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Roy wanted Deckard to live, so he saved him, the way he wanted someone, anyone, to save him, so he could live. He was human.
Life became so precious and finite that even someone else's became priceless.
Even in the original film, it was years ahead of its time for effects.
It was also not very well received.
Few great films are well received at first because the mob sucks at its job.
@@russelllapua4904 because the theatrical release was a joke, the executive didn't understand the movie so they added a pissed off tonally flat Harison Ford monologue on top of it, the cuts were wierd and the order of the scenes had been messed up or something like that...
@@shorgoth I'm glad this version eliminated the voice overs. I remember being frustraded by Deckard's reaction to Roy saving him: "I don't know why he saved my life..." You idiot, he just told you why.
@@shorgoth yeah, they smeared inner monologue over many Deckard scenes, and badly.
The real core theme here is that calling them 'robots' is actually just a kind of euphemism to allow everyone else to ignore the fact that Replicants are mass-produced, genetically engineered humans. Replicants don't get benefits, and they don't form unions. At the point where it becomes possible to give them fake memories, it is no longer possible for anyone to know if they are a Replicant too. This is the ultimate devaluation of human life. The crew of rogue Replicants aren't the villains. They are the victims.
Those are tertiary offshoots of the central theme. They are entirely irrelevant until you settle the core moral dilemma at issue. And that is...just how human-like can something be before you reasonably have to classify it as human.
@@Rowgue51I believe Picard made the best case in “The Measure of a Man”.
Also interestingly enough the word robot comes from the Czech word robota which means forced labor and the root word rab, which means slave. It describes the replicants' situation perfectly, manufactured slaves forced to labor on humanity's behalf, robots in every sense of the word.
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There is a book called "The Modular Man" by Roger MacBride Allen that is, in my opinion, the best exploration of that concept that's ever been done.
They also say that they "retire" replicants instead of killing them. You can retire a product or a ship or an inanimate object(s). You can only kill a person/animal. Once the corporation admits they're alive, it opens up an ethical can of worms & eventually they're out of business.
Roy was played by Rutger Hauer. He wrote the "Tears in Rain" monologue at the end. Rutger passed away in 2019, the year the film takes place 😯
If you want peak Creepy Rutger, check out the 1986 thriller "The Hitcher" 🤟😎
Speaking of Rutger Hauer (RIP), who plays Roy Batty in this movie and Richard Earle in Batman Begins (2005), I also suggest TWO 1985 medieval age movies, Ladyhawke (1985) & Flesh and Blood (1985). #MoreRutgerHauerForAddieCounts
@@alextan1478 He also played King Vortigern in Merlin (1998).
-Where are you from?
-Disneyland.
The Hitcher is great.
If you want peek Cringy Rutger, checkout Hobo with a shotgun. 😁
42 years later and the "do you like our owl?" moment still makes the hairs on my arms stand up, and 42 years ago, I didn't even have hairs on them...
The Eyes guy is James Hong The Father in "Everything Everywhere All At Once" and Mr. Ping (Noodles, Adoptive father to Po). Underrated actor and has been acting in Hollywood for 71 years. Since 1953. That's a crazy career.
James Hong is a treasure.
Not to forget: David Lo Pan in "Big Trouble In Little China"
He also was in one scene of "Airplane"
Also on Big Bang Theory. And many others I can't recall.
Most profilic actor 400-500 movies, tv-series.
Blade Runner is one of the most influencial movies in human history.
Its asthetics can be seen in manga, anime, other sci-fi, drawings and painted arts, litterature.
It is one of the main influence in the creation of the sci-fi subgenre named Cyberpunk.
And by default, Fritz Lang's Metropolis, since so much of Blade Runner's look (and theme) was taken directly from that black-and-white masterpiece. But Blade Runner definitely cemented the modern "cyberpunk" look in the eyes of many, inspiring the likes of Trancers, Dark City, The Crow, The Terminator, Tim Burton's Batman, Total Recall, Strange Days, Ghost in the Shell, The Matrix, and many, many more.
Well, certainly the Cyberpunk _aesthetic_ for sure - the genre itself was already up and running by September '82 though (no 'Neuromancer' yet - how excited are we all for _that_ show BTW ? :) - but "Johnny Mnemonic", "Burning Chrome" and the arguable ur-document itself, Bethke's "Cyberpunk", were either already published or at least known about in certain circles). 'Judge Dredd', originating in the mid 70s, is pretty cyberpunk. And a lot of the ideas were born in the new wave.
But broadly agreed, it'll definitely still have influenced _many_ cyberpunk writers, just maybe not right at the, y'know, incept date ( :).
(Gibson for instance was famously already writing 'Neuromancer' when he saw the opening of 'Blade Runner' and left the movie bereft, thinking it had beat him to it and his book would look like a cheap rip-off)
I believe the description was "A used future".
I would say that Blade Runner had an effect on cyberpunk, but the genre goes back to roots in fiction stories far earlier. All the way back to writers such as J. G. Ballard.
It happened concurrently, but is certainly a major influence.
The special effects were THAT good in the original. They did very little on that for the final cut. 😯
@@dosnostalgic did they? I tried to find some information on that. I know there was "digital clean-up", but I can't seem to find any articles about them redoing the comps.
That said, even if they did redo the comps, the original was very well done. A lot of in-camera effects, and I don't ever remember seeing matte lines like many films of the era.
