Critical Miss: #22
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I got the Duck Hunt thing, but everything else...
I feel bad, because I only found out about this comic because of MovieBob's article here:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/moviebob/7944-The-Movie-Nerd-Bible-Part-I
And he's upset that so many people aren't catching the reference to the "pivotal scene from easily one of the top 10 most important - to say nothing of influential - science fiction films of all time".
I feel bad, because I only found out about this comic because of MovieBob's article here:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/moviebob/7944-The-Movie-Nerd-Bible-Part-I
And he's upset that so many people aren't catching the reference to the "pivotal scene from easily one of the top 10 most important - to say nothing of influential - science fiction films of all time".
Same thing happened to me. I found out about the movie because my friend's dad is this sci-fi novel fanatic (thanks to him I've read Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, 1984, etc.) and one day he recommended I read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. The book was this special edition that had come out sometime after the release of Blade Runner, so I actually mistook the book for Blade Runner. I later watched the movie and didn't understand why it was so different. Strange times..Zombie_Fish said:
OOOOOOOhhh the ending is what makes the movie spectacular?MaxerJ said:
I was watching it and I thought "this is pretty good, it's old stuff but I can dig it, but why is it seen as an all time classic?.....really it is....ok"
I'll be sure to finish it next time
Honestly? Dozens.The3rdEye said:
You have the first two Star Wars movies (episodes 4 and 5), Dr. Strangelove, the Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, Gone With the Wind, Apocalypse Now, Alien, Blade Runner, Citizen Kane, Duck Soup (along with the rest of the Marx Brothers catalog), the various Three Stooges Movies, 2001: A Space Oddesy, the Evil Dead, Psyco, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, A Clockwork Orange, MASH, Chariots of Fire, A Christmas Story, Assault on Precinct 13 (the original), THX 1138, and Kentucky Fried Movie. And that's just the ones I currently own.
This isn't to say that I would think less of a person who has not seen any one of those movies (not all of them are actually worth watching simply for entertainment value for example) but rather to make a point. Simply because a movie is old is hardly a decent reason to have not seen it. In many cases, these movies have had an impact that lasts decades. You may never have seen Citizen Kane but I can virtually guarntee you've seen a dozen references to it in other works.
My take on many of these films is similar to my view on much of "classic literature". You don't seek these things out because they are likely to directly entertain you but rather so that you better understand the various references and ideas around today. Blade Runner is a classic example I'd say. Personally, I didn't care for the movie but I watched it regardless simply because I had seen so many references to the work that I didn't understand.
Next thing you know people are going to say they've never heard of Total Recall, A Clockwork Orange, or Taxi Driver. I guess there's just too much entertainment out there and the old titles are easily forgotten. Sort of like tears in the rain or something ultra-violent or . But of course EVERYBODY has seen the Goonies and Boondock Saints.
In all seriousness, Blade Runner is very slow. Most people have only seen because of Harrison Ford or because "it debates the concept of humanity." Wow you can program a robot to think it's human, tell me when program a cat to think its human, or do cat think like that already?
I would recommend Clockwork Orange references but the Simpsons has already done that do death.
In all seriousness, Blade Runner is very slow. Most people have only seen because of Harrison Ford or because "it debates the concept of humanity." Wow you can program a robot to think it's human, tell me when program a cat to think its human, or do cat think like that already?
I would recommend Clockwork Orange references but the Simpsons has already done that do death.
Blade Runner, like A New Hope, and Logans Run is one of the films on which all modern sci-fi of any media is based. This isn't a 'Look at me I am cool' thing, this is paying tribute to one of the very bright and original stars of the entire genre.mexicola said:
To be honest, I can only think of the classic Disney movies and the Star Wars films. Seriously. I'm not much of a movie guy. There are probably other, but not heaps.Susan Arendt said:
Still, even after Googling Blad Runner, it doesn't look interesting to me anyway.
Late reply is not timely.
To be honest, while I got the reference immediately, I was confused by the small panels of black in his hand replaced by a feather. Was he holding the duck? Why? For that matter, why is a random Starcraft fan dying with an audience?
Just...odd.
@Josdeb: doesn't look interesting you say? Well, what do you have to say to this? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKbdIwI1XW4]
If Guile can't change your mind, I'm not sure anything can.
To be honest, while I got the reference immediately, I was confused by the small panels of black in his hand replaced by a feather. Was he holding the duck? Why? For that matter, why is a random Starcraft fan dying with an audience?
Just...odd.
@Josdeb: doesn't look interesting you say? Well, what do you have to say to this? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKbdIwI1XW4]
If Guile can't change your mind, I'm not sure anything can.
Is it strange that I thought the pulp lyric was the best part of that comic?
Being too young is a lousy excuse for not knowing Blade Runner... I mean that would imply that people only watch movies in the year they come out? Is that what people do now?
Your not obliged to know Blade Runner or anything I guess, but if you heard about it and haven't seen it then age has little to do with it.
Being too young is a lousy excuse for not knowing Blade Runner... I mean that would imply that people only watch movies in the year they come out? Is that what people do now?
Your not obliged to know Blade Runner or anything I guess, but if you heard about it and haven't seen it then age has little to do with it.
I agree. I followed Movie Bob's link here and am seriously mind boggled by how many people continue to not get the Blade Runner reference. It's Harrison Ford in one of the best sci-fi films ever, people! Go watch it!Susan Arendt said:
