[–] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm pretty sure my recent rewatch was the director's cut. The theatrical release must have been indecipherable. I hear what you're saying about the cyberpunk aesthetic - the visuals were the best thing about this movie. I would thoroughly recommend scifi buffs reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Phillip K. Dick - it's an excellent (and not overly long) dystopian novella that has so many layers and themes (that Blade Runner largely omitted).

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    BladeRunner - is like they wrote the screenplay based on the excellent source novel, then cut most of the ideas out, leaving only things that make no sense. Rick Deckard is a terrible detective, and only wins the final confrontation because Roy Batty... just gives up? I recently decided that my teenage self might have been wrong and rewatched it... nah, still terrible.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    What if there is great value in repelling foreign invaders from your country? Ukraine needs all the funds, especially after a certain shithole country has withdrawn financial aid.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    I have no single favourite movie - three very different movies occupy my #1 spot:

    1. The Fifth Element
    2. The Shawshank Redemption
    3. The Princess Bride

    Notable runners-up include Terminator 2, Arrival, Aliens, Dune(s), and The Life of Brian.

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