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Title: Happy Blade Runner Day Nerds
Post by: Momo on November 20, 2019, 12:34:17 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/RuvdWbW.png)
Title: Re: Happy Blade Runner Day Nerds
Post by: Momo on November 20, 2019, 12:40:00 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFTRLijNajg
Title: Re: Happy Blade Runner Day Nerds
Post by: OnlyRegret on November 20, 2019, 12:44:03 AM
dunno what that is, boomer shit I bet
Title: Re: Happy Blade Runner Day Nerds
Post by: Momo on November 20, 2019, 01:13:20 AM
dunno what that is, boomer shit I bet
The movie Blade Runner happens on 20 November 2019. also yes, boomer shit.
Title: Re: Happy Blade Runner Day Nerds
Post by: Coax on November 20, 2019, 01:41:25 AM
Re-watched the Final Cut in 4K earlier this month. Batty's monologue made me tear up this time. Great film that doesn't overstay its welcome.
Title: Re: Happy Blade Runner Day Nerds
Post by: Coax on November 20, 2019, 04:24:00 AM
Some scaled Ultra HD captures, adjusted for SDR a bit. Some aren't a fan of the preserved grain in this transfer but it's inherent to the film and gives it character that suits the noir style imo.

(https://abload.de/img/1pkjzi.jpg)

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Title: Re: Happy Blade Runner Day Nerds
Post by: MMaRsu on November 20, 2019, 04:33:43 AM
I tried to watch it once and fell asleep
Title: Re: Happy Blade Runner Day Nerds
Post by: archnemesis on November 20, 2019, 04:48:22 AM
I should give it another chance. I didn't like it despite loving most other dystopian science fiction works. I really enjoyed Blade Runner 2049 so perhaps I was just having a bad day when I watched the original.
Title: Re: Happy Blade Runner Day Nerds
Post by: Occam on November 20, 2019, 06:27:03 AM
One of my favorite movies. Unfortunately I saw the theatrical cut first, dismissed it as unremarkable and forgot about it until being shown the director's cut many years later.
Blade Runner is not a film you can only watch once, you need to see it multiple times to appreciate it.

I am still undecided whether 2049 is a worthy sequel, but I have only seen it once.
Title: Re: Happy Blade Runner Day Nerds
Post by: NekoFever on November 20, 2019, 07:12:07 AM
Ah, this explains why it's being shown at my local cinema at the weekend. Seeing it Sunday :)
Title: Re: Happy Blade Runner Day Nerds
Post by: Great Rumbler on November 20, 2019, 08:59:28 AM
http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=46695.0
Title: Re: Happy Blade Runner Day Nerds
Post by: Momo on November 20, 2019, 09:16:19 AM
The bore's blade runner forum. universe grows :rejoice
Title: Re: Happy Blade Runner Day Nerds
Post by: thisismyusername on November 20, 2019, 09:24:16 AM
dunno what that is, boomer shit I bet
The movie Blade Runner happens on 20 November 2019. also yes, boomer shit.

Is it the 20th? I remember Twitter going on about it just being November 2019. Supposedly it goes from the 19th to the 22nd, but I don't recall the movie giving actual dates.
Title: Re: Happy Blade Runner Day Nerds
Post by: Occam on November 20, 2019, 09:37:25 AM
dunno what that is, boomer shit I bet
The movie Blade Runner happens on 20 November 2019. also yes, boomer shit.

Is it the 20th? I remember Twitter going on about it just being November 2019. Supposedly it goes from the 19th to the 22nd, but I don't recall the movie giving actual dates.

Me neither, the intro just says
Los Angeles
November, 2019

https://youtube.com/watch?v=l-dOXaMT4PY

No specific dates are mentioned in the movie, you can only tell that the story takes place over the course of several days.

Edit: I think the November 20 date is from Blade Runner 2049.
Title: Re: Happy Blade Runner Day Nerds
Post by: Great Rumbler on November 20, 2019, 09:58:18 AM
I thought maybe it was based on Roy's 3-year lifespan, but the scene showing the profiles of the replicants has his incept date as January 2016, so that's not it.
Title: Re: Happy Blade Runner Day Nerds
Post by: Occam on November 20, 2019, 10:14:13 AM
4 years, but since he died in November 2019 instead of January 6, 2020 it doesn't seem to be very precise.
Title: Re: Happy Blade Runner Day Nerds
Post by: agrajag on November 20, 2019, 11:24:19 AM
2049 >>>>>