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WanMan
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| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:02 pm Post subject: They're making Bladerunner 2? Just say no! |
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Perfect, or not, please do not commercialize this into B-movie condition.
Wait, stop -- don't throw yourself out that window just yet! It may or may not be as bad as it looks/sounds. According to Slashfilm, one of their readers attended a Q&A session with one of the writers of Eagle Eye, which was hosted by Creative Screenwriting magazine. During said Q&A, the writer, Travis Wright, said that he and his partner John Glenn were working through "various treatments for a Blade Runner sequel over the last couple years." Apparently, they've been working alongside Blade Runner co-executive producer Bud Yorkin, and all of this has been done outside the studio system -- meaning this is in no way a done deal, only that these writers are trying to put together their best package in the hopes a studio will bite.
As of right now, Ridley Scott is nowhere near the project (although both guys are working on a Warriors remake for Tony Scott), and given the somewhat negative reaction to Eagle Eye, I imagine most fans will take a similar approach. In my opinion, Blade Runner is a film you don't touch and you don't sequel-ize, but perhaps I'm in the minority. Maybe there's a very cool way of doing it -- maybe I'm wrong, and maybe this is a project fans can get behind. What do you think? Blade Runner 2? Could it happen? Would you watch it?
Update: Eagle Eye co-writer John Glenn responded via email to this. Here's part of what he said: "There was a point where Travis and I were working with Bud Yorkin on a sequel to Blade Runner, but that was years back. It never got too far off the ground because the movie is so perfect, so the more we thought about it, the more uneasy we became with the idea. Anyway, just an note to clear the air." More over at Slashfilm.
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I love the original. If they made a sequel I'll go to the theater to watch it but I'd end up thinking of it as a completely separate movie rather than a true sequel. I wonder if they would get Harrison Ford?
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They could clone the replicants, but who would they get to play Leon? Maybe they could turn everyone into Hobbits, technically speaking.
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Well, although the movie messed some things from the book up in a bad way (mostly the character of Rachael), it was a decent piece of work. But, there is a literary sequel in existence and would most likely be the basis for a film sequel.
So why be resistant to a film sequel, because you read the book and hate it?
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I've never read the books. Now that I know they exist I'm definitely going to find and read them. I'm now holding any judgment on a movie sequel until I read the books. Thanks for letting me know!
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| grogthegreat wrote: | I've never read the books. Now that I know they exist I'm definitely going to find and read them. I'm now holding any judgment on a movie sequel until I read the books. Thanks for letting me know!
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I read 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'- The book that 'Blade Runner' was based on, back in grade school. Not a bad book but didn't really pull me in either.
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| AnalogRocks wrote: | | grogthegreat wrote: | I've never read the books. Now that I know they exist I'm definitely going to find and read them. I'm now holding any judgment on a movie sequel until I read the books. Thanks for letting me know!
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I read 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'- The book that 'Blade Runner' was based on, back in grade school. Not a bad book but didn't really pull me in either. |
The name was changed to Blade Runner after the movie came out.
Grade School would be a little young for this book. This book typifies the "Science Fiction is the literature of ideas" position. It is not about characters. Its purpose is to explore philosophical and ethical ideas. This book only "pulls you in" if you like books about "big ideas".
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| Person99 wrote: | | AnalogRocks wrote: | | grogthegreat wrote: | I've never read the books. Now that I know they exist I'm definitely going to find and read them. I'm now holding any judgment on a movie sequel until I read the books. Thanks for letting me know!
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I read 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'- The book that 'Blade Runner' was based on, back in grade school. Not a bad book but didn't really pull me in either. |
The name was changed to Blade Runner after the movie came out.
Grade School would be a little young for this book. This book typifies the "Science Fiction is the literature of ideas" position. It is not about characters. Its purpose is to explore philosophical and ethical ideas. This book only "pulls you in" if you like books about "big ideas". |
Yeah I supose, I bet if I re-read it now the whole book would have a different meaning.
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| Person99 wrote: | | The name was changed to Blade Runner after the movie came out. |
?? Where did you hear that? I don't remember that, and I saw it right after release.
It's not mentioned in the IMDB Blade Runner trivia section. wikipedia says Scott liked the name "Blade Runner" so the producer obtained rights to the title while they were still writing the script.
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jask
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I hope it is not true. This is a complete and finished story and a damn good treatment of the book. If you like this and other movies based on PK Dicks writing( Total Recall, A Scanner Darkly or Minority Report )you should pick up some of the authors other books....strange,dope smoking,and slightly schizophrenic.... and fun to read.
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WanMan
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| Person99 wrote: | Well, although the movie messed some things from the book up in a bad way (mostly the character of Rachael), it was a decent piece of work. But, there is a literary sequel in existence and would most likely be the basis for a film sequel.
So why be resistant to a film sequel, because you read the book and hate it? |
Has nothing to do with the book, but I did read it and several others by the author. It has to do with a completed story. The Nexus 6 were wiped out and their creator and major developers killed. Wht is a Blade Runner to do in the sequel?
Also, for any studio/production company to 'want' to make a sequel, what are they looking for? First, the fan-base would be split on a sequel. The likelihood that part/all of this fan base would flock to the theaters for a sequel to see a dated lead actor run around roof-tops hunting ... Barney (purple peenis)?
I think any sequel would be B-movie in result.
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I don't know if it would be a B-movie, but it would not be a PK Dick story- no matter how close it seems.
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| WanMan wrote: | | Person99 wrote: | Well, although the movie messed some things from the book up in a bad way (mostly the character of Rachael), it was a decent piece of work. But, there is a literary sequel in existence and would most likely be the basis for a film sequel.
So why be resistant to a film sequel, because you read the book and hate it? |
Has nothing to do with the book, but I did read it and several others by the author. It has to do with a completed story. The Nexus 6 were wiped out and their creator and major developers killed. Wht is a Blade Runner to do in the sequel? |
I'm lost, which author are you talking about? Also, the literary sequel picks up after the movie, not really after the original book (as I infer by the Rachael in BR2).
So, if you want to know what the plot of a sequel would be, read BR2. As I said, if you object to that plot, then it makes sense that you would object to a second movie.
| jask wrote: | | I don't know if it would be a B-movie, but it would not be a PK Dick story- no matter how close it seems. |
The book sequel was not written by Dick so your statement is a de facto truism--it is not a Dick story.
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| Person99 wrote: | | The BOOK name was changed from "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" to "Blade Runner" and the original title became the subtitle. |
Ohhhhhhh. That makes MUCH more sense. 
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