@@dosnostalgic Even recomped, the results are very faithful to the original look. That's still most of the original model and miniature work on display. :)
@@dosnostalgic Fair enough. I think we're basically making the same point. I just was trying to clarify, in case some here didn't understand what "redoing comps" meant.
Making things look cleaner is not the same as completely redoing the effects. The special edition Star Wars is completely redoing things. The effects changes in The Final Cut is just tidying up how it originally looked. Quite a difference in the two scenarios. For example, when the spinner takes off and you can see the cables in the previous versions. Going back and removing the cables digitally but not changing anything else about the shot is what I would consider minor. It already looked pretty good originally. They just tidied things up in this one.
They took out the Noir narration.
Rutger Hauer and that last speech... history of cinema. And the OST by Vangelis... one of the bests ever.
And he made it up too!
The "Tears in Rain" monologue is still one of the greatest in cinema. Always brings a lump to my throat.
And it was improvised by Rutger Hauer.
@@FriendZone75 Just the last four words where improvised... the most impactful words.
@@paulschirf9259 The original monologue was much longer and wordier, but Hauer thought it was "opera talk" that didn't fit the rest of the film, so he drastically shortened it (as well as adding the last few words) just before recording; many members of the crew were allegedly brought to tears upon seeing Hauer deliver the speech we see in the final film
Roy chooses to save Deckard in a final act of compassion even though he was built to be a slave. They all started to have emotions toward the end of their life cycle. The "Tears in Rain" monologue from Roy (Rutger Hauer) still makes my cry! There was always speculation that Deckard was also a replicant. He has dreams of a unicorn and then in the end when Gaff leaves the origami unicorn outside his apartment door - how did Gaff know Deckard dreamt of unicorns, unless the memory was planted, or complete coincidence?
Curious how she didn't seem to notice the unicorns.
"It's too bad she won't live... but then again who does?"
One of my favorite lines ever... Gaff's entire bit at the end is just so good.
"...but are you sure you ARE a man?"
No. This is what it looked like in the theater. This is the best argument for practical effects there is - decades later, it still holds up.
Ridley Scott used practical effects because that was all he had in 1981. This idea that practical effects are somehow always better than CGI just reveals a lack of understanding of how films are actually made. For every example of cheesy CGI, there are hundreds of seamless CGI effects shots that most people have never even noticed, and there are thousands upon thousands of examples of bad practical effects done for decades of film history before Jurassic Park came out, which was the watershed moment for CGI in films.
@@Timmayytoo - I know its limitations, and its triumphs - I saw Jurassic Park in the theater when it came out, a mix of practical and digital f/x. And watched Bab5 when it was airing, which used computer animation to make large space battles possible for a TV show.
But, compared to modern digital f/x, you can see where reality ends and digital begins in those early examples. Compare Bab5 with a more modern show, like The Expanse, and it does not hold up - I have games on my PC with better rendered ships. Whereas, and this is my point, Bladerunner maintains its visual clarity - and therefore suspension of disbelieve - even into the 21st century.
The insane sets happened because there was a writers strike that delayed shooting. While waiting for the strike to end, the production crews continued working on sets for months and months longer than planned. They were able to add tons more detail than would have normally been possible.
The Masterpiece. That unique environment, Vangelis, Ridley Scott, Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer and perhaps the most famous monologue in the history of cinema
Spot on
There's been a lot of Famous Monologues in Cinematic History. To call it the Most Famous is weird to me. The Opening to The Godfather, Brothers (The One w/ Tobey Maguire), Good Will Hunting, Robin Williams Dead Poets Society, Memento, 12 Angry Men, Anatomy of A Murder, Breakfast Club, Heat, all had Great Monologues in Cinema History.
Heck even..."Inglorious Basterds" had a great monologue and thats coming from someone who can't stand Quentin Tarantino movies. Christoph Waltz talking about "Rats in the House" was a great scene in cinema.
@@aTofuJunkie And Virginia Madsen's Dune monologue!
@JoergWeida Even The Watchmen, Rocky Balboa, Rambo, and The Crying Game all had great moments in cinema.
Fun fact: Ridley Scott confirmed that the world of Blade Runner is the same setting for the Alien movies, just at different points in time.
The later B movie Soldier with Kurt Russell is a prequel in the same universe. Kurt plays a soldier selected at birth and subjected to brutal mental and physical training until adulthood when he's used as a weapon before being replaced by a first gen simulant. The effects aren't as good but they're not awful and the script is a little cheesy in places but the basic story's good and Kurt does a fantastic job. A good addition to this grim universe.
Even though the ending monologue from Roy is one of the best in movie history, what's still giving me chills down my spine after watching this movie dozens and dozens of times is, "Quite an experience to live in fear, isnt it? That's what it is to be a slave." 🤯❤
"If only you could see what I've seen...with your eyes." ..which basically foreshadows the final monologue.
The writing in this is just on another level.
2:08 That shot is iconic for a reason. It is not CG, it is not redone for later editions, it is entirely produced using optical, practical effects. I'm not one of those people who think CG has no place in movies, it's opened doors to interesting films in the hands of skilled filmmakers, but that shot is a huge argument to use practical effects where you can. They hold up, look fantastic when done well, but are also phenomenally time and labor intensive. I've seen a break down of how many different compositing passes they had to do to make this work, from the model work, to the lights, to the fire effect, to the reflection of the thruster and fire on the passing car... it's so complicated. The end result is a tone setting masterpiece.
