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This is a link post Blade Runner Prequel and Sequel happening
LEAVE IT ALONE. Pleeease. Come up with some new concepts.

We can take some solace in the fact it's not a straight up remake.
 (Canazza is mostly listening to Yes, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post imagine a world where there was only one matrix film
and no star wars prequels.
 (chocolatelemming, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post There was only 1 Matrix film!
1!
 (I helped save b3ta! Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post Matrix Dezionised.
makes the two films watchable
 (MrKane 01234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 19:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post They could probably do these movies without realting it to Bladerunner
"Futuristic city sprawl world where they genetic enhcance humans for the really tough and dirty job." thing is can be universal and there is no need to realte it to Blade Runner, unless you're a money greedy vampiure who wants to use a famous film name to suck as much money out of the project as possible.
 (I helped save b3ta! Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post I completely agree
Blade Runner is my favourite film of all time and making modern day sequels and prequels is only going to ruin it for all of us fans.

Science Fiction film is full of utopian/dystopian comments on society and class systems, thats just part of what makes the genre. There is no need to use the Blade Runner name to sell a few new movies.

Someone is getting greedy it would seem.

This doesn't mean I won't watch them though, albeit without paying for the luxury.
 (I helped save b3ta! Coubs Salty toothpaste, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post How is the making a prequel or sequel going to ruin the original for you

(NuffMuff fucks shrubbery, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post Because they ruin things about the original
Example,

Then: The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.

Now: Midifuckingchlorians
 (I helped save b3ta! Peej, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post i personally would be happy if they made prequels and sequels to the shit i liked
They might turn out shitty and not at all like the original but that doesn't take anything away from it just the opportunity to make it better
 (NuffMuff fucks shrubbery, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post I dont know (might be worth reading up on any academic stuff on this actually)
But I'd imagine it has something to do with the implied or alluded to backstory of any film, and then the implied or more often than not 'open' possible future once the credits roll. So when you have a cult film such as Blade Runner its very difficult to create a story which will please the vast majority of fan's preconceptions as to what the surrounding storylines should be like (is Deckard a replicant or not?) and if a film is 'officially' part of a Blade Runner series it then potentialy makes those fan's preconceived ideas of what the surrounding stories are null and void?. Thus Trekkies getting their knickers in a twist over the recent film (what does this mean for the 'Cannon' of Star Trek, is it part of the 'Cannon'?, and woe betide anyone who suggests the 'Cannon' could be wrong ;) ) So like with Star Trek, I loved the new film because I didn't have as much invested in the old TV series as Trekkies do. Personaly with Blade Runner though, its one of my favourite films, so messing about with the backstory etc. worries me. Especialy as the ending is so ambiguous, if you then set in stone that Deckard is or isn't a replicant that impacts your reading of the original. Of course for some one that hasn't seen the original, or wasn't that into it they wont care, and will probably enjoy having an entire backstory etc spoon fed to them?
 (I helped save b3ta! Jorvic, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 17:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post If it helps,
There are a number of Blade Runner sequels in the novels already. Perhaps they are just going to adapt one of them. I'll have to read up.
 (I helped save b3ta! maninahat Too many cocks spoil the brothel., Thu 3 Mar 2011, 21:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post agreed
it should be left untouched, like Alien should have been. I have yet to see any CGI which can match the production design and style of those two movies.

even though it was nothing like the book, they should do another K DIck or even better start on Banks' Culture novels or some Harry Harrison ones. But I guess that's too much of an unknown revenue stream to predict for the suits at Hollywood. I think its a mistake to get precious about mainstream films these days when realisically the are only viewed as 'product' by the people that green light them.
 (I helped save b3ta! Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post
I've been praying for some Reynolds or Hamilton based films for years now. Here's hoping we see a House of Suns film, even if I have to make it myself....using old toilet rolls and sticky tape.
 (I helped save b3ta! Coubs Salty toothpaste, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:34, , Reply)
This is a normal post oh yes
I'm surprised no one has adapted Michael Moorcock yet. although I think they made 'the final programme' in the 70s based on Jerry Cornelius?
 (I helped save b3ta! Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post the books are brilliant
and endorsed by the P K Dick estate
Fingers crossed the new films are based on those
 (I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post Hollywood doesn't care
As long as enough 10-16 year old are bored enough to see it on opening weekend, that's all that matters

As far Alien prequel is concerned, at least Ridley Scott is doing it
 (I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post thought he'd announced
that it was being canned?
 (I helped save b3ta! Dr Drink, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post even if it is terrible and shit...
its not like they are making the new films on the negatives of the old ones... the old ones still exist... a new shit version of the film being out doesn't effect your enjoyment (or shouldn't) of the film that you love... and someone might like the new one... so whats the problem with someone finding a common interest in a source material you yourself find interesting...albiet in an execution you find shit?

its a sort of passive fascism... i like the old one, i know best, so we dont need the new ones...

people should be free to produce as many shit films as they want... its not like a good film wont get made because this shit gets churned out... the studio system will only ever make certain films, but its not the only way to get films made...

i really dont see the problem with remakes or redos
 (DefyingDarwin Old, untalented and white,, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 18:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post I swear I had a dream about this last night
The thing is, Hollywood has been channelling Phillip K DIck-like reality warping and paranoia recently and it seems stupid and backwards to start remaking definitive dystopian visions when (via the pretext of stuff like 'Inception' doing well) they could be adapting shit like this:


 (7 hours left to save Earth, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 19:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post If inception is what passes for intelligent film making by Hollywood then we are doomed.

(I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 20:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post ^This with bells on

(Zachariah Pardon, pardon. J'AI UNE POUSSETTE, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 20:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post Well that's as maybe
but it's still a better direction.
 (7 hours left to save Earth, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 21:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post very very slightly a better direction.

(I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 10:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post I think the key will be
whether the city effects are created with models or not. Yes this is more expensive than CGI, but a comparison of Naboo/Coruscant/etc from the Star Wars prequels against Helm's Deep/Barad Dur from the Lord of the Rings trilogy shows why a model is far better at rendering cities than CGI.

If they're willing to spend the money to make it look right, then I'm interested. Make them a 3D CGI shitfest and I'll ignore them.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 21:05, , Reply)