UNCENSORED ACCESS: Blade Runner

A: What is with the editing? Big Ashleigh in the center with a blurry background, or big black screen with little Ashleigh in the corner... B: You were so close! Ask yourself, how did "origami guy" know about Deckard's dreams? C: Yeah, you watch this movie as "art", not as entertainment.

"Origami guy": the one, the only, Edward James Olmos. See: Stand and Deliver (1988), Battlestar Galactica (2004), etc.

There’s a lot of unspoken things going on in Blade Runner that can make the movie a little impenetrable. Like, they don’t clearly explain that most animals are extinct, and that having an animal is seen as a sign of social status because they are so expensive. People buy artificial animals in the movie for the same reason someone might buy a fake Gucci purse. I don’t know if this would really change your experience of the movie, but what it’s really about is the question of identity and what makes someone human. The test Harrison Ford gives Rachel is supposed to test empathy, with the idea that empathy separates humans from replicants. Yet at the end, Roy shows empathy for Harrison Ford by sparing his life, even though Ford killed all of his friends, and throughout the movie, the humans rarely show empathy themselves. So who’s more human if the replicants show empathy and the humans don’t? The unicorn dream: when the cop leaves the unicorn origami, it signifies that he knows Harrison Ford is dreaming about them. Yet how could he know that? This is a clue that Ford is like Rachel: a replicant who doesn’t know he’s a replicant, which explains why the cops treat him as if he has no choice but to work for them again. They “own” him. Also, Harrison Ford keeps tons of old pictures, just like the replicant Leon did. A lot of this isn’t immediately obvious, so the movie is kind of divisive. People either love it or hate it. Personally, I love it, but then I’ve been watching and rewatching it for 45 years now, so I’ve had a lot of time to think about what it’s trying to say to viewers. Ridley Scott can be a little pretentious, but he sure makes visually beautiful films. PS: nice catch comparing the visuals to the Fifth Element. Both movies owe their style to the same French comic book artist, Jean Giraud )better known by his pseudonym Moebius). He was the production designer for the Fifth Element.

On your comments at the end I love this film but if you didn't I'd rather an honest reaction than for you to fake like it. I always want a reactor to be honest otherwise what's the point.

And the second movie I think will tickle your silly bone..."Start The Revolution without me" Starring Gene Wilder

We love big brain Ashleigh, but we especially love honest Ashleigh. It's fun when you like movies we like, but it's still okay if you don't like some of the movies we like. Some of these movies are very good, but an acquired taste. Its also designed to be a little confusing. Two movies are really hoping you'll watch... 1. "Pennies from Heaven" starring Steve Martin and

I hope you get around to watching the sequel Bladerunner 2049 at some point it's a really good film.

It could be a copyright thing, but there are quite a few cutaways in this video where you're small and the movie is big, but there is no movie image shown.

the fried tater movie is Sling Blade with Billy Bob Thornton (and its pretty great) so you were right about the blade part

Well, at least you have bragging rights for seeing it now. And if you get asked a trivia question for money about this movie, you will be able to answer it now and win!

Ok, this is my favourite film, so I’m now really nervous to watch the reaction…