BLADE RUNNER (1982)

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"I could see this movie tying into the Alien franchise, centuries later, it's a good Ridley Scott and futuristic movie. "

Opening Thoughts:

This is a very good, grungy futuristic movie, and it's another one of those movies I haven't seen for so long that it was like new. The movie really could be tied in to the Aliens franchise, but it's Ridley Scott, so of course certain genres he dose, and around the same time, will have a familiar look. A buy on Blu-ray/ buy special edition, 4.5 out of 5, (9.2/10).

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Story:

(Directors Cut) This story takes place in a close grungy futuristic Los Angeles, circa 2019, where a company named Tyrell Corp. has genetically engineered android like humans clones, better know in the movies as "Replicants", and their sole purpose is to provide labor and entertainment, for the masses of humans, but only have a four year life span. Due to some malfunctions and murderous/harmful nature, all "Riplicants" are sanction as being exiled from earth and murdered, better known in the movie as "Retire", on sight, but numerous "Replicants" have manage to immerse themselves back into the earths populous. Thus the advent of Blade Runners, an equal adjacent force, in the LAPD, and their sole job is to test and "Retire" any and all "Replicants" encountered. This special force is how we met, Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), who is an ex-Blade Runner, who is brought back, for being the stated "best", and to chase down and "Retire" three rouge "Replicants" who have caused unmerciful devastation, on an off-Earth, labor colony, who have managed to gain access back on earth. The rouge "Replicants" desire is to gain a modification, which will extend their live, past four years, which takes them on path, towards their maker, creator, and parts specialist. Subsequently, Deckard is on their heels, trying to put the pieces together, and "Retire" the three rouge "Replicants".

Visuals:

The visuals are spectacular, really stunning, and visual pleasing. As you watch the movie you feel like this is the future, this is what I might see in about 10 plus years. But that's not alls you get, you also have an early 80's movie which has CGI that looks natural, although dated, i.e. the cars, televisions, hair styles, clothing, but you still get the futuristic feel.

Acting:

The acting was very good, Daryl Hannah (Pris), Rutger Hauer (Roy Batty), Sean Young (Rachael) does a great job portraying the "Replicants", you can see them as the characters, trying to display emotion, and trying to comprehend their human counterparts. You believe these actors are these characters, and they deliver the lines very well. Harrison Ford (Rick Deckard) is also believable and does a good job at acting and delivering his lines, the only problem is at time I saw other characters he has portrayed, so at times he's Han Solo or Indian Jones, etc., not Rick Deckard.

The ending scene was especially good by Rutger Hauer, Daryl Hannah, and Harrison Ford, but there wasn't enough fighting and action, for me, and I would have like to see more pain, and Pris' death spasm was kind of out of character, which threw me off, are they clones of androids?

Directing:

Well the directing is great, but the story unfolds some what slow, but we never really get a full comprehensive explanation of everything, like what happened on the colony fully, why or how the "Replicants" were made and thought of. From the Directors Cut the tone flows well, and the movie flows well in one direction, two, as the movie progresses, the story is slightly reveal, but not fully, it needs more explanation of characters, I know what he was shooting for, we start the movie in mid action/plot stuffs happened, before that's mention, but what's important is was succeeds from where the movie begins, to me the movie starts in the middle. I'm trying to not compare this to Alien franchise, but they both are from the same director and same genre, a Sci-Fi, Futuristic Thriller, but in the Alien Franchise, the movie dose explain enough to know almost everything, and I know that what he's showing in the movie, is a that world has and will be go on, and that we are just seeing a portions of it, but in Alien, I see it as the characters waking up the beginning the carries to the middle explain most of the story. The only reason why I even make a general comparison is because I can see the two movie linking, Blade Runner; being the very near future, Alien franchise; being the far away future. Even with all the hoopla its still very well directed.

Tangent:

Well the whole part about them not being able to have emotion, then slowly gaining it, I can see that, but that doesn't make sense because if they couldn't show emotion properly or at all, how could one cry, show pain, feel remorse, anger. Another thing, that was never explained, but was sort of touched on, with the whole Deckard dialogue, alluding to the fact that He might be a Replicant, which if he was, it is supported by the scene in Deckard's house where he is talking to Rachael, and looks over her shoulder, and his eyes are glowing like hers, but I watched the directors cut version, so that wasn't explored, no dialogue, and no happy ending. I also wanted to see, something robotic that would let audiences now the difference of a Replicants and Humans, other then the test, glowing pupils, and a lack of emotion, and comprehension, maybe similar models or creation of one. This movie doesn't need to be remade, but if it were to be remade, Ridley Scott should do it, explain more of the story, explain the Nexus 6, Tyrell Corp., Replicants, why their called Blade runners and the character background, (which is all probably on the special feature, have to get it) but the original is just as good without it. Another qualm or general observation is that the most futuristic movie is dirty, why, but this movie dirty look actual works for the tone of the movie. I preferred, the directors cut, just because the movie flows on the same tone, unlike the International Theatrical Version, which ends on a different tone, but in all versions there is a part that was out of character for the actors and movie, and that was the Kiss scene. I felt it was there just to be there, to have Harrison Ford's trademark kiss scene that he has in everyone of his movie, it could have bent shown, it a better way, that was more romantic, not just him coaching her on what to do, because she's never felt, nor done that, so it was redundant.

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