Roy killed his Tyrell, the man who brought him to a hellish existence, but he saved Deckard's life, the man who was trying to kill him. In the end, Roy showed compassion for life, more than some humans.
Props to Daryl Hannah for accidentally putting her arm through the plate glass window of the van, and continuing her acting, despite being in a lot of pain. Also despite being very athletic, she literally collapsed as Ridley kept making her do her death seen over and over again, leading a body double to be used. Also props to Rutger Hauer for his acting chops and his briliant ad libs that Ridley Scott just ran with.
I love how Addie immediately recognized the artistic value of Blade Runner! It has a very special look and sound that inspired generations of artists.
As for the ending, I think the movie is ambiguous on purpose. Sometimes filmmakers don't know exactly what direction they want to go in, and leaving mixed signals for the audience is a viable way to go.
Rutger Hauer actually passed in the same year as his replicant's expiration date.
Ultimate method acting
@@alpineadmiral1 ROFL
I laughed regarding Addie's first words at the end, "Interesting... I have some questions." Yeah. I've had questions for 40 years.
I'm so happy the visuals have floored you, Addie. It's an arthouse film with a Hollywood budget. And a testament to the timeless nature of practical effects.
Rutger Hauer (the replicant leader Roy) played another great creepy character in The Hitcher (1986).
Yep. Addie needs to watch this!
A suspense classic!
He’s also in Nighthawks (1981) with Sylvester Stallone.
Imagine seeing this in a theater at 13 years old. Well, your life is about to change
Did. Changed my view for SF forever.
I did as well. Still my favorite sci-fi.
Another of one of my all time favourite films. I've lost count of the number of times I've seen this, and also listened to the amazing soundtrack too. There are a lot of backstories around the making of this film and I would urge those interested to seek them out.
The speech by Rutger Hauer at the end, 'If you could have seen what my eyes have seen....' is a remarkable piece of cinema.
ngl, I got emotional when Roy died. All he wanted to do was to live. Like the rest of us. Memories are washed away like tears in the rain.
Now that you've watched it and know it's not just an action movie, I suggest to watch it again and look for all of the subtle messages and themes throughout that makes this movie so thought provoking. Heck, it may even give you an existential experience.
Can't wait for you to watch the next one!!!!!
Although not in the original Philip K Dick story, Deckard is human.
In the movie, it’s ambiguous, but the origami unicorn implies he knows of Deckard’s dream of a unicorn, and that it was an implanted dream.
The screenwriter, Hampton Fancher says he wrote him as human, but wanted it to seem like he could be a replicant. Ridley Scott has stated he’s a replicant, and Harrison Ford has said he always knew the character was, but that Deckard would believe he was human and act that way.
To me that ambiguity made the movie great. Could he be implanted with false memories and made to go after other replicants? Was he like Rachel that didn’t know he was a replicant?
The main difference between the theatrical version and the final cut was that in the theatrical version, Harrison Ford narrates the entire movie. It gave the film kind of a sci-fi "noir" feel to it. It also has a final scene that shows Harrison Ford and Rachel flying off together with no one chasing them, also insinuating because of the unicorn scene, that Deckard "could" also be a replicant.... Personally, I prefer the theatrical version, but love both. I own copies of all the versions.
Yes, it's a masterpiece. And Sean Young is ridiculously beautiful.
In my opinion, the book (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep) has a better ending which leaves things much more ambiguous and leaves you thinking "wait a minute..."
I felt so bad when his wife turned the toad over...
“All of those moments will be lost… like tears… in rain.” SOOO GOOOOD. Definitely my favorite sci fi film of all time.
“To live in fear, that’s what it is to be a slave.”
“You’ve done a man’s job, sir.”
“If only you could see what I’ve seen with your eyes.”
I could go on, I absolutely love this film. The film’s commentary on social hierarchy and modernity, so good. The higher class clean, closest to the sky and predominantly white while the lower class is literally stacked on top of each other in gutters and multicultural. What it means to be human, what it is to have an identity, Deckard’s arc as well as Rachel’s and Roy’s. Deckard watching someone who’s found their identity lose it, having never gained it himself, that feeling in completing the mission and knowing you’ve done the wrong thing in doing so. Identity, lost like tears in rain.
Roy representing the solution to modernity only to be killed. God created man, man creates machine, machine kills man, god from machine. I fucking love this movie.
Bladerunner was based on the novella "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep?" by Philip K. Dick (referred to by fans as PKD). His other works that have been made in the films include, Total Recall, Minority Report, The Adjustment Bureau, Imposter, & Screamers. The movie Screamers is not great, but the short story it's based on (Second Variety) is well worth the read!
It really is wonderful that Ridley Scott had a special screening of the finished VFX sequences (before the movie was finished) just for PKD, and he was totally blown away by them! Sadly he passed away before the premiere...
..."A Scanner Darkly", "Radio Free Albemuth", "Paycheck", "The Man in the High Castle"... PKD surely has to be one of - if not - _the_ most adapted writers (certainly in sci-fi - I guess across all genres Stephen King has to be at or near the top).
@@anonymes2884 He's certainly up there with King and also Shakespeare. Probably because he wrote about deep questions, such as what it means to be human, with the human Deckard in conflict with, and then slowly coming to feel empathy for, the replicants.
@@anonymes2884 I think he is the most adapted SF writer, but I have read that Cornell Woolrich, the great noir mystery writer has the most adaptations of his stories, with 96, including the Hitchcock movie, "Rear Window."
