Blade Runner (1982) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!!
Added 2021-09-13 18:18:34 +0000 UTC
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Interesting. I've never seen anybody think Pris was the killer female replicant, especially since they showed us their pictures when they were describing them in the police station.
Thomas Yanez
2022-07-12 05:03:13 +0000 UTCThank you! 2049 coming soon! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2021-09-19 01:14:55 +0000 UTCGreat reaction guys, hope you press on and get 2049 watched!
Fraser
2021-09-17 21:08:40 +0000 UTCSam, Rutger Hauer was in a great TV movie called Escape From Sobibor. Based on the greatest, successful real life escape from a Nazi concentration camp, Hauer played the Jewish-Russian officer who planned and led his fellow prisoners. It’s thrilling and heart wrenching.
Catherine LW
2021-09-17 15:44:58 +0000 UTCI have not seen Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly, or The Man in the High Castle series. Thank you for the recommendations! I cannot believe that was ad libbed! What an incredible actor for sure! We do have Halloween all lined up, but would love to check out more of Hauer's work! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2021-09-16 04:48:29 +0000 UTCAh!! That makes much more sense. I was very confused by the blood. -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2021-09-16 04:46:26 +0000 UTCWe can't wait to watch it! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2021-09-16 04:44:04 +0000 UTCThank you!! 2049 will be coming in a couple week :) Wow I love this whole comment! What an interesting way to look at this and I completely agree! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2021-09-16 04:43:45 +0000 UTCOh wow! I had no idea it bombed when it came out. Blade Runner 2049 will be out on YouTube in 2 weeks! We'll check out the shorts before watch, thank you! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2021-09-16 04:42:08 +0000 UTCTBR Schmitt says it was propaganda!! Just kidding, but really, maybe it was o_O Idk! Because Rachel is rare? Artificial? What do you think of it? -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2021-09-16 04:39:03 +0000 UTCThank you!
TBR Schmitt
2021-09-16 04:37:00 +0000 UTCWas not expecting such a touching moment at the end! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2021-09-16 04:36:53 +0000 UTCOn the schedule for the 29th (on youtube)! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2021-09-16 04:36:32 +0000 UTCYes! Thank you! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2021-09-16 04:35:58 +0000 UTCOh yeah, you gotta watch the sequel now... Not Scott directing but 👍 Ridley Scott is a fascinating director, he's always very ambitious with his projects and I'm all for it. He doesn't always get it right in my humble opinion, especially when he second guesses himself like he did on Legend (I LOVE this movie, both cuts); and he's gotten really territorial lately about his baby, the Alien franchise, yet second guessed himself again on Prometheus. But my point is haha, that Legend is a great fantasy movie, both versions in my opinion.
Joe D. MacGuffinstuff
2021-09-15 04:49:12 +0000 UTCAs it mentions at the end, Blade Runner is based on a book written by Philip K Dick. He also wrote the source material for Total Recall and Minority Report, and another favorite of mine, A Scanner Darkly (animated, sort of). And The Man in the High Castle, which is a show, I saw the pilot episode, it looked really interesting, but I don't have Amazon Prime, yet anyway. BTW, Rutger Hauer's performance in this was stellar, and I believe I heard that his "tears in the rain" line was his ad lib. He (RIP) had many great performances in his underrated career, I'm sure you have your Halloween flicks picked and it's more of a thriller than a horror, but one of my favorites of his that you might someday check out is a relatively short and simple movie, the title gives the premise away instantly but he's almost Anthony Hopkins/Hannibal Lecter level creepy in "The Hitcher". That movie for me as a kid was to hitchhikers what Jaws was to sharks lol.
Joe D. MacGuffinstuff
2021-09-15 03:26:57 +0000 UTC*** PLEASE DO NOT READ THE COMMENT FROM MARK THAT I AM REPLYING TO UNTIL AFTER WATCHING THE SEQUEL *** Extremely loud sigh w/ facepalm.
