25-02-2009, 10:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 25-02-2009, 10:41 PM by Jan Klimkowski.)
All fair points.
But but but...
Most embarrassing ending of all time: Bladerunner original cut.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en...re=related
Clean, revelatory ending which makes sense of everything you've just seen: Bladerunner Final Cut:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en...re=related
Plus the cop's origami figures are completely meaningless in the butchered studio version.
My problem with the original is not the Chandleresque voiceover - which I quite like. And the look and feel of the original is also great.
But as story - as soul - the original cut is a betrayal of the dark speedfreak genius of Philip K Dick and his musings on caritas as the heart of authentic human identity.
Deckard beckons Rachael across the hallway and she steps on one of the oriental copper's little origami figures. Deckard looks at it wrily - it's a very specific origami figure.
In his head, he hears the cop say
Deckard knows what it means. Deckard joins Rachael in the lift, and the doors close hard, and the music booms over the dark endcredits.
But but but...
Most embarrassing ending of all time: Bladerunner original cut.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en...re=related
Clean, revelatory ending which makes sense of everything you've just seen: Bladerunner Final Cut:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en...re=related
Plus the cop's origami figures are completely meaningless in the butchered studio version.
My problem with the original is not the Chandleresque voiceover - which I quite like. And the look and feel of the original is also great.
But as story - as soul - the original cut is a betrayal of the dark speedfreak genius of Philip K Dick and his musings on caritas as the heart of authentic human identity.
Deckard beckons Rachael across the hallway and she steps on one of the oriental copper's little origami figures. Deckard looks at it wrily - it's a very specific origami figure.
In his head, he hears the cop say
Quote:"Too bad she won't live. But then again - who does?"
Deckard knows what it means. Deckard joins Rachael in the lift, and the doors close hard, and the music booms over the dark endcredits.
"It means this War was never political at all, the politics was all theatre, all just to keep the people distracted...."
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war