"Do Androids Dream..." is a novel, not a novella. I agree about "Second Variety," one of Dick's best stories.
The origami Gaff left at the end was
a unicorn
Ahhhh, it’s a legendary film for so many reasons.
the theme of the novel is how deckard regains his humanity after years of retiring replicants when he is saved at the end by a replicant. ridley scott says deckard is a replicant in the movie, (dont ask questions about how he is weaker, slower, and older than the other replicants), essentially destroying the main theme of the original story in which he is a human.
Bingo. Philip K. Dick's theme in all his work is, essentially, "what is reality, how do we know it, and does it matter?" If Deckard is a replicant, that is only a one-dimension conception of Dick's premise. But his premise is actually: If there is no difference between real and replica...does a difference matter?
Long-time Blade Runner fan here, and I actually think the theatrical cut is a bit underrated.
It's the first one I saw so I have a soft spot for it. The narration gives it even more of a noir-ish feel. It's unfortunate that Ford sounds like he is falling asleep in the booth.
The Original Workprint and The International Cut are also very underrated.
@@Renoistiche said he did that on purpose because he and the director didnt want that, so he did that so bad that producers take it out but they didnt 😂
I remember somebody renting Blade Runner when I was 11 or 12 or so. Young for an r-rated film, but still old enough to sit captivated, young enough to believe fully that Roy was all evil right until the end. I was baffled as to why he saved Deckard, and when he explained it in the monologue, it hit me right where it was aiming. For the last 40 years, I've wanted another cinema experience like that. A few times came close since then, but not quite.
@AddieCounts: Back in the late '80s, maybe 88 or 89, I was left by myself in my uncle's house and saw a VHS tape on the living room table rented from Blockbuster that said Blade Runner on it. I didn't know what to make of it and decided to watch it. It totally blew me away and changed my life forever.
The original story it is based on is "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" by Philip K Dick. Director Ridley Scott wanted something more catchy so he called it Blade Runner.. this was originally from a story by Alan Nourse where they are suppliers of illegal medical supplies in a dystopian future in the year 2009.. though they got it from a story by William S. Burroughs.. it's complicated.
Theyve made quite a few movies off Dicks stories, but i think Minority Report is the only one they didnt change the title of.
We can Remember it for you Wholesale (Total Recall) and The Second Variety (Screamers) are right up there with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep :D
Any synthwave fans notice the t-shirt she’s wearing? As a HUGE fan of The Midnight, I’m stoked that one of my favorite reactors is also a fan!
I noticed it too a few months back. I keep hinting to other reactors who are loving these classic 80s movies and their soundtracks that they need to check out synthwave music. I'm always recommending Timecop1983, Gunship, and (of course) The Midnight.
@@JeffB-SFJ Don't forget FM-84! I'm also a big Brothertiger fan. His interpreted version of Tears For Fears album Songs from the Big Chair is so good that TFF was playing it during the pre-show on their last tour.
@@BigMikeDTW I’ll check that out, and, yes, FM-84 definitely. His “Atlas” album is in heavy rotation in my playlists. I also like ‘At 1980’. Josh Dalley has those Bryan Adams-esque vocals that really take me back.
Her taste in synthwave is far ahead of her taste in film at this stage, undoubtedly.
This is one of the movies that made me fall in love with Sci-Fi! Incredible ethic and moral conversations take place. Watch the sequel!!!❤❤❤
Most probably wouldn't agree but I like to think that when Tyrel said Rachel was an experiment he didn't just mean implanted memories but a human life span.
good insight. rachel is responsible for something else replaicants are not suppose to do... "A miracle." as referenced by other replicants in the sequel movie.
1982 Theatrical cut (Canada):
Decker voice over throughout
No unicorn dream sequence
"I want more life, fucker"
Happy ending driving scene with Decker
I saw this movie when I was a teenager and I loved it it was 1982 and I do remember the VoiceOver throughout the movie by Harrison Ford I thought that was something they shouldn't have taken out of the movie but I'm only one of the few that liked the VoiceOver
@@allthingsgumball Most importantly, Harrison Ford hated the voiceover. Probably the reason they removed it in some editions.
The voice over might have been a mistake. It's a matter of taste. But leaving out the unicorn scene was a good thing. The unicorn was Ridley Scott deciding he wanted to change the original story. Philip K. Dick stated multiple times that Deckard being human was essential to his exploring what it meant to be human in the original story. An idea that apparently went right over Scott's head.
I can take or leave the voice over. The movie works fine without it, but I don't hate it either. However, I would have rather they hadn't changed the rest. The unicorn dream sequence pushes the "Deckard is a replicant" narrative too hard, rather than merely suggesting it's possible (although I admit I think Deckard-as-replicant is a terrible storytelling choice). The original "I want more life, fucker" had much more impact and was a lot less on the nose. And the happy driving scene at the end dovetails nicely with the sequel, where they did indeed escape, and Rachel had no built-in lifespan. Another thing, making the gruesome murder of Tyrell much more graphic than it was originally was pointless and less effective than merely hearing the horrifying crunching sounds while seeing Roy's expression. I have said this elsewhere many times -- Ridley can be a great, great director, but his storytelling instincts as he gets older are more and more ham-fisted.
@@allthingsgumballI too saw this in 1982 and I championed the voiceover for a long time. I felt, and still feel, it adds to the "noir" vibe. But after hearing the VO again, it is pretty terrible in both prose and performance.