Uncle 'Traveling' Matt
2021-09-14 11:54:01 +0000 UTCOh... TBR and Sam, Your mention of the replicants bleeding... Replicants are not androids like Ash and Bishop in the "Alien" franchise. They are genetically designed, organically functioning "human" beings. They have all the body parts and organs we have except their organs and body parts were genetically grown and modified in labs and were assembled in medical facilities (not to be mistaken for clones which are grown as one whole organism from extracted DNA). So they can eat food-- which andriods do not. The Tyrell Corporation (who manufacture Replicants) is referred to in an "Alien" DVD extra which make "Blade Runner" and "Alien" share the same universe.
Mr. Writhms
2021-09-14 10:34:35 +0000 UTCK I'm sure you'll hear this a million times, but: 1) Deckard is a replicant. Among many clues, the big tip-off is the other cop leaving him an origami unicorn specifically - any origami would let Deckard know he had been there, but Deckard has a dream/fantasy of a unicorn, which we saw earlier, so this is that cop saying, how would I know that? Your dreams/fantasies/memories are implanted. It's also implied with the captain saying he's the best, that essentially he was designed for this purpose. But of course, the Nexus 6 are the newest model, so of course they are superior to him physically and mentally (well, not Leon, who was made to be stupid and do menial work). Also: take a look at that very first blade runner giving Leon the V/K test in the beginning: they cast an actor who sure looks a lot like Harrison Ford, suggesting the blade runner "batch" might be clones/etc. 2) My favorite thing about Rutger Hauer's performance as Roy, is he took it in a very emotionally-unstable-kid direction, because of course, despite being in an adult body, as they said he hasn't had the time to develop the emotional stability we take for granted. So he's goofy, playful, smirking, devastated about Priss, etc. and when you realize that's what he's doing, it makes it so amazing and layered as a performance choice. 3) Again you will likely hear this a lot, but here it is: that amazing monologue at the end by Roy, was improvised by Rutger Hauer. Not in the script. Not only the pinnacle of his career as an actor, but vaulted way to the top of - character development in sci fi movies? Monologues in movies in genera? Just one of the absolute highlights of cinema right there. 4) a few little nit-picks: the replicants aren't robots or androids, because they aren't mechanical, they are literally genetically engineered people, made to be stronger/smarter/etc. so they can be enslaved for off-world work; if you look back at the slides the captain shows in the beginning, Priss is actually the pleasure model (and she sure is able to charm J.F. which is I'm sure one of the major tools in her tool bag as a pleasure model), and Zora the exotic dancer with the snake is the "beauty and the beast" kill squad one; 5) I've watched Blade Runner so many times going back to the 80s, I'm kinda over it in terms of some of the stilted dialogue and things that don't work, the slow pace, etc. - and the whole attempt to be like a 2000's return to the art deco and music and fashion of the 1920s so it can be film noir but in the future, doesn't land particularly well - but I have to acknowledge that just developing the world, and the amazing cinematography, makes it a masterpiece. 6) If the size of the headquarters building tells us anything, I assume Tyrell Corp is so successful and powerful, I would assume they have a legal exemption to have replicants here on earth for purposes of development and production, perhaps just limited to their own property, etc. So as soon as Rachel ran away fro the Tyrell HQ, she became an illegal Replicant that needed to be "retired." 7) I'm all excited for you guys to watch Blade Runner: 2049, as soon after this one as you can manage; there are a lot of things about it that don't work, fall flat, but also some really interesting ideas, a good job tying it back in to the first film as a sequel (though honestly I think it would hold up just fine in its own right), and I find Ryan Gosling's acting ability, and the performance in that film, to be better than pretty much everybody in the first film besides Hauer. It answers some questions, raises more, and takes the interesting world from the first film and shows how it's changed in 30 years, 8) this movie is adapted from a short story in which the term "Blade Runner" is never mentioned, but in it we learn why everyone has all these exotic animals in the movie: through the damage we've done to the Earth many species have gone extinct and more are on the brink (hence artificial owls and snakes being expensive, but the "real thing" even more so), and now that replicants can be engineered, it raises the question culturally, what does it mean to be human? Humanity is going through kind of an existential crisis, and people settle on "empathy," since that's something Replicants don't have (which is why the V/K test is an empathy test, to see if someone would feel for an upside-down-turtle, etc.), so everyone has their own pet animal - and because dogs and cats are extinct, they are ostriches and ponies and falcons and etc. - to show how empathetic, i.e. human, they are. So there you go! If it weren't 4 in the morning when I just finished watching your reaction, I probably wouldn't have typed this mega-comment, so you get the full nerd response!
