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still as fresh as a candy apple, and just as tasty
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it's not an overstatement (overstepment?) to say that Ae's continued longevity actually increases my faith in humanity.
NSA :-(
Ae :-)
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if it bombs it'll just be because jap-philia and getting wet for mechs smushing mutants had its day in the 80's/90's
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yeah no kidding right. Spike Lee's a twat....although I partially agreed with him about Django (though I suspect he was mostly motivated by professional jealousy, he happened to be right). I thought Django sucked (apart from Sam Jackson's performance) and Tarantino has become kind of an embarrassment.
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lol. I couldn't finish it either.
I wonder if it ended up having a point. Much drama about nothing. What was it a metaphor for? Only the neckbeard wankers who made it know...
i just forced myself to watch blade runner again, entirely this time.
ok, the whole film's purpose is contained in the final "fight" against roy batty, the replicant. why did he save deckard? what does his final speech mean? (these are rhetorical questions, don't answer me).
while these are interesting questions, i don't think they were treated properly. basically the philosophical questions put by the film are: what is human nature? what is consciousness? what is Good? i don't want to over-intellectualize this but, hey, the film does, imo, a very bad job at questioning these.
besides, i couldn't stand the soundtrack by vangelis.
the film leaves me the taste of an ambitious project that was ruined by poorly thought out ideas and an unbearably slow pace.
No Brian, just NO.
The film is shot in a noir style and follows the genre very well to the finest detail. The lone gunman (Deckard), the femme fatale (Pris and Zora), the bad guy (Roy), the woman in distress (Rachel) the moody dark backdrop and the slow moving storyline. The idea of putting this into a Science Fiction film is progressive and genius.
The questions that arise are about what makes us human and I think the film raises them very well. The key theme being "more human than human" as in the robots end up acting in a more humane way that the humans in the film who all seem just as false and robotic as the replicants (even more so in some cases i.e. Tyrell).
Roy Batty's soliliquy at the end is important because it is about all his fantastic experiences which go far beyond that of many humans and yet are considered unimportant because he is a replicant, and as a result will be lost when he dies "like tears in rain". With this in mind the film can be seen partly as a comment on apartheid.
When the replicant chooses to save Deckard at the end he prooves that he has transcended his programming (as a killer) and become "human".
It's all very deep and the soundtrack works with the film PERFECTLY. So...
lovely synopsis
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funny, i thought it was the tune that plays as you fondle mirezzi's languidly descended scrotum, in the flickering half-light of the extended cut of "Room 237"
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can't stand the soundtrack by vangelis? Ok, now I know you're taking the piss.
I'm fully willing to accept the film is a bit boring, but maybe you just don't get the whole "film noir" thing?
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blade runner is both an amazing visual feast, and boring. Interesting how it can be both, but that's the truth.
I prefer to think of it as hypnotic.
It's such a lush, deep, well-realized world...man.
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Haven't seen Trance, but Danny Boyle is such an odd director. On the one hand he's likable because he's a bit fresh and raw and unpretentious, he's kinetic, he likes youth and energetic soundtracks, he's versatile....and on the other hand he seems drawn to cheese, vacuity, style over substance, catharsis-as-an-MTV-video....
I liked Trainspotting but I can't say I've liked any of his other films completely. They are usually decent, fresh, and somewhat appealing...but I just don't get what drives the guy. I think it's the general idea of catharsis and a breakthrough to find one's "true self" in the face of adversity, but the way he does it often feels almost laughable (like the end of Sunshine).
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Prometheus - 0/10
Ah cumahhhn! It wasn't that bad.
Whatever few good parts there were only served to made the overall level of shit seem even worse.
If you don't like Prometheus you might like this...
flol
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I dunno...sounds like the same synth presets were used on every track. the synth tones definitely are not as warbly as before. I want warbly synths...warbles...WARBLES!!!!!! DAMMMITT
exactly, wtf. It makes you remember (if you didn't already realize) what an integral, crucial part of their early sound that synth was. It sounds like they're using different synths, and as a result, they almost sound like a totally different (and much diminished) group.
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i really need to drink more coolaid on this one. I want to rant about how much it sucks but I'm nearly alone, lol.
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they missed my favorite, the facebook knee-rection girl....
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Kaen! 10/10
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although I think a lot of this borders on really questionable taste, I also find it fascinating (and I haven't bought or listened to any Kanye in the past). This "taste of freshness" is the feeling I was hoping to get from the new BoC. In fact, quite a bit of this shit borders on Hell Interface territory. Apples to oranges of course, but I wish more artists would take risks like this.
It sounds just like what it probably is, a bored, probably half crazy rich guy at the height of his fame with nowhere to go...but still angry enough to set the world on fire. I love the careless feel of his raps, that still work...like a random stream of consciousness that is so audaciously crap that it actually kind of works (mainly because the aggression makes it seem like it all must be tongue in cheek?) I love him yelling "hurry up with my damn croissants!" in I am a God, that is hilariously badass.
Color me intrigued...
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btw I have it on good authority the Bros intended it as an anagram of:
Calypso Ape
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what?
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btw I have it on good authority the Bros intended it as an anagram of:
Calypso Ape
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74 pages lol! I listened to it for a week, it bored my pants off, haven't listened to it since then, great going bocbocboc
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farking badass. As you say, very indebted to Gantz Graf, but quite cool.
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i think michael shannon is overrated, there I said it. He knows how to look intense and flip his shit occasionally, but I'm not convinced...
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yeah, it really does come down to the ensemble cast. Despite Kirk's histrionics, and the Next Generation cast being very good, I still think the original cast has a chemistry that was never quite...replicated.
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are we sure? I've heard that repeated many times, but haven't seen proof
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Flol. Some kind soul please set up a blog for zaphod's film reviews. Or maybe convince Plinkett to bring him on board. Genius should not go unnoticed...