The effects are just that good, the only shot that was changed with VFX was the one of the dove flying away. Originally it flew into daylight but they changed the background to night. The VFX are actually insane
I was one of the 12 people in the world who liked the original theatrical cut. It stuck to Philip K. Dick's original premise that Deckard was truly a human, but a human who had lost his human empathy, while the replicants had gained the empathy of humanity to the point that there was no discernible difference between human and replicant. The original premise is not whether Deckard is a replicant...but that Deckard is human _and it doesn't matter._ Ridley Scott is a master director, but he's only so-so a writer compared to Philip K. Dick (probably more movies and television shows have been based on Dick's work than any other science fiction writer).
The eyeball maker was James Hong, who probably holds the record for movie appearances.
The score by Vangellis is wonderful...it's still one of my favorite pieces of music.
What was notable was how ferociously the replicants fought to live, even when fatally shot. By the end, facing death, Roy had achieved a measure of humanity to spare a dove, and then to spare Deckard.
Denis Villeneuve's sequel to this movie is not a direct sequel, but it's an amazing movie in itself.
The building Sebastian lives in is the Bradbury building in LA. It’s been in many movies over the years.
"Wolf" with Jack Nicholson and the Genesis video for "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight".
For the final cut, the only changes made were to fix errors. The visual effects are every bit as they were in 1982. Absolutely breathtaking.
And SFA Digital ... (Sweet Fanny Adams)
The theatrical cut has a voice over narration. Sounds like an old crime detective novel. I grew up with the theatrical cut and it is by far my favorite.
My very favorite movie!!
Loved your reaction!!!!
Now, watch Harrison Ford again in The Fugitive. Another thriller movie for you.
#TheFugitiveForAddieCounts
And Witness! A fantastic thriller/romance.
...and also The Devil's Own (1997), also with Brad Pitt. #TheDevilsOwnForAddieCounts
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Add to that list “Frantic” (1988) A top notch thriller with a real Hitchockian vibe to it.
Addie’s hair is always flawless
☞ So Commander Adama does Origami.
☛ California Mountain Snake is a gymnast.
☞ Finkle/Einhorn is a pianist.
☛ Po's dad is an optometrist.
😢 For Addie,
all those characters
have been lost
in time
like
tears
in
rain.
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Oh, well done.
Optometry is the practice of using lenses to correct vision. Opthamology is the practice of medicine on the sight organ itself.
Derek Riggs, artist most famous for his work on Iron Maiden album covers, took a lot of inspiration from Blade Runner when he made the gatefold sleeve (a continuous picture from the back to front) for their album, Somewhere in Time. It also shows something like 40 references to Maiden songs, albums and tours, trivia, etc, but the Blade Runner influence for the atmosphere is clear.
As a kid I had Somewhere In Time on vinyl. I'd always focus on the "Bradbury Tower" (JF Sebastion's home) whenever I looked at the back cover. 🤘
@@ortizmo Right, and Icarus falling down the side of it in flames.
Origami at the end has another implication - then just warning. It's unicorn, and Decard were day-dreaming before of a real life unicorn (as if it was memories - and scene was when he was surrounded with old family photos on piano)
Photos are captured images of life. Made all the more important to Leon as he won't have a long time to experiance it.
The unicorn figure ... and in the dream ... but who's dream ... who's memory?
As mentioned in "Dangerous Days", the production crew had their suspicions that Ridley Scott shot the "Unicorn Sequence" as kind-of test footage for his next film "Legend" (which features a unicorn)
And how did Gaff know that Deckard was dreaming about unicorns...?
Deckard is human and in-film the unicorn dream is a metaphorical reference to Rachel, who is metaphorically 'a unicorn' - a one-off miracle.
@@j_clarkson He didn't, since that would make literally no sense. We hear nothing about replicants being able to dream, just that they are given memories. And this is so new and unique to Rachel that Deckard, an expert in replicants who hunts them for a living, is shocked when Tyrell reveals that she has memories. He knows the specific memory he tells Rachel about bc Tyrell told him specifically, presumably.
Both the unicorn dream and the unicorn origami are the same metaphor, just 2 different characters using the same symbolism separately. Olmos has figured out in his investigating (on Deckard's trail) what Rachel is - he knows she has no set lifespan, memories etc. That's why he doesn't off her when he's there in the apartment w chance to, but instead leaves the origami referencing her status as a one-off miracle. His last line to Deckard basically confirms this, it's a sarcastic/ironic remark about how she "won't live". He knows better, and knows Deckard knows better. He lets her live and lets them escape together precisely bc he knows she will live, that they can have a lifetime together.
Ridley Scott has gone on record to say that Deckard is a replicant. Harrison Ford has gone on record to say that he believes that Deckard is human because if he were a replicant it would negate the entire theme of the movie. So I guess it's up to the viewer to decide. And it is addressed in the sequel but I love what they do with it. You will enjoy the sequel, Addie.
There are three shorts movies covering the time between the two blade runner movies. They were created for the release of second movie. They are on TH-cam to watch for free. Otherwise you get only the lines in the opening credits and might have a harder time placing the second movie.
I will die without watching the sequel. Of all the films ever made which didn't need a sequel, this was at the top.
Douglas Trumbull - unsung hero of this and so many culturally important films of the 70s and 80s. Blade Runner, Star Trek TMP, Silent Running, Brainstorm... what a contribution to humanity.
