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Re: Untitled Blade Runner Sequel (Denis Villeneuve, 2018)

#26 Post by beamish13 » Thu Mar 31, 2016 2:32 pm

Ridley Scott has outright said that the new film begins essentially the same way that Hampton Fancher's script for the original did-with Deckard arriving at a farmhouse to eliminate a replicant.

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#27 Post by Trees » Thu Mar 31, 2016 3:57 pm

Scott is also on the record saying that Deckard was an android. And since we know that Rachel was also one, both of them surely would have died at some point? How is Deckard still alive?

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#28 Post by John Cope » Thu Mar 31, 2016 4:47 pm

Anything that undercuts Ridley's ex post facto explanation/interpretation I am happily on board with.

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Re: Untitled Blade Runner Sequel (Denis Villeneuve, 2018)

#29 Post by Drucker » Thu Mar 31, 2016 5:38 pm

Star Wars: The Force AwakensShow
He's killed Han, so I think Ford should just keep going into sequels of movies he's been in just to permanently and definitively let these characters die.

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Re: Untitled Blade Runner Sequel (Denis Villeneuve, 2018)

#30 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Fri Apr 01, 2016 12:06 am

Harrison Ford always thought he was human, so it would stand to reason that he might not have agreed to do something more in line with the other view.

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#31 Post by beamish13 » Fri Apr 01, 2016 11:03 am

Both David Webb Peoples and Hampton Fancher believe Deckard is human, and Scott completely misunderstood that the thrust of the story was about a burned-out man trying to regain his humanity.

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Re: Untitled Blade Runner Sequel (Denis Villeneuve, 2018)

#32 Post by ivuernis » Fri Apr 01, 2016 1:01 pm

The unicorn dream sequence is the flaw in the film. It leaves little ambiguity as to whether Deckard is a replicant or not.

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Re: Untitled Blade Runner Sequel (Denis Villeneuve, 2018)

#33 Post by Zot! » Fri Apr 01, 2016 1:08 pm

See that unicorn sequence was kind of fun because it is only revealed at the very end what such a weird aside is doing in the film. Also, it's just ambiguous enough to allow for other possibilities. Perhaps he's just a closeted bronie who's just been outed. Joking aside, it's certainly better than the adulterated "happy" ending

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#34 Post by Trees » Fri Apr 01, 2016 3:33 pm

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Bud Yorkin's face when the "happy ending" turned out to be canon.

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#35 Post by R0lf » Sat Apr 02, 2016 5:42 am

Zot! wrote:See that unicorn sequence was kind of fun because it is only revealed at the very end what such a weird aside is doing in the film. Also, it's just ambiguous enough to allow for other possibilities. Perhaps he's just a closeted bronie who's just been outed. Joking aside, it's certainly better than the adulterated "happy" ending
The Deckard is a replicant reasoning behind the unicorn has more to do with the other two unicorns in J F Sebastian's apartment. The first unicorn is on the rhs of the screen when Sebastian is sleeping at his desk and the second is reflected in a mirror on the lhs of the screen during the following breakfast scene. The extremely literal interpretation being that the "there's some of me in you" Sebastian mentions is also a dream of unicorns while napping at your desk.

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#36 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Sat Apr 02, 2016 5:22 pm

Dave Bautista sent out this today.


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Re: Untitled Blade Runner Sequel (Denis Villeneuve, 2017)

#38 Post by Trees » Thu Apr 21, 2016 12:51 am

The Yorkins are producing.... with Ridley. Must be a hefty pay day for Ridley.
Alcon Entertainment acquired the film, television and ancillary franchise rights to “Blade Runner” in 2011 from the late producer Bud Yorkin and Cynthia Sikes Yorkin to produce prequels and sequels to the iconic science-fiction thriller. Cynthia Sikes Yorkin will produce along with Johnson and Kosove. Bud Yorkin will receive producer credit.

Ridley Scott will serve as Executive Producer. Frank Giustra and Tim Gamble, CEO’s of Thunderbird Films, will also serve as executive producers along with Bill Carraro.


