tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post3542631203536105236..comments2023-08-18T04:37:47.001-04:00Comments on Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Movies: I like 'emKelly Sedingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-33764071100989804902008-02-13T18:24:00.000-05:002008-02-13T18:24:00.000-05:00I've seen Blade Runner twice. I liked it a lot bet...I've seen Blade Runner twice. I liked it a lot better the second time. Still not one of my favorites but I thought it was entertaining enough. <BR/><BR/>Here's something sort of, but not entirely, off topic that you might like: <A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/02/10/sv_moviesoundtracks110.xml&page=1" REL="nofollow">100 Best Movie Soundtracks</A> according the Telegraph.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-73395323480749767272008-02-13T15:11:00.000-05:002008-02-13T15:11:00.000-05:00RE: Blade Runner and the inherent blandness of Ric...RE: <I>Blade Runner</I> and the inherent blandness of Rick Deckard, I think the whole point of his character is that there's not much <I>there</I> there, at least not until the end. <BR/><BR/>My take on the story and the meaning of this film (which I personally love, btw) is that human beings have become very <I>de</I>humanized in this future environment. Every "real" human we see in the movie is corrupt, decrepit, ineffective, unsympathetic, etc., whereas the replicants are the ones who exhibit passion and concern for their comrades and other genuine emotions. While the real humans use their V-K machines to try and detect "emotionless" replicants, they are actually the ones who are lacking in emotion. (When Rachel asks Deckard if he's ever used the machine on himself, the line is not, as so many people believe, a clue that D is a replicant himself. Rather, it's pointing out that he's emotionally stunted.)<BR/><BR/>The slogan for the Nexus 6 replicant project is "More human than human," and that is reflected plainly in the plot. Deckard eventually comes to understand that humanity's creations <I>are</I> human, as human as he is, and maybe even more so.<BR/><BR/>It's all subjective, of course, how you respond to a given movie, but for me, this is a beautiful film about what it really means to be human, and to play God by trying to create intelligent servants.<BR/><BR/>I do agree with you on <I>Saturday Night Fever</I>, though. It's a great movie, with much much more to it than that lighted dance floor and the white suit...Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11001416935247782462noreply@blogger.com