Greatest movie ever made. Synthesis of plot, dialogue, performances, set design, music, direction - and the concept. What makes us human? If you make a robot, does it become 'human' if it learns to feel, to have emotions?
Wholesome fact: Blade Runner was the first film the archive department of the United States preserved.
That blonde guy is Rutger Hauer... He was huge in the 80s... Ladyhawke was probably his most popular movie... with Matthew Broderick... Wanted dead or alive... with Gene Simmons of the rock band KISS lol... who was also a great actor... Split Second... another of his so fi movies... Hes a great actor. Great reaction. Thank you. ❤
I own the collector's edition of the 25th anniversary DVD set from 2007, it has 5 different cut of the film: US theatrical, international theatrical, '92 director's cut, final cut, and the work print, so many different editions
I have that one as well! Mine is in the briefcase with a couple other extras
@@archwayportraits same, it's one of my favorite collectibles ever :)
...as well as the FANTASTIC documentary "Dangerous Days - the making of Blade Runner" which is one of the best and most complete retellings of how the movie was made!
That DVD set felt like such a miracle in 2007. To have all the versions collected, and also such exhaustive behind-the-scenes materials was pretty remarkable. I especially liked hearing the outtakes from Harrison Ford's voiceover recording sessions ("This is bizarre... pretty weird...").
@@Nexus6BT yeah it's literally one of my most prizes possessions.
27:18 --- The original version with Deckard's voice over fills in a lot of the story and adds a good amount of context.. YES, there are people who HATE that version.... But that's the one folks like me grew up with.
One of the points that people miss is that the replicants are basically children. Priss doesn't know how to fight so she attacks ineffectively, as does Leon. Zora is a infiltrator so she runs when she gets found out, Roy was the only one with actual combat training.
you're nuts.
Zora was part of a murder squad off world. She expertly punches Decker in the throat and then tries to strangle him, quiet so as not to call attention. She escapes before any reinforcements can arrive and to warn the others. Leon is just toying with Decker to get information.
Hence why the Replicant motivations of just having memories or someone to call a family might come across as "simple" or "basic" at face value. But to the Replicants, it's very precious, since it helps to anchor them and their individuality in being something more than just a vat-grown artificial human. Batty's confused feelings towards Tyrell, as their "creator" (via his corporation) and him stooping to brutal violence against Tyrell, reflect that, in a really extreme way. On the outside, he's trying to behave like an ordinary, mature adult, but mentally, he's a person that still feels like a confused and scared child (or young person) without the personal support he'd need to grow as an inidividual. Then there's the short lifespan of the Replicants, and the fact that... Batty's also a bit... well, "batty".
And Roy was playing with him...or he would be dead
Priss was a pleasure model so it occurred to her to kill him between her legs. She wasn’t that dumb
Priss
Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer are both phenomenal in this.
I can't entirely agree. Harrison Ford had just finished "Raiders of the Lost Arc" and already had the "Return of the Jedi" contract signed. For him, "Blade Runner" was an unpretentious low-budget movie, a kind of B-movie; he never understood either the script or his character, hence the reluctance in his acting and especially in the voice-over they had to eliminate.
On the contrary, Rutger Hauer understood his character perfectly, he realized how weak the script was in some scenes and added his final improvisation to give brilliance to his character.
One theory is as Roy Batty started to die, he started to really value life itself. His ultimate act of defiance outside of his trained purpose of being a machine was to exercise free will, the most human thing he could do. You will love the next Blade Runner movie Addie!
The city scenery was done with a giant model that filled a small warehouse. They spent 10 months shooting all those special effects scenes. While the actors filmed their scenes at a movie studio.
The aesthetic of the movie was based on the art of Syd Mead.
There were some slight touchups to the VFX for the Final Cut, but they were pretty subtle. They cleaned up some of the dirt, recomposited a few elements, did some digital wire removal on the flying cars, and adjusted the color a bit. But most of what you see here is the original footage and effects. The cinematography and production design were really ahead of their time in 1982.
It wasn't long ago that the theatrical cut was readily available to rent online. It looks like it's still available on Fandango At Home (formerly Vudu) and Microsoft, but I guess it's become more scarce. There are DVD and Blu-ray sets out there that include all the various cuts (and a really neat making-of documentary) if you're interested. :) I do think the Final Cut is the best, but the theatrical is worth seeing. The main difference is that Harrison Ford has some voiceover narration in several scenes that sort of spells out the plot and themes, but there are a couple other things, too.
Anyway, glad you enjoyed it. It gets even better with multiple viewings. :)
One major difference is the added final scene that (pretty clumsily) gives the movie a happier ending. Funnily enough, either ending works pretty well when considering the sequel.
When The Final Cut was first released in 2007, there was a limited edition box set release of it that I made sure to buy immediately. I don't remember what it cost me, but as far as I'm concerned, it was completely worth the cost.
It came in a case that was shaped like the outside casing of the test unit in the movie. Inside it was a bunch of concept art and storyboard cards, a really neat looking holographic picture, a signed letter from Ridley Scott (obviously mass-produced, but still cool to have), a plastic figure of both the origami unicorn and a spinner car, and in inner box containing behind-the-scenes documentaries, making-of videos, etc., and all the versions of the movie itself: The Final Cut, the original US and International theatrical cuts from 1982, the Director's Cut from 1992, and (this was the one I found particularly interesting to see) the workprint edition of the movie which had never been released before. It had different musical cues and alternate footage, and had a voice-over by Deckard that happens after Roy announces "time to die" right before he does just that. No other voice-over; just for that scene, and it actually really adds to the weight of that scene and makes Roy's death that much more impactful (at least, to me). Well worth a watch if you ever get a chance to check it out. 👍
The most apparent touchup is in the finale when Roy releases the dove. In previous versions, it flies towards a blue sky, which is a bit incongrous considering the constant rain. In the final cut, it's a grey sky and some highrise buildings instead.
