No, no, no, no, no. At dinner a week or two ago, all three of the men present (to the puzzlement of all three of the women present) agreed that this movie needs no remake, sequel, or prequel. It cannot be improved, but it certainly can be sullied.
One of the things I love about Blade Runner is that it has all these voids and jagged edges for the viewer to fill in with imagination. A vast, rich, complicated, world is hanging there in all the places the story suggests but doesn't go, or that the camera pans by too quickly for a good look; and happily, miraculously, no one "tightened it up" in editing or spackled it over with exposition. If fear that the world I have imagined into that space would be polluted by a sequel -- any sequel -- but particularly one that costs big money and has to be geared to please a big audience.
Unnecessary Replicant Week?
ReplyDeleteNo, no, no, no, no. At dinner a week or two ago, all three of the men present (to the puzzlement of all three of the women present) agreed that this movie needs no remake, sequel, or prequel. It cannot be improved, but it certainly can be sullied.
ReplyDeleteIt's especially funny considering he's currently doing an Alien prequel...
ReplyDeleteThis is my Humilation winning film that I've never seen despite doing a film degree. Every single time I fall asleep at about the 30 minute mark.
ReplyDeleteI'd say anyone who considers this a good idea would fail the Voight-Kampf test.
ReplyDeleteI'll admit to being kind of interested in seeing another story from the Bladerunner world as long as it isn't a true sequel or remake.
ReplyDeleteThat said, Tony Scott's THE WILD BUNCH would be completely unnecessary.
One of the things I love about Blade Runner is that it has all these voids and jagged edges for the viewer to fill in with imagination. A vast, rich, complicated, world is hanging there in all the places the story suggests but doesn't go, or that the camera pans by too quickly for a good look; and happily, miraculously, no one "tightened it up" in editing or spackled it over with exposition. If fear that the world I have imagined into that space would be polluted by a sequel -- any sequel -- but particularly one that costs big money and has to be geared to please a big audience.
ReplyDeleteI love this sentence: "<span>It cannot be improved, but it certainly can be sullied."</span>
ReplyDeleteThis sums up in ten words my reactions to the fourth Indiana Jones movie, and to so many other prequels, sequels, and remakes.
This isn't a mistake. It's a HUGE mistake.
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