El Camino in Scottsdale also - third largest screen at the time...after Cine Capri and Kachina). Also saw the "Director's Cut" when it was premiered at the original Cine Capri.

The narration keeps it moving along in my opinion.

I've tried watching it with the narration multiple times - seemed just as slow then as it was in the theaters. In fact the main reason I went to see it in the theaters was because I KNEW I'd force myself to finally watch the entire thing considering that every time I tried to watch it home (with the narration) in the past, I was bored to tears and turned it off.

 

[Linderbee]

so, I just watched this entire thing, catching it in the theaters and all I can say is... huh? I still don't get where the ridiculous worship of this movie comes from. I did think it was visually striking and interesting, but yeah, slow, slow, and slow.

and was Ford supposed to be a replicant also? What gives?

A agree. Overrated.

I love you both. This was actually a bone of contention between me & my ex because I never thought the movie was "oh, so amazing"

 

[Cheesebeef]

I love you both. This was actually a bone of contention between me & my ex because I never thought the movie was "oh, so amazing"

my ex-girlfriend swore up and down by this movie and told me I wasn't allowed to talk about it if I never finished the entire thing. I'm excited to tell her at the upcoming Halloween party that I've now seen the entire thing and she's a complete moron.

 

[Linderbee]

my ex-girlfriend swore up and down by this movie and told me I wasn't allowed to talk about it if I never finished the entire thing. I'm excited to tell her at the upcoming Halloween party that I've now seen the entire thing and she's a complete moron.

 

[cardfaninfl]

So, you are saying the movie was slow? And slow is a bad thing? Ok, got it - slow = bad.

Oh look something shiney!

 

[Linderbee]

So, you are saying the movie was slow? And slow is a bad thing? Ok, got it - slow = bad.

Oh look something shiney!

For the record--I wasn't saying it was slow. I was saying it SUCKED.

 

[Cheesebeef]

So, you are saying the movie was slow? And slow is a bad thing? Ok, got it - slow = bad.

Oh look something shiney!

call me crazy, but when a movie's so slow that it's continually boring me or literally putting me to sleep, I equate that to being a bad thing.

 

[Heucrazy]

Jack Burton is a huge Blade Runner fan.

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

Jack Burton is a huge Blade Runner fan.

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[Linderbee]

Who?

Jack Burton! Me!

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[Pariah]

uh-oh. Big trouble.