Mark
2021-09-14 08:38:20 +0000 UTCGreat reaction to what I consider to be one of the all time best sci-fi movies, Blade Runner 2049 looks as good as or better than the original, it’s a slow paced movie but you can’t take your eyes off the screen, it looks great and the story sucks you in. Thanks guys.
Ken Adams
2021-09-14 05:01:27 +0000 UTCLoved your reaction as always, now...Oh man oh man oh man...there is one SERIOUS revelation that I'm just about exploding to tell you guys, but the others are right...you should just watch Bladerunner 2049. I will say, though, that I think Roy is indeed the hero of the story. Think about it: imagine Star Wars if you were following it--not from Luke's perspective--but from the perspective of, oh, Stormtrooper number 17,458. You have this terrifying magical being that comes out of nowhere and blows up your space station. I Like Cheese mentioned that Roy killed like 20 people...how many tens of thousands did Luke kill? Deckard wasn't (in my opinion) the hero, he was the company stooge sent out to stop the hero. The hero was the one risking what little time he had left to save his friends. He was vengeful and angry towards people that didn't value his existence, was he supposed to value their existence? Don't get me wrong, I like Deckard, but he didn't grasp the full story, he was just doing what he was told. In fact, there were several things he didn't grasp. Watch the sequel, and THEN come back and re-watch this one--I think you'll see a different movie.
Warren H
2021-09-14 04:51:32 +0000 UTCThis is one of my ultimate favorite movies! Thanks for this reaction! Blade Runner bombed when it released back in 1982. Like Sam said—she thought there would be a lot more action. The trailers back then gave that impression-- that it was an action movie. Instead, it was a Sci-Fi noir. Later it was way more appreciated after it was released on video. You have to see “Blade Runner 2049”. It is a GREAT sequel that furthers the story development of Deckard and Rachel—among other revelations. But first, you should see the 3 prequel short films leading up to ‘2049-- produced by the studio. They came out around the same time as ‘2049. They are 2 live action shorts that are excerpts from the movie itself-- and 1 animated short. You can find them on YouTube. Blade Runner 2022: Black Out Blade Runner 2036: Nexus Dawn Blade Runner 2048: Nowhere To Run
Mr. Writhms
2021-09-14 01:53:29 +0000 UTCHmmm, yeah, I dunno if I'd go so far as to say that Roy was the protagonist of the film :) Him and his buddies killed more than twenty people making their way back to earth (including a bunch of shuttle passengers.) Of course that could be all bullshit. However, he did seem to quite enjoy torturing and then killing the eye guy and JF Sebastian... so maybe the stories weren't all bullshit... I tend to think they were legit :S Regardless, that's one of the things that I love about this film: All the open questions it leaves - e.g., Sam, why do you think Gaff left a unicorn as his last origami?
Uncle 'Traveling' Matt
2021-09-14 01:08:58 +0000 UTCAnother good choice, guys. Can't wait to watch it again along with ye.
PIG
2021-09-13 20:45:08 +0000 UTC“All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.” What a beautiful film.
Nick of Time
2021-09-13 20:28:04 +0000 UTCGreat reaction, now you simply HAVE to watch the sequel 'Blade Runner 2049' directed by the best director working today Denis Villeneuve!
Marko Horvat
2021-09-13 20:26:30 +0000 UTCTo answer everyone's immediate question: It's the Final Cut that they're watching :)
Uncle 'Traveling' Matt
2021-09-13 20:22:53 +0000 UTC
