Blade Runner (film) sequels/prequels!

[MinionZombie]

Scott confirms he will direct - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/51846 Schweeeeet! Also I dig the little .gif on the page there - a reference to the remake of The Blob.

[Neil]

Sequel.... WITH HARRISON FORD??? http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Harri...oot-29251.html Isn't he a bit long in the tooth now? Why didn't they do this 10yrs ago?

[Sammich]

They can de-age him with cgi just like Jeff Bridges in TL. Any uncanny valley effects could be explained away with degredation of his systems since it would be long past the end of the usual replicant lifespan.

[Neil]

They can de-age him with cgi just like Jeff Bridges in TL. Any uncanny valley effects could be explained away with degredation of his systems since it would be long past the end of the usual replicant lifespan. You know, given today's tech, that wounldn't be too hard I'd expect. And it would only be a minor 'facelift' required. ie: Take off 15rs rather than Jeff Brides's 30yrs...

[EvilNed]

They can de-age him with cgi just like Jeff Bridges in TL. Any uncanny valley effects could be explained away with degredation of his systems since it would be long past the end of the usual replicant lifespan. Well... I guess I don't need to point out that we don't know for SURE if Deckard was a replicant or not. It's only implied.

[MinionZombie]

Well... I guess I don't need to point out that we don't know for SURE if Deckard was a replicant or not. It's only implied. Except Ridley Scott has stated very clearly in the affirmative that Deckard is a Replicant in Blade Runner (and Ford didn't like that development).

[Neil]

Except Ridley Scott has stated very clearly in the affirmative that Deckard is a Replicant in Blade Runner (and Ford didn't like that development). "Has"... Maybe that view might change under a different writer/film, or indeed even leave it unanswered...

[bassman]

Except Ridley Scott has stated very clearly in the affirmative that Deckard is a Replicant in Blade Runner (and Ford didn't like that development). But does that apply to all three edits? I was under the impression that Deckard is only definitively labeled in the final cut while the other two are more vague?

[krisvds]

But does that apply to all three edits? I was under the impression that Deckard is only definitively labeled in the final cut while the other two are more vague? Indeed. Liked it better that way as well. Don't get me wrong; the idea of Deckard being a replicant is a great twist, i just don't like films spelling it out for me. Ambiguity made the film stronger IMO. As for Ford's return? He might play the guy who designed Deckard all these years ago or something, ... Doesn't HAVE to be the Deckard we saw in the original.

[Christopher Jon]

Don't get me wrong; the idea of Deckard being a replicant is a great twist, I never cared for it. I liked the idea that Deckard was just a burnt out human tasked with hunting down replicants who were intellectually and physically superior to him. Harrison Ford must be desperate for anything now since he's never shown much love for Blade Runner in the past.

[EvilNed]

Except Ridley Scott has stated very clearly in the affirmative that Deckard is a Replicant in Blade Runner (and Ford didn't like that development). So? The film only implies it, and it´s the film we're talking about.

[MinionZombie]

Well it certainly applies to the 1992 Director's Cut and the Final Cut, and I don't think there's very many ways to interpret Deckard having a memory of a Unicorn - and Gaff leaving Deckard with a parting symbol: a unicorn - with the words "it's too bad she won't live, but then again who does?" ... now sure, those words can be interepreted more widely, but in the context of the unicorn (indeed, how else would Gaff know that Deckard has that memory?) I'd say it's pretty clear what the ultimate conclusion is.

[EvilNed]

Deckard might have told him - Gaff might have overheard him - There are innumerable reasons. The unicorn isn't there to finger Deckard as a replicant, it's there to plant a seed of doubt as to wether he is or not. The or not is equally important as the he is.

[Neil]

Same writer back again?! http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Blade...uel-30991.html Alcon Entertainment – which will co-produce the new Blade Runner film along with Scott Free and Bud Yorkin – revealed that original Blade Runner screenwriter Hampton Fancher was in negotiations to collaborate with Scott on the film, which indeed would be a true sequel to the 1982 masterpiece. In addition, producers confirmed that the new story would take place a few years after the events of the original film. The way the story goes, Fancher and Scott always intended to do a series of films that developed the themes found in Philip K. Dick’s sci-fi novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which inspired the original Runner. But as is often the case in Hollywood, Scott got lured to other projects, and the collaboration was put on hold for the past 30 years.

[Sammich]

Wouldn't it be cool if the renegade replicants have freaky colored contact lenses, make dinosaur sounds, run all of the time and do it all in matrix style slow motion?