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Re: Untitled Blade Runner Sequel (Denis Villeneuve, 2017)

#40 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Thu Aug 18, 2016 10:08 pm

Jared Leto the latest to be cast.

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Re: Untitled Blade Runner Sequel (Denis Villeneuve, 2017)

#41 Post by carmilla mircalla » Thu Aug 18, 2016 10:37 pm

it was too much of a good thing: Villeneuve, Deakins, Gosling and Ford of course there had to eventually be something to flush it down the toilet. Leto... sigh

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#42 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Fri Aug 19, 2016 12:21 am

Honestly, I'm not worried. Of all the movies he's done that I liked, and thought he was okay in, it was always in supporting parts. That this was announced after the news that the guy from Captain Phillips makes it fine with me.

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#43 Post by captveg » Fri Aug 19, 2016 5:09 pm

I am also glad to see Barkhad Abdi be cast in this one. That man needs more work in Hollywood.


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Re: Untitled Blade Runner Sequel (Denis Villeneuve, 2017)

#45 Post by colinr0380 » Wed Aug 24, 2016 12:01 pm

That's the bit I'm most worried about. How can anything even get close to the twinkly, ethereal, driving and mournful Vangelis score from the original?

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Re: Untitled Blade Runner Sequel (Denis Villeneuve, 2017)

#46 Post by Zot! » Wed Aug 24, 2016 12:25 pm

Vangelis's score is obviously a landmark, but I would be happy if they don't make it too much of an homage. Glad it's not like Skrillex or some trendy garbage. The Sicario score was one of the best parts of an otherwise terribly annoying film.

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#47 Post by swo17 » Wed Aug 24, 2016 12:34 pm

I think Jóhannsson has a pretty good track record.

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Re: Untitled Blade Runner Sequel (Denis Villeneuve, 2017)

#48 Post by John Cope » Wed Aug 24, 2016 2:16 pm

I've had discussions with friends about this for a long time now, some of whom may not ever come around to the idea of someone other than Vangelis doing this score. I've been of mixed mind personally. While I would have loved to have had Vangelis come back in theory there is no guarantee that even if he had that it would have satisfied the legion of fans who have elevated his score (and its endless bootleg versions) into the pantheon. There is just as much good reason at this point to go in a slightly different direction and continue to make this its own thing, especially with a team of reliable collaborators in place on the level of Villenuve, Deakins and Jóhannsson. FWIW, for instance, I am much more comfortable and anticipate this with much more enthusiasm with Villeneuve at the helm than I would if it were still Scott, and I say that as a decades long devoted fan of the original.

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Re: Untitled Blade Runner Sequel (Denis Villeneuve, 2017)

#49 Post by Being » Sun Aug 28, 2016 9:09 pm

Vangelis' team made a post today expressing sadness that he did not get the composing gig, which he apparently wanted.

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Re: Untitled Blade Runner Sequel (Denis Villeneuve, 2017)

#50 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Sun Aug 28, 2016 11:59 pm

John Cope wrote:There is just as much good reason at this point to go in a slightly different direction and continue to make this its own thing, especially with a team of reliable collaborators in place on the level of Villenuve, Deakins and Jóhannsson. FWIW, for instance, I am much more comfortable and anticipate this with much more enthusiasm with Villeneuve at the helm than I would if it were still Scott, and I say that as a decades long devoted fan of the original.
All of the interviews with Villeneuve I've read regarding the project has given me the utmost confidence that he's putting himself fully into this. I believe that much is true in Deakins and Jóhannsson as well, not only for the prior working relationship with him, but that they also must feel the weight of the responsibility on them to live up to the original but create something in line with the new vision.

I'm a big fan of Ridley Scott's movies, just beyond Alien and Blade Runner like most everyone else is it seems. But I agree it's probably best he didn't do this. He's nearing 80, but still manages to be busy. The Prometheus sequel is in the can and he's got his eye on other projects. I'd much rather see him do other films, rather than dedicate all his time to two franchises he's already put his stamp on.

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