Top scientists vote "Blade Runner" best Sci-Fi film ever

[Leovinus]

with my favorite, "2001 A Space Odyssey" a close second.<br /><br />link <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[jcdenton]

Blade Runner is definitely one of my favorite movies. It explores the relationship between man and AI more deeply than any other movie and has some of the greatest cinematography to boot (even today!) and a really great soundtrack too. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />Have you ever seen Blade Runner Leo?<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Leovinus]

Sure have. I have a copy of it in my DVD cabinet.<br /><br />The funny thing is that I liked it much better the second time I saw it. I wasn't that thrilled with it on the first viewing. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[wmdragon]

<i>The Abyss (editor's cut version) was also one I'd put into the top 10.</i><br /><br />I have yet to see that version, but it's been on my list for a long time. <i>The Abyss</i> is the only movie I know with a novelization as good or better than the theater release (written by Orson Scott Card) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#993366"><em>The only laws of matter are those which our minds must fabricate, and the only laws of mind are fabricated for it by matter.</em> <br /> --- James Clerk Maxwell</font></p> </div>

 

[jcdenton]

Same thing happened to me, the second time I saw the movie I liked it <b>a lot</b> more. I'm waiting for them to release a better DVD though, one that will have a director's cut with more scenes (Ridley Scott admitted the current DC was done on the cheap), the original version and a better transfer that's anamorphic.<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[spacester]

OK, that's weird, I've had exactly the same experience and also hope to see an expanded version next time. The mark of good art I suppose, that your appreciation grows with more viewings. <br /><br /><font color="yellow">The other films in the top 10 were: "Alien", "Solaris" (the 1972 version), "Terminator", "Terminator 2: Judgement Day", "The Day the Earth Stood Still", "War of the Worlds", "The Matrix", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". </font><br /><br />I'm pretty sure this top ten list is exactly the same as mine, which is also weird . . . <br /><br />Hey wait a minute, along with "2001: A Space Odyssey" and the two Star Wars flicks, that makes TWELVE movies on this Top Ten list.<br /><br />That's funny. Do you suppose the Scientists forgot how to count? <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> Or am I right that proofreading for the web is against the rules?<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Leovinus]

I think the problem was that they didn't do a good enough job of telling the story at first and you got kinda lost. On second viewing, you understood what you were seeing and it made more sense. In fact, you could really appreciate that they aren't, as Gene Rodenberry said in "Making of Star Trek", explaining how a phaser worked before Kirk used it. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Leovinus]

That's probably why Nixon resigned -- shame over cutting the space program. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[qzzq]

Hmmm, 60 of the world's top scientists? There were probably at least some who scratched their heads and couldn't come up with something better than Star Wars or Terminator II, because they never watch science fiction films. And how many would have really seen all the four, long, tedious, slow hours of Solaris? <br /><br />I'm surprised Alien didn't make the list. 2001 should of course be on top. Blade Runner is OK, although the pace is rather slow and Rutger Hauer's overacting takes on epic proportions. He was in much better shape in Blind Fury. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>***</p> </div>

 

[jcdenton]

<i>Alien</i> did make the list.<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[qzzq]

Oops. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>***</p> </div>

 

[jcdenton]

I myself am torn between the two, they're both great movies. The follow-ups though were quite shabby.<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Leovinus]

The trouble with Aliens is that there is no inducement in the world that would get me to return to that planet. Hence, I prefer Alien the first. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Leovinus]

Why nothing between the 2? <br /><br />1) A lot of them were schlocky sci-fi with aliens=evil and humans=good. 2001 changed all that<br />2) Let's face it: special effects help. By today's standards, early sci-fi had crummy effects. 2001 was a mind-blower in that department (save for the mind-blowing trip at the end which always looked fake to me).<br /><br />Regarding "The Day the Earth Stood Still" on these two points:<br /><br />1) The alien and his robot were not evil -- in fact the humans were portrayed in a pretty bad light<br />2) The special effects hold up pretty well even by today's standards<br /><br />That's why I think there is a gap between that film and 2001. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[avaunt]

[Strikes his Zippo}<br /><br />Scccritch,pop !.<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br /><br />Nah, no heart in burning little puppies.<br />It was an alright movie, but utterly failed the book. The book should be fixed on the school reading lists. ESPECIALLY in Bible banging lands.

 

[5stone10]

Rutger Hauer's "... atttack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion ... C-beams glitter in the darkness near Tannhäuser Gate..." line is one of the more famous in all film.

 

[Leovinus]

Really? I was thinking more along the lines of "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn!" <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[jcdenton]

"If anything in this life is certain, if history has taught us anything, it is that you can kill anyone."<br /><br />Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), <i>The Godfather</i> <img src="/images/icons/cool.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[jcdenton]

<font color="yellow">Rutger Hauer poked the eyes out of that big-shot industrialist!!!</font><br /><br />That would be Mr. Tyrell you're referring to. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[pirated]

Daryl Hannah was pretty sexy/scarey as "Pris".<br />but yep, "BladeRunner" is definately in my top 10 list. <br /><img src="/images/icons/cool.gif" /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>Peace. </p><p><font color="#33cccc">-------------------------------------------------------------------</font> <strong><font color="#993300">I'm a Rock!</font></strong></p><p><font color="#33cccc">Little Johnny was a scientist. Little Johnny is no more. For what he thought was H2O was H2SO4.</font></p> </div>