Blade Runner is a master class on world building. A true masterpiece in Sci-Fi and film in general. My all-time favorite… and I’m amazed every time I watch it.
In case you’re wondering what the differences are with the original theatrical release and other versions, it’s mainly the voiceover narration from Harrison Ford’s character, Rick Deckard, and the unicorn dream sequence. I must’ve seen the theatrical version some 4 times when it first came out. It was a life changing piece of S-F cinema. Rutger Hauer (Roy Batty), should’ve gotten an Academy Award nomination for his Tears in Rain soliloquy but alas, Hollywood has a certain bias with Science Fiction films, even to this day.
Some 40 years later, the visual effects still hold up quite well. Blade Runner is a true cinematic masterpiece.
So many great comments already. RIP Rutger Hauer. He was a terrifying presence in the 80's! Echoing the others here, the effects were amazing for the time and still hold up today. The video calls that have been pretty common for years now were pretty fantastical for us back then. We still had cords on our telephones! Similarly, "Zoom and enhance" is a meme now, but back then it was pretty incredible, and that seems to be the first cinematic instance of it. The whole creepy dystopian vibe was really masterfully crafted. Sir Ridley Scott, GBE, is honestly just a living legend at this point.
Rutger Hauer also played in a movie called Split Second as a cop chasing a demon in London. Very good movie
I like Split Second, but it feels a little bit Predator 2.
LOL. Don't want to recommend "Flesh and Blood"?
I love that line where Roy says those moments will be lost like tears in the rain. So beautiful after such a creepy moment
This film is absolutely a masterpiece in every sense of the word. Magnificent
I absolutely love Bladerunner... ever since I was a kid. It is outstanding! Another one that is good (though no where near as good) and set in the same universe is a Kurt Russel movie called "Soldier". It is a masterclass on non-verbal acting.
I love that movie
This was one of those landmark sci-fi movies that showed that the genre could be thought-provoking and explore the nature of humanity rather than being just about creature effects and pew-pew laser guns. But I think the movie threw people off because they saw that Harrison Ford was in it and Ridley Scott was the director, so they were expecting more action like Star Wars or a thriller like Alien. Blade Runner is much more of a slow-burn detective noir, but that just wasn't what audiences expected or wanted at the time of its theatrical release. It was only after the movie reached cable and home video that it gained its acclaim.
Deckard finding Gaff's origami unicorn at the end hints that Deckard is a replicant. Gaff somehow seems to know that Deckard has been dreaming about unicorns, implying that Deckard's dreams are artificlal implants like the fake memories that replicants are given.
Because of this movie, when I go to Los Angeles, I've gone to both Union Station and the Bradbury building lobby several times just to stand there and experience the uniqueness of their interior space.
I just read an article explaining why the dystopian future of Bladerunner is better than the dystopia of our present time.
Easy game to play: The dystopian world of Idiocracy is also better than the dystopia of our present.
@@jrepka01 The themes of Idiocracy are very dark but presented in a comedic way. In the land of the blind, Not Sure is king. I freaking love Idiocracy
Years and years ago, I got Edward James Olmos to sign the "It's too bad she won't live. . . " thing on a headshot.
You gotta watch the sequel 2049 it's well worth it 👍
Worth? Yeah
Can Hold the candle? No
Imho Worth to mention that the police guy with the paper figurines was Cpt Adama from Battlestar Galactica!
So the idea of the weird unicorn dream and Gaff placing an origami unicorn at the end is that Gaff knows his dreams/memories...like Deckard knows Rachels from her files...which suggests that Deckard is a replicant himself.
The theatrical cut does away with that 'plot point' and adds a voiceover in some parts and a more upbeat ending (which I personally prefer, even though the director didn't)
Except according to Philip K. Dick, who created Deckard, he was human. Dick stated it more than once and explained that Deckard being human was essential to the idea he was trying to explore in the story, about what it meant to be human. In cases like this, I think it is important to give more weight to the author. Ridley Scott decided different. He's a great director, but also a tad arrogant. He changed the whole meaning of the story.
classic science fiction has always been about exploring the human condition
The theatrical cut had an added voice over from Harrison Ford, like an old film noir detective story. The studio thought the audience was too dumb to figure things out on their own.
The film is *so much better* without it.
Yeah, I wasn't a fan of Ford's drab monotone voiceover. Sounded like he was doing it against his will. Which I believe he mentioned later.
I first saw the original theatrical cut when I was young but when I watched the later versions with his VO cut out, I enjoyed the film much more.
Movie goers by and large were too dumb to figure things out in 1982. It's lackluster performance at the box office illustrates this. That said, all the film and scifi geeks I knew thought it was a good movie with great effects and an incredible visual style - and made a point to go see it again.
I love it when this classic gets the recognition it deserves.
This was Daryl Hannah's (Pris) 4th movie.
She didn't mean to break the vans window. That was an error that stayed in the movie.
Her death scene is very haunting.
