spicmart
Cadet
To me, the first time viewing of Blade Runner was quite a bore. I wasn't mature enough I guess, as , at that time, I dug more action oriented movie stuff. Later on I grew to really love this film in all its beauty (maybe like Deckard grows to love Rachel ), but without the "Shining" ending.
Also I do not find Deckard's Off Speeches annoying, at all. But one can argue about that.
Ridley Scott's "assumption", as I call it, makes little sense, at least for me.
It seems too sensationalistic: "Whoah, Deckard's a replicant, too?!!?".
It takes the tragic twist away from the circumstance that a human can fall truly and deeply in love with "something" that , for him, had been just like one of the potentially hazardous machines he is frequently ordered to switch off. Deckard is the only human to see it and he is going to lose it almost for sure.
Therein lies the real beauty and tragedy of that love story, that you are able to develop beyond your boundaries, IMHO.
I can understand why people also appreciate Scott's version. It has its own allure, but I think it isn't as profound and touching.
Somewhere someone wrote a similar opinion about Blade Runner and stated that, every once in a while, a work of art surpasses the original vision of its maker.
Blade Runner might be one of those.
Just my 2 cents.
Also I do not find Deckard's Off Speeches annoying, at all. But one can argue about that.
Ridley Scott's "assumption", as I call it, makes little sense, at least for me.
It seems too sensationalistic: "Whoah, Deckard's a replicant, too?!!?".
It takes the tragic twist away from the circumstance that a human can fall truly and deeply in love with "something" that , for him, had been just like one of the potentially hazardous machines he is frequently ordered to switch off. Deckard is the only human to see it and he is going to lose it almost for sure.
Therein lies the real beauty and tragedy of that love story, that you are able to develop beyond your boundaries, IMHO.
I can understand why people also appreciate Scott's version. It has its own allure, but I think it isn't as profound and touching.
Somewhere someone wrote a similar opinion about Blade Runner and stated that, every once in a while, a work of art surpasses the original vision of its maker.
Blade Runner might be one of those.
Just my 2 cents.