In the movie Kill Bill, when Uma Thurman snatches out Darrell Hannah‘s eye, and she is on the floor screaming, that’s an homage to the way she died in this movie.
I would not call that a 'homage', it's just the actress expressing a similar situation the same way.
@@Cau_No I bet you’re a lot of fun at surprise parties. You’re one of those people that thinks everyone else is wrong about everything and you’re right about everything.
@@parrothd007 You got way too defensive from a benign comment. You made a claim, without providing evidence, and when that claim was challenged you immediately attacked the challenger without even trying to prove yourself right. Calm down and go touch some grass please.
@@parrothd007 It's exactly the other way around. You are that guy that gets annoyed when he cannot play smart because he won't admit being wrong, even when everyone else can see it.
Look up the word 'homage' in a dictionary.
And right after that, 'projection', because that's what you are doing here.
@@Cau_No Figures. You’re a child.
I played as an extra in this movie. It's devastating to see myself so much younger. I don't even want to look myself in the mirror.
The end narration from the original cut of the film was that Rachel was special and she didn't have a limited lifespan like all the others.
The main changes from the theatrical release:
1: The theatrical release had a narration by Ford throughout the movie. This was done because in focus groups, people were confused as to what was happening. The narration never bothered me as the movie itself is a futuristic film noir.
2: There were some scenes that were a little clunky. Harrison Ford's mouth didn't match his dialog when he was interviewing the snake merchant and the scene where Deckard kills Zora was a quite obvious stunt double in a bad wig. To fix these, they brought in Ford's son and filmed him mouthing his father's dialog and inserting his chin and mouth over his father's. In the Zora scene, they brought back Joanna Cassidy (BTW, I don't know if you've seen the movie yet or not but she was Valient's girlfriend in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit".) had her act out her facial expressions while sitting in a rotating chair, digitally removed the stunt double's head in the scene and replaced it with hers.
3: There was no "Unicorn daydream" which was actually test footage from Scott's next film "Legend".
4: Once again, because of bad focus group reactions, they stuck on a happy ending where Deckard and Rachel moving up north and living happily ever after. And Rachel had no limits on her lifespan and everything was bright and sunny. For that ending, they used un-used B-roll from Kubrick's helicopter fly overs at the beginning of "The Shining".
Hi Addie, fantastic reaction as always, loving the content.
Blade Runner was super heavily influenced by 'Metropolis (1927)', which is one of the most important sci-fi movies ever made and virtually everything can be traced back to that movie, so I would highly recommend watching it. It may be a harder movie to watch and record, due to the fact that it is a silent movie, but ultimately it is an essential watch if you like sci-fi and care about where so many references in cinema were established. There are shots in Blade Runner that are nearly directly 'replicated' from that movie. It would be cool if you did an 'Influenced Modern Cinema' series, where you watched movies like 'Metropolis (1927)', 'M (1931)', 'Nosferatu (1922)', 'The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (1928)', and a number of others, as they are pretty much hallmarks that defined what movies today have become. Many of them are even today still considered some of the greatest movies of all time.
Starting with Le voyage dans la lune (1902) by Georges Méliès.
I doubt it, it is just psycho universe things here and there, not related to other movies. Empathy test, "maybe I am psycho too" question as main punching line (I personally once was questioned myself, as mom psycho - maybe I am too, and it seems I am ok, damn that question hit like truck tbh, it actually easy - psycho did not feel other ppl pain and not care at all, just maybe cold logic), are psychopaths actualy normal ppl and rest are just "oversense" and "drama queens"? Do normal ppl must keep psychopaths out of other ppl or even kill them? Nexus "super strong" = psycho have huge pain threshold and some tricks looks exactly same (my mom psycho and occasionally can grab glasses with hot water w/o gloves, like that NExus girl take boiling egg, also easy use just hot water on kitchen sink washing dishes - you barely can touch it, almost impossible, more then 70C). She do not like when you show that it is not normal, usually trying joke like "I am pro medic, worked in labs and trained to keep hot stuff". Later she use other excuse, "oh I am too old and with age ppl sense less, it is hormal". I did not force that question ofc, trying to not disturb her for obviously reason.
In the film that came out in the cinemas, we find out she doesn't have a termination date and you see her and Ford in the car fllying over the countryside.
The citizen Kane of science fiction.
In the theatrical cut there is a voice over by Decker that gives more information. And the Ending for Decker and Rachel is a happier ending.
The sequel, Blade Runner 2049, is just as good as the original, in my opinion.
Honestly, it's one of the most faithful sequels ever made.
It really feels like the same world, and is visually very interesting & beautiful, much like the original was but with some stylistic differences that separate it as its own movie.
2049 also has its own set of interesting characters & plot-points. It doesn't make the mistake of so many sequels that just reprise the recognizable moments from the original.
Personally, I actually like the sequel better. Some people prefer the original, of course.
Either way, if you liked this one, then I think that you will enjoy 2049.
Happy watching. :)
(P.S. This is indeed how the movie looked in 1982. It is one of the biggest influences for the look of sci-fi movies moving forward.)
The sole thing I'd have changed about Blade Runner 2049 is the title. It sounds like a video game. "Blade Runner 2" would've been just fine. Other than that, it was the best sequel I've seen since Aliens.
This movie is an absolute classic. So many good scenes and actors
My fav film of all time. Cinematography, the music, the genre it defined.
The thing that makes this movie so special to me is it asks the question "what does it mean to be human?". How do you define a soul?